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Jun 19, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves left fielder Danny Santana (23) watches a home run with San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey (28) in the eighth inning at SunTrust Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY SportsGiants collapse reminder of darker times
This Giants thing is insane. Never has a Bay Area team collapsed from championship contender to potentially the worst team in the league so utterly, so completely, so swiftly. Or has it happened before?
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Warriors dynasty invites comparisons to 1980s 49ers
The Warriors’ recent run of success and promise of more to come may have fans reminiscing about another Bay Area dynasty – the 1980s 49ers. With comparisons aplenty, the Dubs just need the titles to match the Niners at this point.
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Giants coming home, and everyone’s grumpy
After a middling 3-4 road trip in St. Louis and Chicago, San Francisco fans are frustrated and showing their discontent. With a tough six-game homestand awaiting the Giants, those emotions may not dissipate any time soon.
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Murph: Warriors not yet celebrating due to unfinished business
The Warriors just went 12-0 in the playoffs. Why aren’t they celebrating?
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Murph: Bonds to the Wall of Fame; So when’s the statue?
The Giants made a little news this week by announcing that Barry Bonds will have a plaque unveiled in his honor on the team’s “Wall of Fame” outside of AT&T Park before the July 8 game against Miami.
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Murph: What’s in a nickname? For Christian Arroyo, it’s yet to be determined
Not looking to pick a fight with my good friends here at KNBR.com, but . . . we’re going to have to do something about already referring to Giants rookie Christian Arroyo as “The Kid.”
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Bobby Evans not ready to give up on Giants’ 2017 season
Twenty-nine games into a 162-game season, we went all Lunatic Fringe on Giants general manager Bobby Evans. On our show Thursday morning, just hours after the Giants won only their second series of the season and reached the magical 11-win mark, I decided to lay bare the most naked of fears in a Giants fans…
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For Giants’ offense, hope is not a strategy
The Giants re-assembled the same roster in the hopes that the key cogs would produce better numbers than they did in 2016. So far, the bats and the Giants are proving the old adage that hope, sadly, is not a strategy.
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Coach Kerr’s health scare has inspired the Warriors
On our radio show in the morning, Zaza Pachulia told us he got emotional when Kerr told the team in a private meeting he’d be stepping aside for some healing time. Pachulia said the specific details of Kerr’s back pain hell, presumably with nausea and relentless headaches, affected him on a level more than player-coach.…
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History tells us Giants’ rough start should be taken seriously
Bottom line: April matters. History is watching. This roster can’t continue for too long in its current. static state. Otherwise, this 2017 season just might continue to be a tough little watch.
