The Murph Blog

By Brian Murphy Tony Vitello's Giants are currently on pace to win 66 games, and lose 96. Just the way we like it. Hey oh! This week's Jock Blog was set out to explore the idea of Tony Vitello returning as Giants manager in 2027 - as reported by veteran scribe John Shea -so the Jock Blog did some cursory research to fi...

By Brian Murphy I say this with love and respect, because we are all one big Bay Area sports family but: Man. Some of y'all are nuts. I'm talking to my Golden State Warriors crowd, specifically. Either my social media algorithm is currently including only the 2026 Roundball Lunatic Fringe, or there is a legitimately si...

By Brian Murphy Wow, the 2026 49ers season has changed. Just like that. The news on Saturday, July 25 that Kyle Shanahan was in a serious car accident some 11 days earlier and would be unable to fulfill his head coaching duties while he recovered was jarring enough. Then came the processing of it all: what happened? Ho...

By Brian Murphy Poor Tony V. Man. I mean, not really *poor* Tony Vitello. He's handsomely compensated. He willingly took this Giants manager job. Being a manager in the big leagues means there will be scrutiny and second-guessing and hearing those who wish him to fail. Nobody ever said it was a warm, safe world. It's ...

By Brian Murphy You gotta get your eight hours of sleep. You gotta hydrate. You gotta make your bed every day. And if you are Buster Posey, you have to trade Luis Arraez. I know. I know. It's tempting to stay up late binge-watching "Love Island USA" and cut into your sleep; it's tempting to have that extra be...

By Brian Murphy Don't press send. Chisel those three words in the lore of how to live. Three-word mantras to build a life around can go far, like "Keep On Truckin'" on a 1970s gas station t-shirt; or "Alright, alright, alright" from the mouth of Matthew McConaughey. Don't press send. Former NFL coac...

By Brian Murphy "Almost heaven/ West Virginia/ Blue Ridge Mountains/ Shenendoah River . . " All right, all right. I'll stop. For now. Singing on the air this morning with my co-host Markus (Waterboy) Boucher may have led to the phrase my pals and I settled on back in the 1990s. We realized our overly active ...

By Brian Murphy Monday, June 15 marks the one-year anniversary of Buster's Blockbuster - the revolutionary trade with the Red Sox for slugger Rafael Devers. It was bold. It was audacious. It was the right thing to do. So why does the one-year anniversary report card say the trade has been a big, fat failure? Damn. No g...

By Brian Murphy Kyle Shanahan canceled next week's 49ers workouts, meaning we won't see the 49ers until late July meaning - gosh, better knock out a Jock Blog assessing their place in the NFL universe after the Myles Garrett trade to the Rams. Or, in my alternate title: "How Shohei Ohtani Became A Ram." You k...

By Brian Murphy Man. You have to feel a little something for Tony Vitello, manager of the San Francisco Giants. He's been a skipper in The Show for 56 games, and it's been a - how can we put this? - awful ride so far. His team is 22-34. His team's fans are as mad as anyone can remember. His team has heard boos at home,...