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...

By Jack Loder The first quarter of the 2026 Giants' season flew by. It doesn't seem like all that long ago people were lecturing me about how early it is, and that we shouldn't be troubled by April trends. Now it's mid-May, a quarter of the marathon is in the rearview. And things have not gone particularly well for you...

By Jack Loder It's bad enough to live in the moment with the 2026 San Francisco Giants. The product this team is putting on the field on a daily basis sufficiently triggers your daily allotment of angst and frustration. But when zoomed out, the reality actually becomes even scarier. The very players whom the organizati...

By Jack Loder We can only hope that when the dust settles and the standings are final at the end of September, the Giants and their fans aren't looking back at April 30 with dread and regret. That's how bad Thursday was for the Giants, the kind of day that only comes once in a decade, if even that often. The Giants en...

By Jack Loder The Giants took care of business this past week, going 4-2 on a homestand that featured the juggernaut Dodgers and the pesky Miami Marlins. As they hit the road for a six game trip in Philadelphia and Tampa, we know a lot more about this team than we did when it was 6-12. Surging Schmitt On Saturday afte...

By Jack Loder Winning two out of three games in a series in April isn't enough to stop the presses at face value. But how the Giants took the first two from their hated dynastic rival is definitely worth noting. With Yamamoto, Ohtani, and Glasnow looming on the mound for LA, most Giants fans would have been content wit...

By Jack Loder If you were to ask Tony Vitello and the Giants to assess their first big road trip of the season, they'd probably tell you it was underwhelming. The Giants went 4-5 in a nine game trip that featured visits to Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Washington DC. In that sense, it was just ok. But unlike the first tw...

By Jack Loder The 49ers and KNBR have announced a five-year extension in broadcast partnership. An agreement that will keep the Niners on The Sports Leader through the 2030 season, marking 25 seasons as partners. 49ers Director of Broadcast Partnerships Bob Sargent joined Murph & Markus on Wednesday morning to ann...

By Brian Murphy As the Giants trudged out of the visitor's dugout down the tunnel into the bowels of Camden Yards on Sunday afternoon, the team had completed just shy of 10% of the 162 game marathon. It's still early, yes. And there is of course still more than enough time to turn the worm. But 10% is a not insignifica...

By Jack Loder It was hard not to smile as Tony Vitello spoke in intricate, almost poetic detail following the Giants' 7-2 victory over the Mets on Thursday night. He strolled into the presser with a sheepish grin, a few minutes behind schedule. "Alright, slight delay. Sorry." The delay was no more than a few ...