well bruce bochy told buster posey he does not want him to block home plate anymore.said it is his instinct and he will have to work on moving out of the way. >> somebody is going to get hurt. the runner... >> 537 is the time . blocking the plate is part of make the position. >> this is why i don't play. >> yes, pam, we don't want you to get hurt. >> you can always sent me a tweet on that, do you think buster posey will play another position at some point? let me know. there is a crash northbound 101 and that will be the ramp that will be blocked. traffic is light and it is not affecting the commute so much but be aware it is there. use another area for an alternative. this traffic on 01 -- on 101 is moving well. it is president's day and a lot of people have the day off, so enough people have the day off so we will not see huge crowds at the toll plaza. at 538 let's go to steve. >>> it has been that kind of a pattern. the rain looks like it is gone. the wind is out of of the south but there goes the rain and i can't find anything upstream. 45 livermore san rafael, 46

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today bruce bochy talked shop. >> be competitive with bell and bill and those three will be playing firstse and left field, and the outfield shakes out. so we got some questions to answer here, but we have some good candidates. it's going to be competitive. >> mike: the a's consider their pursuit of manny ramirez. they recently watched him work out in florida and could sign him in the next week. he has to sit out the first 50 games of the san due to a suspension for prug performance-enhancing drugs. let's serve them up at the sap open. the defending champion facing harrison. injuries depleted this event. milos, the ace. tiebreaker. took four rounds but a great return there by harrison, slims the backhand winner by him. harrison's return is out. never recovers. put away with the forehand. headed for the finals. and the canadian was talking hockey afterwards. >> main'll become the new biggest sharks fan out there. [applause] >> there's a little was to go to win me over, but i'm really happy with how i'm doing here. it's fine. it's great. the people have been amazing, and it just feels aweso

he played for bruce bochy in san diego. his place in history as a padre in 2007, he was the good i who served up 755 to barry bonds. he enjoys pitching for the giants' manager. >> that played a big factor in coming over here. obviously being drafted by the team. but to have the opportunity to play with boch, it was a factor coming over here. i think it will work out for the best. >> full squads report tomorrow. giants camp is tomorrow. they are in arizona for spring training coverage and it starts on our 6:00 p.m. news. 0* to golf and tiger woods was forced to rally down to after two holes in the first round of the the match play championship. talk about grip it and rip it. 323 yards and tiger drives the green and birdies the hole. 18th hole 1k3* par putt for the win. that's the way to say it. tiger will face watney in round two. and that is your toyota sports report. >> say it with feeling. >> on that note, "nightline" is next. >> keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and abc7 news bay area. >> for larry beil a

he played for bruce bochy in san diego. his place in history as a padre in 2007, he was the good i who served up 755 to barry bonds. he enjoys pitching for the giants' manager. >> that played a big factor in coming over here. obviously being drafted by the team. but to have the opportunity to play with boch, it was a factor coming over here. i think it will work out for the best. >> full squads report tomorrow. giants camp is tomorrow. they are in arizona for spring training coverage and it starts on our 6:00 p.m. news. 0* to golf and tiger woods was forced to rally down to after two holes in the first round of the the match play championship. talk about grip it and rip it. 323 yards and tiger drives the green and birdies the hole.

our giants, bruce bochy and the boys back in town. one of the thousands out there, temperatures should be comfortable. 58-63 degrees on saturday. our own scott mcgrew will be out there starting at 9:00 a.m. you get a chance to meet him. take you through the weekend forecast, tell you when rain moves back in, pretty good storm on the way. first, let's check the drive with mike inouye. >> all right. i've got a smile on my face because after our initial report with three lanes and a sigalert on the upper deck of the bay bridge, we've got a live shot again from the toll plaza. as christie reported they were on the scene and then told a few minutes ago please leave the scene because the crews were ready to clear. we see traffic quickly recovering. two minutes for all lanes have reopened as we see the flashing lights moved off of the incline over to treasure island. all lanes appear to move though chp has yet to give us further details. i think i can give you the early okay there. back to the maps, we'll see how the rest of the approach is

team manager bruce bochy is not beating around the bush when it comes to keeping him safe at the plate. you can see posy here, suited up and taking practice catches at the team facility in scotsdale. bochy say his didn't want posy to block the plate to make tags at home. of course there's a good reason for that. remember the bone-crunching hit at home plate last may. that ended posy's season. posy says blocking the plate is instinctive so he'll have to work hard to move out of the way without putting his body on the line. >>> from spring training to spring break a lot of people busy planning getaways right now but there's something that just might limit how far you'll go for a little r&r. here's nbc's chris clackum. >> reporter: it's the usual hot spot dessptinations for spring break travel, miami, vegas, cancun, orlando. as painful as the sunburn you might get is the pain at the pump travelers are facing this year. >> everything's gone up except the paycheck. >> trickles down. you've got less money for everything jeels telse. >> reporter: buddy.com predict a national average of $3.95

and bruce bochy, looking at the competition. >> have hansley helping us out.thing i like -- we kept the staff together. and we do have a spot because ramirez is not here. so you know it is going to go down to the wire before we pick that last guy. >> all right, we'll have more spring training news throughout the month. and the warriors are down in the desert themselves, taking on the phoenix suns. the highlights at 10. that is the sporting life. >> all right, mark thank you. >>> and a rare cancer diagnosis, tonight on the 10:00 news, the courage of the little girl and her brave decision. >> and what inspired her brave decision. thank you for joining us on ktvu news

bruce bochy has prevented buster posey from blocking the plate. that's how he suffered a season-ending injury last year. >> i think sometime probably in january, i kind of just got past a certain point where it was like, i felt ready? you know? i was glad to have that feeling because i think that it took my feeling, my ankle feeling good to be ready to get back and out and to this stuff. >> it was a little different just seeing him out there. picked off where we left off. nice having a chance to do that down here. you know, i think i was telling reporters earlier i was kind of having a clean slate and everybody gets a new season to work with. >>> meanwhile the green and gold are about to find out which pitchers they can count on this season. we bring in kate longworth. manager bob melvin will have to rely on a new closer this year. any word on who will close out the game? >> reporter: well, henry, i talked to bob melvin about who will be his new closer. there's no timetable set on naming his go-to guy. he told me there are many candidates. i talke

that's the directive from manager bruce bochy.p yesterday to work out with his teammates since the may collision that ended his season. bruce bochy says he does not want him to block the plate anymore. he says that's part his training as a catcher. so he's gonna have to move out -- work on moving out of the way. >> after years of training -- >> yeah, it's hard to do that. >> yes. >> but good to see him back. >> yes. >>> an historic kidney transplant. . >>> and the weather was great for the weekend bay bridge work. steve will till us what to expect in the days ahead. save them. presenting woolite complete. it cleans your jeans, and won't torture your tanks. so your clothes stay looking and fitting like new. woolite. long live your wardrobe. . >>> 8:24. let's check in with sal, see if things are moving, especially in the east pay. >> well, you know, one of our editors just got off b.a.r.t. and he told me b.a.r.t. is packed today. i think people made plans to do what they were do that do to take b.a.r.t. b.a.r.t. is back on a saturda

. >> mike: melky cabrera is another piece of it for bruce bochy. >> he just wants to be part of the teaminning team, and very versatile, which gives me a lot of flexibility. another guy that makes us more athletic. >> mike: some skill on this team. >> there is. i like to think the balance in the lineup is tremendous. we have speed and power and everything. i think we're going to be all right. going to bring the championship back. >> mike: a bold prediction but they play center field and first and second and we have found two angels in the outfield. >> huge blow for the a's infield on day one. starting third baseman scott sizemore win down with a sprained left knee. status for the opener mark 28th in tokyo against seattle uncertain. still to come, the sharks' road woes continue at the music city, and rex walters goes wild at the war memorial. the west coast conference title on >> welcome back. gonzaga won a share of the west coast conference title for 12 straight years bus a win to end that track. guys not happy. first half, where is waldo? there he is. 10 points for the gaels but the don

that was your toyota sports report and we will hear from buster posey and bruce bochy. it is about buster's injury and spring training. >>> sky rocketing gas prices and two countries blocked from oil. >> and inside apple and the man who compares the silicon valley company to a resistance organiza >>> good evening. i'm ama dates. >> and i'm alan wang. in tonight's headlines, a lot of happy drivers tonight. the bay bridge opened almost 36 hours ahead of schedule. the upper deck westbound lanes were closed for repavingpaving and reconfiguration for the eastern span. >> two people walked away from minor injuries after a small plane and helicopter clipped each other. >> and 11,000 pounds of wire hung over the side of the bank of america building. a wench pulling the bin broke and it took almost four hours to hand crank that bin to the roof. >> and an alameda man is in custody on suspicion of killing a berkeley homeowner. he told the 23-year-old to get off his property before he was beaten to death. >> gas prices are sky rocketing up 18 cents a gallon in the past month. in ca

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recovery from surgery will be one of the giant's biggest story lines this spring and how quickly bruce bochyrings him along. >> we're just going to take it easy, because we do have time. we like to answer questions, one, how he is going to bounce back? how resilient he is going to be after doing some baseball activities and being on the field for a few hours? you sort of pish him or keep him out there on the field too long, he has a setback. is thatf that is why we want to be a little can careful here. >> the a's may not be a factor in the al west this year, but they have a good chance of being very much in the news if they go through with a move they appear to be on the verge of making. manny ramez worked fought for oakland in florida and he is said to be on the verge of signing a contract. ramirez can would have to serve a 50-game suspension. he sat sought last season arch testing positive for a banned drug for the second time in his career. ramirez would be eligible to play again may 30th. >>> the bud shoot-out is for the 25 drivers who made it to a pole last year including series champio

. >> melky cabrera is the other piece for the athletic puzzle for manager bruce bochy. >> he doesn'te he plays, he just wants to be part of a team and a winning team. he's very versatile which gives me a lot of flexibility when you have guys like this. and another guy makes us more athletic. >> there's some skill on this team. >> there is. i like to think the balance in the lineup is tremendous. we have speed, we have power, we have everything. i think we will be all right. we will bring the championship back. >> that's a bold prediction but they will play center field and left, they will bat first and second, and i think we have found two angels in the outfield. reporting in scottsdale, mike shumann, abc7 sports. >> thanks, schu. on saturday the first full squad workout for the a's. they lose their starting left baseman, scott sizemore. he went down with a bad knee in and his status for opening in tokyo is uncertain. >> and gonzaga won a share of the west coast conference title for twelve straight years. a win over usf last night in war memorial by saint mary's could end that streak

. >> melky cabrera is the other piece for the agent lytic puzzle for manager bruce bochy. >> he doesn'te where he plays, he just wants to be part of a team and a winning team. he's very versatile which gives me a lot of flexibility when you have guys like this. and another guy makes us more athletic. >> there's some skill on this team. >> there is. i like to think the balance in the lineup is tremendous. we have speed, we have power, we have everything. i think we will be all right. we will bring the championship back. >> that's a bold prediction but they will play center field and left, they will bat first and second, and i think we have found two angels in the outfield. reporting in scottsdale, mike shumann, abc7 sports. >> thanks, schu on saturday the first full squad workout for the a's. they lose their starting left baseman, scott sizemore. he went down with a bad knee in tokyo. >> and gonzaga won a share of the west coast conference title for twelve straight years. a win over usf last night in war memorial by saint mary's could end that streak. i'm guessing he isn't happy here. wh

the giants first full squad workout on friday was a shorter one, just two hours, to come manager bruce bochy they're running a country club out here. his speech to the team before the workout was relatively brief, although the message was clear. if they want to win more, they're going to have to do more, especially before the game. sandoval and brandon crawford were early standouts in batting practice. bochy said it's way to early to make any observations about what that might mean for the season. mostly it was good to get everyone on the field together for the first time this spring. >> they're getting ready, they're getting loose. it's the first day. we're a little ways from the first game but more than anything, just see them get some good swings in and be healthy. you know, that's what you're focused on right now and get ready for the season. >> all the guys, all my teammates are getting ready for the season. when you get back into spring training, you have to because you've got all the guys together and new guys. you want to make sure everything is going well. >> bochy also pencilled in

bruce bochy and our san francisco giants back at at&t park, in addition to the giants you get to meetcott mcgrew out there with 9:00 a.m. fan fest from 10:00 to 3:00. grab your shades and wear that giants hat in support of our boys, the first official game for spring training against the diamondbacks one month away. the 3rd of next month. through the next few days temperatures keep on climbing. there is the rain, the snow, maybe a foot in the sierra nevada. as we wake up wednesday morning looking very optimistic for that above 6,000 feet. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> south bay continues to change. not dramatically. if 101 your commute, it cleared up. we're at 61. still the volume increases up to 880, keep that in mind. highway 87 we see the 40s and 50s up between capital and curtner. so guadeloupe that's an issue. right around 17 and heading up into cupertino. the rest of the commute, heading up the lower bay, smooth drive now. no problems. the southbound side we have seen slowing out of redwood city. in the 40s and 50s, right around 55 but that is a note for an early i

the manager bruce bochy is telling posey right now take it easy, slow down.to avoid blocking at the plate. meantime, bad news for pitcher ryan vogelsong, he is not pitching after straining his back. he says it will be seven to ten days before he can pick up a baseball. >> if you are traveling over the long weekend you probably noticed gas prices. scott mcgrew joins us with more. >> gas prices going to the positive and much higher. lots of people out there enjoying the long weekend. if you are on the road you're seeing the highest price for gas this time of year ever. a number of factors including unrest in the middle east are to blame. higher energy price could put a damper on economic recovery. this is the time of year when normally gas prices begin to rise to the spring and summer levels so it could get far worse as far as wall street goes they are closed for the presidential holiday, back open tomorrow. we could see the dow cross 13,000. back to you. >> we'll watch. thank you. >> one of the oldest living survivors of san francisco's massive 1906 earthquake