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Murph: The 49ers are the safest bet in our lives right now
For five months now, we sports fans have dealt with life in the pandemic. What we’re dealing with includes cardboard cutouts, Gabe Kapler in a mask, and now an autumn without the Cal marching band in Strawberry Canyon. That’s pretty weird stuff.
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Murphy: If loving baseball in the COVID-19 era is wrong, I don’t want to be right
He’s not here for your logic or well-reasoned explanations.
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Murph: The Curious Case of Gabe Kapler
And all of us getting to know Kapler, a man hired nearly ten months ago, a man yet to manage a game for the beloved Gigantes, and a dude already morphing through different iterations as a fan base watches.
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Murph: Raheem Mostert has pitted himself against cold, cruel NFL reality
You would think he would know about the danger of shark-infested waters.
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Murph: In an age of bad news, I’ve got some optimism for you
And now for something completely different: optimism?
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Murph: What is wrong with the DH in the National League? Four thoughts
The designated hitter in the National League. Pass the vomit bag.
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Murph: On the Giants’ three foundations of hope, and now, more?
Or, as I like to call them: Three Fountains of Hope. Or, the Trilogy of Belief. Or, the Trinity of Optimism.
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Murph: Protest in Marin City an exercise in learning how much I did not know
And now we are all grappling with ghosts of America’s Original Sin: slavery, and the systemic racism that has taken root in our culture ever since.
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Murph’s Reading List: Best new Bay Area sports books for quarantine
As an old sportswriter, I keep a keen eye on my ink-stained colleagues. I still love to read them. When the Murphy family hard-copy newspaper hits our driveway every morning, it’s the sound of loyalty.
