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Murph: What’s going on with the 49ers’ QB situation?
Here’s to the 49ers and their smash-hit off-season of 2021.
Murph: Shining a spotlight Verducci’s warning about baseball
Remember in middle school, when you had to write a report and it was really, really tempting to copy the World Book Encyclopedia and hand it in as your work?
Murph: Now the James Wiseman Watch truly begins
Now, the James Wiseman Watch truly begins.
Murph: Heliot Ramos is a springtime story of hope, and a road map to the future
No sport has changed before our eyes faster than baseball, as I was just saying to my third baseman stationed in right field, over near the computer printer.
Murph: Is the Warriors’ swag back?
It last made an impact on your life in June of 2019, but now it’s coming back.
Murph: In a post-Stafford world, it’s time for the 49ers to make some value judgements
The universe works in funny ways. Just as 49ers fans were still coming to grips with losing Matt Stafford to the NFC West rival L.A. Rams, the NFL Network on Monday night decided to replay Super Bowl 54 in its entirety.
Murph: The Farhan Zaidi Giants, now entering Year 3, are letting us know the deal
On the same day George Springer signed with the Toronto Blue Jays, new Giants pitcher Alex Wood told reporters about his movement profile, his horizontal and ‘vert’ break, and his perceived movement — “metrically speaking”, of course.
Murph: This is going to be a blast, no matter which side you’re on
James Harden is a Brooklyn Net. God bless the NBA.
Murph: It’s been four years with Shanahan and Lynch, so where are we exactly?
I suppose I should start the Lightly-Read 2021 Jock Blog with a smoldering hot take about how the 49ers’ 6-10 season was a sign of decline, how a reboot is in order, and how Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch should be on the hot seat.
Murph: Reflecting on the biggest sports takeaway of 2020
Here it is, the last Jock Blog of 2020.
Murph: The story of Alex Smith is unlike any in the history of Bay Area sports
The 49ers play against Alex Smith this Sunday.
Murph: The 49ers’ lousy season has somehow gotten worse
So 2020, the year with a million pejorative adjectives attached to it, actually just got *worse* for the 49ers.
Murph: As we try to accept Klay situation, a look to the Warriors’ future
This Jock Blog is being penned just 24 hours after the first phone alert that Klay Thompson — no, not Klay! — went down in a pickup basketball game in Los Angeles with what was feared to be a significant heel injury.
Murph: If you’re looking for normalcy in 2020, Tiger at Augusta should do the trick
Can’t tell you how many Jock Blogs in the last eight months have centered around the search for normalcy
Murph: Would the Giants really trade Brandon Crawford to Yankees?
What we need is a good old-fashioned Hot Stove League session.
Murph: We’ll never forget Kevin Cash’s decision in Game 6, but maybe that’s a good thing for baseball
Devoted readers of the LRJB (Lightly-Read Jock Blog, for you newcomers) could see this one coming like a Cody Bellinger two-cheeked swing for the fence.
Murph: I’m singing a slightly different tune after seeing the NL Designated Hitter experiment
To endorse the return of “No-DH” ball in the National League is not a knee-jerk thing, it’s not a howling repudiation of the designated hitter.
Murph: I understand the Jimmy G frustration, here’s why I’m not there yet
I get it, we live in a world where we have to feed the ‘Take Machine’. I understand.
Murph: Can 49ers have the season they want to have?
Of all people, I didn’t expect our Murph & Mac platinum member “Friend of the Program” (Gentleman) Jim Nantz to knock me for a loop about the 2020 49ers.
Murph: A dispatch from Oracle Park, where we miss our fellow Giants fans
No, the Jock Blog does not usually use datelines. But this one is different. This one is written from the ballpark.
Murph: The ethical quandary of Pac-12, Big Ten returning to football
Loving college football on Saturdays isn’t a totally clean ethical experience in 2020.
Murph: A simple love letter to the return of 49ers football
For a region going thru an apocalyptic nightmare of air quality, fire destruction and a crippling pandemic, we sure do it have good on the sports scene.
Murph: The San Francisco Giants’ hitting improvements are not slight, they’re drastic
The discovery of hitting the baseball for the San Francisco Giants.
Murph: The Dodgers honored their history on Wednesday night
Here’s a sentence you may never see again in the Jock Blog…