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SF Giants: What we learned from Farhan Zaidi’s season-ending press conference

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — As a half dozen ballparks radiated on Tuesday, the official start of the postseason, with the kind of energy that only playoff baseball can provide, Oracle Park sat empty. Quiet. The only sign of activity was a not-so-small group of reporters and cameras encircled around Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ head baseball man who wished his team was gearing up for October, not kicking off his offseason perched on a dugout bench answering questions for 45 minutes.“We’re sitting here with the playoffs starting, talking about the end of our season, finishing under .500, that’s a disappointment,” Zaidi said, about half-an-hour in to his post mortem. “That’s not where we wanted to be.”Just a few days earlier, Zaidi spoke of needing to “rethink everything.” His club wilted down the stretch, exposing deeper problems on a roster and an organizational philosophy that has produced only one postseason appearance in five seasons. As these things go,...

Kurtenbach: SF Giants ownership has set up the organization for years of dysfunction

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — This is not an appropriate way to run a baseball team.Not in this day and age.Not in this kind of market.With one decision, the Giants have set themselves up for years of unnecessary messiness and continued mediocrity.When Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi recommended to the team’s governing board that they fire manager Gabe Kapler last week, it should have sparked a larger conversation about the organization’s future.That was the time to decide if Zaidi is the right person to lead this team.Both Zaidi and Kapler’s contracts with the Giants expire after the 2024 season, but someone’s head had to roll after a sub-.500 season.So Zaidi deftly sacrificed Kapler to save himself.I don’t blame Zaidi for making the move. It was justifiable — Kapler was floundering in his role.But the fact that Zaidi could save himself is the problem.Zaidi and Kapler worked in lock-step. The former hand-picked the latter. The latter implemented...

Bay Area man pleads guilty to violating sanctions on Iran

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. -- (KRON) – Bay Area resident and telecommunications consultant, Farhad Nafeiy, was charged and pleaded guilty to violating sanctions by exporting software upgrades for commercial-grade telecommunications servers to the Islamic Republic of Iran and for tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.  FBI warns public against ‘The Phantom Hacker’ scam Nafeiy, 70, an Alamos resident, was charged with and pleaded guilty to a violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Under IEEPA, the President of the United States is granted authority to address unusual and extraordinary threats to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. Under that law, the President has issued orders prohibiting certain activities and transactions with Iran and the Government of Iran. The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued regulations, such as the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, implementin...

San Francisco man who tortured girlfriend faces life prison sentence

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A 36-year-old man was convicted by a jury of torturing his girlfriend in their San Francisco apartment, prosecutors said Tuesday. Roberto Gamero was convicted of torture, domestic violence, assault, and battery. "The charges arose from six separate incidents of abuse over the course of a year and a half," the District Attorney's Office wrote. Gamero is now facing a possible life prison sentence. He has been in custody since April for repeatedly violating a criminal protective order.District Attorney Brooke Jenkins described Gamero's abuse as "monstrous." Gamero and the victim began dating in 2020 and the relationship turned violent, investigators said."During one such incident, the defendant punched the victim’s face so many times that her face became unrecognizable, and the defendant refused to let her leave the apartment," the DA's Office wrote.An especially violent episode on February 5, 2022 led to the boyfriend's arrest. According to prosecutors, that ni...

House advances motion to oust McCarthy

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

The House on Tuesday moved closer to a vote on whether House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should keep his gavel after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), 10 other House Republicans, and a unified Democratic Caucus defeated an effort to kill the “motion to vacate.”The chamber voted 208-218 on a motion to table Gaetz’s resolution to oust McCarthy, setting the stage for a vote on whether McCarthy should remain in the top spot.The vote is bad news for McCarthy, who had argued that it would be bad for the institution of the House for Democrats to help in removing him.And it came only after Democrats decided against protecting McCarthy. Emerging from a closed-door meeting in the Capitol, members of the caucus said they would vote to oust McCarthy — dealing a blow to McCarthy and putting his Speakership in hot water.It sets the chamber up for yet another historic vote that, like McCarthy’s history 15-ballot Speaker’s election in January, has not been seen in a century.The only other time t...

McDavid and Oilers competing with NHL expansion darlings, Vegas and Seattle, in Pacific Division

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

Sorry, California. And good luck, Connor McDavid.This isn’t your father or grandfather’s NHL expansion era following a season in which the Pacific Division was turned upside down by the league’s two newest franchises.The Stanley Cup resides in Las Vegas. And the Seattle Kraken made a giant leap from their inaugural season growing pains by falling one win short of reaching what would’ve been an all-expansion Western Conference Final matchup against the Golden Knights.And there’s little indication of Vegas or Seattle experiencing a dropoff this year in a division that features a large gap between the top five and bottom three.“We’re excited heading into the season. So are 31 other teams,” Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said. “But I think we’ve got reason to have faith in our group and trust in the players that we have. We’re going to put our best foot forward.”Seattle coach Dave Hakstol was more tempered in his outlook, especially given how the Kraken’s 100-point seaso...

Arozarena’s mom throws first pitch, watches son in MLB for 1st time at Rays-Rangers Game 1

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The mother of Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena joined her son on the field Tuesday to throw a ceremonial first pitch before the Rays opened their AL Wild Card Series against the Texas Rangers.Sandra Gonzalez made the trip to Tropicana Field from Mexico to watch Arozarena play in person for the first time as a major leaguer. She only recently obtained a visa and arrived in Florida on Monday.Gonzalez played catch with the All-Star outfielder near the home dugout before taking the mound and tossing a strike to Arozarena, who was squatting in a catcher’s position behind the plate.Arozarena, the 2020 AL Championship Series MVP, lined a single to center field in his first at-bat.The Rays-Rangers series is a family affair in more ways than one, with brothers Josh Lowe of Tampa Bay and Nathaniel Lowe of Texas facing off in October for the first time. Their mother, Wendy, was unable to attend because she is battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy.Hall of Famer Fred...

McCormick, Meta Platforms fall; Boeing, Point Biopharma rise, Tuesday, 10/3/2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday:Point Biopharma Global Inc., up $5.67 to $12.36.Eli Lilly is buying the cancer treatment developer.McCormick & Co., down $6.32 to $68.40.The spices and seasonings company’s third-quarter revenue fell short of analysts’ forecasts.Krispy Kreme Inc., up 8 cents to $12.51.The doughnut chain may sell its Insomnia Cookies business.Boeing Co., up $1.09 to $188.92The airplane maker is may ramp up production of its 737 single-aisle jets amid an increase in orders.WeWork Inc., down 41 cents to $2.54.The office space company is withholding interest payments on some of debts.Netflix Inc., down $3.58 to $376.75.The streaming video service is reportedly planning to raise the price of its ad-free service.Stellantis N.V., down 21 cents to $18.70.The automaker is recalling nearly 273,000 trucks in the U.S. because of a problem with the rear view camera.Meta Platforms Inc., down $5.88 to $300.94.Fac...

Cal-Maine: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (CALM) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $926,000.The Ridgeland, Mississippi-based company said it had profit of 2 cents per share.The egg producer posted revenue of $459.3 million in the period.Cal-Maine shares have fallen 13% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $47.39, a decline of 14% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CALM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CALMSource

2023 MLB Injured List

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:45:55 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Injured list placements and days on injured list during the 2023 season:TeamPlaDaysL.A. Dodgers332,465L.A. Angels422,346N.Y. Yankees382,158Cincinnati381,921Colorado311,840Minnesota391,809Boston311,792Oakland311,746Atlanta301,707Milwaukee321,700Kansas City281,661Detroit241,637Miami281,614N.Y. Mets281,610San Francisco461,571Washington221,530San Diego311,512Pittsburgh281,498Tampa Bay291,424Chicago Cubs271,209St. Louis291,172Seattle181,170Texas251,152Arizona181,117Chicago White Sox301,077Baltimore20913Philadelphia20890Toronto21863Houston13840Cleveland18717Totals84844,661Source: MLBSource