With his Texas-style name and his Texas-sized game, Dallas native Colt Knost capped off a memorable summer and joined an elite list of golfers by winning the U.S. Amateur Championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on Sunday.
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David Verhoef, the recently hired director of integrated productions at San Francisco-based advertising agency Publicis and Hal Riney, originally had plans to make a lifelong career out of acting, until a little Hollywood-style divine intervention paved the way for an occupation change. "I was acting as an extra on the set of ‘Highway to Heaven’ in 1986, and I saw this huge sign on a trailer on the set — Michael Landon Productions," Verhoef said. "That’s when I said to myself, ‘Hey, maybe I should give this production thing a shot.’"
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On July 31, the Pittsburgh Pirates made some trade-deadline headlines — a surprising and rare occurrence for a team perennially out of playoff contention by June — but the debate around the league concerning the trade did not arise from the usual postseason ramifications, but mostly out of bizarre curiosity.Pundits around the league were mystified as to why the Pirates would acquire Matt Morris, a pitcher not only clearly past his prime, but one with a fat contract. While everyone was questioning the merits of Morris, few people noticed who he was traded for.
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In 1997, when Larry Bearg and his then-wife, Lorene Reed, first took over Planet Organics — an organic food delivery service with a customer base of just 75 people — they had little idea of what to expect, but they have since seen their investment steadily grow. They attribute their success to a rudimentary, yet effective business model. "We’ve grown to 5,000 customers, in large part to good old sweat equity and credit-card debt," said Bearg, who acts as the CEO of the company while Reed retains the title of president.
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This season has been marked by a mysterious drop in the power numbers of nearly all of baseball’s premier sluggers (perhaps not too mysterious actually, considering the increased steroids testing in place).
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The founding editor of financial-news behemoth MarketWatch has launched a second news venture, this time targeting the aging baby boomer demographic. Called RedwoodAge.com, Tom Murphy’s online news site is already up, running and reporting."People over 40 don’t really care at all about the Paris and Lindsay stories," said Murphy, a longtime San Francisco resident who now resides in Marin County. "We care much more about other things, like the war situation, education and health care issues."
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With the trading deadline passed, and nearly half the teams in baseball out of legitimate playoff contention, August is the time lineups begin to be shuffled in favor of seeing whether young players and prospects can handle a prominent role in the bigs.Late-season call-ups could be an important boon for fantasy owners, who could benefit from these unheralded players’ additional playing time and increased productivity.
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With the highly anticipated Tuesday trading deadline provoking a bevy of moves aimed at improving the playoff chances of contenders around the league, many players involved in the transactions could see their statistics altered greatly by the different roles they will play on their new teams — an alteration that will have quite an impact with fantasy baseball owners.
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To say that left-hander Oliver Perez suffered through a tough year last season would kind of be like saying George Steinbrenner has a slight penchant for spending freely on baseball players.Perez’s 2006 numbers — split between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets — were inexcusably awful, as the Mexico native went just 3-13 with a 6.55 ERA, leaving many people wondering whether he would ever return to the pitcher that went 12-10 with a 2.99 ERA for Pittsburgh in 2004.
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When the weak-hitting Los Angeles Dodgers called up highly touted prospect James Loney in early June, they were looking for some much-needed offensive pop. Unable to contend for a National League West title on just a formidable pitching staff, Los Angeles was in desperate need of a jolt to boost their anemic run support (even now, no Dodger has more than 11 home runs).
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As fantasy baseball continues to grow in popularity and "experts" persist on developing increasingly sophisticated methods to track a player’s value, the ability for a fantasy owner to discover an unknown yet productive player has become paramount.Taking a risk on a young star can certainly reap rewards, but if an owner is willing to use up a roster spot on an up-and-coming player, they must also be alert and recognize if that player could be prone to extended slumps — especially ones brought on by injuries.
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For Andrew John Kutches and Christian Abrego, two Bay Area students recently recognized as Young Entrepreneurs of the Year by the National Founding for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), that honor was a testament not only to what they’ve accomplished, but also to what they’ve overcome.
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As the seventh overall pick in the 2005 draft, Troy Tulowitzki entered the Colorado Rockies’ organization with tremendous expectations after his career at Long Beach State.Like most young players, the former Fremont High School of Sunnyvale star struggled with the adjustment to pro ball, but now, midway through this season, he looks like a legitimate NL Rookie of the Year candidate, a potential building block for a historically mediocre organization and a prize pickup for most fantasy baseball league owners.
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There is a common saying that you are a product of your environment. For Scott Lowe and Rio Miura, founders of Metromint, an all-natural mineral water with mint flavors, their environment — the Bay Area — was essential to the success of their product.
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While J.J. Hardy was attracting plenty of attention for his much-improved play early in the season and Prince Fielder has continued his emergence as one of the National League’s premier power hitters, the Milwaukee Brewers most likely would not be sitting in first place in the NL Central if not for the efforts of versatile right fielder Corey Hart.Through Wednesday, Hart is batting .315 (tops among Milwaukee regulars), with 10 home runs, 31 RBIs, 35 runs and 16 stolen bases (tying him for sixth in the NL), to help lead the Brewers to a 46-32 mark.
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