billy bean played 60's seasons and is working with the league on its inclusion efforts. >> and a strangely chilly forecast. >> 13 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. you can feel it. although it is a bit muggy for us. check out clouds, they are opening up and i will tell you when the sunshine will reach the neighborhood and when we are back to a more normal summer pattern in the seven-day forecast. >> shoppers junk into action to save two kids left in a car in 90-degree heat. find out where their mother was. >> the batkid touched the hearts of the bay area and beyond and how you can mark that day, forever, and help other children like five-year-old miles.

, it's not the same billy bean in the movie "moneyball". >>> and wicked storms after the folks in south jersey spent the day cleaning up storms damage yesterday. that and much more coming up next at 6:00, for meteorologist adam joseph, jeff skversky, ducis rogers and the en >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> four children suffer minor injuries when a school bus crashes and the police investigate a cold case in camden but the big story is another round of severe storms, thunderstorms have reached the philadelphia area and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows where the trouble is and where it's going. if you were around these parts, you know how powerful these storms could be. people that live on the 200 block in voorhees certainly do, it snapped a big tree like as it was a toothpick and today crews were there to clean up the mess. meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph have the late word from accuweather. cecily lets start with you. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan lighting up two hours ago, all the

. >> what is billy bean's moral position?> [laughter] >> his, well, we're going to get to that in a moment. [laughter] he has a moral position, and that is that the -- moneyball was an argument about privilege, right? on one level. to me, it was a book about privilege. >> i think of it as a book about value and about, about how -- i think it is a book about how difficult, how much difficulty markets have placing value on human beings. but billy bean didn't think of it that way. billy bean could have given a rat'skzr ass about things like that. he thought about it as a book of war. his war and the book around him. he budget thinking right and -- he wasn't thinking right and wrong in a moral way. he was thinking right and wrong like my math is better than your math. >> i know. but you don't think there's a moral dimension to someone who says we have fundamentally misunderstood people's true values in the world? >> i say that. >> yeah. >> he doesn't. >> but he didn't write the book. >> yeah, that's true. [laughter] so, you know,

i mean, he really has, he's gone to war with his own industry in a way billy bean didn't even do untile book came out. billy was forced into that position by the book with. brad went to war with the industry all by himself. and so i found -- and i findç m as aç character, becauseÑi he t by nature a troublemaker. by nature someone who goes out of his way to antagonize systems. i find him, i find that moving, that he was forced by circumstances to make choices that were really almost unnatural to him, to step outside of a system in which he was quite comfortable personally this response to a moral reaction he had. so he's forced, almost forced into the role, and that once forced into the role, he behaved so bravely. so what i had in mind when i finished this book, i thought to -- i had this strange feeling that i'd read this book i just wrote. what is this reminding me of? and it took me a while to put my finger on it, but here you had this character, brad, who had unleashed, who had triggered -- was sitting in the middle of this great war, and the war was between people with money to

they introduced billy bean as the ambassador. he's not the same billy beane who's the general manager of the oakland a's. >>> today calling on the food and drug administration changing its policy to prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood. he says it reflects modern science and says it's time that it's based on the best science and people's behavior not their sexual orientation. >>> business news, apple, and ibm joining forces. ibm will sell apples devices to its commerce and apple will offer customer support for the apps. i gives apple a bigger church of corporate users. the alliance will let the company serve business clients who want more services on their mobile devices. >> the tesla of motorcycles made its debut today. take a look at this thing. it's called the eagle made in italy. not cheap. 40 grand for the base model. some parts are made with a 3-d printer, which is cool. the eagle comes with a dashboard that's constantly online. it measures speed and battery charge and keeps track of performance which then can

billy beane that was just named to be baseball's first ambassador is not the same billy beane who's the general manager of the a's. their names are spelled differently but there's often confusion there. >>> microsoft is planning its biggest round of job cuts in years. it could overlap with markets and engineering. >>> some unemployed may have become unemployed today at our abc 7 job fair in kellogg. experts gave free resume conferences to hunters. from noon until 4:00 p.m. we have more information for you on abc 7 news.com. >>> a kentucky girl went to extraordinary lengths to return a lost item to the owner his video camera fell out of his hand down a stream. a week later she discovered it. took it home, charged it up, found nathan with his family. posted son videos and also contact add local news station. >> he could have made a bad choice. no sane person would believe their camera would return to them three weeks later because of the greatness of a 12-year-old girl. >> well, shortly after that nathan's colleagues reached out to him. they told him about all the stories they'd seen on t

a lot of people rex pressing disappointment and others seem to trust gm billy beane. >> we have plenty of outfield power, so seeing ces go. don't know how we can afford him. billy ball, i don't know with money ball but that's billy ball. >> billy beane usually makes good decisions, and he had his reasons. it's going to be tough seeing cespedes gone. >> we were both stunned, just shocked. >> maybe down the road it's a good thing, but right now we're feeling like it's going to shake up the line yup. >> you saw that throw a few moments ago. there's a handful of guys in the history of baseball that can actually make that throw. lester, he's the key as far as the a's are coming back with. one of the best lefty pitchers in baseball, and he does have world series experience. no question he's great, but it hurts to give up cespedes. >> yeah. kind of sad when i saw that, he's leaving an not because of the whole he's not my yoenis thing that he does, but he's good. >> he's really good and, you know, i've been sobbing at my desk for several hours over this. i'm a cespedes guy. loved him since the

is billy beane the greatest genius executive? >> he is most creative. thing about billy, a lot of what he does is misunderstood because of moneyball. he was always searching for undervalued properties. the same time, the thing that struck me going back to his playing days, he is so flexible. he has great intellectual flexibility. his ideas change all the time. how do you use the biggest home-field advantage in baseball, you never stop coming up with a way to change the way he thinks. i don't care what the business -- that makes for inventiveness and the ability to re-create himself all the time. >> he may be able to run the senate. let me ask you, the new york yankees, your hometown team has a payroll -- they are barely over 500. >> the oakland a's have gotten so used to the constraints of his payroll, of working in that environment, the yankees have the advantage of money that just keeps coming in. you get used to being able to buy your way to a pennant. a lot of older players with spare parts playing. they have somebody else who nobody ever heard of. l

and billy beane pulled off another trade about 40 minutes ago.arting pitcher tommy milone to the minnesota twins in exchange, oakland gets san fold. fold played for the as at the beginning of the season before being designated for assignment. milone was sent to triple-a sacramento. milone reportedly asked the as for a trade after being demoted. >>> we just received new information about a shooting in the city of antioch. a woman was shot in her neck as she was sleeping in bed. police say around 4:00 this morning, dispatchers received reports of gunfire at the 1100 block of west fifth street. when officers arrived, they found a 23-year-old woman who was bleeding from a gunshot wound to the back of her neck. police say a bullet fired from outside the home went through the walls and hit her as she was sleeping in her bed. she was taken to the hospital where she is expected to survive. >>> also new this morning, nancy pelosi and other top democrats are now responding to a move by house republicans to sue president obama. conservatives say the preside

we will hear from athletics' mastermind, billy bean. >>> we know one thing for sure. half the bay area sports fans will be happy tonight, the other half, not happy. >> we just don't know which half, right? we know our weather is nice. let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> it's beautiful. >> i love those hats that they have. i saw them last night with the split bill. >> they like both teams, i like that. >> as you continue throughout tonight, we do have crowd cover that's continuing to clear. ma mainly clear skies for first pitch. then throughout wednesday and thursday we're looking at 59 on wednesday and 67 on thursday. the monsoonal moisture we were tracking is now shifting way off towards the east. the only sign of it left is over in nevada. for us we're out of the zone for that. it was good enough to bring us historic july rain. in stockton today, we measured .01 of an inch. it only takes that little amount to set a record this time of the year because it is so rare to get any type of a rainfall. speaking of which, the last time we had measurable rainfall across the

billy beane wants to win the world series this year.ing the a's have acquired cubs starting pitcher jeff samardzija and jason hammel in return for top prospects. interesting move by beane, as the starters have pitched well. 32-year-old hamilton is 8-5 with 2.9 e.r.a. and samardzija, 2-7 this season with 2.8 era but he has nasty stuff despite his record. billy beane wants to beef up his staff to make a serious run this year. >>> a's host the blue jays. tommy malone, 6 strike-out, including jose reyes to get out of trouble in the fifth. the pitcher, equally impressive. after striking out donaldson, the two have a little stare-down. donaldson gets revenge. the hit in the eighth. and stopped. starts the inning-ending double play. we go to extra innings where we got the first and only run of the 12th. nick pound toe chops it to left. they misplay it, allowing to score from first. a walk-off error and that means it's pie time. a's second straight over the jays with a 1-0 victory. >>> brandon bell back in the line-up against the padres after m

. >>> looks like a's gm billy beane wants to win the world series this year.g the a's have acquired cubs starting pitcher jeff samardzija and hammel in return for top prospects. interesting move by bean as the starters have pitched well. 32-year-old hamilton is 8-5 with 2.9 e.r.a. and samardzija, 2-7 this season with 2.8 era but he has nasty stuff despite his record. billy beane wants to beef up his staff to make a serious run this year. >>> a's host the blue jay. tommy malone, 6 strike-out, including jose reyes to get out of trouble in the fifth. the pitcher, equally impressive. after striking out donaldson, the two have a little stare-down. donaldson gets revenge. and stopped. starts the inning-ending double play. we go to extra innings where we got the first and only run of the 12th. they misplay it, allowing to score from first. a walk-off error and that means it's pie time. a's second straight over the jazz with a 1-0 victory. >>> brandon bell back in the line-up against the padres after missing 50 games with a broken left thumb. he cannot help the giants

that's why billy beane went after two of the starting pitchers in smardzija and hammel. both have e.r.a.s .3. bob melvin says smardzija will make his start tomorrow. >> to be able to pick up two guys like that, here in early july, pretty fantastic. so hats off to billy. >> i like the addition. these guys are proven good arms, that sustain good back end of the rotation that's already been really good. >> to make room, tommy milone has been optioned to triple-a sacramento and didn't really deserve it. he pitch pitched a gem against toronto, pitched well most of the season. a's and blue jays play tonight. giants playing a late afternoon game in san diego. thanks to a second-inning blanco homer they're tied with the padres 1-1 in the sixth. >>> take solace, u.s. soccer fans, belgium, out of the world cup. messi and argentina advancing for the first time since 1990. messi, to angel demaria, pass deflected. thehound and in. 55th minute, one on five. off the crossbar. would have been an amazing goal. stoppage time. went cease the ties. messi staring down the belgian keeper, and

that while billy beane wend after smardzija and ham mel. they both have e.r.a.s under three. bob melvin saying smardzija will make his first start as an a tomorrow. >> not only a good arm, but he is quite the come competitor, he football mentality and take is it out to the mound, and when you have that kind of presence on the mound, the guys feel good about it. >> to make move, tammy milone has been optioned to triple-a sacramento. he pitched a gem last night. the a's and blue jays play tonight at 7:00. >> the giants playing a late afternoon game in san diego. can they stop the bleeding? they've one shut out three of the last five games, no shutout today. 1-0 giants in the fourth right knew. >> belgium slipped past team u.s.a. in the round of 16. no such luck against argentina in the world cup quarter finals. messi advancing for the first time since 1990. the pass deflected. then the round-house in. 55th minute, one on offend. through the legs. off the crossbar. would have been an amazing goal. stoppage time. messi turned away. if you're watching you're no good company. belgi

that's why billy beane went after two of the starting pitchers in smardzija and hammel. both have e.r.a.s .3. bob melvin says smardzija will make his start tomorrow. >> to be able to pick up two guys like that, here in early july, pretty fantastic. so hats off to billy. >> i like the addition. these guys are proven good arms, that sustain good back end of the rotation that's already been really good. >> to make room, tommy milone has been optioned to triple-a sacramento and didn't really deserve it. he pitch pitched a gem against toronto, pitched well most of the season. a's and blue jays play tonight. giants playing a late afternoon game in san diego. thanks to a second-inning blanco homer they're tied with the padres 1-1 in the sixth. >>> take solace, u.s. soccer fans, belgium, out of the world cup. messi and argentina advancing for the first time since 1990. messi, to angel demaria, pass deflected. thehound and in. 55th minute, one on five. off the crossbar. would have been an amazing goal. stoppage time. went cease the ties. messi staring down the belgian keeper, and

billy bean played 60's seasons and is working with the league on its inclusion efforts. >> and a strangely chilly forecast. >> 13 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. you can feel it. although it is a bit muggy for us. check out clouds, they are opening up and i will tell you when the sunshine will reach the neighborhood and when we are back to a more normal summer pattern in the seven-day forecast. >> shoppers junk into action to save two kids left in a car in 90-degree heat. find out where their mother was. >> the batkid touched the hearts of the bay area and beyond and how you can mark that day, forever, and help other children like five-year-old miles. [ g ever. worst morning ever. [ angelic music plays ] ♪ toaster strudel! best morning ever! [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! ahhh! what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh weird. seriously? what? they're magically delicious! >>> covering daly city, dublin/pleasanton, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> if you are looking for a job, we are sponsoring a job fair in concord, includi

billy bean smiling. improve to 11 and 3 and scoreless inning striking out 9. struck out 35 times with 4 games. hudson nation the former team. only second time since he left. gives up the rbi single in the fifth. top of the 6. man on for donaldson out of here two run shot 20th of the year. 4 nothing a's allow 6 runs 5 and 3rd inning because he loves the bases. 2 more with business hit off lopez. 2 for 5 3 rbi. 3 out of 4. 6-1 the final. >> almost play off atmosphere the past 4 games. it gets you up if you pump for the series. first time i experience it and it's everything that i heard about everything that i expected so. >> i know i hit it well. the wind hear is just contained of blow straight in and thankful that it did. >> use my final time out before we key it for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school, new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school

billy bean smiling. improve to 11 and 3 and scoreless inning striking out 9.t 35 times with 4 games. hudson nation the former team. only second time since he left. gives up the rbi single in the fifth. top of the 6. man on for donaldson out of here two run shot 20th of the year. 4 nothing a's allow 6 runs 5 and 3rd inning because he loves the bases. 2 more with business hit off lopez. 2 for 5 3 rbi. 3 out of 4. 6-1 the final. >> almost play off atmosphere the past 4 games. it gets you up if you pump for the series. first time i experience it and it's everything that i heard about everything that i expected so. >> i know i hit it well. the wind hear is just contained of blow straight in and thankful that it did. >> use my final time out before we key it up. we'll >> tee up the british open. current u.s. open champ. 3 over 75 for weigh. another american stacy will you is shot a 71. 3 back at 1 under. morgan 4 birdie 2 bogey. long putt on 11. she got it. 2 become. leader japan here. bogey on one and 5 birdie the rest of the way nearly holds out on 5. one shot lea

. >> i texted billy beane immediately after picking up my jaw off the floor. jon lester now gives the a's the best pitching staff in baseball and you have to give up a lot to get a lot. >> reporter: the trade could be a gamble for the a's, though, unless they can get lester signed to a long-term deal. he is basically a rent a player who can walk at the end of the season. cespedes still has another year left on his deal. if the a's win the world series it doesn't matter. lester is 3-0 in world series games with an e.r.a. less than one. oakland is obviously banking on that outcome in october. >> it makes sense. you're going to lose cespedes at the end of next year anyway because there's no way the a's were going to pay him the money owed once he hit free agency so the a's are in win now mode so they are definitely trying to get starting pitching because pitching wins in the play-offs. >> i think it's a bad move. i don't think they gave cespedes a chance to show who he is as a player. >> he will be missed but the a's hope to re-sign lester. it's going to cost the

a message for billy beane to the rest of the league they are all in.hip in vegas, he's moving them right to the table. he's not taking any chances and he's going to have a strong strong -- maybe the strongest pitching staff in baseball because pitching you want matily wins if you're going to -- ultimately wins if you're going to distance. >>> a great night to be out at the stadium. >> yes especially if you're an opera buff because the play will be la -- "la traviata" will be sung out there. it's a free opera performance and the opera -- betty told me this. it was written in 1887 and performed again tonight. >> i know a little history. thanks for watching. we'll see you again at 11:00. >> news and weather update always on kpix.com -- updates always on kpix.com. have a nice night. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] of... america's... best... sharp... cheddar? nothing. h,z/ you say tomato? old el paso says diced tomato stand 'n stuff chicken tacos. you say, what's for dinner? old el paso says, start som

billy bean smiling. improve to 11 and 3 and scoreless inning striking out 9.ruck out 35 times with 4 games. hudson nation the former team. only second time since he left. gives up the rbi single in the fifth. top of the 6. man on for donaldson out of here two run shot 20th of the year. 4 nothing a's allow 6 runs 5 and 3rd inning because he loves the bases. 2 more with business hit off lopez. 2 for 5 3 rbi. 3 out of 4. 6-1 the final. >> almost play off atmosphere the past 4 games. it gets you up if you pump for the series. first time i experience it and it's everything that i heard about everything that i expected so. >> i know i hit it well. the wind hear is just contained of blow straight in and thankful that it did. >> use my final time out before we key it up he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. books at laquinta.com,ta.cd so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what he brings? and that's how you'll increase market share. any questions? can i get an "a", steve? yes! three

despite sporting baseball's best record, a's general manager billy beane not sitting pat before the all-stard pulling the trigger tonight on a six-player deal bringing cubs ace jeff sam. the a's pick up addison russell, billy mckinny and pitch er dan straily. a's insider joe stiglich on the importance of tonight's move. >> this trade shows the a's are all in for the season. they are going for it. they want to get past the american league division series. they want a challenge for a world series. starting pitching was their biggest need. not only do they go out and get jason hammel who seemed like he might be a possibility, they get jeff samardzija. to get him they had to give up addison russell are. definitely a move for now. sacrificing something for the future in the farm season. but they're definitely looking to go all in and win this season. >> thank you, joe. >>> on the field, blue jays and a's at the coliseum. few things more american than baseball, of course, on the 4th. this one a pitching gem. scoreless, man on for nick punto. and he will send a shot down the left field line to chad

billy beane was appointed as the mlb's first ambassador for inclusion one year after issuing a policyhibiting players from harassing and discriminating against other players based on their sexual orientation. beane said he chose to quit the sport rather than hide the fact that he was gay. he was accompanied by burke's sister at the conference and here's what selig had to say. >> i'm proud of our industry's united stance, but the reality, not just in baseball, but in all of our society, is that we can never do enough to ensure respect and inclusion for everyone. >>> all right, so, that brings us to our twitter question for you this morning. do you think mlb and fans are ready for an openly gay player? tweet your answers using #waytooearly. we'll have the best ones later in the show. but we move on to bill karins. you had fun watching last night, right? >> it wasn't a sad, teary thing. like jeter has an aura about him, he didn't want it to be like that. it was more of a celebration. >> definitely a celebration. such a good guy. good leader, too. >> yes. hopefully, they'll still make the

the program will be run by billy beane, who came out of the closet years after he retired.nnouncer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with the first sign of a breakthrough in the middle east. israel has accepted a cease-fire agreement. >> but as that deal was being discussed overnight, there was more shelling and rocket fire. israel border police also clashed with protesters in bethlehem overnight, breaking up the crowd with tear gas and stun grenades. abc's martha raddatz reports. >> reporter: after more than 1,000 rockets launched from gaza, an ominous turn. hamas claiming that a flock of drones like this one in a hamas video would be deployed deep into israel. the first launched shot down by israel using a patriot missile. the latest in an air assault. israel says hamas has stockpiled 10,000 rockets, also seen in the hamas video. some that can reach israel's major city. the two sides, israel and its enemy hamas, the militant group that now controls the palestinian territory of gaza, locked in this deadly fight. a

remember when billy beane pulled off the straight that brought in hammel to the a's.eeks, he's back down the mere genius status. one of the best in the business. jason hammel not working out. 9.53 e.r.a. 6 run first. grossman 2-run shot. 2nd inning the a's only highlight and donaldson masses this way out. that was their only highlight of the day. singleton 2-run shot. home run off hammill. that was the end of his day. a's lose two out of three. we're not used to that. nfl training camp are open all over the country. what anquan world enthinks of -- boldon thinks of his rapport female announcer: right now, at sleep train, save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic. even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train. . >>> one of the best pick ups for the niners, anquan boldin, the coach owes little brother thanks to big brother john. immediately fit in with kaepernick. sometimes hard to remember who's throwing the ball to you. joe communicate, i remember

. >> and here is billy beane. >> reporter: beane played for six seasons before coming out and is working with the league on its efforts. >> the challenges are to make sure every individual knows that they have a welcome and inclusive environment. >> reporter: thee has banned discrimination based on sexual orientation since 2011 but mlb tells abc news as the sport of jackie robinson the principles of equality and inclusion are bedrocks of the game." 2014 is a year of first of gays in sports. jason collins became the first openly gay player in the nba. in may, the st. louis rams drafted michael sam making him the first openly gay player in the nfl. something he spoke with robin about. >> i think i could be a beacon for those people, the light. hey, i could comfortable in my own skin. >> reporter: now, major league baseball has never had an active openly gay player but today's announcement expected this afternoon is just the next step in creating an environment of tolerance and inclusion. it's only a matter of time. we want to make these players feel comfortable. >> starting at the

every move billy bean makes turns to gold. now, after just two stays in the 2.69 earthquake ra with oakland, jim john son has been designated for assignment. they planned out 14 hits, 14 runs against houston. all star josh donaldson starts with an rbi single in the third. donaldson leaves the team with 72 rbis. pitcher jay semargia8 innings. and for those who left the game early, frank. in the 6th inning. brandon moss -- >> i had to go to work. >> grand slam of the season. moss said that shot wouldn't be a home run in the night air in the coliseum. grand slam 13-1 your final. best team in baseball now 25 games over .500 and they visit texas tomorrow. >>> it's not very often a's fans want to see detroit win but tiers -- tigers were in l.a. tonight. chris castellanos gets the third hit. nick double scores a pair. so the a's now lead angels by three games in the american league west. >>> giants didn't finish the sweep in philadelphia today but they still head home in first place. giants batters had nearly twice as many strike out

the new program will be run by openly gay former player billy beane. >>> tonight the game could be dominatednational league will start adam wainwright of the cardinals while felix hernandez of the mariners takes the mound for the american league. the last two all-star games were shutouts. derek jeter of the yankees will lead off for the american league. the shortstop is making his 14th and final all-star appearance. >>> well, oakland's yoenis cespedes won this year's all-star home run derby. i hope i got that man's name right. i'm sorry. i'm not a big baseball fan. making him the contest's first repeat winner in 15 years. the oakland slugger hit 28. fewer than last year but enough to win. his last homer was the longest of the night. it traveled 452 feet into the third deck in left field. cespedes outslugged cincinnati's todd frazier in the final round 9-1. >> pretty nice. >> yeah. >>> as you mentioned, this is derek jeter's last all-star game before he retires, and a tribute is going viral. >> jeter is being honored in this new ad with fans from all walks of life giving him a tip of their ca

billy bean is the first ambassador of acceptance. nobody knew he was gay. >> i was afraid to even talk to my own parents. my dad was in the military. i'm the oldest of six kids. five boys. i had never been around a gay person before. and it was like, it was hard to live a life where i did not reach out for help. >> starting now, bean will be a resource for gay players, staff and executives within baseball and also attempt to foster communication and understanding between gay and straight players at all levels. ? you know, baseball has a history of being in front of civil rights awareness. education and making, being a leader, you know, in our community, and our fan base looks up to these players. and what they do and say is important. and i don't know if it's about a player or two. i have not been contacted by anybody. and to me, that's not really the priority as much as giving every player an opportunity to feel like they're welcome. and when the time comes, obviously, i would welcome the opportunity to share my advice and my experi

he told billy beane he's ready to go and that's exactly what he will do today. >> i can't wait to getnd pitch. you know, being all the way across the country from where i was before, i'm sure there's a lot of people that haven't seen me pitch, so i really want to come out and do my part, help this team win ballgames and be where we want to be come season end. >> exciting times for the a's. the hits keep on coming for the giants and i don't mean offensively. pablo sandoval beaned in the elbow. he would finish the at-bat but leave the game with a bruised elbow. okay, i kind of jumped the gun. they got some hits offensively. finally second inning, blanco, first home run of the year. 1-0. then in the 7th, to the gap in right center. scores a run. his first triple of the year. giants down 3-2 in the ninth. former a's huston street, 23 for 23 in save opportunities. michael morris takes him deep to tie it up. in the tenth, brandon belt, welcome back after missing 50 games with a broken thumb. two-run shot. giants much-need 5-3 win. with a look at morning sports, i'm collin resch. have a good

he told billy beane he's ready to go and that's exactly what he will do today. >> i can't wait to get there and pitch. you know, being all the way across the country from where i was before, i'm sure there's a lot of people that haven't seen me pitch, so i really want to come out and do my part, help this team win ballgames and be where we want to be come season end. >> exciting times for the a's. the hits keep on coming for the giants and i don't mean offensively. first inning against san diego. pablo sandoval beaned in the elbow. he would finish the at-bat but leave the game with a bruised elbow. okay, i kind of jumped the gun. they got some hits offensively. finally second inning, blanco, first home run of the year. 1-0. hudson pitched a gem, then gave it over. then in the 7th, to the gap in right center. scores a run. his first triple of the year. giants down 3-2 in the ninth. former a's huston street, 23 for 23 in save opportunities. michael morris takes him deep to tie it up. in the tenth, brandon belt, welcome back after missing 50 games with a broken thumb. two-run shot. giant

he told billy beane he's ready to go and that's exactly what he will do today. >> i can't wait to get and pitch. you know, being all the way across the country from where i was before, i'm sure there's a lot of people that haven't seen me pitch so i really want to count and do my part, help this team win ballgames and be where we want to be come season end. >> exciting times for the a's. the hits keep on coming for the giants and i don't mean offensively. pablo sandoval beaned in the elbow. he would finish the at-bat but leave the game with a bruised elbow. okay, i kind of jumped the gun. they got some hits offensively. finally second inning, blanco, first home run of the year. 1-0. then in the 7th, to the gap in right center. scores a run. his first triple of the year. former a's huston street, 23 for 23 in save opportunities. michael morris takes him deep to tie it up. and morris welcomed back after missing 50 games with a broken thumb. two-run shot. giants much-need 5-3 win. >>> u.s. soccer fans you can take solace. belgium is out of the world cup. advance to go the finals for the

beane went public about his sexuality only after his playing days ended in 1995. >> and here is billy beanrneyman outfielder hopes to provide guidance for players who choose to remain silent as he did. >> baseball is proving they are going to continue to lead instead of follow and watch by the sidelines. >> reporter: the league banned discrimination based on sexual orientation but wanted to go a step further. as the sport of jackie robinson, the principles of equality and inclusion are bedrocks of the game. 2014 has been a year of firsts for gays in sports. in february the brooklyn nets' jason collins became the first openly gay active player in the nba. and in may the st. louis rams drafted michael sam, making him the first player in the nfl who is out of the closet. >> having a gay man be the symbol of this and having a gay man really drive the direction of what major league baseball does, that's super important. >> reporter: beane is expected to train players and the league's partners in combating several different forms of discrimination, including sexism and racial prejudice. reena, d

. >> here's billy bean. >> in his new role, the former journeyman outfielder hopes to provide gooins guidance for players who choose to remain silence as he did. >> they are going to lead instead of follow. >> the league banned discrimination based on sexual orientation but wanted to go a step further. the principals of equality and inclusion are the bedrock of the game. in february, the brooklyn nets jason collins became the first openly gay active player in the nba. in may, the st. louis rams drafted michael -- making him the first player in the nfl who's out of the closet. >>ing having a gay man be the symbol of this and having a gay man drive the direction of what major league baseball does is super important. >> bean is expected to train players and the league's partners in combatting several forms of discrimination, including sexism and racial prejudice. rina, devon. >> thank you so much. >>> the new york city fire department is adding something to the annual calendar, a woman firefighter. mines is one of 41 female firefighters in the department. she's an 11 year veteran. she s

the new york yankees are over 200. >> they are barely over 500. >> the oakland a's have gotten, billy beane is so used to the constraint of his payroll, the constraint of working in that environment where the coliseum is not a very good place to play, you won't throw up any revenue, the yankees have the advantage of money that just keeps getting minted so you kind of get used to being able to buy your way to a pendant and buy your way to the world series, a lot of the players there and a lot of spare parts playing, i tell you the third baseman is replacing a-rod and in the minors and somebody else you never heard of, last area they had a lot of no names and that really pushed attendance down, this year, they have fewer no names, jeter is back, shearer is back, shearer is okay, not great, jeter is having a pretty good season but he will be gone, no mariano this year, no certain difficult of a closer, necessity is the mother of invigilance, invention, bean and the as have done a terrific job. he is the general manager and the as as a competitive play-off team, they haven't been able to go dee

. >> reporter: in a league with no actively open gay players, billy beane still regrets walking awaythe game he loves before coming out in 1999. >> for the past 15 years of my life, i have been dedicated to try to maksure no young athlete has made that same mistake. >> reporter: back on the field, jeter played a key role in helping the a.l. secure home field advantage in this year's world series. he went 2 for 2 and scored the game's first run. he is now officially the oldest player to ever have a multi-hit game in the mid-summer classic. back to you guys in new york. >> thanks very much. not to get too far in the weeds, but he's got a lifetime all star batting average of .481. >> and most of the greats don't do well in their final all-star appearance. mike mikey mantle and babe ruth. so all the talk about the captain last night doing so well. but do you know what was trending worldwide last night? michael jeter. that's right. michael jeter. cbs news tweeted this out. michael jeter takes bow at final all-star game. this can happen. there's kids over here, these kids over here who hav

beane, hired billy because he was embarrassed to share with teammates or friends that he was gay.l is a game of life. society, we are finally opening up our arms to a lot of prejudices that existed. cut hang on. we will be back with the former legendary manager of the new york yankees. much more ahead in a moment. ♪ >> we are back in two. guys i was in minnesota for the all-star game and i didn't watch it. -- i did watch it. lot of soccerl there. when you get on the big stage like the world cup, it is amazing even though you don't watch soccer on a regular basis, when country versus country goes at it, gets passionate. the reason why it brings up is i know you managed the world live classic and you're trying to get more viewers. these take anything from the success of the world cup and say, i will try to apply this to baseball in other countries? like mexico, europe, somewhere else? >> it has to catch on. world cup has been around for a long time, the world baseball classic, just a handful of times we played come every three or four years, four years now. that come in baseball, pe