It could be safe to assume that after one game the Lowell softball team has seen enough of Oakland Tech pitcher Marika Zumbro.Unfortunately for the Cardinals, they are going to be facing her again real soon.Zumbro pitched a three-hitter, struck out 16 and went 3-for-3 to lead Oakland Tech to a 5-1 victory over Lowell at Laney College in the first game of the Transbay Series.The Cardinals (18-3) will look to even the best-of-three series, which pits the winners of the Oakland and San Francisco sections, Tuesday at Lang Field.
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With the onset of interleague play this weekend, many fantasy baseball owners will be scrambling to sign or release players who will be most susceptible to the change of action the crisscrossing format will bring.Toronto slugger Frank Thomas stands out as one of the more notable players who will be affected adversely by the weekend adjustment, as his Blue Jays travel to Philadelphia, where he will not be able to suit up as a designated hitter.
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In their inaugural season last year, the San Francisco Dragons had one of the better offenses in Major League Lacrosse and perhaps the most dangerous player in league history.In Year 2, the Dragons are hoping a little defense will take them further.The Dragons will get a stiff test when they open their second season Saturday on the road against the Denver Outlaws at Invesco Field, the same team that eliminated San Francisco in the MLL semifinals 23-14. That came after the Dragons were the only team to beat the Outlaws in the regular season, doing it twice.
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While most kids his age were lazing idly and sleeping in late, Gary Bauer, founder of Bauer’s Worldwide Transportation, was taking a decidedly different approach.As a precocious high school student, Bauer was already operating his own landscaping company in Marin County during the day, and transporting his buddies at night in a Cadillac he bought for $3,000.
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This Saturday, Costumes on Haight, a well-known San Francisco outfit outlet, is geared to experience one of its busiest days of the year.Normally, one would assume a store specializing in costumes would be relatively quiet, considering Halloween is still more than five months away. However, this Sunday is Bay to Breakers. The 7.46-mile race through The City is well known not only as a sporting event but as a chance for hundreds of slightly depraved citizens to dress in outfits normally associated with a New Year’s masquerade ball or Mardi Gras festivities.
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Blogging is an interest that has clearly found its niche in online culture, but rarely has the undertaking translated into anything more than a passing hobby.However, for Joel Postman, a proficiency in the blogosphere was essential to his hiring as the director of emerging media at San Francisco-based public relations firm Eastwick Communications.
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Although coming into this season J.J. Hardy’s career statistics were pedestrian at best — .246 average, 14 homers, 64 RBIs — if one peered closer at the numbers, it was clear Milwaukee’s 24-year-old shortstop had plenty to offer.In his only extensive playing time not marred by injuries, Hardy displayed a clear potential to be one of the best shortstops in the National League, offensively and defensively.
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With his team leading Galileo 12-2 in the top of the fifth inning, Washington starting pitcher Tommy Mora gave up two runs, costing his team an opportunity to end the game early due to the 10-run rule. In the bottom of the fifth, Mora, this time at the plate, would not give the Lions a second chance again.Mora smacked a two-run single with Washington leading 12-4 to give the Eagles a shortened 14-4 victory over Galileo in the San Francisco Section baseball semifinals at Big Rec-Nealon.
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For a team that hadn’t practiced in five days or played a game in 11 days, Galileo not surprisingly looked a little flat Monday, but the Lions displayed just enough urgency to keep their season alive against International Studies Academy.Danny Huang and Dylan Nelson combined to pitch a three-hit shutout and the Lions played error-free ball in winning a succinct 5-0 decision against ISA at Hennessey Field in the opening round of the San Francisco Section baseball playoffs.
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Any time a team is held to just one hit, they are almost assured of a loss. But that was far from the case in the Lincoln-Washington softball game Thursday at Rossi Field.Despite batting just 1-for-21 as a team, Lincoln scored plenty of runs — taking advantage of 18 free passes from Washington pitchers — to win 14-8 in an Academic Athletic Association game.Mary Ganal walked four times and scored four runs and three other Mustangs scored twice as Lincoln (17-1 AAA) clinched the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the San Francisco Section playoffs.
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In Game 6 of the National League Championship Series last year, the New York Mets, with their season on the line down three games to two, handed the ball over to little-known starter John Maine, who had just 27 career regular-season appearances (24 starts) at that point.Facing a loaded St. Louis lineup and squaring off against Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, Maine was unflappable in the pressure situation, pitching 5¹/³ innings of two-hit, shutout ball to lift the Mets to a 4-2 victory and force a Game 7.
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As the CEO of Global IP Solutions, a media-processing company specializing in Voice over Internet Protocol products, one would think Gary Hermansen’s business model would deal with state-of-the-art technological developments and complex industry materials. Instead, Hermansen prefers to theorize with much simpler objects — rocks.
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Heading into Tuesday’s matchup with Cal, the USF baseball team’s bullish leadoff man, Joey Railey, was still searching for his first home run of the year.Against the Bears, he ended his drought in timely fashion.Railey went 2-for-5, including a sixth-inning grand slam, Brian Chavez went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and the Dons exploded for a huge sixth inning en route to a dominant 13-4 victory over Cal in nonconference play at Benedetti Diamond.
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Two games in two days against the same team equaled the same result for the Washington baseball team.Kevin Shue pitched an eight-hitter and O’Koyea Dickson went 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead the Eagles past Galileo at Big Rec, the second consecutive time in as many days Washington beat its Academic Athletic Association rival in convincing fashion.With the win, the Eagles moved two games ahead of the Lions in the AAA standings. Washington is 13-2, while Galileo falls to 11-4.
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When Cole Hamels struck out 15 batters in a complete-game, five-hit masterpiece over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, few baseball insiders were surprised.Despite being just 23 years old, the highly touted Hamels has already displayed an uncanny ability to strike batters out and after polishing his game as a rookie in 2006, he seems poised to establish himself as the Philadelphia Phillies’ No. 1 starter and one of the best young pitchers in the National League.
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