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I relented and visited a doctor who told me that without surgery, the shapes could forever take me into darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">His diagnosis: At 25 years old, I was rapidly working my way toward a detached retina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cstrong>Scleral Buckle Surgery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Flat on my back in a cold operating room, I lay awake as doctors attached a silicone band around the circumference of my left eyeball. I can still remember the sound of metal tools clinking together, the doctors' softly spoken instructions and my own vital signs being announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"I'm definitely feeling a lot of pain,\" I kept telling the anesthesiologist nearby who was tasked with keeping me awake and comfortable. 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I thought of the telephone pole covered in an armor made of staples, the manhole cover that would give a satisfying \"thud\" if you landed on it just right, and the tree with the smooth, patchy bark where I liked to sit and stretch (and sometimes nap) after a long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">After I emerged from surgery, the recovery period was difficult and long. If I let my pulse quicken, I would feel a pounding in my eye. Any eye movement came with the punishment of dull pain. Daylight felt like a hot laser shooting directly into my retinas. My vision was blurry and I had to focus hard to avoid seeing in double vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">I sat in stillness for weeks, listening to books on tape in a darkened room, doing everything I could to keep my eyes still.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cstrong>Getting Back\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">When my vision began to return and I was green-lighted for exercise, I wasted little time before lacing up my running shoes. Surgery had left me feeling vulnerable, weak and out of control of my own body. More than anything, I wanted to feel strong again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">My first run back was short and slow -- 1½ miles around the Panhandle. My eye still throbbed; loud enough I could hear it over The Black Keys songs that blared in my headphones. My vision was so bad I could barely spot the cracks in the path, so I often tripped where tree roots had buckled the pavement. Feeling defeated after my first run, I wondered if I’d ever be able to call myself a runner again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">But over the following months, I started running farther — 6 miles, 8 miles, 10 miles -- and faster — a 9:00 per mile pace, then 8:30, then 7:50. Before long, I was running better than I had during my cross-country days in high school and with an ease that was all new. In moments that I felt tired or like I couldn't continue, I would think back to how I had felt on the operating table. I began to treat each run as a celebration of health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_142908\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-142908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/10458664_10100344728538223_6545236311670884946_n-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"This will be my first half marathon, but I predict many more are in my future. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_142844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/452593632.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-142844\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/452593632-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland A's Jim Johnson, center, on the mound Wednesday night during the latest in a string of disastrous outings. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A's Jim Johnson, center, on the mound Wednesday night during the latest in a string of disastrous outings. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's how Wednesday night went for \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsji04.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland A's reliever Jim Johnson\u003c/a>. Manager Bob Melvin brought him in to start the eighth inning against the Houston Astros in a game the A's were leading 9-2. It figured to be a situation that would not put Johnson, a former elite closer who lost that job in the opening week of the season, under undue stress. And then the Astros came to bat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston second baseman Jose Altuve led off with an infield single. Catcher Jason Castro singled to right, sending Altuve to second. Designated hitter Chris Carter doubled to the wall in left center, scoring Altuve and moving Castro to third. Left fielder Mark Krauss singled to center, scoring Castro and sending Carter to third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the end of Johnson's night: Eleven pitches, four batters faced, four hits and (eventually) four runs. As it turned out, it's also the apparent end of Johnson's short, ugly A's career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team announced Thursday that it had \u003ca href=\"http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/oak/as-assign-jim-johnson-for-assignment?ymd=20140724&content_id=86088630&vkey=news_oak\" target=\"_blank\">designated Johnson for assignment\u003c/a>. That means Johnson's off the Athletics' 40-man roster while he and the team figure out what to do next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one major league team has reportedly expressed interest in acquiring Johnson, who saved 101 games the past two seasons before flopping this year. His greatest accomplishment may have been wringing a $10 million contract for this season from a team that's \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/index.php?team=OAK&cyear=2014\" target=\"_blank\">famously careful about committing to high player salaries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson was a target for fan impatience from opening night, when he came into a scoreless game against the Cleveland Indians and promptly gave up two runs for a loss. The fans booed him then, and again when he blew a save and lost a second game in the series. And booing has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_25881860/reliever-jim-johnson-battling-put-struggles-behind-him\" target=\"_blank\">his theme music\u003c/a> for most of his home appearances ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one level, the disgust is understandable. Johnson has been a disaster for the most part, and he replaced the popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/balfogr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Balfour\u003c/a> as closer (he signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Rays, where he's also suffering through a pretty crummy season).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Booing isn't new at the Coliseum or at any major league ballpark. But the disapproval of Johnson has been raucous and unforgiving enough to prompt teammates like All-Stars Josh Donaldson and Sean Doolittle \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2014/05/30/is-the-symbiosis-between-as-and-their-fans-at-an-end/\" target=\"_blank\">to comment on it\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I respect that if they buy a ticket, the fans can do what they want,\" Donaldson said. \"They can boo. I’m not telling anyone what they can do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He went on to say that if the ticketholders turned boo-birds want the best outcome, however, they need to think twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s not good for him,\" Donaldson said. \"And it’s not good for us. It’s making things awkward for us with the fans. I’ve never been in another big league uniform, but here it’s always been the case that we have a special relationship with the fans. We feed off each other.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Johnson is gone, but already the fans seem to have found a new target. \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hammeja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Hammel\u003c/a>, one of the highly regarded starters the A's traded for earlier this month, was knocked out of his last start, has lost both his starts since joining Oakland and got hit hard during his last appearance, on Saturday night against the Baltimore Orioles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fans aren't wasting any time to see if Hammel is any good or not. He got loud rounds of jeering throughout his abbreviated performance, and I'll bet he can't wait to start at the Coliseum again.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_142844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/452593632.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-142844\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/452593632-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland A's Jim Johnson, center, on the mound Wednesday night during the latest in a string of disastrous outings. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A's Jim Johnson, center, on the mound Wednesday night during the latest in a string of disastrous outings. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's how Wednesday night went for \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsji04.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland A's reliever Jim Johnson\u003c/a>. Manager Bob Melvin brought him in to start the eighth inning against the Houston Astros in a game the A's were leading 9-2. It figured to be a situation that would not put Johnson, a former elite closer who lost that job in the opening week of the season, under undue stress. And then the Astros came to bat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston second baseman Jose Altuve led off with an infield single. Catcher Jason Castro singled to right, sending Altuve to second. Designated hitter Chris Carter doubled to the wall in left center, scoring Altuve and moving Castro to third. Left fielder Mark Krauss singled to center, scoring Castro and sending Carter to third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the end of Johnson's night: Eleven pitches, four batters faced, four hits and (eventually) four runs. As it turned out, it's also the apparent end of Johnson's short, ugly A's career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team announced Thursday that it had \u003ca href=\"http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/oak/as-assign-jim-johnson-for-assignment?ymd=20140724&content_id=86088630&vkey=news_oak\" target=\"_blank\">designated Johnson for assignment\u003c/a>. That means Johnson's off the Athletics' 40-man roster while he and the team figure out what to do next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one major league team has reportedly expressed interest in acquiring Johnson, who saved 101 games the past two seasons before flopping this year. His greatest accomplishment may have been wringing a $10 million contract for this season from a team that's \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/index.php?team=OAK&cyear=2014\" target=\"_blank\">famously careful about committing to high player salaries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson was a target for fan impatience from opening night, when he came into a scoreless game against the Cleveland Indians and promptly gave up two runs for a loss. The fans booed him then, and again when he blew a save and lost a second game in the series. And booing has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_25881860/reliever-jim-johnson-battling-put-struggles-behind-him\" target=\"_blank\">his theme music\u003c/a> for most of his home appearances ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one level, the disgust is understandable. Johnson has been a disaster for the most part, and he replaced the popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/balfogr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Balfour\u003c/a> as closer (he signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Rays, where he's also suffering through a pretty crummy season).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Booing isn't new at the Coliseum or at any major league ballpark. But the disapproval of Johnson has been raucous and unforgiving enough to prompt teammates like All-Stars Josh Donaldson and Sean Doolittle \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2014/05/30/is-the-symbiosis-between-as-and-their-fans-at-an-end/\" target=\"_blank\">to comment on it\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I respect that if they buy a ticket, the fans can do what they want,\" Donaldson said. \"They can boo. I’m not telling anyone what they can do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He went on to say that if the ticketholders turned boo-birds want the best outcome, however, they need to think twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s not good for him,\" Donaldson said. \"And it’s not good for us. It’s making things awkward for us with the fans. I’ve never been in another big league uniform, but here it’s always been the case that we have a special relationship with the fans. We feed off each other.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Johnson is gone, but already the fans seem to have found a new target. \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hammeja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Hammel\u003c/a>, one of the highly regarded starters the A's traded for earlier this month, was knocked out of his last start, has lost both his starts since joining Oakland and got hit hard during his last appearance, on Saturday night against the Baltimore Orioles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fans aren't wasting any time to see if Hammel is any good or not. He got loud rounds of jeering throughout his abbreviated performance, and I'll bet he can't wait to start at the Coliseum again.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-142665\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/BarryBronze-640x335.jpg\" alt=\"BarryBronze\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proving once again that locals couldn't care less about what the haters in the rest of the country think about Barry Bonds, witness this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2021860612/barry-bronze-the-barry-bonds-statue-project\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter campaign\u003c/a>, to crowdfund \"the construction of an 8-foot-plus bronze statue of Barry Bonds, to be installed near AT&T Park.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonds, of course, has stats that put him near the top of the heap in terms of all-time great hitters, but he has seen his accomplishments tarnished by allegations -- and an \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=AtXm74CbIJoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\" target=\"_blank\">entire book\u003c/a>, in fact -- that he took performance-enhancing substances in the midst of baseball's steroids era. The slugger was also the subject of a federal prosecution that claimed he lied to a grand jury about his use of steroids and human growth hormone. In 2011 he was found guilty of obstruction of justice in the case, though a mistrial was declared on three perjury charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BarryBronze?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#BarryBronze\u003c/a> effort to create the statue was put together by four fans of baseball's all-time home run leader and twice-spurned Hall of Fame inductee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign went live Tuesday at 9 a.m., Hayden Simmons, one of the fans spearheading the campaign, says. As of this writing, the project has 39 backers who have pledged $3,413 toward the goal of $60,000, with 28 days to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simmons says he and his friends launched the campaign because they \"have a lot of happy childhood memories built around watching Bonds. He was a big, positive presence in a lot of our lives and we wanted to say a big thank you to him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the project achieves its funding goal, their plan is to unveil the statue on opening day next year. If the campaign does not meet its goal, contributors will get their money back, as is the case with all Kickstarter campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're doubtful that this initiative has a chance of meeting its goal, the hopefuls point out that \"the people of Detroit raised over $67K to build a statue of Robocop via Kickstarter.\" Though whether Robocop is more controversial than Bonds, who can say?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign already has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.BigStatues.com/\" target=\"_blank\">professional sculptor\u003c/a> in mind. Simmons tells us he and his friends are currently in discussion with restaurants and businesses near AT&T Park to house the statue, which will cost about $31,000. The rest of the hoped-for $60,000 would go toward transportation, installation, the unveiling party and contributor rewards, which include commemorative Barry Bronze pins and T-shirts on the low end, though $5,000 or more will get you two club-level tickets to opening day and your choice of quotation on the plaque. (\"You suck, cheater\" not eligible.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, official Giants statues of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda greet visitors in various locations at AT&T Park, but Bonds' presence has been minimized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2021860612/barry-bronze-the-barry-bonds-statue-project/widget/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> \u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, since we're in the news biz, we can neither endorse nor condemn this quest. But Simmons says he's already gotten some negative comments. We know one person, at least, who won't be contributing: Keith Olbermann. When the Giants invited Bonds to rejoin the fold as a batting instructor during spring training this year, Olbermann did everything short of challenging Bonds to a duel in the below rant, in which he called Bonds “disgusting” and communicated his personal satisfaction that his failure to make the Hall of Fame would torment him for the rest of his life. He ended with, “I have advice for you: Get lost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VckPhiyahf8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_142610\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/RS11262_photo.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-142610\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/RS11262_photo-640x478.jpg\" alt=\"Fans stand in line to buy A's tickets at the Oakland Coliseum. (Nina Thorsen/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans stand in line to buy A's tickets at the Oakland Coliseum. (Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's looking more certain that the A's are staying in Oakland -- and at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum -- for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/Oakland-A-s-lease-settled-Lew-Wolff-accepts-most-5638870.php?cmpid=hp-hc-bayarea\" target=\"_blank\">The team and the Coliseum's Joint Powers Authority\u003c/a> agreed on Tuesday to a 10-year extension of their current lease, approved by the Oakland City Council \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/07/17/oakland-a-future-uncertain-after-city-council-amends-deal/\" target=\"_blank\">last week\u003c/a>. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors still needs to green-light the deal, but that's expected to happen at their July 29 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement puts an end to weeks of dueling in the media, as negotiations were carried out in fits and starts between A's ownership, the two elected bodies, and the JPA with representatives from each. Amicable press releases were issued by the team -- “We appreciate the cooperation and efforts of Oakland city officials in this process and are optimistic that our negotiations have led to a fair and mutually-beneficial relationship\" -- and by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and City Council President Pat Kernighan -- \"We want to thank the team’s ownership, our colleagues at the County of Alameda, our negotiators and everyone at the City of Oakland who has worked tirelessly on our shared priority of keeping the A’s here at home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A's fans should be happy about the lease extension being signed,\" said Bryan Cauwels, president of the grassroots group \u003ca href=\"http://www.saveoaklandsports.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Save Oakland Sports\u003c/a>. \"The A's ownership is committed to putting in new scoreboards at the facility before the beginning of next season -- larger, easier to read, bigger video boards, along with ribbon boards. But the long-term importance of this agreement is that we feel it's the first step in the process of getting the A's a new baseball stadium in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Good-faith efforts\" towards a new facility are part of the lease agreement, and A's co-owner Lew Wolff told Oakland city administrator Henry Gardner \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/News/ci_26174042/Citywise:-Wolff:-As-could-make-offer-on-Coliseum-property\" target=\"_blank\">in a letter last week\u003c/a> that as soon as the deal was signed, he would \"immediately re-evaluate the possibility of a new, modern ballpark to be located on JPA property here in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Wolff went on to say, he was considering whether the A's could buy out one or both of the public entities, so that the team would \"control our own destiny.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's action also affects the destiny of the Oakland Raiders, who share the Coliseum now. Both teams would like to end that relationship, which in August, September and frequently October results in football stripes on the baseball grass, or infield dirt in the middle of the football field, depending on your perspective. 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(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Hopefully, it won't get too physical,\" Roger Craig says. It was the kind of thing you’d hear from just about any middle-aged guy talking about getting together to play a game of football with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Cause sometimes, you know, competitive juices come out of you and you tend to forget that you’re 50 years old,\" he says. \"You can’t make those moves any more, so be careful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Craig isn’t your average weekend warrior. He made a name for himself as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CraiRo00.htm\" target=\"_blank\">a relentless running back and talented receiver\u003c/a> for three of the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl championship teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craig was among dozens of fellow retired teammates, including Hall of Fame quarterback \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MontJo01.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Montana\u003c/a> and receiver \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RiceJe00.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Rice\u003c/a>, to get together for a charity game of flag football earlier this month at Candlestick Park. The old 49ers, mostly in their 50s, took on a squad of retired NFL stars led by \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MariDa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino\u003c/a> — Montana's foil in \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198501200mia.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the 1984 Super Bowl.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Legends of Candlestick” game was billed as the stadium’s final football game forever. It was a chance for fans like San Jose's Joe Quilici to say goodbye to a tired-looking Candlestick and celebrate its legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had seasons tickets ever since they moved to Candlestick from Kezar,” Quilici said. “My dad’s no longer with us, and he was diehard. He used to sit right over there in Section 37. I just had to see it one more time. For me it’s personal. 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It didn’t matter that it was flag football played on a short field field in a mostly empty stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The consensus in the stands: Jerry Rice, the 49ers' No. 80, is the most impressive of the old-timers scurrying around the field below. Rice caught several passes and scored at least one touchdown — it was a little hard to keep track of stats as the score mounted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jerry Rice always looks good,\" said Masai Kenyatta of Campbell. \"He's always in the most ridiculous shape.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With time running out in the game, and the Candlestick wind starting to howl, the Niners needed a touchdown to win. Joe Montana spotted a target in the end zone, and lobbed the ball into the arms of former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He lobbed it! To Eddie D.! To Eddie D.!” said John Barberini of Hayward, reflecting the delight that erupted all around the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was over. 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