he is playing with for the bust -- playing playing for the boston red sox. one bad year, see you later. cody ross goes to boston. say good-bye day for the 49ers. every year we like to send a crew down and there they are. professional athletes back packing their bags. here is the story. kyle williams had the ball go off his knee. he was strip of the ball. roll it into kyle williams if you would, please. mark taking the night off. what happens here is -- you know, these people that watch football, very -- a fraction of the fan base, some gone on twitter and issued death threats to kyle williams and his families. williams said hey, yeah, i probably blew the game but his team has his back. >> nobody feels worse than he does. some of the things i read, some of the things i have seen, yun one of those feelings you don't ever want to feel on the football field. to give it upch up -- give it up, it is painful. >> things happen. he did a good job all year. football game. >> all right. real quick for you 49ers fans. awards handed out today. justin smith won the award.

. >> and the greatest night of regular season play, the number three story, the boston red sox, defeating the orioles, keeping their season alive. boston, the game 3-2, one strike away from winning, when the orioles tied it up. three pitches later, the second baseman, robert andino, helped with the red sox post-season dreams. they would allow the tampa bay rays to secure the last playoff spot. even the manager, joe madden, sent a tweet, thanking the orioles for the win. >> and cars zipping at 180 miles per hour on downtown baltimore street, our number two story. the first grand prix drawing 10s of thousands of people. getting ready for the 13-turn course, many critics say the race was not worth the cost or the inconvenience, but indy officials called it one of the best, and the best sports story of the year, a shift in the baltimore ravens, pittsburgh steelers, rivalry, after the ravens beat the steelers, it felt like the ravens would never get past pittsburgh. but the 2011 nfl season started with the greatest rivalry when the ravens blew out the steelers at the stadium. it gave us a reas

he signed a one-year contract with the boston red sox. the deal won't be final until he takes a physical. he celebrated on twitter saying thank you sf giants fans, you're amazing. looking forward to meeting the red sox nation. >> coming up, a new supreme court rule that could affect a bay area murder conviction. we'll tell you why. >> the average tech worker in the area ear10 dinner? candles? i wanted it to be special. oh, what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon. mmm, it's good. honey, i love you and... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. yeah but honey, i love you and... is that what i think it is...it is... it's bacon. honey look. [ male announcer ] progresso rich and hearty... 4 new flavors, you can lose yourself in. what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >> good tuesday morning to you. richmond's reputation is about to get a makeover. the city has won a highly coveted project. the laboratory will be built on richmond shoreline. it beat out a

the former pitcher of the boston red sox. when officers asked for his driver's license. instead he pulled out his major league baseball scout i.d. card. it turns out his blood alcohol level was .33. >> whoa! >> oh, my gosh. i can't believe he could even start the car. >> that's nearly four times the legal limit. in the state of florida. police did arrest him for d.u.i. he was also charged with child neglect. because not only was his 5-year-old daughter in the car, she was in the front seat, unrestrained. the reason the dash cam video was released this week, he had his preliminary court hearing on monday. so video of leskanic continues once they have him cuffed and in the back seat of the officer's car. he was pretty compliant as you can see, as they were putting the cuffs on him outside the car. but once he's inside the car, he gets pretty angry. >> [ bleep ] you! y-o-u! you're [ bleep ] awesome! 9/11 awesome! >> listen to him, he's sobbing in the back seat of the cop car. >> oh, my god! i pay taxes on everything and you're going to arrest me? that's awesome, dude! >> i

no word yet of the boston red sox world series. as a consultant, -- [laughter] >> as a consultant to the pentagon and the defense department he served on the 9/11 after action team to assess medical consequence medical policy and procedures. more recently, rich was on the ground at the site of the devastating tornadoes in the coast and joplin, missouri and rich, thank you for speaking with us and strengthening our communities today. [applause] >> good morning. >> what's this about the red sox? we've had two world series in the last 10 years. graduations -- congratulations on yours, but we're with you unfortunately this year in the world series, observing. 22 years ago as you heard, i have been in d.c. in fema for the last two years, but 22 years ago i was in boston. and we usually don't get earthquakes in boston, and saw the images on tv. because there was another game some of us were watching. the response to the earthquake from the east coast about as far away from here as you can get was impressive. watching a lot of images on t

suiting up for another team. 2010 national league championship series, cody ross signed with the boston red sox. deal won't be final he takes the physical. he said, a big warm thank you sfgiants fans you're amazing. looking forward to meeting the red sox nation fans. life does move on. >> i'm going to miss him. >> a lot of people are. >>> paying more for your ticket to ride. why caltrain may hike fares but only for some of the passengers. >>> plus, how rude. san francisco voted one of the coolest, most stylish and rudest cities in the country. why a national magazine has a problem with our manners just ahead. >>> join the discussion, check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area. >>> here's a live look. looks like we need to clear out lens. that is the golden gate bridge in the background. christina wrapping up the forecast telling us it's a nice rest of the week. a little soupy, pea soup, we can expect thursday. we'll be right back. we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. join us. join us. (woman) we're united. (woman) a family. (m

baseball commissioner bud selig will finally stepped in to figure what the chicago cubs 0 the boston red soxning away theo epstein after months of on-again off-again negotiations the red sox requested that the commissioner settle the compensation issues sources said that boston has asked for pitcher matt garza but it is more likely they will get a top-level prospect from the chicago cubs >>that's a look at sports your live illinois droughlottery drawing is ... >>here are the winning pick three numbers: 577 here are the winning pick four numbers: 5464 ... $60 million is the mega- millions jackpot ... have a great afternoon [ woman ] for months, i had this deep pain all over my body. it just wouldn't go away. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can plan my days and accomplish more. lyrica is not for everyone. l

boston area team this season. the orioles had a dramatic come back against the red sox. that kept boston from the red sox.vens may want to invite bambino to the game too. and counting on some karma for the game, it's a game you can see here sunday at 3:00. winner goes to the super bowl. >>> in the shuffle of the ravens excitement, the orioles do hold their fan fast tomorrow. showalter says his o's might be under the radar but that does not lessen their expectations. >>> and major soccer league action, 18-2 baltimore. the blast improve to 11-4 on the season. i'm headed to new england tomorrow. we'll be reporting at 6:00 and 11:0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, okay, that looks great. were you profitable last month? how much money is in your checking account? have the browns paid you for their addition yet? your finances are scattered all over the place. mm-hmm. what are your monthly expenses? you keep your receipts in plastic baggies? seriously? [ announcer ] get it done and get it off your mind with quickbooks. organize your small business finances all in one place, even online banking. and now your business can be a

if romney is the boston red sox no new york yankees have a rivalry. no one has mounted a talented into south carolina. >> it's not a meaningful challenge. should we expect to see someone dropping out in the near future? >> yes because people will start running out of cash. -dries out if you show you cannot be a viable candidate deeper into primary season. greg jon huntsman says third place if the ticket to ride. i would see that as a ticket to ride back home to utah. >> he is headed south and is maybe quoting the beatles. he did well enough to say i deserve to be in this race. but not well enough to say i am the alternative to mitt romney. we saw that ron paul in his issues-led campaign is really establishing that niche with the republican party right now. >> the essence of that is get rid of the federal reserve's and pull u.s. troops out. >> now focusing on south carolina. thank you, and jos. we invite everyone to stay with abc 7 the, your election station for complete coverage through south carolina and beyond. president obama won the democratic nom

the history of bad behavior by fans including the interview from a sister of billy buckner who boston red soxamed for booting many world series in 1986. >> and he's used to being in the spotlight. >> of course the story is getting a lot of attention on our facebook page wex asked what you would say if you had a chance to give him positive feed back. >> and this from reuben. there is not a single person bigger than the team. >> niner pride lives on. this bay area's most-shared video on you tube today performed by six bay area residents with help from another bay area band. and that is fun. >> washington state is on the verge of approving same-sex marriage. lawmakers announced she'll cast deciding votes. and other states where same-sex marriages are legal are connecticut,. >> i warks new hampshire, new york, vermont and washington, d.c.. >> newest poll in republican presidential race puts mitt romney and gut gingrich in a tie. and there is touchdowns focused on florida and there is a record now from washington, d.c.. >> mitt romney is under pressure. just a week ago he had a 24 point lead over

they played spoiler beating the boston red sox and celebration that followed still makes fans smile.> 2011 saw its share of losses, too. in april, the passing of william donald shimb, the beloved governor and mayor's leeg a legacy for generations to enjoy. >> this is my shop. >> a shocking death with the suicide of mike flannigan, the ori don't recall's broadcaster ended his life in august. >> i'm retiring. i basically can no longer do it. >> the voice of reason fell silent. longtime wbal radio talk show host ron smith lost his battle with cancer. his most important message to listeners may have come in his last days how to die with courage and with grace. and speaking of courage, we need our baltimore ravens so sold junior on as they end 2011 with an earned spot in the playoffs. for all of us, 98 rock, and wbal am, a toast to our five-year partnership with the baltimore ravens. good luck in january. here's hoping for a baltimore football game in february. happy new year, everyone. >> a new year. >> what a year it was. a good 2012 to everyone. happy new year. >> are you prepared in d

baseball news one of the giants 2010 play off hero ross reportedly sign with the boston red sox. oming up down year with 14 home runs. expected to be part of a platoon in boston. >> okay. >> 49 ers could very well be making superbowl plans instead the giants will move on to face the patriots in superbowl xlvi. mike talked to the frainers today. still feeling the sting last night loss in the nfc title game. >> there's nothing more than cleaning out the locker the day after title game because it means you are not going to the sawp bowl. we let an opportunity get away with us vl weather the chances don't comeñ around. really hasn't welcome back around here for a while. let it slip away from us. >>reporter: kyle williams fumbled pinto in -- punt in overtime led to the game winning field goal. >> one of the things you have to learn from and take full responsibility for it which i do. something that i made a mistake on. i move through it promises you that. we can't just point at the beginninger like that. football game. just keep his head up. >>reporter: team was obviously disappointed

espn reports ross has signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the boston red sox.won't be final until he takes the physical. ross celebrated saying thank you giants fan, you're amazing, looking forward to meeting the red sox nation fans. >> the average salary for tech workers is past $100,000 for the first time. a sign of competition. >> if you have the qualifications, jon, you can pretty much write your ticket as new companies like twitter and apple fight over you. job search website dice holdings found salaries in 2011 last year measured, averaged $105,000 for engineers and programmers, and you don't have to take the job permanently. contract workers make, on average, $75 an hour. $105,000 sounds like a lot and is but we can translate that to the rest of america using cost of living. it's the same as 78,500 in chicago, $68,000 in sheboygan. why sheboygan? because i like saying sheboygan. $63,000 in spokane. $61,700 in dallas. now, speaking of price comparisons you are looking at the last priceline commercial featuring william shatner. the the company is going in

you will see, back in 2004 you say john kerry talk about if the boston red sox can win the world series, he had a chance at the presidency and i assume you will hear people excited about that upset and claim it to be the giants. >>neil: these guys are not eli manning but having said that i am wondering if lightning strikes if more drop outs, is it people for such a scenario and i will raise with this rick santorum if more of the conservative alternative to mitt romney drop out. that is what you need. >>guest: yes, that is exactly right. what changes this race is conservatives uniting behind one candidate and that is the only thing that, really, gets somebody on par where they can compete with mitt romney evenly and right now as you point out there is rick santorum, newt gingrich, and then rick perry sort of hanging around not polling and ron paul. so you have one guy, mitt romney, mannerring down the field and other our teams fighting each other. there is a second primary going on here in south carolina. there is the big primary, what happens with mitt romney and the field and absolutel

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suppose you are managing a baseball team, say the boston red sox and you're trying to do as well as you can. you have players with different batting averages. one approach you might take is to bring the hitting coach out and try to raise the batting averages of the players you have. but i think it also makes a lot of sense and this will make sense to sports fans that on occasion you might decide to let some of the players with lower batting averages go and try to get somebody else who might do better. so i think it makes sense to use a combination of those tools. here i think the stakes are even much bigger. we're talking about the future of our children rather than winning a baseball game soichlt think t does make sense to consider those policies seriously. >> professor chetty, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, my pleasure. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest rate in almost three years, and employers added 200,000 jobs in december. republican presidential contenders headed into a busy weekend of campaigning in new hampsh

in spring training this year, do you want the boston red sox playing softball, or do you want the boston>> hardball. >> the answer to that question is you want them to play hardball. and right now you've got these debates that have cheering sections that you're not going to have in the general election. we want our candidate whoever that candidate is going to be to be able to prevail in the type of debate format that we're going to have in the fall when our candidate goes up against barack obama. and they're are not going to be pep rallies and cheerleaders and cow bells ringing in the audience this fall. so, no, i don't -- i don't like presidential debates as pep rallies. i like them to be done the way they're going to be done in the fall to prepare the republican candidate. >> newt gingrich said a couple of mornings ago on fox, he's not going to let the elite media silence the voters in the crowd ever again. so -- >> one more story to report to you this morning. after the president touched down in phoenix yesterday as part of the tour, he was seen on the tarmac having what some called a

you know, the red sox, though, it's red sox nation, is the whole thing. >> jimmy: it seems like people of bostonhe patriots. but baseball is so much more important than football. >> in middle school, the red sox went to the world series. and i remember the teachers coming to class. and we didn't have school. they all got tickets. and we didn't have to do school. we had to make posters for them to hold up. and we were so excited. it was like our patriotic duty. our civic duty. >> jimmy: really? >> to try to get our teachers on tv with the signs. >> jimmy: did any of them get on? >> they did. we were so excited. out there by the green monster. >> jimmy: it was worth them violating child labor laws. >> absolutely. and it was great for us. an art project. >> jimmy: yeah, sure. why not? better than most art projects, i guess. how old were you when you moved to california, to l.a.? >> i was in my mid-20s when i moved here. >> jimmy: you were. so, after college? >> after college. after grad school. after living in new york. >> jimmy: did you know people out here? >> i came out with one friend. broke as

red sox some payback. let's look back at 2011, the final game for the orioles facing boston who had a nine game lead. but they blew it. score to in the night to beat the sox. giving fans much satisfaction. for the ravens, november 6. tapout -- capping off a 92 yard try, earning some redemption. a moment that will hopefully be beneficial as the ravens try to earn the first round bi. still ahead, the final 70 forecast of 2011. >> a nice evening this evening for all of the folks having fun downtown or in new york for that matter. tomorrow, another pile today. maybe we will see 60 again. it depends how much sun we see. there might be some evening showers. another weather system comes in and then temperatures start to fall. 41 on monday and 35 on tuesday. 31 on wednesday for the high. 16 in the morning. a taste of winter. then we're back into the 40's. >> i think next year is going to be good to us weather-wise. >> a quick hit of cold weather. >> way to close out 2011. [laughter] >> i will see you on youtube. >> i will see you on youtube.

red sox. ross coming off a down year. hit 240 last season with 14 home runs. ross is expected to be part of out field platoon in boston. l it hurts will hurt for awhile. 49 hers a great opportunity but they needed somebody to make one more play to beat new york. giants made the play. that ended the niners season in the title game. instead of planning a trip to the superbowl they clean out locker today. some giants were quoted as saying they knew kyle williams had a history of concussions and were trying to drill him thinking emit turn the ball over at some point if he got realitiesed. apparently it worked. coach harbaugh today ever the historian quoted a famous sailor from scotland who live in the 15 century. >> as sir an drew bart open said fight on me.

red sox. ross coming off a down year. hit 240 last season with 14 home runs. ross is expected to be part of out field platoon in boston. it hurts will hurt for awhile. 49 hers a great opportunity but they needed somebody to make one more play to beat new york. giants made the play. that ended the niners season in the title game. instead of planning a trip to the superbowl they clean out locker today. some giants were quoted as saying they knew kyle williams had a history of concussions and were trying to drill him thinking emit turn the ball over at some point if he got realitiesed. apparently it worked. coach harbaugh today ever the historian quoted a famous sailor from scotland who live in the 15 century. >> as sir an drew bart open said fight on me. we are hurt but not slain. lay down an app bleed awhile and rise and fight again. >> we are all reliving i know i am. any missed opportunity. missed throw. for me there were a handful there i would like to have back. >> if next year come back and paragraph this year wasn't a fluke. duplicate it or even get better in the regular season and go ahead and make it to the supe