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Only three ballots did not include Griffey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--4D9Ue8BV--/aebgmbcaxxz8tzlqjkej.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘\u003ca href=\"http://deadspin.com/here-is-a-loop-video-of-ken-griffey-jr-s-perfect-swin-1751020435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loop video\u003c/a>‘ of Griffey’s perfect swing. (Courtesy of Deadspin)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The big local news: Cal grad Jeff Kent received 73 votes (16.6 percent) in his third year of eligibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just kidding. One of Kent’s former teammates was also eligible. You might have heard of him — all-time home run leader, seven-time MVP Barry Bonds. Eligible for the fourth time, Bonds received 195 votes, 44.3 percent of all ballots, falling\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> short of the 75 percent (330 votes) needed for enshrinement. (See full results \u003ca href=\"http://baseballhall.org/hof/class-of-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those numbers are up about 7 percent from last year and about 10 percent from 2014. The last four years look like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2016: 195 votes, 44.3% of the vote\u003cbr>\n2015: 202, 36.8%\u003cbr>\n2014: 198, 34.7%\u003cbr>\n2013: 206, 36.2%\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, the Hall of Fame capped the number of times a player can appear on the ballot without being selected at 10, as long as they receive more than 5 percent of the vote each year. So, Bonds does still have six years of eligibility remaining. After this year’s vote, it appears he is trending in the right direction and might one day receive the necessary votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MLB/status/684873546854580224\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why are voters more willing now to vote for Bonds, long suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Call it attrition. Call it an erosion of sportswriters’ monopoly on morality. But you probably shouldn’t call it forgiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A quick primer on the \u003ca href=\"http://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/bbwaa-rules-for-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voting process\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Players are voted into the Hall of Fame by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Once writers have been active members of the BBWAA for 10 straight years (and have satisfied all other requirements), they are given a vote. This year, according to the BBWAA, there are approximately 650 voting-eligible members. 440 of those members cast ballots. Each voter can choose up to 10 players to include on their ballot. A player must be selected on 75 percent of all cast ballots to be inducted into Cooperstown (the location of the Baseball Hall of Fame).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting with this year’s vote, writers who have not actively covered the game for 10 years are no longer eligible to vote. The right to vote had previously been granted for life, even after a writer’s retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is one reason for Bonds’ gains this year: the great purge of old-school hardliners whose self-appointed duties were to wring their hands and uphold the integrity of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/684878739570843648\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writer Steve Aschburner \u003ca href=\"http://thefederalist.com/2015/11/19/with-hall-of-fame-changes-baseball-gets-political/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studied recent ballots\u003c/a> and speculates that “fiddling with the selection process could open its doors to known or suspected cheaters, including two of the most polarizing figures in the game’s history: Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clemens, who faced accusations of steroid use in the latter part of his career, received 199 votes, just four more than Bonds, or 45.2 percent of the ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aschburner adds:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The pattern is likely to gain traction, too, as more honorary members lose their votes each year and additional newer writers qualify. Understandably, even media people want to see their particular generation of stars validated, those players they watched and covered. The Hall obviously has plenty of financial and institutional skin in the game. It needs baseball heroes on the stage for its annual induction ceremony, fresh plaques for its standing-room-only attendance all summer.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In the Hall’s instructions, voters are asked to consider “integrity, character and sportsmanship” in addition to a player’s performance. Voters interpret those instructions, and the overall meaning and importance of the Hall of Fame, very differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14509820/jayson-stark-explains-2016-hall-fame-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN’s Jayson Stark\u003c/a>, who has cast votes for Bonds and Clemens in every year they’ve been eligible, writes that if the Hall is “a place that’s going to accurately reflect the history of baseball, how can it not include the man who made more home run trots than anyone who ever played and the pitcher who won more Cy Youngs (Clemens) than anyone who ever threw a pitch? That’s the Hall of Fame I want to exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us to the next reasons Bonds is gaining more votes: shifting popular sentiment and the simple passage of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14428464/why-barry-bonds-roger-clemens-appear-jerry-crasnick-hall-fame-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick\u003c/a> — who cast votes for both Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens this year for the first time — writes that he will remember this vote “as the year I dismounted from my high horse, acknowledged reality and took the plunge on baseball’s home run king and a seven-time Cy Young Award winner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 570px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2015%2F1223%2Fr38636_864x1296_2-3.jpg&w=570\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"855\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick’s 2016 Hall of Fame ballot\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last January, Crasnick conducted a “social media experiment” where he tweeted the question: “Should Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds be in the Hall of Fame?” He writes: “One hour, 1,200 responses and a barrage of ‘yes’ votes later, I felt like a guy piling sandbags against a tsunami in my efforts to rationalize my ‘no’ vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crasnick adds:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“…it’s delusional to think we, as baseball writers, can uphold some quaint notion of the Hall as a bastion of competitive purity while fans who trek to Cooperstown each summer just want to visit a museum and see the game’s history on display with all its complicated messiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m ready to declare a moratorium on hand-wringing and cast my ballot, with all its flaws and inconsistencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… I’m out of the business of moralizing or parsing distinctions based on real or perceived transgressions. In the case of Bonds and Clemens, I keep going back to the words of ESPN columnist Ian O’Connor, who explained his conflicted Hall of Fame thought process in a 2012 column. “I’m willing to vote for the bad guys,” he wrote. “But only if they’re really, really good.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Crasnick explains that the state of baseball in 2016 is simply different than it was even last year. Bonds was recently hired as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins, Mark McGwire, another notable suspected doper, is the bench coach for the San Diego Padres, and Alex Rodriguez, yet another player with PED suspicions, “was the feel-good story of 2015.” (Note: in his last year of eligibility, McGwire, former Oakland A’s first baseman, received 12.3 percent of the vote, well shy of 75 percent threshold.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For all my dilatory tactics, the passage of time has proved clarity is a mirage, and we just alternate between lighter and darker shades of gray,” Crasnick says. “Shoulder shrugs are the new clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The mere presence of a plaque in Cooperstown, with or without an asterisk or a designated “steroid wing,” can’t change the public perception. Dodgers fans are free to regard Bonds as a cheater and a villain, and Giants fans are free to love him for eternity. 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Voters interpret those instructions, and the overall meaning and importance of the Hall of Fame, very differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14509820/jayson-stark-explains-2016-hall-fame-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN’s Jayson Stark\u003c/a>, who has cast votes for Bonds and Clemens in every year they’ve been eligible, writes that if the Hall is “a place that’s going to accurately reflect the history of baseball, how can it not include the man who made more home run trots than anyone who ever played and the pitcher who won more Cy Youngs (Clemens) than anyone who ever threw a pitch? 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In the case of Bonds and Clemens, I keep going back to the words of ESPN columnist Ian O’Connor, who explained his conflicted Hall of Fame thought process in a 2012 column. “I’m willing to vote for the bad guys,” he wrote. “But only if they’re really, really good.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Crasnick explains that the state of baseball in 2016 is simply different than it was even last year. Bonds was recently hired as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins, Mark McGwire, another notable suspected doper, is the bench coach for the San Diego Padres, and Alex Rodriguez, yet another player with PED suspicions, “was the feel-good story of 2015.” (Note: in his last year of eligibility, McGwire, former Oakland A’s first baseman, received 12.3 percent of the vote, well shy of 75 percent threshold.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For all my dilatory tactics, the passage of time has proved clarity is a mirage, and we just alternate between lighter and darker shades of gray,” Crasnick says. “Shoulder shrugs are the new clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The mere presence of a plaque in Cooperstown, with or without an asterisk or a designated “steroid wing,” can’t change the public perception. Dodgers fans are free to regard Bonds as a cheater and a villain, and Giants fans are free to love him for eternity. As Jerry Seinfeld so famously observed, ‘You’re actually rooting for the clothes when you get right down to it.'”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Another popular argument being put forth this year, as more writers checked the box next to Bonds’ name for the first time, is that we will never know all the facts about alleged PED use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/barry-bonds-roger-clemens-hall-of-fame-ballot-ken-rosenthal-122715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Sports’ bow-tie-wearing Ken Rosenthal\u003c/a>, who also voted for Bonds and Clemens for the first time this year, explains it this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The core problem in judging players from the so-called Steroid Era is that we don’t know who did what and to what extent, the effect that the substances had on players, whether some benefited more than others from the drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reversing my position with Bonds and Clemens, I’m simply acknowledging that I no longer am comfortable performing the mental gymnastics necessary to submit a ballot without their names…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I no longer could justify snubbing two of the greatest players of this era.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For another year, the majority of BBWAA voters disagree with Rosenthal’s sentiment and Barry Bonds has once again been snubbed. 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But for Balukjian, it’s led to a cross-country road trip and an idea for a book called “\u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wax Pack\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s trying to interview each player from a 1986 pack of Topps cards — from Hall of Famers to obscure utility infielders — and find out where their post-baseball lives have taken them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/217265955″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We caught up with Brad Balukjian in Kansas City, in between his attempt to track down \u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/carlton-fisk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlton Fisk\u003c/a> at the Hall of Fame induction weekend in Cooperstown and his visit to \u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/rick-sutcliffe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rick Sutcliffe\u003c/a> in Lees Summit, MO. Balukjian says the 15 players in his pack cover a wide range of talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One Hall of Famer (Fisk), some guys that were pretty big stars like \u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/dwight-gooden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dwight Gooden\u003c/a>, and it ranges all the way down to guys that most fans would not have heard of, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/jaime-cocanower.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Cocanower\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/don-carman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Carman\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"http://www.waxpackbook.com/randy-ready.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Randy Ready.\u003c/a> It really is a mix in terms of where these guys came from, what kind of careers they had, the randomness of the pack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10628791\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 421px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10628791\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling-800x931.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Balukjian (L) tracked down Randy Ready for a game of bowling in Dallas. The Fremont, Calif.-born Ready began his career in '83 with the Milwaukee Brewers.\" width=\"421\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling-800x931.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling-400x466.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling-1440x1676.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling-1180x1374.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RandyBowling-960x1118.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Balukjian (L) tracked down Randy Ready for a game of bowling in Dallas. The Fremont, Calif.-born Ready began his career in ’83 with the Milwaukee Brewers. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Brad Balukjian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The California Report (TCR)\u003c/strong>: Most of these guys are now in their fifties and sixties, decades removed from playing. How do they deal with being ex-major leaguers, was there a commonality about how they look back?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brad Balukjian\u003c/strong>: One of the things that I’m discovering is that the players are actually a lot less nostalgic than the fans are. They will talk about their past and the heroics if you want them to, but they’re not necessarily as romantic about the past as fans or writers are. And also, the guys that were less famous or less successful in their baseball careers had an easier time of making that transition, letting go of being a baseball player and moving on to the next part of their life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TCR\u003c/strong>: It seems pretty fun – a road trip where you’re actually going to people’s houses and going on picnics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Balujkian\u003c/strong>: I want the book to be fun, because baseball is fun, and I want to do things other than just sit across the table in a sterile environment and conduct an interview. So I went to the zoo with one guy, I went bowling with one guy, I went to an art museum with one guy, got invited to a Fourth of July party with one guy and played Cards Against Humanity with his family, which is always a fun and kind of awkward introduction to people when you don’t really know them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TCR\u003c/strong>: You started this road trip in Oakland, made a few California stops, you’ve been all the way across the country and now you’re going to end with \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowenal01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Cowens\u003c/a>‘s family in Downey, California. Can you tell us a little about him?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Balukjian\u003c/strong>: Al grew up in Compton, California in the mid-1960s. He was a terribly underrated player, a really great player for the Kansas City Royals, and had one season where he came in second place for the MVP award, but always somewhat under the radar. He’s the one guy in the pack who’s no longer alive, but I am going to talk to his widow and some of his kids, and hopefully get a feel for what it was like to grow up in that part of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"10628859,10628854,10628856,10628855,10628858,10628857,10628867\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TCR\u003c/strong>: And since you’re reaching the end of your trip, do you feel like you found what you were looking for?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Balukjian\u003c/strong>: For me, it’s turned into something more than just the quest to find old baseball players. I see this as a love story — that might sound weird, I don’t mean love in the romantic sense — but one of the questions I had in mind to answer was what enabled these guys to grow up. 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(Two of the cameras are mounted at each end of the upper corner of the grandstands behind the plate; the third sits in center field.) Together, the devices comprise a system better known by its commercial moniker: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PITCHf/x\">Pitchf/x\u003c/a>. It was soon dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23roboump&src=typd\">#RoboUmp\u003c/a> on Twitter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But is \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificsbaseball.com/index.php/press-submenu-box-submenu/press-releases2015/678-the-debut-of-the-automatic-umpire-july-28-30-promotions\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Debut of the Automatic Umpire,\"\u003c/a> as the event is being called, more minor league gimmick or technological breakthrough for the great American pastime?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, RoboUmp isn’t going to replace #HumanUmps anytime soon. 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There will always be some kinks to work out and it will be intriguing to see how the players respond (especially to calls they don't like!). The idea of using an automated system to call balls and strikes has been talked about for years. It'll be nice to finally have a real-life example to see how it works at the professional level, but there are still a lot of factors that would have to go into the decision to implement this type of system at the major-league or the affiliated minor-league level. This is a system that is very dependent on precise technology, and even the Pitchf/x system that MLB has used for nearly a decade now continues to have hiccups and glitches that require human intervention.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As for the debut, there were no obvious hiccups or glitches. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Welcome to the future, baseball fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>History was made at an independent league baseball game in San Rafael on Tuesday night. Reporter Cyrus Farivar checks in for \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/07/for-the-first-time-sensors-and-a-computer-play-umpire-in-a-pro-baseball-game/\" target=\"_blank\">Ars Technica\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>On a picturesque evening in Marin County just north of San Francisco, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificsbaseball.com/\">San Rafael Pacifics\u003c/a> faced off against the \u003ca href=\"http://vallejoadmirals.com/roster/\">Vallejo Admirals\u003c/a> in what was billed as the first professional baseball game to be called by a piece of technology rather than a person. In this minor league showdown, the role of the balls-and-strikes umpire was played by a mounted three-camera tracking setup synced with a computer. (Two of the cameras are mounted at each end of the upper corner of the grandstands behind the plate; the third sits in center field.) Together, the devices comprise a system better known by its commercial moniker: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PITCHf/x\">Pitchf/x\u003c/a>. It was soon dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23roboump&src=typd\">#RoboUmp\u003c/a> on Twitter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But is \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificsbaseball.com/index.php/press-submenu-box-submenu/press-releases2015/678-the-debut-of-the-automatic-umpire-july-28-30-promotions\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Debut of the Automatic Umpire,\"\u003c/a> as the event is being called, more minor league gimmick or technological breakthrough for the great American pastime?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, RoboUmp isn’t going to replace #HumanUmps anytime soon. A league-standard two (human) umpires still worked the game — a home plate umpire was still needed to call fair and foul balls and plays at the plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the robotic system still relies on a living, breathing human to actually verbalize balls and \"striiiiikes.\" Last night, that voice was provided by former A’s (and Rockies, Diamondbacks, Orioles and Mariners) outfielder \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/byrneer01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Byrnes\u003c/a>, who has taken on RoboUmp as “essentially a passion project,” according to Ars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Byrnes helped organize the two-game debut of RoboUmp as a benefit for the \u003ca href=\"http://pattillmanfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Tillman Foundation\u003c/a>, promising to donate $10,000 if anyone is ejected for arguing balls and strikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You face [Hall of Fame pitcher] Greg Maddux and he’d get a foot off the plate,\" Byrnes told Ars. \"So if we have a chance to get it right, if we have a chance to get a pitch every time, why would we not?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a sport that is traditionally reluctant to change, more and more people might be inclined to agree with Byrnes’ sentiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel like it speeds the game up more, it gets the hitters to swing at more pitches,\" Joshua Wong, Vallejo Admirals third baseman, told Ars after seeing RoboUmp tests before the game. \"It’s good for the game. Just being more accurate and having better calls is going to help us more.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not quite at RoboUmp levels of technology, Major League Baseball implemented a replay system for the first time last year. So far, replays have largely been viewed as a success -- even when they result in awkward delayed reactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the A’s waited two minutes and 45 seconds to celebrate a (challenged) walk-off victory. Wait for it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://m.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=285289383&topic_id=8878760&width=800&height=448&property=mlb\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Ars points out, the technology behind Pitchf/x has been\u003ca href=\"http://m.mlb.com/news/article/2245402/\" target=\"_blank\"> in use for 10 years,\u003c/a> mainly for analytics and broadcast purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for something as crucial to the game as balls and strikes, relying solely on technology might be a bridge too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob Pomrenke, a producer at the \u003ca href=\"http://sabr.org/\">Society for American Baseball Research\u003c/a>, emailed Ars Technica his take on RoboUmp:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I'm sure many people around baseball will be watching the debut of this new system to see how it goes. There will always be some kinks to work out and it will be intriguing to see how the players respond (especially to calls they don't like!). The idea of using an automated system to call balls and strikes has been talked about for years. It'll be nice to finally have a real-life example to see how it works at the professional level, but there are still a lot of factors that would have to go into the decision to implement this type of system at the major-league or the affiliated minor-league level. This is a system that is very dependent on precise technology, and even the Pitchf/x system that MLB has used for nearly a decade now continues to have hiccups and glitches that require human intervention.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As for the debut, there were no obvious hiccups or glitches. And no one was ejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Ars' reporter Farivar, the game moved along briskly without controversy, and largely without action. “Chatter in the stands instead focused on the ump, most of it supportive. No one showered the tech with familiar boos or ‘You suck, ump!’ refrains.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>RoboUmp will be back in action Wednesday night as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificsbaseball.com/index.php/press-submenu-box-submenu/press-releases2015/678-the-debut-of-the-automatic-umpire-july-28-30-promotions\" target=\"_blank\">two-day event\u003c/a> continues at 7:05 p.m. at \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificsbaseball.com/index.php/albert-submenu-park-submenu/2013-11-15-02-14-13\" target=\"_blank\">Albert Park in San Rafael\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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He spent the next six seasons working his way up through the Giants' farm system before finally getting the call to the bigs late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were plenty of bumps along the way. After being promoted to the AAA Fresno Grizzlies during the 2013 season, Heston struggled, posting a 5.80 ERA. He was released on July 21 to make room for Jeff Francoeur, after which he was available for any team to pick up. None did, and three days later, the Giants re-signed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NY Times \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/sports/baseball/giants-chris-heston-pitches-no-hitter-against-mets.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">described Heston\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>He was an unheralded prospect and a stopgap starter who did not even make the team out of spring training. As soon as Heston arrived with Class AAA Sacramento in April, though, the Giants called him right back, inserting him into the rotation after Matt Cain went down with an injury.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And his style Tuesday night against the Mets was not one of typical overpowering dominance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The formula was a steady diet of sinkers, changeups and curveballs, all of various speeds and meticulous command, bestowing a velocity that rarely eclipsed 90 m.p.h. But his pitches danced and darted and, most effectively, disappeared at the last instant.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4>Five in Seven Years: Recent Giants No-hitters\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>6/9/2015- Chris Heston vs NY Mets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>6/25/2014- Tim Lincecum vs SD Padres\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>7/13/2013- Tim Lincecum vs SD Padres\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>6/13/2012- Matt Cain vs HOU Astros\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>7/10/2009- Jonathan Sanchez vs SD Padres\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp> \u003cbr>\nIn addition to his long and winding road to the bigs, Heston’s gem, the 286th no-hitter in MLB history according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/No_hitter\" target=\"_blank\">Baseball-Reference.com\u003c/a>, had plenty of statistical oddities as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-The only blemish on Heston’s stat-line: three hit batters. From \u003ca href=\"http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-chris-heston-no-hitter-giants-mets-lightning-round/\" target=\"_blank\">Grantland\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“In the 205 nine-inning no-hitters that preceded Heston’s from 1914 to 2014, no pitcher — not even the wild ones who walked eight or nine, like Dock Ellis, Edwin Jackson, and A.J. Burnett — had hit more than two batters. Heston hit three.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>- Heston finished off his no-hitter with three strikeouts in the ninth inning, something that hasn’t been done since 1965 when, you guessed it, Sandy Koufax finished off a perfect game by striking out three Cubs batters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Posey's been there before. According to Baseball Reference, Buster Posey becomes the 13th catcher to catch three no-hitters, joining the likes of Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella. Jason Varitek and oldtime Chicago White Sox catcher Ray Schalk have each caught four, the most ever. At this rate, Posey will pass them in the summer of 2017. #BusterHugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posey told The New York Times that Heston only shook him off once all game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Not just a good night on the mound. Heston had two hits and two RBIs — a two-run single in the fourth and a single in the eighth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_28286809/hestons-prep-coach-has-tearful-night-at-citi\" target=\"_blank\">great anecdote from the game\u003c/a>, courtesy of Andrew Baggarly and the San Jose Mercury News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Brad Thomsen wasn't sure whether to dab his eyes or clutch his chest. This was all so brand new and bewildering to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomsen was Heston's baseball coach from Palm Bay West Little League all the way through Bayside High in Brevard County, Florida. 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As soon as Heston arrived with Class AAA Sacramento in April, though, the Giants called him right back, inserting him into the rotation after Matt Cain went down with an injury.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And his style Tuesday night against the Mets was not one of typical overpowering dominance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The formula was a steady diet of sinkers, changeups and curveballs, all of various speeds and meticulous command, bestowing a velocity that rarely eclipsed 90 m.p.h. But his pitches danced and darted and, most effectively, disappeared at the last instant.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4>Five in Seven Years: Recent Giants No-hitters\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>6/9/2015- Chris Heston vs NY Mets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>6/25/2014- Tim Lincecum vs SD Padres\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>7/13/2013- Tim Lincecum vs SD Padres\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>6/13/2012- Matt Cain vs HOU Astros\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>7/10/2009- Jonathan Sanchez vs SD Padres\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp> \u003cbr>\nIn addition to his long and winding road to the bigs, Heston’s gem, the 286th no-hitter in MLB history according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/No_hitter\" target=\"_blank\">Baseball-Reference.com\u003c/a>, had plenty of statistical oddities as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-The only blemish on Heston’s stat-line: three hit batters. 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At this rate, Posey will pass them in the summer of 2017. #BusterHugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posey told The New York Times that Heston only shook him off once all game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Not just a good night on the mound. Heston had two hits and two RBIs — a two-run single in the fourth and a single in the eighth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_28286809/hestons-prep-coach-has-tearful-night-at-citi\" target=\"_blank\">great anecdote from the game\u003c/a>, courtesy of Andrew Baggarly and the San Jose Mercury News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Brad Thomsen wasn't sure whether to dab his eyes or clutch his chest. This was all so brand new and bewildering to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomsen was Heston's baseball coach from Palm Bay West Little League all the way through Bayside High in Brevard County, Florida. 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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>NBC News suspends anchor Brian Williams after Iraq War tale\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(New York Times)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Brian Williams, the embattled NBC news anchor whose credibility plummeted after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter episode in Iraq, has been suspended for six months without pay, the network said on Tuesday night. “This was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in Brian’s position,” Deborah Turness, the president of NBC News, said in a memo. Lester Holt, who stepped in for Mr. Williams this week, will continue as the substitute, the network said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/business/media/brian-williams-suspended-by-nbc-news-for-six-months.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Also:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/319025/heres-why-nbc-didnt-fire-brian-williams/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why NBC didn’t fire Brian Williams\u003c/a> \u003cem>(Poynter.org)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/the-brian-williams-story-in-the-chickenhawk-era/385218/?utm_source=SFTwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Brian Williams story as as emblem of the ‘Chickenhawk Era’\u003c/a> \u003cem>(The Atlantic)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jon Stewart leaving ‘The Daily Show’\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Los Angeles Times)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Jon Stewart plans to step aside as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” later this year, ending a 16-year run that changed the way Americans view the news. Stewart, 52, made the announcement at the end of his show Tuesday in New York. Under his watch, “The Daily Show” navigated new frontiers in comedy and journalism. He tweaked newsmakers and news organizations with equal relish, along the way influencing the media elites he frequently pilloried. \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show-20150211-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Also:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2015/02/11/jon_stewart_kept_us_all_sane_goodbye_politics_won%E2%80%99t_be_the_same_without_you/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Stewart kept us all sane \u003c/a>\u003cem>(Salon)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Berkeley City Council approves moratorium on certain police tactics\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Oakland Tribune)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The city took another pummeling Tuesday to its much-cherished self-image as a cradle of free speech, as residents berated the City Council over what they described as aggression and unnecessary violence by a police force largely unrestrained by civilian oversight during “Black Lives Matter” protests in December. \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_27503550/berkeley-council-approves-moratorium-certain-police-tactics?source=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>$8.3 million settlement in inmate’s death at Alameda County Jail\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(KQED News)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved an $8.3 million settlement today over the 2010 in-custody death of a man at Santa Rita Jail. The settlement also includes statewide changes to health care by Corizon Health Inc., a private company, and new training for Alameda County sheriff’s deputies. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/10/alameda-county-jail-health-care-company-settle-suit-over-inmate-beating-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tiburon school board symbolically sides with family in vaccination debate\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A father’s anguish over a son fighting leukemia has put 7-year-old Rhett Krawitt of Corte Madera — and his small Marin County school district — at the center of a national debate on measles immunization. Rhett, his father, Carl, and his mother, Jodi, all appeared Tuesday evening at a school board meeting in Tiburon to urge the elected officials to support proposed state legislation that would prevent parents from invoking personal beliefs as justification for not having their children vaccinated before entering school. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Marin-County-parents-of-sick-boy-push-to-end-6073976.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Disgraced CPUC boss Michael Peevey to be honored by cronies\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Silicon Beat)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>People who were wondering if they would no longer have Michael Peevey to kick around might, in fact, have another opportunity to direct a fresh round of criticism and skepticism at the disgraced former boss of the state Public Utilities Commission. Peevey, who stepped down at the end of 2014 as the president of the PUC and one of its five commissioners, is the guest of honor at a $250-a-plate fundraiser at the posh Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco that’s designed to raise money for the University of California. \u003ca href=\"http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/02/10/disgraced-puc-boss-peevey-to-be-honored-by-cronies/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>UC Davis, fruit growers call off ‘strawberry war’\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Sacramento Bee)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>UC Davis and California’s strawberry growers announced they have settled a pair of potentially poisonous lawsuits over a long-standing research partnership that has earned millions for the university and brought vast improvements in taste and durability to consumers. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article9617801.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sorry, Boston: Two more big snowstorms are on the way\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Slate)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Boston’s never had three 15-inch snowstorms in a single winter before. This year, they’ve done that in less than three weeks. Two of those storms (Jan. 26 to 27 and Feb. 7 to 9) now rank among the 10 largest snowstorms in the city’s history. The stunning surge of the last three weeks has quickly put Boston on a pace for its snowiest winter ever.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/02/10/boston_snow_storms_they_keep_coming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Barry Zito shops his stuff to major league scouts\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Houston Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If you’re looking for a big league pitching job, Houston was the place to be on Tuesday. Former A’s and Giants starter Barry Zito held a pitching session for major league scouts in town. Among the teams watching Zito: the A’s AL West Division rival Houston Astros. \u003ca href=\"http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2015/02/10/astros-watch-barry-zito-throw-skip-matt-albers-session/#30371101=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Lester Holt, who stepped in for Mr. Williams this week, will continue as the substitute, the network said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/business/media/brian-williams-suspended-by-nbc-news-for-six-months.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Also:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/319025/heres-why-nbc-didnt-fire-brian-williams/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why NBC didn’t fire Brian Williams\u003c/a> \u003cem>(Poynter.org)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/the-brian-williams-story-in-the-chickenhawk-era/385218/?utm_source=SFTwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Brian Williams story as as emblem of the ‘Chickenhawk Era’\u003c/a> \u003cem>(The Atlantic)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jon Stewart leaving ‘The Daily Show’\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Los Angeles Times)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Jon Stewart plans to step aside as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” later this year, ending a 16-year run that changed the way Americans view the news. Stewart, 52, made the announcement at the end of his show Tuesday in New York. Under his watch, “The Daily Show” navigated new frontiers in comedy and journalism. 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The settlement also includes statewide changes to health care by Corizon Health Inc., a private company, and new training for Alameda County sheriff’s deputies. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/10/alameda-county-jail-health-care-company-settle-suit-over-inmate-beating-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tiburon school board symbolically sides with family in vaccination debate\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A father’s anguish over a son fighting leukemia has put 7-year-old Rhett Krawitt of Corte Madera — and his small Marin County school district — at the center of a national debate on measles immunization. Rhett, his father, Carl, and his mother, Jodi, all appeared Tuesday evening at a school board meeting in Tiburon to urge the elected officials to support proposed state legislation that would prevent parents from invoking personal beliefs as justification for not having their children vaccinated before entering school. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Marin-County-parents-of-sick-boy-push-to-end-6073976.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Disgraced CPUC boss Michael Peevey to be honored by cronies\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Silicon Beat)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>People who were wondering if they would no longer have Michael Peevey to kick around might, in fact, have another opportunity to direct a fresh round of criticism and skepticism at the disgraced former boss of the state Public Utilities Commission. Peevey, who stepped down at the end of 2014 as the president of the PUC and one of its five commissioners, is the guest of honor at a $250-a-plate fundraiser at the posh Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco that’s designed to raise money for the University of California. \u003ca href=\"http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/02/10/disgraced-puc-boss-peevey-to-be-honored-by-cronies/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>UC Davis, fruit growers call off ‘strawberry war’\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Sacramento Bee)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>UC Davis and California’s strawberry growers announced they have settled a pair of potentially poisonous lawsuits over a long-standing research partnership that has earned millions for the university and brought vast improvements in taste and durability to consumers. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article9617801.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sorry, Boston: Two more big snowstorms are on the way\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Slate)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Boston’s never had three 15-inch snowstorms in a single winter before. 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(James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12859_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12859_transform-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confetti and rain pour down on fans along Market Street. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346254\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Despite the rain, hundreds of thousands of fans came out to see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite the rain, hundreds of thousands of fans came out to see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346294\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform.jpg\" alt=\"People tried to peer past the construction near Market St. (or climb on top of it) to better see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People tried to peer past the construction near Market Street (or climb on top of it) to better see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KNBR’s Marty Lurie joined \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED NEWSROOM’s\u003c/a> Scott Shafer Friday night after the parade, to talk about the Giants’ “group of warriors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ZJBRiZylH_k\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of Giants fans are already lined up along Market Street in San Francisco for the World Series Victory Parade at noon. It’s the third time in five years the Giants have won the World Series, so officials said they’re mostly prepared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Isabel Angell says people are getting impatient for the parade to start. Some people have come prepared with ladders, chairs and stepstools; others have just put down newspaper and are hoping for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iris Gomez, 37, arrived at the parade route with sandwiches, juice and plenty of rain gear more than 5 ½ hours before the start of the noontime event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love the Giants,” she said. “I’ve been going to the Giants games since the tickets were $8. I wouldn’t miss this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12858_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346215\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12858_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Rear left to right: Antonio, Carlos and Jissel Zermeno and LJ and William Martinez prepare for the Giants Parade on Market St. in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The Zermenos drove hours to attend their first ever Giants parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12858_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12858_transform-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear left to right: Antonio, Carlos and Jissel Zermeno and LJ and William Martinez prepare for the Giants Parade on Market St. in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The Zermenos drove hours to attend their first-ever Giants parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12857_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346216\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12857_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Aileen Castillo of Sacramento, with her brother Alejandro, came down from Sacramento for the Giants victory celebration. "We're ready for the rain -- we've got umbrellas, ponchos, raincoats-- we're fine." (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12857_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12857_transform-400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aileen Castillo of Sacramento, with her brother, Alejandro, came down from Sacramento for the Giants victory celebration. “We’re ready for the rain — we’ve got umbrellas, ponchos, raincoats– we’re fine.” (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12852_transform1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12852_transform1.jpg\" alt=\"Batman watches over the parade on Market St . (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12852_transform1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12852_transform1-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Batman watches over the parade on Market Street . (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12854_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346218\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12854_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Street vendors began making their way to Market St. for the Giants Parade early in the morning. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12854_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12854_transform-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Street vendors began making their way to Market Street for the Giants Parade early in the morning. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kristin J. Bender of the Associated Press, Isabel Angell, James Tensuan and Jeremy Raff contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Under gray skies where a steady drizzle mixed with clouds of orange and black-and-white confetti shot from sidewalk cannons, players waved, snapped photos and mugged for the roaring crowds from the top of double-decker buses during the San Francisco Giants Victory Parade — a change from the classic convertibles and cable cars on wheels that had transported them along their now-familiar route in 2010 and 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in good news for fans, Pablo Sandoval insists he wants to play the rest of his career for the San Francisco Giants, and for moments just like this. He’s not naming his price, not now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to wear that jersey for the rest of my career,” Sandoval said. “I’m going to go from what my heart tells me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12883_458197558-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10346397\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12883_458197558-qut-800x1170.jpg\" alt=\"World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner shows his MVP trophy to the crowd along the parade route. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\" width=\"800\" height=\"1170\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12883_458197558-qut-800x1170.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12883_458197558-qut-400x585.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12883_458197558-qut.jpg 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner shows his MVP trophy to the crowd along the parade route. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12882_458197444-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10346396\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12882_458197444-qut-800x546.jpg\" alt=\"Buster Posey (L) and Santiago Casilla (R) of the San Francisco Giants, waved to the crowd along the parade route during the San Francisco Giants World Series victory parade. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12882_458197444-qut-800x546.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12882_458197444-qut-400x273.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12882_458197444-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buster Posey (L) and Santiago Casilla (R) of the San Francisco Giants, waved to the crowd along the parade route during the San Francisco Giants World Series Victory Parade. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While other players doubled up on the buses, the day’s undisputed giant among Giants, pitching ace Madison Bumgarner, was given his own flatbed truck to ride. It was adorned with a sign indicating his Most Valuable Player honors from both the World Series and the National League championship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dignitaries such as Giants legend Willie Mays, team president Larry Baer, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Ed Lee and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was San Francisco’s mayor when the Giants won the Series in 2010, rode in convertibles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12879_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346388\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12879_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Megan McPhillips of Santa Rosa cheer. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12879_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12879_transform-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan McPhillips of Santa Rosa cheers. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hall of Famer Willie McCovey took a break from his hospital-based rehab to attend the victory parade Friday from behind the scenes, thanking all the fans and well-wishers for the support and love through his recent health ordeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel great,” McCovey said with a smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 76-year-old McCovey said he continues to recover from an infection that hospitalized him in September for about a month, and watching the Giants’ third World Series championship run in five years helped his cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was touch and go for a while,” McCovey said. “They pulled me through, and I’ve come a long way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12878_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12878_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Fans watch from Market St. as the Giants Parade goes underway in San Francisco. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12878_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12878_transform-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans watch from Market St. as the Giants Parade goes underway in San Francisco. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12874_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346375\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12874_transform.jpg\" alt=\"A fan attempts to get a better view of the Giants Parade on Market St. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12874_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12874_transform-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan attempts to get a better view of the Giants Parade on Market St. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade also featured Giants’ legends Juan Marichal. Barry Bonds rode in a convertible, holding an umbrella and smiling broadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fans greeted him loudly and warmly with chants of “Barry! Barry! Barry!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sidewalk cannons shot clouds of confetti into the air as a giant panda hovered overhead in honor of third baseman Pablo Sandoval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346252\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12859_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346252\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12859_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Confetti and rain pour down on fans along Market Street. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12859_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12859_transform-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confetti and rain pour down on fans along Market Street. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346254\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Despite the rain, hundreds of thousands of fans came out to see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12865_transform-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite the rain, hundreds of thousands of fans came out to see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346294\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform.jpg\" alt=\"People tried to peer past the construction near Market St. (or climb on top of it) to better see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12869_transform-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People tried to peer past the construction near Market Street (or climb on top of it) to better see the parade. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KNBR’s Marty Lurie joined \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED NEWSROOM’s\u003c/a> Scott Shafer Friday night after the parade, to talk about the Giants’ “group of warriors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ZJBRiZylH_k\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of Giants fans are already lined up along Market Street in San Francisco for the World Series Victory Parade at noon. It’s the third time in five years the Giants have won the World Series, so officials said they’re mostly prepared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Isabel Angell says people are getting impatient for the parade to start. Some people have come prepared with ladders, chairs and stepstools; others have just put down newspaper and are hoping for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iris Gomez, 37, arrived at the parade route with sandwiches, juice and plenty of rain gear more than 5 ½ hours before the start of the noontime event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love the Giants,” she said. “I’ve been going to the Giants games since the tickets were $8. I wouldn’t miss this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12858_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346215\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/12858_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Rear left to right: Antonio, Carlos and Jissel Zermeno and LJ and William Martinez prepare for the Giants Parade on Market St. in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The Zermenos drove hours to attend their first ever Giants parade. 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If Major League Baseball truly cared about player safety when it comes to collisions at home plate, the rule would have been implemented in 1971 and dubbed the \u003ca href=\"http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Cincinnati-Reds-Pete-Rose-Cleveland-Indians-Ray-Fosse-collision-home-plate-1970-All-Star-Game-070412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ray Fosse\u003c/a> Rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosepe01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Rose\u003c/a> of the Cincinnati Red plowed into Fosse, then a 23-year-old catcher for the Cleveland Indians, to win the 1970 All-Star Game. The game was meaningless, of course, except to Fosse, who suffered a broken shoulder and whose career never really blossomed after a brilliant start (he later played for the Oakland A’s, Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers, and he’s had a pretty fair run as \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=oak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a broadcaster for the Oakland A’s\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the way, here’s what Pete Rose told the Associated Press after he found out about the new rule:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“What are they going to do next, you can’t break up a double play? You’re not allowed to pitch inside. The hitters wear more armor than the Humvees in Afghanistan. Now you’re not allowed to be safe at home plate? What’s the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘What’s the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>— Pete Rose\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Back to Buster Posey. In 2011, Florida’s Scott Cousins plowed into the former Rookie of the Year, bending him backwards. His leg snapped and he writhed in agony behind the plate. His season was over, and the Giants lost perhaps their single most important player. With him, the Giants won the 2010 and 2012 World Series. Without him, they failed to make the playoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since that 2011 incident, Giants manager Bruce Bochy has pushed for banning collisions at home plate. Obviously, because of Posey. And for the most part, baseball pundits, officials and old-school players said collisions were just part of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why, after more than a century of runners trying to flatten catchers on close plays at the plate, has Major League Baseball decided to change the rules? Several reasons: Money and winning are the top two. Posey, for instance, \u003ca href=\"http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/buster-posey-agrees-nine-167-million-contract-giants-192056284--mlb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a nine-year, $167 million contract\u003c/a> earlier this year. But he’s not only the only superstar catcher making big money. The St. Louis Cardinals signed catcher Yadier Molina to a five-year, $75 million deal. Minnesota’s Joe Mauer is in the middle of an eight-year, $184 million contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the guy who squats behind the plate for three hours every game, directs the pitchers, and positions the fielders gets paid a lot — especially if they can hit a little, too. And with all that cash at stake, it becomes easier to see why team owners see the eminent good sense of preventing major injuries to their catchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the role of \u003ca href=\"http://sabr.org/sabermetrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sabermetrics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s presume a player starts every game and plays every inning. He’ll play at least 1,458 innings in a season, and more with extra-inning and playoff games). So one out in one inning becomes devalued greatly, unless of course that out ends a superstar’s season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabermetrics, once a nerdy statistical subculture, is now overrunning baseball (Exhibit A: Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://www.mlb.com/oak/team/exec_bios/beane_billy.jsp\" target=\"-blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Manager Billy Beane\u003c/a> and “\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Moneyball-Art-Winning-Unfair-Game/dp/0393324818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moneyball\u003c/a>“). Using stats is not new in the game. But now it’s a driving force. Beane once dumped guys thought to be big names that scouts loved for a misfit band of players few had heard of (see \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hattesc01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Hatteberg\u003c/a>). The A’s continue to win with low payrolls and the complex statistical calculations of a player became more intriguing to guys running teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New measures developed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.billjamesonline.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill James\u003c/a> and other sabermetrics pioneers — \u003ca href=\"http://www.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=stats/glossary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">runs created, OPS\u003c/a> (on-base plus slugging) and \u003ca href=\"http://www.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=stats/glossary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAR\u003c/a> (wins above replacement), just to name a few — have become a top priority. So more teams have hired young stats guys as GMs and assistants to GMs. (By the way, Buster Posey’s WAR in 2012 was 7.4. That means, in his MVP year, he was worth nearly seven-and-a-half wins more than any replacement the Giants had in the minors or on the bench.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now that the major leagues are looking more at these exotic numbers, one run in one inning of one game is so devalued that allowing a runner to plow into a catcher is dangerous, not only because one or both of them might get hurt, but because it is just not that important in the grand scheme of all those outs, innings and games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason for the change is right in front of us. Both San Francisco’s Bruce Bochy and Oakland’s Bob Melvin were catchers. In fact, a number of managers now were once catchers. And that makes sense — after all catchers are considered field generals. The St. Louis Cardinals’ Mike Matheny made a strong push for the ban on collisions at the plate. He’s another former catcher who retired from the game, citing an ongoing issue with concussions. He also manages the aforementioned All-Star Yadier Molina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And concussions are a concern too. Major League Baseball officials must have been looking at \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/sports/football/judge-announces-settlement-in-nfl-concussion-suit.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the National Football League’s recent settlement\u003c/a> with former players over the issue. The agreement was for $765 million and involved 4,500 players. Could the MLB allow players to continue to take these hits at the plate in good faith, knowing they could cause head injuries? The safe bet is to just ban them outright, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the reason for the change, it doesn’t really matter. The new rule will punish runners for targeting catchers, punish catchers for blocking the plate and a decision on both will be reviewable immediately to umpires (another new rule: an instant replay feature). 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And with all that cash at stake, it becomes easier to see why team owners see the eminent good sense of preventing major injuries to their catchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the role of \u003ca href=\"http://sabr.org/sabermetrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sabermetrics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s presume a player starts every game and plays every inning. He’ll play at least 1,458 innings in a season, and more with extra-inning and playoff games). So one out in one inning becomes devalued greatly, unless of course that out ends a superstar’s season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabermetrics, once a nerdy statistical subculture, is now overrunning baseball (Exhibit A: Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://www.mlb.com/oak/team/exec_bios/beane_billy.jsp\" target=\"-blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Manager Billy Beane\u003c/a> and “\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Moneyball-Art-Winning-Unfair-Game/dp/0393324818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moneyball\u003c/a>“). Using stats is not new in the game. But now it’s a driving force. Beane once dumped guys thought to be big names that scouts loved for a misfit band of players few had heard of (see \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hattesc01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Hatteberg\u003c/a>). 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