Category Archives: Brian Murphy

Scott Galvin | 2023 Oct 15Man, that young 49ers quarterback sure had trouble against the Cleveland Browns.You were so hopeful about his early returns. He moved well, read the field, made qui...

Joe Rondone/The Repu | 2023 Sep 27I feel like a jungle guide for the 49ers this weekend, wearing the pith helmet, carefully using the machete to carve the path to the Arizona Cardinals game and lookin...

Charles LeClaire | 2023 Jul 16From the same Jock Blog that gave you April Giants rage over the 'Mat Beaty Moment' and the  late-June Giants irrational exuberance of 'Playoff Fever!', I give ...

Cary Edmondson | 2022 Dec 10With one simple utterance, delivered dryly, with a light comic touch; with a phrasing carrying so much import for the psyche of Bay Area sports fans, he ascended ...

Kirby Lee | 2023 Aug 9If you've read the Giants beat writers this week, you're well versed on the storyline of Gabe Kapler flaunting a little snappage when asked about pressing the wrong buttons in ga...

D. Ross Cameron | 2022 Aug 13And now a word of sympathy for Gabe Kapler.It's tough to not be Bruce Bochy.And that's no knock on Kapler. He's Gabe. He's the hip-hop-listenin', Instagram-influencin', sh...

Lucas Peltier | 2022 Nov 9Now let's dive into the always-dangerous world of evaluating the Giants' performance at the trade deadline.How dangerous? Think back to 2012, when the Dodgers acquired All-St...

Charles LeClaire | 2023 Jul 14Look at Camilo Doval, turning Gabe Kapler into a 20th-century manager.And I mean that as a compliment. To both parties.Kapler blew into the Bay Area before the 2020 seaso...

Nick Turchiaro | 2023 Jun 29From the same slice of cyberspace that gave you a somewhat-seething Opening Day Jock Blog (remember the indignity of the 'Mat Beaty Moment'?), I give you a Giants mid-seaso...

Rob Schumacher/The R | 2022 Dec 17The Chris Paul trade.Here's the thing: I don't hate it.(Ducking to avoid flying objects)Mind, I hear all the negatives, and I understand: He's 38. His hamst...