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The Jock Blog is about to take a mighty two-week hiatus and won’t return until the week of August 11, leaving me with this week’s topic:  What kind of summer will the 49ers have? The summer is not off to a rip-roaring start, as I was just saying to my good pals Trent Williams and […]

Nothing like cramming for a final exam, as I was just saying to my 20-year-old college self. The Giants are staring at the July 30 trading deadline like the proverbial student who has spent the entire season asleep in the back row, only to wake up hearing the teacher droning: “And 90 percent of your […]

The All-Star break comes at a welcome time for the Giants, and probably most of their fans as well. A taxed starting rotation and bullpen especially were in need of a breather. There’s been enough retrospect. No one is happy that the Giants roll into the All-Star break at 47-50, but the horizon is the […]

Sometimes, it’s all about the intangibles. Not all wins are equal, and the two out of three the Giants took from the Dodgers this past weekend mean more than just two tallies in the win column.