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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That facility, the Oakland Coliseum, has been the home of the A’s since they came west in 1968. At 57,682 seats, it’s too large for modern tastes — and problems like recurring drainage issues because the field is located below sea level would be prohibitively expensive to fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 20 years, the A’s have eyed locations in Fremont and San José as well as other Oakland sites, before unveiling an ambitious plan in 2017 for the $12 billion \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11881816/oakland-city-council-approves-amended-terms-for-as-howard-terminal-ballpark-plan-and-no-one-seems-happy-about-it\">Howard Terminal development\u003c/a> on the waterfront north of Jack London Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s declined to comment on Manfred’s remarks Saturday. But the commissioner’s statement is consistent with what A’s president Dave Kaval has been saying since early in the 2021 season, that the team is pursuing “parallel paths” in Oakland and Las Vegas. However, the team has not announced a Vegas location or released any renderings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf, in her statement, said the fact that the A’s continue to invest a lot of time and money in the Oakland ballpark proposal, including litigation with Port of Oakland trucking interests and reimbursing the city for work its staff are doing in project development, shows they are serious about staying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working together every day to realize our shared vision for a vibrant waterfront neighborhood with public parks, good jobs, affordable housing and an iconic home for our Oakland A’s,” Schaaf wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely candidates to replace Schaaf as mayor — Loren Taylor, Sheng Thao, Treva Reid and Ignacio De La Fuente — all support the Howard Terminal development if the city can reach acceptable terms with the A’s. Although the ballpark and the rest of the development are privately financed, the A’s are seeking the city’s financial help with infrastructure in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The A’s play in Philadelphia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both teams are dealing with major changes this season: The Giants are missing their star catcher Buster Posey, who announced his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13905846/buster-posey-retirement-sf-giants-baseball-mlb\">retirement\u003c/a> last season, while the A’s have traded away several productive players — Chris Bassitt, Matt Olson and Matt Chapman — and beloved manager Bob Melvin, who left to manage the San Diego Padres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910567\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11910567\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man and Women hold Oakland A's Fan Gear on a sunny day\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fans Tom and Joanne Hall hold their memorabilia during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re all a little bit disconcerted because we’ve gotten attached to the players and Melvin,” said Joanne Hall, a longtime A’s fan, on Wednesday during a Giants-A’s joint event outside San Francisco’s Ferry Building to promote Opening Day. “But the A’s have a long history of building a good team, and I think we’re going to be starting a new one.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Vida Blue, former A's pitcher\"]‘Teams come and teams go. Hopefully, they can get something resolved, and the A’s can stay in Oakland.’[/pullquote]Standing near her team’s mascot, Stomper the elephant, she addressed the other elephant in the dugout, so to speak: whether yet another Oakland sports team will relocate. 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I think a lot of fans feel that way,” she said, holding a copy of “50 Years of Oakland A’s Baseball.” She hoped legendary A’s pitcher Vida Blue would sign it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910565\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11910565\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54995_007_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Former A's Pitcher Vida Blue smiles while sitting on a bench\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Blue, who also played for the Giants, appeared at Wednesday’s event. He weighed in on the future of the A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big business. 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Serious question… Who’s the genius in the FO that thought this was a good idea? \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/I90OiA5Yjx\">https://t.co/I90OiA5Yjx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CoachⓋShawn (@shawcochrane) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/shawcochrane/status/1511355413723332614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hall said she doesn’t mind seeing Stomper far from the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We let him go over the bridge once in a while,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Giants fan Robin Shaw pointed out, “Baseball brings out this kind of joy.” He’s excited for the return of baseball — especially after the recent strike and the intense couple of years brought on by COVID, which put a halt on professional sports for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11910705\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"3 people pose for a selfie outside giants stadium\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ketnia Palacios, Angela Valle, and DJ Lando take a selfie together before heading into Oracle Park for the Giants’ Opening Day of the season on Apr. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards, KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Seeing your friends get sick and your elderly friends or relatives die, it affects people,” he said. “Baseball did its darndest to entertain us, and offered us a distraction and gave us hope.”[aside postID=arts_13910698 label=\"More On Oakland A's\"]As for the future of the Giants, which had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-clinch-2021-nl-west-title-franchise-record-107th-win\">franchise-record number of wins\u003c/a> last season, Shaw said the team could still sneak in as a wild card with Posey gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a tall order,” he added. “It’s going to be another one of those seasons where we have our own unique sets of trials and tribulations that we’ll have to overcome and that will hopefully steel our resolve.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The University of San Francisco's highly ranked men's basketball team will play in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket\">NCAA \"March Madness\u003c/a>\" playoffs this month for the first time since 1998. But campus jubilation at the Dons' success on the court is tempered this week by an emerging scandal involving the men's baseball team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, associate baseball coach Troy Nakamura was fired after complaints of wildly inappropriate and sexually graphic language and behavior. Head coach Nino Giarratano was initially reprimanded but allowed to remain. But he, too, was fired on Sunday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/USF-baseball-coach-fired-after-ex-players-16998516.php\">following a lawsuit filed against Nakamura, Giarratano, USF and the NCAA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.lieffcabraser.com/pdf/USF-NCAA-Complaint-20220311-stamped.pdf\">the 113-page class-action lawsuit\u003c/a> filed on Friday in a federal court in San Francisco, three former baseball players allege that USF knew about the coaches' alleged problematic behavior, and that USF and the NCAA failed to protect the health and safety of student athletes who they say were exposed to an \"intolerable sexualized environment\" that was allowed to continue under Giarratano, who has been at USF for over 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, the coaches \"created a culture where, in the light of the day, it was 'normal' to see Coach [Nakamura] naked on the field or in a window, swinging his penis in a helicopter fashion while the entire team — and Coach [Giarratano] — watched.\" According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/Intolerable-sexualized-environment-Ex-USF-16994972.php\">reporting from The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>, Nakamura was seen mingling with coaches at a practice last week, nearly two months after he was fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Julia Morales, USF junior\"]'I think the most surprising thing to us was that it took so long for something to happen. It took, what ... months for someone to actually be fired like the head coach and not just be reprimanded?'[/pullquote]In an interview with KQED, USF President Rev. Paul Fitzgerald said at this point the school is focused on helping players cope with the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our first concern right now is for the current members of the team,\" Fitzgerald said. \"So we're prioritizing their access to mental health counseling and speaking directly to their parents. Their parents are concerned about their sons and their overall well-being, as are we.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitzgerald dismissed the notion that Giarratano's firing was prompted by the filing of the class-action lawsuit, and instead pinned it on letting Nakamura attend practice last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The class-action lawsuit was not the reason why we terminated the head coach,\" Fitzgerald said. \"We terminated the head coach because he allowed the former assistant coach [Nakamura] back onto the field. And our former assistant coach had no business being on the field with our athletes, with our coaches.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Elizabeth Fegan, one of the attorneys representing the three former baseball players, isn't buying that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find it particularly galling that President Fitzgerald is trying to overlook the larger issues of abuse of student-athletes on his watch in recasting why he fired Coach Giarratano,\" she said in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is nothing more than debate intended to shirk responsibility – I would think he should be more concerned about being transparent about what happened to allow the coaches’ abhorrent behavior to grow and fester within the baseball program.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF student Julia Morales, a junior biology major who participates on the track team, told KQED she and her fellow students wonder why it took the school so long to act after receiving complaints about the atmosphere around the baseball team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the most surprising thing to us was that it took so long for something to happen, or for any information to be put out there,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And now that an article has been published and people are finding out that all of this has happened,\" Morales said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/Intolerable-sexualized-environment-Ex-USF-16994972.php\">referencing the Chronicle's reporting\u003c/a>, \"and it took, what ... months later for someone to actually be fired like the head coach and not just be reprimanded? It was concerning that it took this much time and effort to make something happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When told of Morales's concerns, Fitzgerald said, \"I'm proud of that student for her moral outrage at the mistreatment of any student by a coach at USF or at any school. So I think her heart and her mind are in exactly the right place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11908332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"profile of Jesuit reverend with cityscape in background\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/4.21.16-Paul-Fitzgerald-0856-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">USF President Rev. Paul Fitzgerald \u003ccite>(Courtesy USF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the lawsuit, the mother of one of the baseball players sent an email to, and left numerous voicemails for, USF's athletic director in May 2021, saying \"that she was concerned 'with the culture of the baseball program,' 'the constant bullying, harassment, and intimidation' of her son, and the 'sexual misconduct by coach [Nakamura].'\" Those phone calls and emails, she said, were never returned, and the player believed the athletic director simply shared his mother's complaint with the coaches, \"because the abuse escalated and continued throughout the summer of 2021,\" the lawsuit says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitzgerald, however, denied that the school tried to downplay or tolerate the alleged behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not going to sweep things under the rug once any bad behavior becomes known,\" Fitzgerald said. \"You know, we act on it. We act decisively ... to maintain and improve the culture of every one of our sports programs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's what the school did, counters attorney Fegan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is apparent to anyone who looked at this issue that, for whatever reason, the school ignored the pleas of parents about Coach Giarratano’s program. Willful ignorance will not carry much weight when it comes to trial,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='sexual-misconduct']Asked whether he was reflecting on whether USF might have handled allegations against the baseball coaches better, Fitzgerald said, \"We always want to learn from unfortunate incidences. You know, our primary task is prevention. So a lot of trainings, a lot of education. We recently hired a second \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/tix_dis.html\">Title IX\u003c/a> officer, and her primary responsibility is training within the athletic department. And we want all of our student athletes to know that they're in a safe environment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitzgerald said he wants students to feel empowered to report troubling or inappropriate behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And we have multiple venues, multiple avenues, including [an] anonymous whistleblower hotline for anyone to make a complaint. And that's the most important thing that anyone can do is to raise a concern. And then we'll be very consequent in our investigation and in a follow-up,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not the first time USF sports have been enveloped in sex-related allegations. As \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/college/2021/09/30/usf-mens-soccer-sexual-assault-and-harassment-reckoning-daily-cover\">Sports Illustrated reported\u003c/a> in a comprehensive article just five months ago, several players on the USF men's soccer team were accused of sexual misconduct, including rape of a female student. A public outcry prompted USF to investigate the allegations, but critics said the school tolerated the behavior for too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's David Marks contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But for Dave Edlund, it’s just another night bobbing on the bay in McCovey Cove outside San Francisco’s Oracle Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCovey Cove Dave, as he’s widely known, will most certainly be in attendance on Friday — as he is for most home games — cutting through the chop atop his kayak, eagerly awaiting the next “splash hit” — when a home run sails outside the park and into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Edlund also plucks the occasional, history-adjacent flailing foul balls — he’s not that picky.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the fastest kayak at McCovey Cove, even though I’m probably the oldest guy. It’s very narrow and it gives me a little bit of an advantage,” Edlund, who is “65-plus,” said last weekend, paddle in hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625.jpg\" alt=\"Man dressed in orange on a white kayak floats in the water beyond the facade of the ballpark.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Edlund, known as McCovey Cove Dave, on his kayak at McCovey Cove behind Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Clad in an orange shirt bearing his name, Edlund is as iconic a sight as Lou Seal the mascot or the swarms of post-game gulls (there’s even a \u003ca href=\"https://store.bobbleheadhall.com/products/mccoveycove\">McCovey Cove Dave bobblehead\u003c/a> available). He started catching splash hits as far back as 2001, he says, but has been a steady presence in the waters here since the Giants World Series win in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just how many stitched cowhides has he claimed? Edlund proudly rattles off the numbers: 43 splash hits and more than 60 foul balls over nearly 600 games, totaling more than 100 game balls — so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Been a fan of the Giants for over 50 years, but I’m a pretty good kayaker and I love the home run, and the tickets are free. You can come to McCovey Cove and get a home run ball without paying a dime,” he says. “And I’ve done it for a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get them, Edlund uses nearly as much strategy as a major league pitcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He starts by hitting the stats, analyzing past homers that players have belted out of the park and identifying where exactly those balls hit the water — to determine where best to position himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope the ball’s going to come where they’ve hit historically,” Edlund says. But, he adds, “you have to pay attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s got that part covered, or rather his ears are covered — with headphones — as he listens to the play-by-play, waiting eagerly for that signature crack of the bat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11891596 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711.jpg\" alt='A hand holds a baseball with writing on it that says: \"Hit by LaMonte Wade into McCovey Cove.\" Blurry city landscape with water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many home run balls caught by Dave Edlund, known as McCovey Cove Dave. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m listening to every play, but you do a bunch of things: You shift, you are alert,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edlund only really gets to rest when right-handed batters are up, as the left-handers tend to hit the majority of the homers, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of his water-bound strategies have served him well in snagging balls from historic blasts. He caught Carlos Beltran’s 300th homer, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/McCovey-Cove-Dave-Edlund-Giants-fan-kayak-splash-15455756.php\">the 1,000th home run ever hit at Oracle Park\u003c/a>, among other notable splash hits, according to SF Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to the outcome of Friday’s game, and the series as a whole, it’s anyone’s guess. The two California titans ended the regular season remarkably on par, with the Giants ahead by just a single game after their 19 meetups this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Edlund wants the orange and black to come out on top. But no matter which way it goes, he’ll be more than ready to rescue a piece of history from the briny blue.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It’s very narrow and it gives me a little bit of an advantage,” Edlund, who is “65-plus,” said last weekend, paddle in hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625.jpg\" alt=\"Man dressed in orange on a white kayak floats in the water beyond the facade of the ballpark.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1625-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Edlund, known as McCovey Cove Dave, on his kayak at McCovey Cove behind Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Clad in an orange shirt bearing his name, Edlund is as iconic a sight as Lou Seal the mascot or the swarms of post-game gulls (there’s even a \u003ca href=\"https://store.bobbleheadhall.com/products/mccoveycove\">McCovey Cove Dave bobblehead\u003c/a> available). He started catching splash hits as far back as 2001, he says, but has been a steady presence in the waters here since the Giants World Series win in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just how many stitched cowhides has he claimed? Edlund proudly rattles off the numbers: 43 splash hits and more than 60 foul balls over nearly 600 games, totaling more than 100 game balls — so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Been a fan of the Giants for over 50 years, but I’m a pretty good kayaker and I love the home run, and the tickets are free. You can come to McCovey Cove and get a home run ball without paying a dime,” he says. “And I’ve done it for a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get them, Edlund uses nearly as much strategy as a major league pitcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He starts by hitting the stats, analyzing past homers that players have belted out of the park and identifying where exactly those balls hit the water — to determine where best to position himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope the ball’s going to come where they’ve hit historically,” Edlund says. But, he adds, “you have to pay attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s got that part covered, or rather his ears are covered — with headphones — as he listens to the play-by-play, waiting eagerly for that signature crack of the bat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11891596 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711.jpg\" alt='A hand holds a baseball with writing on it that says: \"Hit by LaMonte Wade into McCovey Cove.\" Blurry city landscape with water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/IMG_1711-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many home run balls caught by Dave Edlund, known as McCovey Cove Dave. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m listening to every play, but you do a bunch of things: You shift, you are alert,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edlund only really gets to rest when right-handed batters are up, as the left-handers tend to hit the majority of the homers, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of his water-bound strategies have served him well in snagging balls from historic blasts. 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"content": "\u003cp>Cruise south of Daly City on El Camino Real and at some point you’ll notice a shift from business and apartment complexes to florists and cemeteries. You’ve entered the town of Colma, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1920s, Colma’s land was set aside specifically for cemeteries. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10779164/why-are-so-many-dead-people-in-colma-and-so-few-in-san-francisco\">Over 100,000 bodies were exhumed and moved there\u003c/a> after the city of San Francisco evicted their dead to make room for more housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, there are more than a million dead buried in Colma. It’s living population, on the other hand? \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-cities-and-towns.html#tables\">The 2020 census puts the population at 1,792 residents.\u003c/a> In July of this year, I became one of those “aboveground” residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While cutting my hair one day, my barber asked me if I knew of any famous people buried in Colma. It got me wondering, so I called up Michael Svanevik, a local historian and co-author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6325025-city-of-souls\">“City of Souls: San Francisco’s Necropolis at Colma.”\u003c/a> He told me there’s two categories of famous dead folks in Colma: the household names and the people who’ve made a mark on San Francisco in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Find a map of these graves at the bottom of this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Joshua Abraham Norton, aka Emperor Norton\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 522px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653321 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH.jpg\" alt=\"A black-and-white photo of a man with puffy hair and a puffy beard wearing a Civil War-era cap.\" width=\"522\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH.jpg 522w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-240x186.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-375x291.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-520x403.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Abraham Norton, better known as San Francisco’s Emperor Norton. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joshua Abraham Norton arrived in San Francisco just before he turned 30. He had done business in South Africa before immigrating and started investing in commodities when he arrived in San Francisco. He was quite wealthy and influential during the early years of the Gold Rush. But a bad investment and subsequent legal battles left him bankrupt at the age of 38. Norton went quiet for a time, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652705/americas-emperor-san-franciscos-treasure-who-was-emperor-norton\">reemerged on the scene by proclaiming himself to be the first emperor of the United States\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Daily Evening Bulletin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He issued many proclamations after that, many of them quite progressive for his time. He was a well-known character around town, so when he collapsed on the street and died of a suspected stroke, thousands of people attended his funeral. By then he was a poor man, but his old friends in the business community interceded and paid for his burial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since his death more than 140 years ago, Emperor Norton has become a beloved San Francisco icon. Respected for his panache and tolerant views, he has captured the imaginations of generations of San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>His grave is at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 381px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lefty-odoul.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man with black baseball cap looking into the distance.\" width=\"381\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lefty-odoul.jpg 381w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lefty-odoul-160x235.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Lefty O’Doul, a San Francisco baseball icon. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born in the Bayview-Hunter’s Point neighborhood of San Francisco in 1897, \u003ca href=\"https://leftyodoulsabr.com/chapter-information/about-lefty-odoul/#:~:text=He%20ended%20his%20career%20in,in%2011%20major%20league%20seasons.\">Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul was known for his pitching and hitting\u003c/a> while playing baseball for the San Francisco Seals, a Pacific Coast League team. Eventually he was drafted into the major league and moved to the East Coast. O’Doul spent time playing for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies and Yankees throughout the 1920s and ‘30s. In 1935, O’Doul took a job managing the San Francisco Seals, solidifying his status as a hometown hero. He was also a baseball ambassador to Japan both before and after World War II. He was inducted into both the U.S. and Japanese Halls of Fame. Look for Lefty’s name on the Oracle Park entrance near the Third Street drawbridge, which is also named after O’Doul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>O’Doul is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Joe DiMaggio\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Born in Martinez and raised in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, Joe DiMaggio is a celebrated baseball player known for his hitting. He started his career as a player with the San Francisco Seals. In 1935, \u003ca href=\"https://www.joedimaggio.com/the-man/childhood/\">DiMaggio became the Pacific Coast League MVP\u003c/a> after helping the Seals win the team’s ninth consecutive championship. This was the same time that “Lefty” O’Doul was managing the team. DiMaggio went on to play professionally for the New York Yankees, becoming a household name after the team’s 56-game winning streak. He’s also known for his marriage to film star Marilyn Monroe — the couple were even married at San Francisco City Hall — although the marriage lasted less than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>DiMaggio is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Hearst family (George, Phoebe and William Randolph)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many in the Hearst family have achieved fame and fortune, starting with George, a miner who made smart investments in gold, silver and copper mines. He acquired large swaths of land in California and the West, and soon became a millionaire. George bought The San Francisco Examiner in 1880 and then went on to serve as a U.S. senator. George’s wife, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, used the family’s wealth to fund local philanthropic projects. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucberkeleyfoundation.org/history-mission/\">She put up a big portion of the money that started the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George and Phoebe’s son, William Randolph, took over ownership of The San Francisco Examiner from his father. He built the paper into a successful enterprise and then expanded into the East Coast media market when he purchased The New York Daily Journal. Today, Hearst Communications owns more than 360 businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Hearst family is buried in a mausoleum in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park that looks like part of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and is made entirely of marble.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local people history forgot\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While there’s at least a chance you’ve heard of Joe DiMaggio or William Randolph Hearst, chances are you may not have heard of some other local legends buried in Colma. They may not be as famous nationally, but they made a mark locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lincoln Beachey\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man sitting on an early model airplane.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911-160x128.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lincoln Beachey was a famous stunt pilot in his day. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born in San Francisco in 1887, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/beachey-lincoln/\">Beachey was a well-known stunt pilot\u003c/a>. He was best known for a trick called the “suicide dive,” in which he would fly as high as he could, turn off his engine and then hurtle toward the ground. Just before impact, he would switch the engine back on and pull out of the dive. The trick gave crowds a thrill. He performed it at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 in front of thousands of fans. Sadly, this would be his last attempt. When Beachy went to restart the motor after his free fall it malfunctioned and he crashed to his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beachy is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. Look for a grave with a biplane engraved on it.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The dual: U.S. Senator David C. Broderick\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When you have beef with someone, hopefully you settle it peacefully. Back in the day, you might have settled it with guns. Dueling was illegal in San Francisco in 1859, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Duel\">when U.S. Senator David C. Broderick and California Supreme Court Justice David S. Terry had an argument, they took it over the San Mateo County line\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local historian Svanevik says, “This duel was a personal thing.” It may have been a personal dislike, but it also was political. The two men were members of opposite political parties and regularly argued about the issue of slavery, then a hotly debated topic throughout the country. Both men had written harsh things about one another in the press, and their arguments were highly publicized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opponents met at Lake Merced on September 13, 1859, along with a surgeon and witnesses. 3 … 2 … 1 … boom! Terry fired a fatal bullet, puncturing Broderick’s lung. The senator would die three days later and be buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco under a huge monument. When the city of San Francisco dug up its buried bodies, Broderick was transferred to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma. There’s a monument marking \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Broderick-Terry+Duel+Site/@37.7080262,-122.4839742,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xc893cb70461ff213!8m2!3d37.7080262!4d-122.4839742\">the site of the duel near Lake Merced\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Arthur Brown\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891304\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/cityhall.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow flags fly in front of an impressive white stone building with a dome.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/cityhall.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/cityhall-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/cityhall-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/cityhall-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/cityhall-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Brown designed San Francisco City Hall. \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the Bay Area’s most iconic buildings are the work of architect, and local notable, Arthur Brown. San Francisco City Hall, the War Memorial Opera House, Berkeley City Hall and Hoover Tower at Stanford all are his designs. He also was involved with designing Coit Tower. Svanevik calls Brown “the architect that designed San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Brown is buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Betty Ong\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in San Francisco’s Chinatown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/remembering-911-hero-flight-attendant-betty-ong\">Betty Ong was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11\u003c/a>, the first plane to be hijacked on September 11, 2001. She became a national hero after alerting authorities about what was going on, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to close the national airspace. The information she provided also helped the FBI in their investigation of the attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ong’s body was never found, but her family has memorialized her at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1v_xNKp8QfkRWl62v8w6EOB4UeZkoouhY\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Cruise south of Daly City on El Camino Real and at some point you’ll notice a shift from business and apartment complexes to florists and cemeteries. You’ve entered the town of Colma, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1920s, Colma’s land was set aside specifically for cemeteries. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10779164/why-are-so-many-dead-people-in-colma-and-so-few-in-san-francisco\">Over 100,000 bodies were exhumed and moved there\u003c/a> after the city of San Francisco evicted their dead to make room for more housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, there are more than a million dead buried in Colma. It’s living population, on the other hand? \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-cities-and-towns.html#tables\">The 2020 census puts the population at 1,792 residents.\u003c/a> In July of this year, I became one of those “aboveground” residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While cutting my hair one day, my barber asked me if I knew of any famous people buried in Colma. It got me wondering, so I called up Michael Svanevik, a local historian and co-author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6325025-city-of-souls\">“City of Souls: San Francisco’s Necropolis at Colma.”\u003c/a> He told me there’s two categories of famous dead folks in Colma: the household names and the people who’ve made a mark on San Francisco in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Find a map of these graves at the bottom of this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Joshua Abraham Norton, aka Emperor Norton\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 522px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653321 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH.jpg\" alt=\"A black-and-white photo of a man with puffy hair and a puffy beard wearing a Civil War-era cap.\" width=\"522\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH.jpg 522w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-240x186.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-375x291.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop-e1519862812657-JJJH-520x403.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Abraham Norton, better known as San Francisco’s Emperor Norton. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joshua Abraham Norton arrived in San Francisco just before he turned 30. He had done business in South Africa before immigrating and started investing in commodities when he arrived in San Francisco. He was quite wealthy and influential during the early years of the Gold Rush. But a bad investment and subsequent legal battles left him bankrupt at the age of 38. Norton went quiet for a time, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652705/americas-emperor-san-franciscos-treasure-who-was-emperor-norton\">reemerged on the scene by proclaiming himself to be the first emperor of the United States\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Daily Evening Bulletin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He issued many proclamations after that, many of them quite progressive for his time. He was a well-known character around town, so when he collapsed on the street and died of a suspected stroke, thousands of people attended his funeral. By then he was a poor man, but his old friends in the business community interceded and paid for his burial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since his death more than 140 years ago, Emperor Norton has become a beloved San Francisco icon. Respected for his panache and tolerant views, he has captured the imaginations of generations of San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>His grave is at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 381px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lefty-odoul.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man with black baseball cap looking into the distance.\" width=\"381\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lefty-odoul.jpg 381w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lefty-odoul-160x235.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Lefty O’Doul, a San Francisco baseball icon. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born in the Bayview-Hunter’s Point neighborhood of San Francisco in 1897, \u003ca href=\"https://leftyodoulsabr.com/chapter-information/about-lefty-odoul/#:~:text=He%20ended%20his%20career%20in,in%2011%20major%20league%20seasons.\">Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul was known for his pitching and hitting\u003c/a> while playing baseball for the San Francisco Seals, a Pacific Coast League team. Eventually he was drafted into the major league and moved to the East Coast. O’Doul spent time playing for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies and Yankees throughout the 1920s and ‘30s. In 1935, O’Doul took a job managing the San Francisco Seals, solidifying his status as a hometown hero. He was also a baseball ambassador to Japan both before and after World War II. He was inducted into both the U.S. and Japanese Halls of Fame. Look for Lefty’s name on the Oracle Park entrance near the Third Street drawbridge, which is also named after O’Doul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>O’Doul is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Joe DiMaggio\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Born in Martinez and raised in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, Joe DiMaggio is a celebrated baseball player known for his hitting. He started his career as a player with the San Francisco Seals. In 1935, \u003ca href=\"https://www.joedimaggio.com/the-man/childhood/\">DiMaggio became the Pacific Coast League MVP\u003c/a> after helping the Seals win the team’s ninth consecutive championship. This was the same time that “Lefty” O’Doul was managing the team. DiMaggio went on to play professionally for the New York Yankees, becoming a household name after the team’s 56-game winning streak. He’s also known for his marriage to film star Marilyn Monroe — the couple were even married at San Francisco City Hall — although the marriage lasted less than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>DiMaggio is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Hearst family (George, Phoebe and William Randolph)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many in the Hearst family have achieved fame and fortune, starting with George, a miner who made smart investments in gold, silver and copper mines. He acquired large swaths of land in California and the West, and soon became a millionaire. George bought The San Francisco Examiner in 1880 and then went on to serve as a U.S. senator. George’s wife, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, used the family’s wealth to fund local philanthropic projects. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucberkeleyfoundation.org/history-mission/\">She put up a big portion of the money that started the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George and Phoebe’s son, William Randolph, took over ownership of The San Francisco Examiner from his father. He built the paper into a successful enterprise and then expanded into the East Coast media market when he purchased The New York Daily Journal. Today, Hearst Communications owns more than 360 businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Hearst family is buried in a mausoleum in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park that looks like part of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and is made entirely of marble.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local people history forgot\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While there’s at least a chance you’ve heard of Joe DiMaggio or William Randolph Hearst, chances are you may not have heard of some other local legends buried in Colma. They may not be as famous nationally, but they made a mark locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lincoln Beachey\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man sitting on an early model airplane.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Lincoln_Beachey_at_Grant_Park_in_1911-160x128.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lincoln Beachey was a famous stunt pilot in his day. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born in San Francisco in 1887, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/beachey-lincoln/\">Beachey was a well-known stunt pilot\u003c/a>. He was best known for a trick called the “suicide dive,” in which he would fly as high as he could, turn off his engine and then hurtle toward the ground. Just before impact, he would switch the engine back on and pull out of the dive. The trick gave crowds a thrill. He performed it at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 in front of thousands of fans. Sadly, this would be his last attempt. When Beachy went to restart the motor after his free fall it malfunctioned and he crashed to his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beachy is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. Look for a grave with a biplane engraved on it.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The dual: U.S. Senator David C. Broderick\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When you have beef with someone, hopefully you settle it peacefully. Back in the day, you might have settled it with guns. Dueling was illegal in San Francisco in 1859, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Duel\">when U.S. Senator David C. Broderick and California Supreme Court Justice David S. Terry had an argument, they took it over the San Mateo County line\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local historian Svanevik says, “This duel was a personal thing.” It may have been a personal dislike, but it also was political. The two men were members of opposite political parties and regularly argued about the issue of slavery, then a hotly debated topic throughout the country. Both men had written harsh things about one another in the press, and their arguments were highly publicized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opponents met at Lake Merced on September 13, 1859, along with a surgeon and witnesses. 3 … 2 … 1 … boom! Terry fired a fatal bullet, puncturing Broderick’s lung. The senator would die three days later and be buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco under a huge monument. When the city of San Francisco dug up its buried bodies, Broderick was transferred to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma. 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Fast forward and she was promoted and they wound up moving to Nashville, where Patterson was able to work remotely for the software company he had joined. Last summer, his family visited and they went to a Nashville Sounds Triple-A game, with the ballpark close to where Patterson lived. That's when he initially tried out one of those pitch-speed booths, hit 96 mph on his final throw and realized he had quite an arm — even with his background being as an infielder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Blew my own mind, honestly,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/npatterson_12/status/1157070415874818048\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coach saw him and immediately encouraged Patterson to play baseball, if not collegiately then in the pros. So a couple of weeks later Patterson began contemplating the idea of chasing a lost dream once more, as a pitcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last December, Patterson's plan to resume baseball was stalled again when he got hit by a car while riding his electric longboard. He broke the wrist on his left, non-throwing hand and needed surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a very, very sad day, like all this work over the last two months was for nothing,\" he recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson returned to Kansas City for two weeks at Christmas last year and his family urged him to push on. By January he was throwing off a mound again in Nashville with a cast on the other hand, and that's when about 20 colleges came calling along with a handful of major league organizations. Patterson hired an agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also began working closely with Jarrod Parker, who played for the A's before a pair of Tommy John surgeries forced him out of the game. Parker opened Parker Sports Performance last September in Nashville, and Patterson was one of the first athletes to participate in a regular training program at the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Lucky enough to have him walk through the door first of all,\" said Parker. \"Rarely do people get that kind of chance. Usually it's kind of that pipe dream. He came in and put his nose to the ground. We threw so much at the kid when he was here to prep him for the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's signed Patterson, who struck out the side in order during his first pro appearance Aug. 15. His second outing wasn't as smooth with Patterson giving up three runs on two hits in two innings. 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