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Jul 7, 2017; San Francisco, CA, USA; Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton (27) hits a two-run home run against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY SportsMurph: Giancarlo Stanton to the Giants? Yes!
Muscle-bound sluggers are winning games by studying launch angles, while heat-throwing pitchers are providing the power. The Giants, led by Brandon Belt’s 18 home runs, are not keeping up. This is where Stanton comes in.
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(c)2017DennyMedley/RandomPhotographyA note of 49ers caution amid early buzz
In August, the familiar allure of the NFL — speed, power, grace, all capped by those helmets we adored on bedsheets as kids — is intoxicating.
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Murph: The nicknames we’d like to see on the Giants’ jerseys
If only frustrated Giants fans could have stitched nicknames on the 2017 squad to exhaust rage over a season gone wrong! A partial list might go as follows
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The top 10 most unexpected highlight in sports, inspired by Javy Baez and Carlos Moncrief
In honor of Javier Baez’s inside-the-park home run and Carlos Moncrief’s bullet throw, Brian Murphy looks back at some of the wildest and highly enticing pleasures in sports: the unexpected thrill.
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Murph: 49ers questions and answers heading into training camp
Like a life preserver thrown to Bay Area sports fans, the NFL season is here to save us from drowning in Giants lousiness.
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Murph: We come to praise, not bury, the Giants’ sellout streak
The Giants’ sellout streak at AT&T Park is over, and the riffs are flying. “Sellout streak? The only thing sold out was Larry Baer’s imaginary world!”
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Murph: Warriors foil the haters again
Any rumors of the Warriors demise have been greatly exaggerated. Or, did not exist at all. These are the salad days. The Warriors are champs, are in their prime, and are ready for more.
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Ball Duding: You gotta get dirty
Matt Cain eyed me in the tunnel leading to the dugout before Wednesday’s Giants-Rockies game. He sized up my ill-fitting pants, my out-of-place jersey and my bearing that projected zero confidence. After all, I was about to be a Ball Dude for the very first time.
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Murph: ‘If Evans is to turn this thing around, he’ll have to nail the market’
Two bits of intrigue remain in the Giants season, which essentially died in this, the month of June. The club totes a 6-18 record this month into Tuesday night’s game vs. Colorado. The two bits: Who gets dealt? Will they lose 100 games? Gotta say, those are some remarkable questions to be asking. When Paulie…
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Murph: LaVar Ball’s star will fade, it’s Lonzo’s time to shine
The NBA is far too big a stage for a player’s Dad to continue to drive the news cycle. I think LaVar’s days of influencing opinion on Lonzo, the newest Los Angeles Laker, are mostly over. His unveiling of a purple-and-gold ‘Big Baller Brand’ hat on Draft Night, his prediction that Lonzo will take the…
