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Murph: Explaining how Bruce Bochy became The Bay’s favorite coach
There’s something different, though, in the ongoing love and nostalgia surrounding Bochy’s retirement. It has to do with the guy himself.
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Murph: Prepare for a crestfallen Sunday, 49ers fans
Last year, everyone felt the 5-0 Jimmy Garoppollo finish to 2017 meant great things awaited in 2018. How’d that work out for everyone?
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Murph: Any review of Chase Center has to come with an asterisk
So, the Chase Center: Spectacular 21st-century entertainment palace, or traffic-choked monument to sterile piles of tech money?
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Murph: The Giants’ 2019 playoff hopes appear dire, but what about 2020?
And the biggest question of all: Has Farhan Zaidi done enough in his first nine months on the job to convince you the Giants will be any good in 2020?
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Murph: A reminder to never, ever take August football too seriously
When it comes to JGP — Jimmy Garoppolo Panic — which came first: The Twitter chicken or the Twitter egg?
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Murph: For the 2019 49ers, let’s learn from last year and curb our expectations
The Jock Blog was so caught up this summer in KDD (Kevin Durant Drama) and MBB (MadBum Buzz) that we realized it’s August and there have been no entries on the local NFL squad which broadcasts its games on The Sports Leader.
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Murph: On Joe Panik and the first break of the World Series core
Meanwhile, Farhan’s decision to DFA Joe Panik today marks his first break with the World Series core, and speaks to several things, among them Donovan Solano and Scooter Gennett’s immediate future, Mauricio Dubon’s long-term future and Joe Panik’s declining recent past.
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Murph: We may have to reassess our feelings about the 2019 Giants
It started in mid-June, a little flicker when they won four straight against the Padres and Brewers. But, naw, back then the Giants were 30-38, eight games under and we were all busy enmeshed in Warriors drama, ACLs, Achilles tendons, all that.
