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Apr 25, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin (6) watches his team take on the Texas Rangers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: At the halfway point, these Giants are… Confusing.
Man. Buster Posey said he wanted the Giants to be in the “memory-making business”, but did he know he’d be in the “Jock Blog-making business” as well? By my count, this will be my *fifth* consecutive Giants-themed JB, which has to be a record for one team since at least the days we used to…
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Eakin HowardBuster moves are more than transactions (or something like that)
Buster Posey has been on the job less than a year, but it’s clear he took this gig with a self-imposed mandate: Make memories at the yard.
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Jun 5, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Heliot Ramos (17) high fives center fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51) after the game against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: In a pivotal weekend in LA; Who’s trying to hang with who?
We’re on to Cincinnati. Or, Dodger Stadium. You know what I mean. I’m not going to bludgeon the Giants for blowing a 7-2 lead Thursday afternoon and losing, in embarrassing fashion, to the lowly Rockies. (Fun fact: 15.3% of Colorado’s win total this year is against Buster Posey’s Giants. I digress.) The Gigantes are coming…
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Jun 4, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Former San Francisco Giants player Buster Posey sits in the dugout before the game against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Eakin Howard-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: Buster took action
I was reading this great dude who I like to read, and he was writing last week about the Giants and getting swept in Detroit and how cold the bats were and this guy wrote the following on May 29: “But the question remains: how will Posey react to the first losing stretch of his…
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Apr 27, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. (31) reacts after hitting a deep foul ball with the bases loaded against the Texas Rangers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Robert Edwards-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: Trying times on offense mean we’ll soon find out a lot about 28, the executive
These are the times that try Buster Posey’s soul. Well, maybe that’s a tad dramatic for late May baseball. But you gotta grab a reader in the Jock Blog, lest he or she doom scroll somewhere else. Today’s focus is the task facing the new Giants president of baseball operations. He rode a wave of…
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Dec 8, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) reacts after rushing for a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the second quarter at Levi’s Stadium. The play was later called back for offensive holding. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: Post contract Brock Purdy should hold the entire building to a higher standard
I’m a Brock Purdy fan. His story is undeniable, from 262 to leading the Super Bowl in overtime. He’s polite, professional, gritty. His biggest material want in this crass market economy is a bass fishing boat. His new contract is that most elusive of things in today’s hot take world: reasonable. So how is a…
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May 10, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III (10) warms up before game three of the second round for the 2025 NBA Playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: Eulogizing the 2024-25 Jimmy Butler Warriors
Man, that was a three-month rush, that whole Jimmy Butler-to-the-Warriors adrenaline shot the Bay Area got. It’s over now. For the time being. It did not end in an NBA title, or even an NBA Finals appearance, much less a Western Conference finals berth. It ended with Steph Curry in various forms of street clothes…
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May 4, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrates with forward Draymond Green (23) after a play during game seven of the first round for the 2025 NBA Playoffs against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn ImagesJock Blog: Dubs in seven. Again.
Look at the Golden State Warriors, making the Elite Eight. Thirty NBA teams started this ride back around Halloween 2024. Ocho remain. Can the Dubs get past Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves, and make the Final Four? What, you gonna bet against Steph Curry and Playoff Jimmy Butler? The Warriors were 25-26 before Butler…
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Apr 25, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin (6) watches his team take on the Texas Rangers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
Jock Blog: How much concern caused by first real bummer of Posey era?
Let’s hope this Jock Blog is more of a “Blip on the Radar” Blog, one that ages poorly, , like most of my takes, and we can call delete from our phones in short order. OK, here goes: this three-game Giants losing skid has my brow furrowed. Is this little 72-hour bummer — swept in…
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Oct 1, 2023; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford (35) acknowledges the cheers of the crowd as he comes to bat against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Oracle Park, in what could be his final game with the team. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY SportsJock Blog: Buster, Brandon and Boch. The eve of a symbolic celebratory Saturday
It’s Brandon Crawford Day on Saturday and the Hollywood screenwriters nailed the timing on this one. After all, Buster Posey — Crawford’s championship teammate two times over, and his frequent carpool companion from the East Bay to Oracle Park — is now running the Giants. Who better to roll out the red carpet for No.…
