Bryan Murphy

@bryanmurphy.bsky.social

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Baseball blogger (#SFGiants @ mccoveychronicles.com), Star Trek podcaster (Trek Marry Kill @ https://pod.link/trekmarrykill)

SUCCESSION IMAGE: Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) at his papa's funeral, crying, asking, "Well can we get him out?" as in the casket that's before him.
James Gunn in his fancy lawyer suit, an image from the fifth season of the TV series Angel (a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring David Boreanaz). In this season, he and the main cast have taken over the evil law firm that had been tormenting them throughout the series, their thinking being that maybe they can change things from the inside. In Gunn's case, he had a brain procedure to give him legal expertise. At some point, he realizes that in order to get his caseload done, he has to have his sleep removed. This has unforeseen consequences. This is also a dumb joke at the expense of Angelle's post, but if it gets you to watch the TV show Angel, then it's worth it.
Bob Nightengale posts: "Lockout or not, MLB showing their optimism in labor negotiations that the 2027 season will start on time by announcing that Opening Day will be on March 25, the earliest in MLB history, with the regular season concluding Sept. 26." He is one of those dudes whose posts always catalyze the opposite reaction.
Al Pacino in Jack & Jill
Still from the customer service scene in OBSESSION (iykyk)
Casey Schmitt is second only to Shawon Dunston in the Oracle Park era (since 2000) in consecutive PA without a walk. Dunston: 246 PA. Schmitt: 165. The whole list: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/1j8i4
List of players sorted by streak of games without a walk. Shawon Dunston is #1 with 105 straight games beginning May 2001 and ending July 2002. Rest of list: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/1j8i4
Chief O'Brien resting in his bunk bed aboard the Defiant, looking up and smiling. A still from the DS9 episode, "The Sound of Her Voice." If you know the twist then this joke will make more sense.
Deadline headline, 'Moana: Disney Live-Action Take Looks to Welcome $130M+ Global Opening'
Business card for LENIN’S CAR WASH
Graphic breaking down Gausman’s salary vs the guys the giants brought in to replace him over the years. Gausman worth 6.1 fWAR more
Farhan Zaidi smiling. He famously opted to not re-sign Gausman
Snip of a 2019 Vanity Fair article on McConnell: “As the new Congress convened earlier this year, featuring a freshmen class of progressives, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to do all he could to thwart Democratic proposals that made it to the Senate. Things like the Green New Deal and Medicare For All “won’t even be voted on,” he promised. “So think of me as the Grim Reaper: The guy who is going to make sure that socialism doesn’t land on the president’s desk.” Looking at the bills he’s recently axed in the Senate, however, one has to wonder exactly how broad his definition of “socialism” might be. Is a bill granting $1 billion for election security, that will reportedly never reach the Senate floor for a vote thanks to McConnell, an example of socialism? Is picking a fight with Jon Stewart over the 9/11 first responders’ fund a stand against socialism?”
A Google search -- "when's the best time to trade logan webb -ai" that lists as the top result the mccovey chronicles article I wrote in 2025 -- "When's the best time to trade Logan Webb?" -- but above *that* is sentence from the article itself in bold letters: So given all that the best time to trade Logan Webb is after the 2026 season, provided the Giants are still a .500 at best team. And then in tiny font: Dec 2, 2025
Farhan Zaidi frowning
Red 10 from Star Wars, but instead of saying "Negative. Negative. It didn't go in. It just impacted on the surface." he says this:
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's chief negotiator, who is presumably handling strait of hormuz negotiations
Brandon Belt standing on a boat wearing a captain's hat and a London Fog jacket and a scarf while holding a net in which he has dragged a baseball from the bay
"I mean, f— that guy. You can quote me on that. F— that guy." Giants president Farhan Zaidi denounces Scottsdale city council member Guy Phillips.
Buster Posey's face poorly superimposed over Huckleberry Hound, who in the Simpsons episode "Behind the Laughter" is interviewed as a preview for next week's episode. The caption: "I was so gay, but I couldn't tell anyone."
From a Deadline article: "EXCLUSIVE: Bectu, the creative industry union, has called for better pay protections for freelancers after a contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey collapsed, owing crew members potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds. Deadline revealed on Monday that Northanger Abbey, a £7M ($9M) production mounted in the UK by a team of inexperienced U.S. producers, fell apart during advanced prep and has failed to deliver on its promises to pay workers what they are owed. A handful of crew are now pursuing legal action. Northanger is the third high-profile UK indie film collapse Deadline has reported on over the past year. Simon Pegg’s Angels in the Asylum and Cara Delevingne vehicle The Climb both went down amid similarly rancorous stories of producers running into financing issues, despite having committed to crewing up. "
stop giving me your toughest battles meme, but Jesus and the sad face are flipped. Jesus is asking, "What happened? I chose you because you can handle a pitching staff. they're all bigoted losers." Sad Face: You probably wanted us to sign Edwin Diaz, but then you'd probably be asking me why I signed Edwin Diaz when he's on the IL.
Scene from ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025): The Christmas Adventurers Club are having a meeting with an assassin.
FULL COUNTS - Most by Pitchers This Season Royals -- 454 Astros -- 450 Reds -- 447 A's -- 431 Giants -- 424
WOOPS (1992) "The Total Destruction of Civilization Can Really Ruin Your Day." It's a sitcom about a group of survivors of a nuclear holocaust -- funny, right!
Everything costs more in L.A., starting with labor, due to the high cost of living and elaborate union agreements. Other states and countries have developed crew bases of their own, are more solicitous of producers’ needs and offer more generous incentives. Producers are also under pressure from the audience to deliver ever more spectacular experiences. Creating a premium product — at a price — often means going overseas.
snip of sfgiants.com page about Faith Day on 9/23/2026 with an orange REQUEST INFORMATION button. The current planned event: "Enjoy a pregame discussion before the game on how faith and sports intersect, influence and inspire." I know, I know, the lack of the oxford comma suuuuuucks, just like the Giants do.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/giants-buster-posey-mentions-edwin-062824194.html
Screen shot from 30 Rock: Larry King seated with Tracy Jordan, saying “if you’re just joining us, we’re with Tracy Jordan, who is giving guitar icon Peter Frampton enigmatic clues about a secret treasure.”
BRIAN MURPHY (not me, the one from radio station KNBR): Why did you sign and emphasize so many bigots? BUSTER POSEY: I guess Murph you probably wanted us to sign Woke. Then you’d probably ask me why I signed Woke because Woke’s on the IL. Every decision we made you could play armchair quarterback on it and say it was good or bad. We’ve got some bigots in the bullpen doing some really good stuff.
Producer from The Simpsons episode where Homer gives notes on a famous actor's attempt to remake Mr. Smith Goes to Washington by making it have a violent ending, only here, the producer isn't asking, "Why did Mr. Smith kill everybody?" as he does in the episode, he's asking, "Why did Mr. Posey kill everybody?"
So, as you can see, the Giants have had some really bad staffs in our lifetime. 7 of 11 seasons in living memory have been among the worst pitching performances ever seen by fans, so why couldn’t this year become #8? Well, if I had to pitch a path for a turnaround, I suppose it would start with walking fewer batters. Pitchers shouldn’t walk hitters. This year’s team has a walk rate 4.04 BB/9 that would be the worst of this century were it not for the 2008 team (4.07). Still a chance to improve upon that, sure, but can they? In the past 6 weeks or so, things have only gotten worse: May 1st-June 11th: 7.7 K/9, 4.11 BB/9 May 29th-June 11th: 7.85 K/9, 4.79 BB/9 A reminder that Tyler Mahle hasn’t pitched since May 26th. But also, Robbie Ray has the second-worst walk rate in the sport (4.42 per 9). Oh, but wait! Landen Roupp’s 3.88 is 7th-worst. So, it’s not just a bad apple spoiling the bunch. There are no apples here. Just walks. A bunch of walks.
A bunch of well dressed party people off the starboard bow of a boat, the name of which is clearly seen: LOVELY MARTHA
Brian Windhorst pointing conspiracy meme
The one notable exception is the limit we used to assess the risk of exposure to Red Dye No. 40, a synthetic food color first approved by the FDA in 1971. In recent decades, a growing body of research has linked the dye to neurobehavioral effects, gastrointestinal harm, and DNA damage, leading some scientists and public health advocates to call for a reevaluation of the agency’s current acceptable daily intake level, which is based on an unpublished study of rats submitted to the FDA in 1970 by the manufacturer of Red 40. In one peer-reviewed 2018 study, adult rats given Red 40 at a dose equal to the FDA’s acceptable daily intake showed impaired performance on learning and memory tests and signs of neurological damage; the damage was significantly more severe in rats given 10 times that dose. A 2021 assessment by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) used this study to recalculate what the FDA’s acceptable daily intake of Red 40 would be if it incorporated modern research on neurobehavioral effects. The answer? Between 1/1000 and 1/100 the current threshold, depending on the safety margin applied. We used the more permissive end of that range—0.07 mg per kg of body weight per day, or 1/100 the current acceptable daily intake—to assess the risks of Red 40 consumption. We selected this threshold for risk assessment because the OEHHA concluded that the acceptable daily intakes currently used by U.S. and European authorities “may not protect against neurobehavioral effects.” These findings also informed California lawmakers’ decision to ban Red 40 in food served in the state’s public schools beginning Dec. 31, 2027.
A sickly Homer hugging a sandwich by a trash can
A comatose John Gill from the Star Trek episode "Patterns of Force," where an alien civilization patterned itself after Nazi Germany. There is a better image where this unconscious Gill is propped up to read whatever the actual propaganda is while on TV, but behind him during the broadcast are a bunch of Nazi banners and that's just too offensive to post online. Nobody needs to see that. Suffice it to say, yes, Tony Vitello reading prepared statements about bullpen use is getting a comp to the episode of Star Trek where aliens copy the Nazis.
A vulture flying overhead
Robert De Niro in "Cape Feare," the part where he's laughing in the movie theater smoking a cigar.
shot of a vulture approaching from the distance