Picking through the rubble: Takeaways from a rough weekend at Third & King
I’m old enough to remember last Tuesday night. The Giants were red hot. A stellar road trip had come home to a pair of wins over the National League best…
Jock Blog: Judge, Yankees Oracle Park arrival reminds Giants fans what could have been
Regret is a helluva concept. It can weigh one down, fill one with rue. And who wants to be filled with rue? In a related note, Aaron Judge comes to…
Another series win: Despite loss in finale, Giants keep momentum with series victory over Phillies
Take a moment to flush Wednesday afternoon’s result from your memory. The ugly loss to the Phillies kept the Giants from earning their second sweep of 2024, but it shouldn’t…
How can you not be romantic about a May midweek series in Pittsburgh?
The NFL is king. The NBA has singular superstars like no other sport. But I dare either of those sports to take a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Pittsburgh, PA…
Chaos in the Steel City: Takeaways from a wild back-and-forth series in Pittsburgh
As the Giants trudged off the field on Tuesday night while the Pirates danced in jubilation, the likelihood that the three-game trip to Pittsburgh would be considered a success seemed…
Play the kids: Crowded IL offers homegrown youth to seize opportunity
Photo: Robert Edwards Seven weeks into the Bob Melvin era, it’s easy to be pessimistic about the 2024 campaign. The season has been rife with underachievement and disappointing results. Any…
Injury update: Jung Hoo Lee’s MRI reveals structural damage to left shoulder
Any Giants fans hoping to hear encouraging news regarding the left shoulder of rookie center fielder Jung Hoo Lee were disappointed on Tuesday afternoon. The Giants announced in a press…
Injury report: Jung Hoo Lee placed on 10-day IL with dislocated shoulder
A day after Giants center-fielder Jung Hoo Lee left Sunday’s game in the top of the first after crashing into the center-field wall, the Giants provided more clarity on the…
The Start of the 49ers Drama And Never-Ending Quest
© Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports. Consider this Jock Blog of May 10, 2024 to be the first of many 2024 49ers-related Jock Blogs to ask the same question: Given that…
On the purgatory of .500-ish Giants …
Photo: Ed Szczepanski If you listen to us in the morning — thank you, immediate family — you know we have a couple of running bits when the Giants are…
Just a few wee questions regarding your Warriors
Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports. Boy, the Warriors sure could have made our lives easier by not getting trucked by the Kings last Tuesday night. Had the Warriors not been trucked…
On Shohei-Gate – That Was Fast
© Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports. So much for Shohei-Gate ruining the Dodgers. Not only is Japanese megastar Shohei Ohtani on a heater — 13-for-30, three home runs, four doubles and…
Today, John Fisher violated the social contract of sports ownership, and sealed himself as the worst of all time in the Bay
Congratulations, John Fisher. Today you announced that Sept. 26, 2024 will be the last A’s baseball game in Oakland, ending a 57-year run that ran from Catfish Hunter to Vida…
Is it finally time to think about parting ways with Draymond?
PHOTO: Brad Rempel I write this Jock Blog some minutes before the Warriors take on the Hornets in Charlotte Friday, and for all I know, Draymond Green will not only…
The love, the hate, the Giants offseason
What a week — heck, what an off-season — for the love/hate Giants crowd. Was it Freud or John McGraw who said that love and hate are the same emotion?…
The Padres get Dylan Cease, as Farhan continues to hoard
Photo: Victor Decolongon Dylan Cease in orange and black. Corbin Burnes in orange and black. Tyler Glasnow in orange and black. Nope. Nope. And . . . (checks notes) .…