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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:30 p.m., Saturday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rickey Henderson, an Oakland legend, World Series champion, and one of baseball’s biggest icons, who holds the all-time record for most stolen bases in Major League Baseball history, has died at age 65.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson’s wife, Pamela, confirmed his death in a statement Saturday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of love, support, and heartfelt memories from family, friends, and fans,” she said in the statement. “A legend on and off the field, Rickey was a devoted son, dad, friend, grandfather, brother, uncle, and a truly humble soul.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson died just days before his 66th birthday, which would have been December 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was known as The Man of Steal, a reference to his record-setting total of 1,406 stolen bases, far surpassing the second-place player Lou Brock by more than 450 bases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson also holds the modern-era baseball record for most stolen bases in a single season, with 130, which he set in 1982, during the early years of a rip-roaring decade of dominance on the basepaths for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 1, 1991, the day Henderson stole his 939th base, surpassing Brock, Henderson gave a famous on-field speech in the middle of the game, thanking his family and friends for their support, acknowledging Brock, and his own accomplishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1009px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-51549727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-51549727.jpg 1009w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-51549727-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-51549727-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toronto Blue Jays’ John Olerud, left, tries to tag out Oakland A’s Rickey Henderson, right, in a pick-off attempt at first base on Oct. 12, 1992, in the 3rd inning of game 5 of the American League Championship Series in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Chris Wilkins/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Lou Brock was the symbol of great base stealing,” Henderson said. “But today, I’m the greatest of all time. Thank you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A player known for his flash and style, Henderson could frequently be seen making snap catches in the outfield, or starting a swaggerful, wide trot to first base after hitting a home run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard Bryant, a prominent sports journalist who wrote the 2022 book that dove into Henderson’s life titled \u003cem>Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original\u003c/em>, said Henderson was “one of the greatest of all time,” and the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. Henderson also set and holds the record for most leadoff home runs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The style in which he played, the confidence, just the fearlessness with which he played baseball … he was just such a unique player who could do anything he wanted on a baseball field and you couldn’t keep your eyes off him,” Bryant said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006231/how-oakland-style-empowered-as-great-rickey-henderson-and-other-athletes\">during an interview\u003c/a> with KQED’s Brian Watt earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across a 25-season career, Henderson played for nine different clubs, including 14 seasons in Oakland over four different stints, as well as several seasons with the New York Yankees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/ivV8uc0-tkk?si=3KSB6jGUMPexQExt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He won two World Series titles, including one in Oakland in 1989 over the San Francisco Giants. The series was a four game sweep for Oakland, but was interrupted by the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred during game three of the series. He won a second title in 1993 with the Toronto Blue Jays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Saturday, the A’s said “[Henderson] was undoubtedly the most legendary player in Oakland history and made an indelible mark on generations of A’s fans over his 14 seasons wearing the Green and Gold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Chicago, Henderson spent most of his childhood in Oakland, after he moved to The Town with his mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A great athlete from a young age, Henderson grew up wanting to be a running back for the Oakland Raiders. He opted to play baseball at the behest of family, friends and teachers, according to Bryant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson attended Oakland Technical High School, one of multiple schools where many prominent athletes began their careers, helping solidify the city as one of the greatest places for athletic talent and development. The locus of talent was heavily influenced by The Second Great Migration, waves of African Americans moving west out of the south and the midwest, many of whom landed in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To honor Henderson, the Oakland Athletics in 2017 named the baseball field at the Oakland Coliseum “Rickey Henderson Field.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The field kept the name through the end of the 2024 season, the last year of the Oakland Athletics, with the team’s ownership moving the organization to West Sacramento for at least three seasons beginning in 2025, before planning to ultimately move to Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his Hall of Fame induction speech, Henderson thanked his mother, wife, and daughter for their support and inspiration. He said he played the game until his body told him it was time to hang it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you think of me, I would like you to remember that kid from the inner city that played the game with all his heart, and never took the game for granted,” Henderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Nina Thorsen contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After 57 years, the A’s played their final game in the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday afternoon. Next season, they’ll begin play in Sacramento ahead of a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, we bring you sounds from the Oakland A’s last home game. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3573696912\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:39] I’m Erica Cruz Guevara and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jenny Cavnar \u003c/strong>[00:00:45] Sold out crowd on hand today as the Oakland athletics take the field one final time at Rickey Henderson field at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:59] Yesterday, fans celebrated and mourned the A’s final game in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jeironemo Thomas \u003c/strong>[00:01:07] It’s not just the closure of the A’s and psyche. This is a closure of that generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jenneane Rocha \u003c/strong>[00:01:13] If you just want to see good baseball, Oakland fans are the kindest and the sweetest, and it’s just a sad day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Gilbert Banuelos III \u003c/strong>[00:01:20] This was home. And now it’s just going to be a memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Erin Marquez \u003c/strong>[00:01:24] I feel like the city of Oakland actually has like an excellent fan base. Everybody puts their heart and their soul into it, you know, And losing the Raiders was really upsetting. And now that we’re losing the A’s, it’s it’s it’s heartbreaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:39] The A’s spent almost six decades in the town winning four World Series titles while playing in the Oakland Coliseum. The iconic green and gold, a symbol of pride and grit and eventually heartbreak for fans. The team has been inextricably linked to this city. Famously, when people cheered for the A’s. They cheered for Oakland. Starting next season, the A’s will play in Sacramento before eventually heading to Vegas. Defiant fans sold out the Coliseum for the A’s grand finale, tailgating and putting up with long lines as yet another major sports team leaves Oakland. Right now, we’re in the middle of prop fest, but we know this story was just too big to ignore. So today, we’re going to take you to the A’s final Oakland game through the eyes of KQED reporter and lifelong A’s fan, Joseph Geha. That’s coming up right after the break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:03:44] It’s about 840 in the morning now. And when I’m outside the stadium gates at security, waiting for the gates to open to go into the coliseum. I arrived here about 20 or 30 minutes ago. My brother is here with me. He was here even earlier in the morning since about 6 a.m.. And, you know, we were both anticipating large crowds and that has been the case. The parking lots are already filling up. People are in line. People are tailgating. 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And this is as close as I can get to cricket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Erin Marquez \u003c/strong>[00:05:10] Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:05:20] You know, I’m wearing my classic A’s hat, but I’m wearing a sweater from a playoff run that says Oakland Athletics on it because I’m trying to wear more things this past season that actually say Oakland Athletics on an Oakland A’s as opposed to just the A’s. Knowing that the team could take those logos with them, but they can’t take Oakland with them. And you know, it’s been an emotional week. I’m very tired after last night. I was at the Coliseum late last night, watched another loss and, you know, stayed late to linger and take it all in. You know, I’ve been an A’s fan my whole life, so it’s been a huge part of every spring, summer and fall for my entire family to come to A’s games, to watch these games on television and to sometimes go to spring training. I mean, the team is wrapped up in so many different facets of our lives, and the Coliseum is a huge, huge part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Erin Marquez \u003c/strong>[00:06:14] My name is Chinzalée Sonami, and I’m born and raised in Oakland in East Oakland. I feel like I grew up at the Coliseum in elementary school. My friend Joey Hammond’s mom would drop us off in the morning with a bag of snacks and pick us up in the late afternoon. We’d run around the top doing whatever we wanted. One of my first dates was under the fireworks on the 4th of July game back when you used to be able to lay down on the field and the fireworks would just explode above you. I brought my kids here when we moved back to Oakland and yeah, I feel and I grew up being able to see all of the 4th of July fireworks every summer. So it’s it’s just feels. I feel so happy to be here on the last day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Brian Watt \u003c/strong>[00:07:04] Live from KQED news at the Oakland Coliseum. I’m Brian Watt. The Oakland Coliseum is starting to fill up with fans, but also with lots of emotion. The A’s are just 2.5 hours away from the first pitch of their last game in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Debra Piper \u003c/strong>[00:07:24] Originally from Alameda, grew up as an A’s fan and a Raider fan as well. So I’ve been through the ringer not once but twice now, and I’m not going be able to control my emotions. I know I’m going to cry. You know that the only thing that keeps me going is that we live in Auburn now. So this will get us seen for a little while in Sacramento. 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There’s players on the field, you know, warming up, but also tossing balls out to the to the fans in the stands like a lot of baseballs are thrown out because it’s the last chance to do that for a fan in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jenny Cavnar \u003c/strong>[00:08:38] Game 4493 will be played right here in Oakland between the athletics and the Texas Rangers. We welcome to the broadcast booth here at the Coliseum one last time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>TV announcer \u003c/strong>[00:08:59] The second baseman. Number two, Marcus Simeon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jenny Cavnar \u003c/strong>[00:09:03] And. Langford coming home, Lawrence Butler coming home, it’s 2-0.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:09:21] So we just finished the bottom of the third hour. 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They’re kind and they like, they help you and we just have fun together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ken Korach \u003c/strong>[00:11:32] And the delivery now and that’s going on a fly ball left field that’s playable. Langford coming on toward the line fighting the sun. And he drops it and scoring is Wilson. The A’s take a three nothing lead. And the old Coliseum sun. It is so appropriate after all this year. We talked about it. Day baseball. Last game, however, at the Coliseum and the Coliseum, the sun strikes again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:12:03] So it’s top of the sixth inning now. And the A’s just changed their starting pitcher out for a relief pitcher. And you heard a a big ovation for the pitcher coming out of the game. You hear some Andre. Nickatina in the back. There’s been a lot of bad music out here today. You know, it’s been a really emotional day. And I think that’s to be expected a little bit. But like anything where you might be feeling grief or sadness, it’s kind of come in waves and unexpected moments. And earlier in the game, I got a chance to speak with one of our colleagues, Brian Watt, and we were speaking about my dad and how much I’m connected to the A’s through him and his memory. And he passed away last October. It’s just been kind of a whirlwind of a day emotionally. But that was kind of to be expected. I just don’t know when it’s going to arrive and when it’s going to when it’s going to subside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jeironemo Thomas \u003c/strong>[00:13:01] And then I think it’s just tough because a lot of people, when they think of the Bay Area, it’s very specifically San Francisco and we love Frisco, but the town is something different. And so, like the fact that, you know, it appears that the world and the powers that be are trying to erase what’s always been in the Bay Area, kind of that blue collar, gritty history, it sucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Brian Watt \u003c/strong>[00:13:24] I am joined here in the press box now by someone who’s been here a lot in the past, Melissa Lockard, senior editor and staff writer for The Athletic. Hello, Melissa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Lockard \u003c/strong>[00:13:35] Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Brian Watt \u003c/strong>[00:13:37] Now, we saw that there was a letter that A’s owner John Fisher wrote to people. It he was apologetic. He said he did all he could and he did. The A’s did all they could. How did you receive that letter as a member of the press and as a fan?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Lockard \u003c/strong>[00:13:56] Way, way too little. Way, way too late. It was it felt heartless. You know, it was a lot of the same sort of soundbites that didn’t really mean a whole lot. He had 20 years to talk to everybody, and he didn’t talk to anybody until it was too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:14:13] So it’s the top of the seventh now. And they just have the, you know, oversize caricatures of Dennis Eckersley, Rickey Henderson and Rollie Fingers do their race that they always do at this time of the game. A footrace all the way around the field. And Rickey Henderson usually wins and he won again today. And the metal music that the team is playing in the background is a song they used to play when a a relief pitcher named Grant Balfour, who used to pitch for the A’s. So they’re just kind of doing a lot of nostalgic things like this today at the stadium. And it does pull on your heartstrings. And throughout the day, I’ve just felt a lot of emotion. But it’s come at different times. You know, a little bit of tears in the morning because it’s just sad looking at the stadium, knowing you’re not coming back to see more A’s games. And then later on, after getting in here and getting some food and hanging out with my brother a little bit, you notice that, you know, it’s starting to get very emotional and sad about what’s being lost. And the cheers are starting up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Radio announcer: \u003c/strong>[00:15:25] 2-2. Ripped into the gap, left center on the run. Bleday dives big on it. What a catch by JJ Bleday. Spectacular effort toward the warning track and left center right in front of the NBC…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:16:27] The seventh inning stretch for the last time, you heard Kara, the broadcaster, the in-game broadcaster for several seasons here, getting a bit emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:16:38] She’s telling fans to soak it in for the last time this hour. And you know, right now it’s a close game. It’s a really good baseball game. You know, if you take away the context of what’s happening, it’s a 3 to 2 A’s lead. The Texas Rangers have two runs. It’s bottom of the seventh. The A’s are trying to add on runs to make this a victory at their last game at home. And pretty soon there’s the sell, the team chants starting up again. Now, basically, the whole stadium is chanting, Sell the team right now. It doesn’t last for too long, but when it’s happening, it’s really powerful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman \u003c/strong>[00:17:21] Favorite anecdote?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Todd Schwenk \u003c/strong>[00:17:24] All good things in all good time. Game 162. It was like a rock concert. We were never supposed to get to the playoffs. We fell behind by five. The whole place got quiet, and then we came back. Got first place, if only. But for one day. And it was the very last day of the year. I was 2012. I’ve never been to such a rock concert baseball game in my life. The last day. That’s so Oakland A’s. We’re like the walk off Wonderland here. Everybody waits to the ninth because we come through. We come through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Radio announcer \u003c/strong>[00:18:11] Now 1-2 pitch. Here it is by Mason. He turns, he’s ready. He throws and is swung on and hit the third. Was left up with that Schumann. He turns. He throws and the A’s have won it. Mason Miller slams the door on the Rangers. As the curtain comes down. On 57 incredible years of A’s baseball at the Coliseum. It’s over. It is over after 57 years. Love, thrills, heartbreak, but always a sense of community. Fans belonging to something, something bigger is something special. It was baseball. It was Oakland A’s baseball that brought so many people together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Kotsay \u003c/strong>[00:19:13] On behalf of myself and myself and. This team team, all the past players. And coaches everyone who’s worn the green and gold. There are no better fans than you guys. Thank you all for loving the game of baseball. Thank you for your lifelong support of the Oakland A’s. And I ask you for one more time for me to start the greatest cheer baseball. 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I didn’t even have control over it. And I’m really glad I came. I’m glad I came with my family. I’m glad I was here. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. There’s just no way I could have, you know, had the team being sent off and not be here to market in some way. And it’s really hard to leave. You know, it’s a place that I’ve left just like this so many times in the afternoon on a weekday or a weekend and said goodbye to the stadium after lingering for a while, whether it was a big win or a bad loss. And then, you know, you’re coming back, you know, you’re coming back for another game, whether it’s next season or next week. But, you know, there is no next season in Oakland and it kills me.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And you just heard, you know, big cheers for a little girl who did the Steal a Bass challenge where she runs in from the outfield and takes third base and runs back across the finish line. It’s been a pretty good game so far. We’re starting the fourth inning here and the A’s just took a two run lead in the last inning. So we’ve got the fans really excited. And almost every play is taking on like a playoff type atmosphere. So every time somebody gets a base hit, there’s just a huge cheer for it. And any time the pitcher throws over the first from the opposing team, there’s a loud boo from the crowd and everybody’s just really into the flow of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jesse Slater \u003c/strong>[00:10:08] Yeah, it’s sort of taking us here in the 90s back in like 98, 99, the team was so bad. Bleacher seats used to be $0.98. So he’d take me and my brother. We come here for like ten bucks for parking. And so we were kids. 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So they’re just kind of doing a lot of nostalgic things like this today at the stadium. And it does pull on your heartstrings. And throughout the day, I’ve just felt a lot of emotion. But it’s come at different times. You know, a little bit of tears in the morning because it’s just sad looking at the stadium, knowing you’re not coming back to see more A’s games. And then later on, after getting in here and getting some food and hanging out with my brother a little bit, you notice that, you know, it’s starting to get very emotional and sad about what’s being lost. And the cheers are starting up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Radio announcer: \u003c/strong>[00:15:25] 2-2. Ripped into the gap, left center on the run. Bleday dives big on it. What a catch by JJ Bleday. 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They’ll play at least the next three years at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982386/what-the-as-temporary-move-to-sacramento-means-for-fans\">a minor league park in West Sacramento\u003c/a> as they plan to build a ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before any of that happens, the A’s still have a handful of games left at the Oakland Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/news/a-s-announce-final-game-at-coliseum-is-sold-out-01j4sfc0ahkn\">a few weeks ago\u003c/a> that the final game, a Thursday afternoon contest against the Texas Rangers, was sold out. But the sellout isn’t all it appears to be, as the team chose not to open the Coliseum’s so-called Mount Davis with its 8,100 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The apparent reason is that Mount Davis, erected in the mid-1990s to accommodate the Oakland Raiders’ return from Los Angeles and colloquially named for late Raiders’ owner Al Davis, has been closed since before the pandemic and reportedly requires a significant cleanup to be fit for fans. We say “apparent” and “reportedly” because the A’s have declined to comment on the record about their decision to keep the section closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s public silence hasn’t stopped a group of superfans from launching a campaign to persuade A’s ownership to change its mind and throw Mount Davis open for one last game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans Bryan Johansen, Steven Leighton and Gabriel Cullen issued an open letter with a proposal for A’s ownership: If the team agreed to open Mount Davis for the Sept. 26 game, they’d help prepare the stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We composed an email and sent it to them and said, ‘OK, we’re going to offer you entirely free labor to clean it up before the game, after the game, and all you got to do is open it,” Johansen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1829179653719986320\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen, co-founder of a Coliseum-themed apparel brand called Last Dive Bar and someone who is relentlessly critical of A’s owner John Fisher and president Dave Kaval, said at least 50 people have volunteered for the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s stuff that’s been just put up there like storage or trash,” Johansen said. “That stuff just needs to be moved out of the way, do a simple power washing and that’s it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11999833 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/S2A6703-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen concedes opening Mount Davis won’t be quite that simple. The team would need to provide ushers and security, for instance. But as an organizer of last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\">reverse boycott \u003c/a>and other A’s fan events, he said he doesn’t feel that would be a heavy lift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that’s been clear the entire time we started the whole movement and the protests and the boycotts, there’s not been one single recorded police incident ever, not a single incident of violence or vandalism,” he said. “So you don’t need many people to police the fans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen also acknowledges that Mount Davis wouldn’t offer the ideal fan experience. It’s likely that concession stands and even restrooms would be closed, meaning ticket holders would have to take a hike to other parts of the ballpark for their hot dogs and beer and bio-relief. It’s also impossible to see the entire ballfield from the soaring grandstand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said that won’t matter for those hoping to say goodbye to a team they’ve loved and supported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole point is for as many fans as possible to see the final and last game at the Oakland Coliseum,” Johansen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the A’s haven’t responded to the volunteer offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen concedes opening Mount Davis won’t be quite that simple. The team would need to provide ushers and security, for instance. But as an organizer of last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\">reverse boycott \u003c/a>and other A’s fan events, he said he doesn’t feel that would be a heavy lift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that’s been clear the entire time we started the whole movement and the protests and the boycotts, there’s not been one single recorded police incident ever, not a single incident of violence or vandalism,” he said. “So you don’t need many people to police the fans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen also acknowledges that Mount Davis wouldn’t offer the ideal fan experience. It’s likely that concession stands and even restrooms would be closed, meaning ticket holders would have to take a hike to other parts of the ballpark for their hot dogs and beer and bio-relief. It’s also impossible to see the entire ballfield from the soaring grandstand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said that won’t matter for those hoping to say goodbye to a team they’ve loved and supported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole point is for as many fans as possible to see the final and last game at the Oakland Coliseum,” Johansen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the A’s haven’t responded to the volunteer offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Then, when the team failed to win all it wanted in tax incentives and other concessions from the city and Alameda County, it engineered a move to Las Vegas. After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000643/giants-and-as-fans-gather-for-one-last-battle-of-the-bay\">finishing this season at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>, the team plans to play the next three years in Sacramento in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001182\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans pose for photos with Oakland Ballers players before their game in Raimondi Park in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">All the while, fans’ anger mounted — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an ongoing campaign\u003c/a> to shame A’s owner, John Fisher, into selling the team to interests that would keep it in the East Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freedman said he believes the A’s departure is part of a trend in which the “social contract” between pro sports teams and their fans has broken down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, for decades, major U.S. baseball, basketball, football and hockey leagues have been replete with examples of teams relocating without a thought for their fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11989078 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-OAKLAND-BALLERS-AC-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Challenged on that point, Freedman noted Walter Haas Jr., the Levi’s heir and CEO who bought the A’s from Charlie Finley in 1980 and kept them in Oakland. Haas sold the team in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe that a lot of the value of a team comes from the fans themselves, the energy that they produce,” Freedman said. “That’s what’s fun about the game is enjoying it with your community. Right? And so whether it’s ever been there or not, we believe this is a pathway to create a social contract between fans and their communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As is customary in crowdfunding, the Ballers are also offering a series of perks to those who invest more than the minimum. Those include early access to team merchandise at the $200 investment level, discounted tickets for those who buy $500 in shares, and invitations to attend spring training for investors who pony up $25,000 or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SEC filing that accompanied the share offering discloses how the team has been financed to date and lays out several financial challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In joining the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pioneerleague.com/landing/index\">Pioneer League\u003c/a> last year, Freedman and Ballers co-founder Bryan Carmel needed to start two new teams so the league could maintain an even number of teams and a balanced schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The league’s fee for each of the new franchises — the Ballers and its sister team, the Yolo High Wheelers — was $1.75 million, according to the SEC document. The Ballers’ owners financed the Yolo franchise fee with a loan from the league at 10% interest. An $875,000 payment on that loan is due in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing also discloses that most of the teams’ expenses so far, including the estimated $1.6 million the Ballers paid to refurbish West Oakland’s Raimondi Park and erect a temporary stadium there, have been met with a $5 million loan from Freedman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers have generated lots of social media buzz in their first year, a level of enthusiasm not strongly reflected in attendance to date. 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"content": "\u003cp>Baseball fans from both sides of the Bay took to the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, hot dogs and beer in hand, to mark the end of an era for Bay Area baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game was the final meeting of the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s, a matchup known for decades as the “Battle of the Bay” or the “Bay Bridge Series,” before the A’s head to their temporary new home in West Sacramento next season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000672\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000672 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A fan waving a yellow towl in Oakland\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renato Almanzor cheers for the A’s during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mood was festive and friendly, with dancing, tailgating and a tinge of wistfulness from A’s fans. Some tailgating parties had mixed-family allegiances to both teams. Samantha Quiñones, Angelina Castro and Myra Martinez drove up from San José with several family members, both A’s and Giant’s fans, to grill and watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quiñones described the Battle of the Bay as an authentic Bay Area experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just being able to take Bart up here and hop off and get to the Coliseum,” Quiñones said. “We really do have strong roots here in Oakland. And that’s definitely gonna be something I’m really gonna miss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000665 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A young kid stands with back to camera with an green Oakland jacket. The green of the baseball field can be seen in the background. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">JJ Ramos, 4, watches the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A’s ownership is continuing to work on securing a new home in Las Vegas for the team, but getting a stadium built there is likely to take a few more years. A’s owner John Fisher announced in April that the team will relocate to Sacramento next season and play at the home of the minor league \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981876/oakland-as-relocate-to-sacramento-river-cats-home-stadium-for-3-seasons\">Sacramento River Cats\u003c/a> for at least three years in the meantime.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interleague games between the A’s and Giants didn’t start until 1997, but the competition dates back to the infamous 1989 World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000649 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing an A's jersey and a necklace with a large A's pendant poses for the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louie Maldonado, from Tracy, wears an A’s chain necklace for the last Battle of the Bay game at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As World Series go, the one in 1989 was not a particularly grueling competition. The A’s swept the series 4-0, winning it in the minimum number of games. But when the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck just before the start of game three, the cross-bay contest was cemented in local history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television coverage at Candlestick Park \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/P5fJdM69pbQ?si=V8GJnpHVWj10BqVc&t=129\">was already underway,\u003c/a> with ABC Sports replaying part of game two when the earthquake interrupted the feed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/121413/inside-candlestick-park-on-the-night-the-earth-shook\">KQED’s Scott Shafer\u003c/a> recalls being there, feeling the shaking and seeing then-mayor of San Francisco, Art Agnos, flown out of the arena by helicopter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a baseball hat smiles for the camera with a green fanny pack and jeans. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dianna Jess, 84, poses for a photo at the Oakland Coliseum during the final Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. Jess was at the 1989 game between the A’s and the Giants during the earthquake. She has been attending games since 1972. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dianna Jess, 84, said she has been coming to games at the Coliseum since 1972 and has been an A’s season ticket holder for 40 years. She also remembers being at Candlestick Park when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck, “All of a sudden, it just sounded like a roar in the ballpark,” Jess recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the A’s headed to West Sacramento next season, Jess said she probably won’t go to that many games, “It’s a little bit far to travel because I don’t like to drive that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person takes a photo of two people posing at a baseball game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fans pose for photo outside of the Oakland Coliseum for the last Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Self-described A’s “superfan” Andy Ngim came to the game with 40 family members. He says he doesn’t plan on going to see the team play in West Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a lifelong A’s fan and growing up in Oakland, it just doesn’t feel right,” Ngim said of the possibility of continuing to attend games in Sacramento or Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000673\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000673 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A green baseball field with blue sky\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Coliseum stadium hosts the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s game went scoreless for five innings until the A’s Miguel Andujar hit an RBI single in the 6th inning. Next inning, the Giants’ Heliot Ramos responded with a well-hit 448-foot solo home run to tie the game. The game went into extra innings tied at one run a piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 10th, the Giants took control of the game with a 2-run homer by Jerar Encarnacion and another solo home run by Michael Conforto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s Max Schuemann kept the team’s hopes alive with an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to bring the score to 4 to 2, but Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker was able to hold the A’s to just that one run to finish the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000671 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Fans wearing green in the stands at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans wave to Stomper during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Battle of the Bay has spanned 148 regular season games. The A’s have the winning record in that series, with 76 wins and 72 losses to the Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that time, fans on both sides have seen tremendous victories and outrageous losses. In a June 2005 game, the A’s dominated with a final score of 16-0. In another 2006 game, Barry Bonds hit his 714th home run, tying him with Babe Ruth for second place in the sport’s history of career home runs on Oakland’s home turf.[aside tag=\"baseball\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the cross-bay competition was memorialized through a trophy named “The Bridge.” The 30-pound steel prize was made from part of the East Span of the old Bay Bridge, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/giants-as-raise-the-stakes-of-the-bay-bridge-series-with-the-bridge-trophy/1294754/\">NBC Sports Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Sunday’s game, both teams had held the trophy for three years each. It’s unclear if the tradition will continue after the A’s leave Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two teams will continue to face off, eventually as the San Francisco Giants versus the Las Vegas A’s, but it won’t be in Oakland, and it won’t be the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000670\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000670 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Several fans at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An A’s fan takes a video during the last Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Baseball fans from both sides of the Bay took to the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, hot dogs and beer in hand, to mark the end of an era for Bay Area baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game was the final meeting of the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s, a matchup known for decades as the “Battle of the Bay” or the “Bay Bridge Series,” before the A’s head to their temporary new home in West Sacramento next season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000672\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000672 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A fan waving a yellow towl in Oakland\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renato Almanzor cheers for the A’s during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mood was festive and friendly, with dancing, tailgating and a tinge of wistfulness from A’s fans. Some tailgating parties had mixed-family allegiances to both teams. Samantha Quiñones, Angelina Castro and Myra Martinez drove up from San José with several family members, both A’s and Giant’s fans, to grill and watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quiñones described the Battle of the Bay as an authentic Bay Area experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just being able to take Bart up here and hop off and get to the Coliseum,” Quiñones said. “We really do have strong roots here in Oakland. And that’s definitely gonna be something I’m really gonna miss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000665 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A young kid stands with back to camera with an green Oakland jacket. The green of the baseball field can be seen in the background. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">JJ Ramos, 4, watches the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A’s ownership is continuing to work on securing a new home in Las Vegas for the team, but getting a stadium built there is likely to take a few more years. A’s owner John Fisher announced in April that the team will relocate to Sacramento next season and play at the home of the minor league \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981876/oakland-as-relocate-to-sacramento-river-cats-home-stadium-for-3-seasons\">Sacramento River Cats\u003c/a> for at least three years in the meantime.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interleague games between the A’s and Giants didn’t start until 1997, but the competition dates back to the infamous 1989 World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000649 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing an A's jersey and a necklace with a large A's pendant poses for the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louie Maldonado, from Tracy, wears an A’s chain necklace for the last Battle of the Bay game at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As World Series go, the one in 1989 was not a particularly grueling competition. The A’s swept the series 4-0, winning it in the minimum number of games. But when the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck just before the start of game three, the cross-bay contest was cemented in local history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television coverage at Candlestick Park \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/P5fJdM69pbQ?si=V8GJnpHVWj10BqVc&t=129\">was already underway,\u003c/a> with ABC Sports replaying part of game two when the earthquake interrupted the feed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/121413/inside-candlestick-park-on-the-night-the-earth-shook\">KQED’s Scott Shafer\u003c/a> recalls being there, feeling the shaking and seeing then-mayor of San Francisco, Art Agnos, flown out of the arena by helicopter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a baseball hat smiles for the camera with a green fanny pack and jeans. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dianna Jess, 84, poses for a photo at the Oakland Coliseum during the final Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. Jess was at the 1989 game between the A’s and the Giants during the earthquake. She has been attending games since 1972. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dianna Jess, 84, said she has been coming to games at the Coliseum since 1972 and has been an A’s season ticket holder for 40 years. She also remembers being at Candlestick Park when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck, “All of a sudden, it just sounded like a roar in the ballpark,” Jess recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the A’s headed to West Sacramento next season, Jess said she probably won’t go to that many games, “It’s a little bit far to travel because I don’t like to drive that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person takes a photo of two people posing at a baseball game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fans pose for photo outside of the Oakland Coliseum for the last Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Self-described A’s “superfan” Andy Ngim came to the game with 40 family members. He says he doesn’t plan on going to see the team play in West Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a lifelong A’s fan and growing up in Oakland, it just doesn’t feel right,” Ngim said of the possibility of continuing to attend games in Sacramento or Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000673\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000673 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A green baseball field with blue sky\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Coliseum stadium hosts the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s game went scoreless for five innings until the A’s Miguel Andujar hit an RBI single in the 6th inning. Next inning, the Giants’ Heliot Ramos responded with a well-hit 448-foot solo home run to tie the game. The game went into extra innings tied at one run a piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 10th, the Giants took control of the game with a 2-run homer by Jerar Encarnacion and another solo home run by Michael Conforto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s Max Schuemann kept the team’s hopes alive with an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to bring the score to 4 to 2, but Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker was able to hold the A’s to just that one run to finish the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000671 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Fans wearing green in the stands at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans wave to Stomper during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Battle of the Bay has spanned 148 regular season games. The A’s have the winning record in that series, with 76 wins and 72 losses to the Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that time, fans on both sides have seen tremendous victories and outrageous losses. In a June 2005 game, the A’s dominated with a final score of 16-0. In another 2006 game, Barry Bonds hit his 714th home run, tying him with Babe Ruth for second place in the sport’s history of career home runs on Oakland’s home turf.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the cross-bay competition was memorialized through a trophy named “The Bridge.” The 30-pound steel prize was made from part of the East Span of the old Bay Bridge, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/giants-as-raise-the-stakes-of-the-bay-bridge-series-with-the-bridge-trophy/1294754/\">NBC Sports Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Sunday’s game, both teams had held the trophy for three years each. It’s unclear if the tradition will continue after the A’s leave Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two teams will continue to face off, eventually as the San Francisco Giants versus the Las Vegas A’s, but it won’t be in Oakland, and it won’t be the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000670\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000670 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Several fans at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An A’s fan takes a video during the last Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By midday, the club had secured more than 800 reserved shares. The campaign is powered by DealMaker, a cloud-based technology platform built for community investment rounds and for companies to complete capital raises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are blown away by the response,” Ballers cofounder and CEO Paul Freedman said via text message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Playing their inaugural season in the Pioneer League with 48 home games at renovated Raimondi Park in West Oakland, the Ballers hope to provide the city with some stability following the departures of the Golden State Warriors to San Francisco and Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas. After this season, the Athletics plan to relocate to Sacramento for the next three years and to eventually move to Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved the A’s move in November, and the team plans to build a stadium on the Las Vegas Strip with the hope of playing there starting in 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freedman and cofounder Bryan Carmel were inspired by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\">reverse boycott at the Coliseum last summer\u003c/a> and wanted to do something to keep baseball alive for years to come in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carmel said that over the past 80 years, more than 30 sports teams have relocated, “leaving fans heartbroken and powerless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is just the latest example of a systemic problem with how pro sports teams are run in the United States,” he said in a press release. “Even if you’re not an Oakland sports fan, you get our frustration because we’ve all seen something we love taken away for someone else’s gain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The enthusiasm for the team became \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989078/oakland-ballers-sold-out-opener-a-ray-of-light-for-city-that-still-loves-baseball\">clear at the home opener June 4\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, it’s taken an unbelievable amount of work to get to where we are,” Freedman said. “The support makes every day, every hour, every moment spent feel worthwhile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A public memorial to celebrate the life of San Francisco Giants legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays was held Monday at Oracle Park with over 4,500 people in attendance, including former President Bill Clinton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several men dressed in suits stand on a stage next to a podium with a large bouquet of orange flowers on the left side.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou, Joe Amalfitano, Juan Marichal and Jon Miller stand on stage during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer, at Oracle Park in San Francisco on July 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and Dennis Eckersley, former San Francisco Giants players Buster Posey and Johnnie B. “Dusty” Baker Jr. as well as four San Francisco mayors, including Mayor London Breed, showed up to the celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mays, who played 21 seasons with the Giants and racked up 660 home runs and 338 stolen bases, died June 18 at the age of 93. He was a two-time MVP, a 24-time All-Star, won 12 Gold Glove Awards in Center Field, and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a business suit shakes the hand of a man wearing a baseball uniform in a crowd of people at a baseball stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US President Bill Clinton shakes hands with fans after a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his speech to the crowd, Clinton said Mays made him realize “what real greatness is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a curious combination of intelligence, dedication, the will to win and a fundamental humility to believe that the effort is the prize,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993349\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A video board at a baseball stadium showing a Black man in a suit talking.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US president Barack Obama speaks during a prerecorded video. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Former President Barack Obama, who presented Mays with the Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2015, recorded a message that played on the video board celebrating Mays’ life and contributions to the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People walk through a corridor with two TV screens showing an image of three baseball players.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans enter the stadium during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a hat and sun glasses salutes while others in the crowd stand with hats on their chests.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterans salute during military honors for Willie Mays’ time served in the US Army and a presentation of an American flag to his son Michael Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From noon to 4 p.m., members of the public were also invited to see an exhibit of rarely seen photographs, artifacts and video chronicling Mays’ life. Several fans sported Giants No. 24 jerseys at the gathering while veterans in the crowd saluted Mays when military officials honored his service in the Korean War, as “Taps” played.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a black baseball cap and woman wearing a white hat clap in their seats.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark Hancock, 73, claps during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. Hancock traveled from Las Vegas for the celebration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays awed his fans with his showmanship and trailblazing talent. Among them was Clark Hancock, who traveled from Nevada to San Francisco for Monday’s event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s just an amazing guy,” said Hancock. “When he started out, there was segregation, he was from Alabama … but he went through a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a business suit speaks at a podium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Mays, son of Willie Mays, speaks to fans and guests at Oracle Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants baseball legend known as the “Say Hey Kid” is regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ever. But he may be remembered most for his magic playing center field, iconized most famously in the play known as “The Catch.” Mays, playing in the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants, chased down a fly ball, and caught it over his shoulder with his back to the diamond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman wearing a hat and a baseball jersey sits among a crowd of people.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans listen to former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown speak. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11991060\" label=\"Related Story\"]Born Willie Howard Mays, Jr. in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the old Negro Leagues before joining the New York Giants in 1951, four years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993340\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man bows his head while seated in a crowd.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tariq Jackson bows his head during a recorded prayer by Rev. Bill Greason. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a white shirt with an illustration of a baseball player and the name \"Willie Mays\" on the back.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan wears a Mays shirt during a Celebration of Life for the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays was known for playing hard and all the time. He rarely missed games. A few times, he collapsed from exhaustion. He is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands hold a picture of a Black baseball player.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan holds a memorial card for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement after May’s passing, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said, “To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s María Fernanda Bernal contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A public memorial to celebrate the life of San Francisco Giants legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays was held Monday at Oracle Park with over 4,500 people in attendance, including former President Bill Clinton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several men dressed in suits stand on a stage next to a podium with a large bouquet of orange flowers on the left side.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou, Joe Amalfitano, Juan Marichal and Jon Miller stand on stage during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer, at Oracle Park in San Francisco on July 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and Dennis Eckersley, former San Francisco Giants players Buster Posey and Johnnie B. “Dusty” Baker Jr. as well as four San Francisco mayors, including Mayor London Breed, showed up to the celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mays, who played 21 seasons with the Giants and racked up 660 home runs and 338 stolen bases, died June 18 at the age of 93. He was a two-time MVP, a 24-time All-Star, won 12 Gold Glove Awards in Center Field, and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a business suit shakes the hand of a man wearing a baseball uniform in a crowd of people at a baseball stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US President Bill Clinton shakes hands with fans after a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his speech to the crowd, Clinton said Mays made him realize “what real greatness is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a curious combination of intelligence, dedication, the will to win and a fundamental humility to believe that the effort is the prize,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993349\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A video board at a baseball stadium showing a Black man in a suit talking.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US president Barack Obama speaks during a prerecorded video. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Former President Barack Obama, who presented Mays with the Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2015, recorded a message that played on the video board celebrating Mays’ life and contributions to the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans enter the stadium during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a hat and sun glasses salutes while others in the crowd stand with hats on their chests.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterans salute during military honors for Willie Mays’ time served in the US Army and a presentation of an American flag to his son Michael Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From noon to 4 p.m., members of the public were also invited to see an exhibit of rarely seen photographs, artifacts and video chronicling Mays’ life. Several fans sported Giants No. 24 jerseys at the gathering while veterans in the crowd saluted Mays when military officials honored his service in the Korean War, as “Taps” played.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a black baseball cap and woman wearing a white hat clap in their seats.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark Hancock, 73, claps during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. Hancock traveled from Las Vegas for the celebration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays awed his fans with his showmanship and trailblazing talent. Among them was Clark Hancock, who traveled from Nevada to San Francisco for Monday’s event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993340\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man bows his head while seated in a crowd.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tariq Jackson bows his head during a recorded prayer by Rev. Bill Greason. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a white shirt with an illustration of a baseball player and the name \"Willie Mays\" on the back.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan wears a Mays shirt during a Celebration of Life for the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays was known for playing hard and all the time. He rarely missed games. A few times, he collapsed from exhaustion. He is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands hold a picture of a Black baseball player.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan holds a memorial card for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement after May’s passing, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said, “To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s María Fernanda Bernal contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night, and a moment of silence was held as his photo showed on the scoreboard at Oracle Park midway through a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening, listening to his favorite music and surrounded by his loved ones,” his wife, Nydia, said in a statement released through the team. “We take comfort that he is at peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a heartbreaking month for the Giants given Cepeda’s death followed that of Hall of Famer \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/willie-mays-dies-at-93-baseball-33b31cc2d6382676ed54517d20ea36a3\">Willie Mays, who died 10 days earlier on June 18\u003c/a> at age 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Man, what another gut punch,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin, who grew up in the Bay Area cheering for the team. “Another just incredible personality and just beloved here. Statue out front. The numbers he put up, there are a lot of legends here and he’s certainly right in the middle of that. To have it so close in proximity to Willie, it’s kind of staggering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was a regular at Giants home games through the 2017 season until he dealt with some health challenges. He was hospitalized in the Bay Area in February 2018 following a cardiac event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first Puerto Rican stars in the majors but limited by knee issues, he became Boston’s first designated hitter and credits his time as a DH for getting him enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 1999 as selected by the Veterans Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Orlando Cepeda’s unabashed love for the game of baseball sparkled during his extraordinary playing career, and later as one of the game’s enduring ambassadors,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark said. “We will miss his wonderful smile at Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, where his spirit will shine forever, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the Cepeda family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he’d like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Boston called and asked me if I was interested in being the DH, and I said yes,” Cepeda recalled in a 2013 interview with The Associated Press in the 40th year of the DH. “The DH got me to the Hall of Fame. The rule got me to the Hall of Fame.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t know what it would mean for his career, acknowledging, “I didn’t know anything about the DH.” The experiment worked out beautifully for Cepeda, who played in 142 games that season — the second-to-last in a decorated 17-year major league career. The A’s had released Cepeda only months after acquiring him from Atlanta on June 29, 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992594\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-800x551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-800x551.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-1020x702.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando Cepeda of the San Francisco Giants swings at the pitch during an MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 20, 1961 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Hy Peskin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was celebrated at Fenway Park on May 8, 2013, for a ceremony celebrating his role as designated hitter. The Red Sox had invited him for their first home series of the season but his former Giants franchise was honoring the reigning World Series champions at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means a lot,” Cepeda said then. “Amazing. When you think everything’s finished, it’s only the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said then-A’s owner Charlie Finley sent him a telegram to call him within a 24-hour period or he’d be released. Cepeda didn’t meet the deadline and was let go in December 1972. He played in only three games for Oakland after the A’s acquired him for pitcher Denny McLain. Cepeda was placed on the disabled list with a left knee injury. He had 10 knee operations in all, sidelining him four different years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda had been a first baseman and outfielder before joining the first class of baseball’s designated hitters under the new American League rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were talking about only doing it for three years,” he said. “And people still don’t like the idea of the DH. They said it wouldn’t last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The addition of the DH opened new opportunities for players such as Cepeda and others from his era who could still produce at the plate late in their careers but no longer played the field with the spot-on defense of their primes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was thrilled to have another chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hit .289 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs in 1973, starting off strongly with a .333 average and five homers in April. He drove in 23 runs in August on the way to DH of the Year honors. On Aug. 8 at Kansas City, Cepeda hit four doubles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was one of the best years,” Cepeda recalled, “because I was playing on one leg and I hit .289. And I hit four doubles in one game. Both my knees were hurting, and I was designated hitter of the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda topped Baltimore’s Tommy Davis (.306, seven homers, 89 RBIs) and Minnesota’s Tony Oliva (.291, 16 HRs, 92 RBIs) for top DH honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t easy for me to win the award,” Cepeda said. “They had some great years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda knew little English when he arrived in the minor leagues in the mid-1950s, putting him among the first wave of Spanish-speaking players thrown into a different culture to play professional baseball, build new lives and send money back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an opportunity to succeed in a sport he loved, as long as daunting challenges off the field could be overcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on, Cepeda was told by a manager to go home to Puerto Rico and learn English before coming back to his career in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coming here my first year, everything was a novelty to me, a surprise,” Cepeda recalled in a 2014 interview with the AP. “When I came to Virginia, I was there for one month and my father died. My dad said, ‘I want to see my son play pro ball,’ and he died the day before I played my first game in Virginia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11991319,news_11991060,arts_13959567\"]“From there I went to Puerto Rico and when I came back here, I had to come back because we didn’t have no money and my mother said, ‘You’ve got to go back and send me money, we don’t have money to eat,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda had continued to be encouraged watching so many young players from Latin America arriving in the United States with better English skills, thanks in large part to all 30 major league organizations putting more emphasis into such training through academies in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There also are English classes offered to young players during spring training and into extended spring, plus through the various levels of the minor leagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Orlando overcame challenges throughout his life to build a Hall of Fame career,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “This beloved figure from Puerto Rico was one of the many players of his era who helped turn baseball into a multicultural game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had his troubles, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was arrested in May 2007 after being pulled him over for speeding when officers discovered drugs in the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol officer arrested Cepeda after finding a “usable” amount of a white-powder substance that likely was methamphetamine or cocaine, while marijuana and a syringe were also discovered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando Cepeda waves to the crowd during a ceremony for Willie Mays’ 80th birthday before a San Francisco Giants game against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park on May 6, 2011 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After his playing career ended, Cepeda was convicted in 1976 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, of smuggling marijuana and sentenced to five years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That conviction was probably one reason he was not elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Cepeda eventually was elected by the Veterans Committee in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda played first base during his 17 seasons in the majors, beginning with the Giants. He also spent time with St. Louis, Atlanta, Oakland, Boston and Kansas City. In the spring of 1969, Cepeda was traded by the Cardinals to the Braves for Joe Torre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A seven-time All-Star who played in three World Series, Cepeda was the 1958 NL Rookie of the Year with San Francisco and NL MVP in 1967 with St. Louis, a city sad to see him go in that trade that brought Torre to town. In 1961, Cepeda led the NL with 46 homers and 142 RBIs. Cepeda was a .297 career hitter with 379 home runs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until after that 1973 season as DH that Cepeda could look back and appreciate all he had accomplished that year — along with the big part he played in history and change in the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just did it,” he said of learning the DH. “Every day, I say to myself, how lucky I am to be born with the skills to play ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night, and a moment of silence was held as his photo showed on the scoreboard at Oracle Park midway through a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening, listening to his favorite music and surrounded by his loved ones,” his wife, Nydia, said in a statement released through the team. “We take comfort that he is at peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a heartbreaking month for the Giants given Cepeda’s death followed that of Hall of Famer \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/willie-mays-dies-at-93-baseball-33b31cc2d6382676ed54517d20ea36a3\">Willie Mays, who died 10 days earlier on June 18\u003c/a> at age 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Man, what another gut punch,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin, who grew up in the Bay Area cheering for the team. “Another just incredible personality and just beloved here. Statue out front. The numbers he put up, there are a lot of legends here and he’s certainly right in the middle of that. To have it so close in proximity to Willie, it’s kind of staggering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was a regular at Giants home games through the 2017 season until he dealt with some health challenges. He was hospitalized in the Bay Area in February 2018 following a cardiac event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first Puerto Rican stars in the majors but limited by knee issues, he became Boston’s first designated hitter and credits his time as a DH for getting him enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 1999 as selected by the Veterans Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Orlando Cepeda’s unabashed love for the game of baseball sparkled during his extraordinary playing career, and later as one of the game’s enduring ambassadors,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark said. “We will miss his wonderful smile at Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, where his spirit will shine forever, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the Cepeda family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he’d like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Boston called and asked me if I was interested in being the DH, and I said yes,” Cepeda recalled in a 2013 interview with The Associated Press in the 40th year of the DH. “The DH got me to the Hall of Fame. The rule got me to the Hall of Fame.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t know what it would mean for his career, acknowledging, “I didn’t know anything about the DH.” The experiment worked out beautifully for Cepeda, who played in 142 games that season — the second-to-last in a decorated 17-year major league career. 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The Red Sox had invited him for their first home series of the season but his former Giants franchise was honoring the reigning World Series champions at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means a lot,” Cepeda said then. “Amazing. When you think everything’s finished, it’s only the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said then-A’s owner Charlie Finley sent him a telegram to call him within a 24-hour period or he’d be released. Cepeda didn’t meet the deadline and was let go in December 1972. He played in only three games for Oakland after the A’s acquired him for pitcher Denny McLain. Cepeda was placed on the disabled list with a left knee injury. He had 10 knee operations in all, sidelining him four different years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda had been a first baseman and outfielder before joining the first class of baseball’s designated hitters under the new American League rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were talking about only doing it for three years,” he said. “And people still don’t like the idea of the DH. They said it wouldn’t last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The addition of the DH opened new opportunities for players such as Cepeda and others from his era who could still produce at the plate late in their careers but no longer played the field with the spot-on defense of their primes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was thrilled to have another chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hit .289 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs in 1973, starting off strongly with a .333 average and five homers in April. He drove in 23 runs in August on the way to DH of the Year honors. On Aug. 8 at Kansas City, Cepeda hit four doubles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was one of the best years,” Cepeda recalled, “because I was playing on one leg and I hit .289. And I hit four doubles in one game. Both my knees were hurting, and I was designated hitter of the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda topped Baltimore’s Tommy Davis (.306, seven homers, 89 RBIs) and Minnesota’s Tony Oliva (.291, 16 HRs, 92 RBIs) for top DH honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t easy for me to win the award,” Cepeda said. “They had some great years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda knew little English when he arrived in the minor leagues in the mid-1950s, putting him among the first wave of Spanish-speaking players thrown into a different culture to play professional baseball, build new lives and send money back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an opportunity to succeed in a sport he loved, as long as daunting challenges off the field could be overcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on, Cepeda was told by a manager to go home to Puerto Rico and learn English before coming back to his career in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coming here my first year, everything was a novelty to me, a surprise,” Cepeda recalled in a 2014 interview with the AP. “When I came to Virginia, I was there for one month and my father died. 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"content": "\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants’ baseball legend, died Tuesday at age 93. Mays played 21 seasons with the Giants and is considered by many to be the greatest all-around baseball player ever. Today, KQED Morning Edition host Brian Watt brings us a tribute to the ‘Say Hey Kid.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"card card--enclosed grey\">\n\u003cp id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC8211231378&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Willie Mays, who played 21 seasons with the San Francisco Giants and who’s seen by many as the greatest baseball player to ever do it, died on Tuesday at the age of 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Fans have been stopping by Willie Mays Plaza at Oracle Park, where his statue stands. Paying tribute not only to baseball’s best, but the Bay Area’s best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 1: \u003c/strong>One of the cool things about baseball is the history of it. And, you know, you respect the people who did it before, and he was one of the best in history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 2: \u003c/strong>I think. Forever in baseball. It will always be said that he probably loved the game harder and played it better than any one of those in those two categories. Nobody was the tops and he was the tops of both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 3: \u003c/strong>I’ve been following the Giants since 1971. I saw Willie Mays for the first time, a candlestick park against the Philadelphia Phillies. My mom took me to a game and after that I was hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 4: \u003c/strong>I think it’s a sad day for the city, but it’s awesome to see people coming together like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 5: \u003c/strong>Knowing what he meant to baseball, to black folks, to the Negro League, to major leagues, which is important, to come out and pay my respects to him and all that he’s done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 6: \u003c/strong>Besides my father, he was my hero. And it takes me back to being a little kid and Candlestick Park and and being young and having San Francisco represented by the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, my KQED colleague, Brian Watt what brings us this tribute to Willie Mays. The “say hey, kid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>The magic of Willie Mays can be summed up in one play in Game one of the 1954 World Series. Mays was playing for the New York Giants, who were taking on the Cleveland Indians. Mays in center field chased a fly ball and caught it over his shoulder. His back to the fast moving ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>This became known as the catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays \u003c/strong>When the ball went up. I knew exactly what to do before the ball ever came down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays remembered the play in a 2010 interview on NPR’s All Things Considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays \u003c/strong>I got to catch the ball. I got to stop. I got to make a 360. By the time I’d make the 36 it, the ball should be back into the infield. And a lot of people said, well, he had it all away. Well, I might have had the ball all the way. But the key to me was a throw. Getting it back into the infield so nobody could advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>And he did exactly all of that. The underdog giants won the game and went on to sweep Cleveland in the series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Willie Howard Mays Jr was born in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, and played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the old Negro Leagues. Those games were highly competitive, but also meant to entertain, says James Hirsch. He wrote the biography Willie Mays, The Life, The Legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Hirsch: \u003c/strong>It wasn’t just that he ran fast or hit with power, but the use of the basket catch the hat flying off his head the way his. He would swivel his hand on his neck to crack the ball. He did it with a certain flair and charisma that he knew was irresistible to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>In 1951, four years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major leagues color barrier, Mays joined the New York Giants. He was just 20 years old and brought up by the Giants famous manager, Leo Durocher. You hear Durocher talk about Mays abilities in the 2023 HBO documentary Say, Hey, Willie Mays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leo Durocher: \u003c/strong>There is no question in my mind, but what he can do with the five essential things better than any other player today. And that hit with power right fielder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion. The fact that his face was black made it a tough transition for Mays when he tried to buy a home in a white part of San Francisco. The neighbors pushed back. Mays eventually got the house and spoke plainly about the process in an interview on Kpix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays: \u003c/strong>Yes, it was a disappointment to me because I didn’t figure that I would have this much trouble trying to buy a place. That’s why when I go looking for a house, I don’t worry about who are living besides me. I go and try to find the best place that I like, like. And I think I’ll be confident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Willie Mays was not comfortable with confronting racism forthrightly and loudly. This was a contrast with Jackie Robinson, who criticized Mays for not using his platform when the civil rights movement was in full swing. Hirsch wrote about this in his biography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Hirsch: \u003c/strong>Robertson called them a, quote, do nothing Negro but import my will. He believed that in his own way, he did advance the civil rights movement as a role model for the rest of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays pushed back quietly at the time, but talked about it decades later in the interview on NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays: \u003c/strong>I know Jackie had a hard time when he came in. I applaud him. I don’t know if I could have done the things that he did when he came in. But, you know, what am I going to change? I can’t change the world. I can live the way I live and hope that I can help people of all races all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>In 1962, the San Francisco Giants made their first playoffs, beat the Dodgers in the National League championship and lost to the Yankees in seven games in the World Series. Mays played 21 seasons with the Giants. In his career, Mays hit 660 home runs, stole 338 bases, and his biographer, James Hirsch, says the most important statistic might be that Mays put out more than 7000 opposing players from center field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Hirsch: \u003c/strong>It underscores is durability. Willie played 20, 40 years. He rarely took a day off, not until his last couple of years when he was 40, 41, 42, when he began to be nagged by injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Oliver: \u003c/strong>You remember that baseball team? He’s going to take care of you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Nate Oliver played with Willie Mays on the San Francisco Giants in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Oliver: \u003c/strong>He treated every single person in that clubhouse with dignity and respect. Because if you here, you belong here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays was also known for taking young players under his wing, including the outfielder Bobby Bonds, who made Mays the godfather of his son, Barry Bonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Renel Brooks-Moon: \u003c/strong>Nothing gives him more pleasure than, you know, kind of teaching the game. And nothing gives him more pleasure than helping children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>That’s Renel Brooks-Moon, the San Francisco Giants former public address announcer. Brooks-Moon appeared with Mays at several charity launches. She says he was always generous with his time. Presence and name. On his 90th birthday in 2021. The Giants Community Fund launched a scholarship program for black students in his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Renel Brooks-Moon: \u003c/strong>He’s always said that. People took such good care of him when he was young and coming up in baseball that he wants to give it back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>That’s the legacy Mays left. He was one of baseball’s greats who played the game and tried to live his life with joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Brian Watt, host of KQED’s Morning Edition. You can hear him on the radio weekdays on 88.5 FM. Willie Mays son Michael said in a statement, quote, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>This episode was edited by Alexander Gonzalez and senior editor Alan Montecillo. It was scored by our intern, Ellie Prickett-Morgan. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Willie Mays, who played 21 seasons with the San Francisco Giants and who’s seen by many as the greatest baseball player to ever do it, died on Tuesday at the age of 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Fans have been stopping by Willie Mays Plaza at Oracle Park, where his statue stands. Paying tribute not only to baseball’s best, but the Bay Area’s best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 1: \u003c/strong>One of the cool things about baseball is the history of it. And, you know, you respect the people who did it before, and he was one of the best in history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 2: \u003c/strong>I think. Forever in baseball. It will always be said that he probably loved the game harder and played it better than any one of those in those two categories. Nobody was the tops and he was the tops of both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 3: \u003c/strong>I’ve been following the Giants since 1971. I saw Willie Mays for the first time, a candlestick park against the Philadelphia Phillies. My mom took me to a game and after that I was hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 4: \u003c/strong>I think it’s a sad day for the city, but it’s awesome to see people coming together like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 5: \u003c/strong>Knowing what he meant to baseball, to black folks, to the Negro League, to major leagues, which is important, to come out and pay my respects to him and all that he’s done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fan 6: \u003c/strong>Besides my father, he was my hero. And it takes me back to being a little kid and Candlestick Park and and being young and having San Francisco represented by the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, my KQED colleague, Brian Watt what brings us this tribute to Willie Mays. The “say hey, kid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>The magic of Willie Mays can be summed up in one play in Game one of the 1954 World Series. Mays was playing for the New York Giants, who were taking on the Cleveland Indians. Mays in center field chased a fly ball and caught it over his shoulder. His back to the fast moving ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>This became known as the catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays \u003c/strong>When the ball went up. I knew exactly what to do before the ball ever came down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays remembered the play in a 2010 interview on NPR’s All Things Considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays \u003c/strong>I got to catch the ball. I got to stop. I got to make a 360. By the time I’d make the 36 it, the ball should be back into the infield. And a lot of people said, well, he had it all away. Well, I might have had the ball all the way. But the key to me was a throw. Getting it back into the infield so nobody could advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>And he did exactly all of that. The underdog giants won the game and went on to sweep Cleveland in the series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Willie Howard Mays Jr was born in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, and played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the old Negro Leagues. Those games were highly competitive, but also meant to entertain, says James Hirsch. He wrote the biography Willie Mays, The Life, The Legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Hirsch: \u003c/strong>It wasn’t just that he ran fast or hit with power, but the use of the basket catch the hat flying off his head the way his. He would swivel his hand on his neck to crack the ball. He did it with a certain flair and charisma that he knew was irresistible to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>In 1951, four years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major leagues color barrier, Mays joined the New York Giants. He was just 20 years old and brought up by the Giants famous manager, Leo Durocher. You hear Durocher talk about Mays abilities in the 2023 HBO documentary Say, Hey, Willie Mays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leo Durocher: \u003c/strong>There is no question in my mind, but what he can do with the five essential things better than any other player today. And that hit with power right fielder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion. The fact that his face was black made it a tough transition for Mays when he tried to buy a home in a white part of San Francisco. The neighbors pushed back. Mays eventually got the house and spoke plainly about the process in an interview on Kpix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays: \u003c/strong>Yes, it was a disappointment to me because I didn’t figure that I would have this much trouble trying to buy a place. That’s why when I go looking for a house, I don’t worry about who are living besides me. I go and try to find the best place that I like, like. And I think I’ll be confident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Willie Mays was not comfortable with confronting racism forthrightly and loudly. This was a contrast with Jackie Robinson, who criticized Mays for not using his platform when the civil rights movement was in full swing. Hirsch wrote about this in his biography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Hirsch: \u003c/strong>Robertson called them a, quote, do nothing Negro but import my will. He believed that in his own way, he did advance the civil rights movement as a role model for the rest of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays pushed back quietly at the time, but talked about it decades later in the interview on NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Willie Mays: \u003c/strong>I know Jackie had a hard time when he came in. I applaud him. I don’t know if I could have done the things that he did when he came in. But, you know, what am I going to change? I can’t change the world. I can live the way I live and hope that I can help people of all races all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>In 1962, the San Francisco Giants made their first playoffs, beat the Dodgers in the National League championship and lost to the Yankees in seven games in the World Series. Mays played 21 seasons with the Giants. In his career, Mays hit 660 home runs, stole 338 bases, and his biographer, James Hirsch, says the most important statistic might be that Mays put out more than 7000 opposing players from center field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Hirsch: \u003c/strong>It underscores is durability. Willie played 20, 40 years. He rarely took a day off, not until his last couple of years when he was 40, 41, 42, when he began to be nagged by injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Oliver: \u003c/strong>You remember that baseball team? He’s going to take care of you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Nate Oliver played with Willie Mays on the San Francisco Giants in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Oliver: \u003c/strong>He treated every single person in that clubhouse with dignity and respect. Because if you here, you belong here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Mays was also known for taking young players under his wing, including the outfielder Bobby Bonds, who made Mays the godfather of his son, Barry Bonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Renel Brooks-Moon: \u003c/strong>Nothing gives him more pleasure than, you know, kind of teaching the game. And nothing gives him more pleasure than helping children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>That’s Renel Brooks-Moon, the San Francisco Giants former public address announcer. Brooks-Moon appeared with Mays at several charity launches. She says he was always generous with his time. Presence and name. On his 90th birthday in 2021. The Giants Community Fund launched a scholarship program for black students in his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Renel Brooks-Moon: \u003c/strong>He’s always said that. People took such good care of him when he was young and coming up in baseball that he wants to give it back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>That’s the legacy Mays left. He was one of baseball’s greats who played the game and tried to live his life with joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Brian Watt, host of KQED’s Morning Edition. You can hear him on the radio weekdays on 88.5 FM. Willie Mays son Michael said in a statement, quote, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>This episode was edited by Alexander Gonzalez and senior editor Alan Montecillo. It was scored by our intern, Ellie Prickett-Morgan. The tape of fans at the top of this episode was gathered by KQED Juan Carlos Lara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We got additional help this week from Adhiti Bandlamudi. The Bay is made by me and Alan Montecillo, Ellie Prickett Morgan, with support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We’re a KQED production. I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thank you so much for listening. Have a great weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>"
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While we cannot comment on the details, this violation occurred prior to Michael joining the A’s organization and we fully support MLB’s sports betting policy and the need to adhere to all provisions of Rule 21,” the Oakland Athletics said in a statement to KQED. “We will continue to educate all members of our organization regarding their obligations under the policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 in October 2022 and from last July through November with a legal sportsbook. He became the first active player in a century to be banned for life because of gambling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland A’s pitcher Michael Kelly was suspended for one year for betting on baseball while in the minor leagues and three minor leaguers also were banned for one year for betting on big league games: pitchers Jay Groome of San Diego and Andrew Saalfrank of Arizona, and infielder José Rodríguez of Philadelphia. Each of those four players wagered under $1,000. Saalfrank and Rodríguez played previously in the majors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strict enforcement of Major League Baseball’s rules and policies governing gambling conduct is a critical component of upholding our most important priority: protecting the integrity of our games for the fans,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “The longstanding prohibition against betting on Major League Baseball games by those in the sport has been a bedrock principle for over a century. We have been clear that the privilege of playing in baseball comes with a responsibility to refrain from engaging in certain types of behavior that are legal for other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano is the first active major leaguer banned for life under the sport’s gambling provision since New York Giants outfielder Jimmy O’Connell in 1924. Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation concluded he bet on\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cincinnati Reds games while managing the team.[aside postID=news_11988883 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Kelsie-Whitmore-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Major League Rule 21, posted in every clubhouse, states betting on any baseball game in which a player, umpire, league official or team employee has no duty to perform results in a one-year suspension. Betting on a game in which the person has a duty to perform results in a lifetime ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano became the second North American athlete banned for gambling in recent months. \u003ca style=\"font-weight: var(--font-weight-reg)\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nba-jontay-porter-banned-265ad5cb703d9483347037762ee90a8f\">The NBA gave Toronto’s Jontay Porter a lifetime ban in April\u003c/a> after concluding he disclosed confidential information to bettors and wagered on games, including on the Raptors losing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MLB said it was tipped off in March about the betting activity by a legal sports betting operator. None of the players punished played in any games on which they wagered, and all players denied to MLB they had inside information relevant to their bets or the games they gambled on — testimonies that MLB says align with the data received from the sportsbook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its announcement, MLB detailed the bets alleged for each player,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano’s 387 baseball bets included international games and 231 MLB-related wagers for $87,319 between Oct. 16, 2022, and last Nov. 1. Twenty-five of those bets included wagers on Pirates games while he was on the team’s major league roster. Now 24, Marcano has not played since tearing his right ACL last July 24 and was receiving medical treatment at PNC Park last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano bet almost exclusively on the outcomes of games and lost all of his parlay bets involving the Pirates, winning just 4.3% of his MLB-related bets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano made his major league debut on April 1, 2021, and has a .217 average with five homers, 34 RBIs and seven stolen bases in\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>149 games. He has played in both the infield and outfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While the thorough investigation revealed no evidence of any games being compromised, influenced or manipulated in any way in this case, protecting the integrity of our game is paramount,” the Pirates said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other four players did not bet on games involving their assigned teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly placed 10 bets on nine major league games from Oct. 5–17, 2021, while a minor league player was assigned to Houston’s Triple-A Sugar Land farm team. The bets included wagers on outcomes, over/under on runs and an individual pitcher’s strikeout total. Three of the nine games involved the major league Astros. His wagers totaled $99.22 and resulted in $28.30 of winnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly, 31, was 3–2 with a 2.59 ERA in 28 games this season, last pitching on Saturday at Atlanta. 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