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Jerry McDonald

@jerrymcd

Covered the Raiders for 25 years upon return to Oakland. Moved on to 49ers, baseball and general assignment stories and columns when they moved on.

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SF Giants vs. Toronto: Will the postseason contender please stand up? Not so fast, #Giants . . . Webb has another rough sixth inning in 6-3 loss. Adames homers twice . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/19/sf-… #mercnews

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SF #Giants fight back, but no silver linings after series sweep by Toronto. Blue Jays beat both Robbie Ray, Logan Webb . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/20/sf-… #mercnews

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Seen a lot of piss-poor Giants games dating back to the 70s. Tonight's travesty in Atlanta ranks with the worst of them. Man, that was ugly.

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After wholesale changes, #49ers special teams receive added scrutiny in training camp . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/24/49e… #mercnews

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Dee Winters takes his shot at replacing Dre Greenlaw as #49ers weakside linebacker . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/25/49e… #mercnews

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#49ers Brock Purdy not practicing today for what team says are personal reasons Only 2 QBs are Mac Jones and Tanner Mordecai Rookie Kurtis Rourke (ACL rehab) is on non-football-injury list

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Robert Saleh in early stages of attempting to rejuvenate a broken #49ers defense. Said Nick Bosa: `His commanding presence in defensive meetings is what we needed.' . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/26/49e… #mercnews

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Purdy, Pearsall practice for #49ers. No McCaffrey, Bosa or Trent Willams . . . mercurynews.com/wp-admin/post.… #mercnews

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DE Tarron Jackson taken to Stanford hospital with neck injury. Purdy, Pearsall return; Green, Cowing out until mid-August with hamstring strains. Jennings has calf strain . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/27/pur… #49ers

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Jason Pinnock is from Connecticut, went to Pitt, played for Jets and Giants and never thought he'd live on the West Coast. He's in line to start at safety for #49ers . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/29/49e… #mercnews

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How Bryce Huff and other new #49ers veterans are faring through first week of training camp . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/30/49e… #mercnews

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Good vibrations in #49ers training camp is a stark contrast to last year's dark cloud . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/31/49e… #mercnews

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SF #Giants in a free fall, and a crash landing is inevitable. Tyler Rogers wasn't their MVP, but was one of the few who met (and even exceeded) expectations in 2025 . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/31/mcd…

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On June 13, the #Giants were 41-29 and tied with the Dodgers for first place in the N.L. West. On July 31, they punted the season . . . mercurynews.com/2025/07/31/mcd… #mercnews

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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 . . . . counting the seconds for the first `49ers should have kept Trey Lance instead of committing to Brock Purdy' post . . .