With five homers in the last seven games, Buster Posey is riding a career-best power surge into the month of May. Brian Murphy gives his take on the adjustments Posey made and what this means for the Giants.
It’s no secret that Klay Thompson hasn’t been his usual sharp-shooting self in this year’s playoffs, especially in his last few games. The Warrior’s All-Star shooting guard is currently averaging playoff career lows in field goal percentage (.388), 3-point percentage (.360), player efficiency rating (8.7) and points per game (15).
Jerry West joined The Murph and Mac Show Tuesday sounding off on how the NBA today isn’t physical and how Zaza isn’t entirely to blame for Kawhi Leonard.
The Yankees retired Derek Jeter’s number 2 jersey before their Sunday night game against the Houston Astros and dedicated a plaque to the ‘Captain’ in Monument Park in right field. Yankee fans were abuzz to see the captain back in New York for a night; along with fans around the country as the eventual game was the most watched MLB game outside of the playoffs since 2002.
The Giants have won their last four games in a row and starting to flash signs of their old selves. Have they finally figured out how to turn it around?
Matt Cain pitched another quality start and the Giants offense tagged Los Angeles for eight runs as the Giants beat the Dodgers 8-4. It’s the fourth straight win and the longest winning streak for the Giants so far this season.
Golden State’s Andre Iguodala underwent an MRI Monday on his left knee after a bizarre Game 1 in which he played only 10 minutes total and none in the second half. The MRI came back clean, showing no structural damage.
In a Giants infield that is filled with defensive talent, nobody has been more impressive over the past few seasons than shortstop Brandon Crawford. He’s had an impressive .979 and .983 fielding percentage over the past two seasons respectively, and took home two gold gloves for his efforts. Crawford has been no slouch at the plate either, with two straight 84 RBI seasons and one silver slugger award to go along with his golden gloves.
San Antonio head coach Gregg Popovich held nothing back Monday morning when asked about Zaza Pachulia and his controversial close-out on Kawhi Leonard. Pop went OFF when asked about Zaza’s closeout on Kawhi ? (via @JabariJYoung) pic.twitter.com/kH5Dv1ECH4 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 15, 2017 Popovich ripped Pachulia, calling the move a “Totally unnatural close-out that […]