The Murph Blog

By Brian Murphy Wow, the 2026 49ers season has changed. Just like that. The news on Saturday, July 25 that Kyle Shanahan was in a serious car accident some 11 days earlier and would be unable to fulfill his head coaching duties while he recovered was jarring enough. Then came the processing of it all: what happened? Ho...

By Brian Murphy Poor Tony V. Man. I mean, not really *poor* Tony Vitello. He's handsomely compensated. He willingly took this Giants manager job. Being a manager in the big leagues means there will be scrutiny and second-guessing and hearing those who wish him to fail. Nobody ever said it was a warm, safe world. It's ...

By Brian Murphy You gotta get your eight hours of sleep. You gotta hydrate. You gotta make your bed every day. And if you are Buster Posey, you have to trade Luis Arraez. I know. I know. It's tempting to stay up late binge-watching "Love Island USA" and cut into your sleep; it's tempting to have that extra be...

By Brian Murphy Don't press send. Chisel those three words in the lore of how to live. Three-word mantras to build a life around can go far, like "Keep On Truckin'" on a 1970s gas station t-shirt; or "Alright, alright, alright" from the mouth of Matthew McConaughey. Don't press send. Former NFL coac...

By Brian Murphy "Almost heaven/ West Virginia/ Blue Ridge Mountains/ Shenendoah River . . " All right, all right. I'll stop. For now. Singing on the air this morning with my co-host Markus (Waterboy) Boucher may have led to the phrase my pals and I settled on back in the 1990s. We realized our overly active ...

By Brian Murphy Monday, June 15 marks the one-year anniversary of Buster's Blockbuster - the revolutionary trade with the Red Sox for slugger Rafael Devers. It was bold. It was audacious. It was the right thing to do. So why does the one-year anniversary report card say the trade has been a big, fat failure? Damn. No g...

By Brian Murphy Kyle Shanahan canceled next week's 49ers workouts, meaning we won't see the 49ers until late July meaning - gosh, better knock out a Jock Blog assessing their place in the NFL universe after the Myles Garrett trade to the Rams. Or, in my alternate title: "How Shohei Ohtani Became A Ram." You k...

By Brian Murphy Man. You have to feel a little something for Tony Vitello, manager of the San Francisco Giants. He's been a skipper in The Show for 56 games, and it's been a - how can we put this? - awful ride so far. His team is 22-34. His team's fans are as mad as anyone can remember. His team has heard boos at home,...

By Brian Murphy If you go back and read the reports from October 1, 2024, you'll remember how we all felt the day Buster Posey took over the baseball operations job. It was pretty darn glowing. Buster was back. Leading the Giants. Buster said he wanted to be in the "memory-making" business. Let's go. Now all ...

As this Jock Blog is being scribbled on Wednesday afternoon, May 13, 2026, the Giants are 18-24 and that dog don't hunt, sports fans. However! Intrigue remains supreme around the local nine. Buster Posey's reign as president of baseball operations has fans both dying to see the hometown hero succeed, and dying as his t...