. >> it took 10 days to make over the historic cricket grounds in order to be mlb ready.his isn't the first time it has taken place on the cricket grounds. >> came 100 years ago in 1914 when the new york giants plate the chicago white sox in an exhibition game. mlb and australian hope it doesn't take another century before it happens again. >> we are like any other sport or business who wants to expand the game, wants to expand the business of baseball, the brand, want to expand the development of baseball internationally. >> there will be the direct visitor impact in our economy which we are anticipating will be substantial and that great benefit that you can't measure in dollars. the tangible benefit, however, all of those people around the world seeing what goes on here. >> with nearly 80,000 fans attending, it looks like the trip was a home run. however t may take some time for the aussie fans to you understand the two different but similar sports? >> the most question is do you bat a ball? you know, it's pitch and hit and that sort of thing. why do you have to use a

mlb season opens in australia for the first time.s all coming up in 30 minutes's time. >>> now, the rolling stones canceled the first leg of their australian tour after the death of mick jagger's partner l'wren scott. l'wren scott was found dead in her new york apartment yesterday. she had apparently committed suicide. our north american correspondent reports. >> she dressed hollywood's a list and dated one of the world's most famous rock stars. a towering figure at 6'3", l'wren scott was a model, fashion designer and celebrity stylist. >> our business is expanding in europe, expanding in the middle east, moving a lot into asia. >> in 2006, she launched her own clothing line. but it emerged in recent years it had fallen into millions of pounds of debt. l'wren scott had been dating rolling stones front man mcdecade for more than a decade. he was on tour in australia and said he was shocked and devastated by the news. other celebrities have also paid tribute. madonna described her death as a horrible and tragic loss. model naomi campbe

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i'm not trying to draw direct parallel, but i subscribed to mlb premium because i love the giants. and the first night i got it on my blu-ray [speaker not understood] and it kind of went like this. ~ in the middle of the game. i can tell you the opinion of our i-t people is if we want to do wi-fi, if we want to do wi-fi presentations, we do hard wire. we still do that at the library, offer both. at the library, we have tons of wi-fi for you, but we also have tons of hard drive. i can't tell you, you know, that as we speak there isn't somebody who has just come out with a product last week that will [speaker not understood] wi-fi from here to the library. the best advice we've had so far is if we want it to be reliable and we want to not have those kinds of interruptions is still advisable by the experts to hard wire for the moment. i don't know what the future will hold. i think we could all get eventually wireless, but i don't think we're quite there yet. >> thank you. >> just to follow-up. i do -- going back to what i said earlier about, you know, my question about how other comm

their coffee and ran to the tweeter as jim harbaugh would say to vote for the mets' third base man or mlbthey could not let a relative unknown win this contest. you decide. i say they stole it from sogard. the a's over came their anguish to beat the giants in the cactus league 7-6. norris with a homer for the a's. two score less and striking out davis. vogel song with his first of the season. it goes to buster posey for the tag. this gay has overcome mullet -- this guy has overcome multiple surgeries. he can hit. the giants beat the brew crew 4-3. finally the nba has asked lebron james to stop wearing his black mask he is using to protect his broken nose. the league wants a clear mask. why? i don't know. they won't say. if he wants to look like hannibal lecter who has a problem with that? free lebron! abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. i would love to wear that mask. >> he is already intimidating enough. >> and management wants me to wear a mask i think. >> at least a bag. >> something. >> thanks, larry. >>> well, abc7 is the only place where you can see the oscars live th

their coffee and ran to the tweeter as jim harbaugh would say to vote for the mets' third base man or mlbed they could not let a relative unknown win this contest. you decide. i say they stole it from sogard. the a's over came their anguish to beat the giants in the cactus league 7-6. norris with a homer for the a's. two score less and striking out davis. vogel song with his first of the season. it goes to buster posey for the tag. this gay has overcome mullet -- this guy has overcome multiple surgeries. he can hit. the giants beat the brew crew 4-3. finally the nba has asked lebron james to stop wearing his black mask he is using to protect his broken nose. the league wants a clear mask. why? i don't know. they won't say. if he wants to look like hannibal lecter who has a problem with that? free lebron! abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. i would love to wear that mask. >> he is already intimidating enough. >> and management wants me to wear a mask i think. >> at least a bag. >> something. >> thanks, larry. >>> well, abc7 is the only place where you can see the oscars live

the players are using hashtags like venezuela, baseball, and mlb. the political crisis in venezuela is now more visible to the world because of this intersection between sports and politics. major league baseball leaders say they support and elm pathize with the venezuelan players, but say it's ultimately the game they expect these men to keep top of mind. >> sports guys, you know, they have a job to do. that's what he's doing. i know that's what he's focused on, is going out there and pitching. you can only control the things that you can control. >> reporter: heading into the 2014 season, henderson alvarez says he's up to date on events in venezuela and excited to have his family close at hand, yet, says his primary goal is to have a winning season. al jazeera, jupiter, florida. >>> they say they're still facing discrimination despite the americans with disabilities act. >> if i hear the term "people with special needs" one more time, i'm going to punch somebody. >> up next, bringing attention to people with disabilities by putting them on the sil

mlb umpires at a national command center are going to determine whether to overturn calls base on a clear convincing evidence standard. catch the new rule in play at the a's home opener against the collinsian the giants are away playing the arizona diamondbacks and here you can meet the san jose giant at the municipal stadium from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. at fanfest. >> be prepared to pay more for margueritas and guacamole. blame it on a lime shortage, believe it or not. neighbors's janet shamlian explains. >> reporter: it's no pulp fiction, a again inshortage of lim lime, and you can find them but be prepared to pay. >> we don't have a lot of lime so prices are advocating. >> reporter: a lime last year was a quarter 2, 1 sent. now you'll pay 53 sent for just one lime, and it's really put the squeeze on. here at this chain in restaurant where they have 17 restaurant and go more than 13 million limes per year, the cost per case has gone from $25 to more than $100. >> it's a big deal. the third of all of our produce ingredients. it's the third largest ingredient we boy, so it would be -- it's subs

their coffee and ran to the tweeter as jim harbaugh would say to vote for the mets' third base man or mlbed they could not let a relative unknown win this contest. you decide. i say they stole it from sogard. the a's over came their anguish to beat the giants in the cactus league 7-6. norris with a homer for the a's. two score less and striking out davis. vogel song with his first of the season. it goes to buster posey for the tag. this gay has overcome mullet -- this guy has overcome multiple surgeries. he can hit. the giants beat the brew crew 4-3. finally the nba has asked lebron james to stop wearing his black mask he is using to protect his broken nose. the league wants a clear mask. why? i don't know. they won't say. if he wants to look like hannibal lecter who has a problem with that? free lebron! abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. i would love to wear that mask. >> he is already intimidating enough. >> and management wants me to wear a mask i think. >> at least a bag. >> something. >> thanks, larry. >>> well, abc7 is the only place where you can see the oscars live

san jose and mlb, right now they are duking this out in court. live in san jose.eorge kitiama, nbc bay area news. >> george, thanks very much. well, in the east bay tonight, police are investigating a deadly shooting. the shooting happened last night in front of a north richmond home first street just east of richmond parkway. police say four people were rushed to the hospital with gunshot wound. one of the victims, a 23-year-old man later tied from his injuries and the other three victims are expected to survive. police are still trying to figure out what led to that shooting, and they have not identified a suspect yet. a teenager was killed trying to walk across a south bay highway early this morning. it happened on highway 85 north of snell avenue about 4:00. police say it's unclear why the 16-year-old boy had been trying to cross from the right shoulder to the center divide when he was hit in the middle of the night. the 36-year-old driver of the bmw was not injured, stopped at the scene and chp is investigating. if you live in the east way, watch out for an i

his nose and left eye and will be kept in the hospital overnight for observation and stayed with the mlb the l a dodgers and arizona diamondbacks are desperately for their season opening series. but before the decade that they have to take on australias best but doctors were first up then you're down to nothing until the rtl police two run homer in the seventh tied it all up will be eventually won forty two. well the diamondbacks will be bold in their tie against australia on friday before opening day on saturday. now let's get to play off action in the kb yell it's the series deciding game five between the heat eleven elephants and the kt cycle. the teal and tries to get a head cold blood. he breaks away it's certainly nice to have snow came. he continues to drive the high point for teal pink and teal and just can't find a rhythm and feel and the game high twenty two and kt with sending nineteen fifty seven advancing to the semis where they'll face the ltc acres and that's all for now this has been given to us you back here later for more from the world of sports fan our thursday mornin

disrepair, not really a baseball stadium and they are working to build a new stadium in san jose but mlb commissioner bud selig wouldn't approve the plan. we're live in san jose, george kitiama, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much, george. >>> coming up next at 6:00, an east bayou tilt company alerting people about imposters. the warning you need to hear to keep your family and home safe. california democrats with support behind legalizing marijuana. why former mayor gavin newsome says the drug would be great for california, and a high school musical ends in destruction. a look at the aftermath after a stage collapses with dozen of students on it. >>> if you live in the east bay, watch out for an imposter. someone stole an east bay municipal utility district truck just like this one. the criminal also stole a badge, hard hat and safety vest and other tools inside. now they are thinking that crook could pretending to be a utility employee. here's the truck police are looking for, a white 2008 ford f 350. vehicle number 896 on it. california license plate, as you can see right there, 12

march 31st has been deemed opening day by mlb.t even play their first game until april 1st. >> speaking of opening day. po the aussies are welcoming america's pastime to the sydney cricket grounds. the transformation is complete with the dugouts, an outfield fence, and 14 shipping containers of red clay all the way from the united states. the stance are draped in red, white and blue. the dodgers and the diamondbacks opened regular- season on saturday. >> stephen curry had 31 points and 11 assists, clay thompson scored 29 and the golden state warriors moved 18 games over 0.500 for the first time in 20 years with a 115-110 victory over the milwaukee bucks on thursday night. golden state remains in sixth place in the tied western conference standings. >> we want to remind you this sunday night at 9:00 p.m. we will preview the upcoming oakland a's season in a kron4 sports special hosted by gary radnich. everything that you need to know about the two-time defending a.l. west know about the two-time defending a.l. west champions. know a

it has made way for a bible diamond for the mlb opener. the los angeles dodgers will take on the diamond bags in the two game series. it is the first time the season has started in the southern hemisphere. >> when i walked in here. i thought this was facility reminded me of our iconic ballparks. it looks like a wrigley field, or a fenway park. i have a chance to tour this building, before the press conference, back in the locker room over here, and it is just a fantastic facility, and i think lit be a great venue. >> there is the sport for now. >> all right, see you then, thank you. ovals are underway to concern the author's house near lav vanna in cuba has been untouched since before he died in 1961. curators are working together to preserve and digitize hemingway's letters photographs as well as his manuscripts. he wrote some of his best known novels there like "the old man in the sea," "for whom the bell tolls." back to your regular programming on al jazeera america, for the rest of our international viewers it's barbara sara with you f

. >> there iseason is over, so a lot of nfl players are focusing on mlb. gary's world bulldog: bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is ending soon. ♪ mattress discounters >> of developing story it this morning. bart's south hayward, union city, and fremont stations closed until further notice. around 11:30 p.m. last night, a train heading for richmond hit and killed a person on

. >> it debuted on monday on mlb network. it's opening day, by the way. >> guys, how are you?e, mike, good to see you. mlb network has given me so many utensils, if i screw it up, it's my fault, 230 shows a year, if they have games, guests. can you bring people in, you're in manhattan so when teams come in, i have a side kick. i mean, they really did a superb job. baseball every day now for an hour. i'm looking forward to it. that's my wheelhouse. >> so that's your wheelhouse? >> well, football. >> because i thought football, basketball. >> that's a good sign. >> baseball's your wheel house. >> if you're thinking it's a lot of sports, i'm doing a good job in baseball. big giants fan from 1968. baseball, a lot of good teams, a lot of injuries beginning of the year with these pitchers. >> what are you going to do on the show? >> a monologue for the first five minutes, selig is going to come on the show, i have a side kick. i have guests. i yell and scream. i'm going to do what i'm going to do. >> let's talk a little shop here on baseball then. who do you like? >> i saw 18 teams

mlb is right around the corner. >> yes, opening day is on monday.he attack on the san francisco giants fan outside of the dodger stated yum three years ago shattered a line and putting a stain on the sports. the two beaters were convicted and sent to jail but the struggle is continuing. we have more on the story. >> on a saturday night the family arrives to take in a concert, the nights out have been rare. the day their brother, their son was left permanently brain damaged by the dodgers fans that acontamina attacked him. >> doing as good as he can. every day is a struggle for him. so it is a journey. it is a long journey. >> it is a journey made longer and harder by the fact that the insurance is no longer for the treatment in a rehab facility and he's had to move back in with the parents where they and the sisters now care for him. >> it is hard because we don't to be just his parents. we are the caregivers now. >> i have had a wonderful experience meeting the family. >> the artist on this night made them the guest of honor. if you are a baseball

the dodgers will play the diamondbacks at the same venue on saturday to get the mlb regular season underway. well, three time olympic champion has announced her retirement from alpine skiing. the 29-year-old german won gold in the super event. she also won two golds at the vancouver olympics in 2010, but her season came to an end after crashing last week in the downhill event in switzerland. it was a very difficult decision for me. everything i did related to that, but vancouver, where it was a perfect time for me with two goal medals the next big challenge, and possibly the final one as they even said then, was to once again win olympic gold. and i did that in sochi. for all the latest you can check out aljazeera.com,/sport. plugs we have blogs and video clips. that address again, aljazeera.com/sport. that's it for thousand. >> now, we are all moaning about traffic jams here, and as indeed so many people do around the world, but there is a particularly bad problem of traffic in the democratic republic of congo. and now, traffic police there are getting a helping hand to try to end the grid

mlb is exempted by the anti- trust by an act of college. perhaps the ncaa should be as well.ese plans prevail no college sport will be the same. >> and a few months ago, the case in west virginia, a player looked for compensation and players in northwestern. >> and this is one of four and the best one i have sewn and the way these work. one of the judges, one of the four. each case will be taken by one court at one time. and this is the strongest and best written legal argument. >> that may be. you are sitting on the bench, is this case strong enough to win? >> it depends on whether the judge believes it is proper role of the judary to change college sport or a consensus in society. >> moping what? >> that congress should do it. >> congress and not the court. >> you would support that? >> i would support congress exempting the congress sports from the antitrust laws. that prohibits businesses from doing what the colleges. on the face colleges are violating the aspect trust. but the question is do the courts want to treat colleges as a business. notre dame, my colleges like a

the oakland a's have ♪ claiming that the mlb i gotta have that bag. italian leather?you paid how much for that? [ female announcer ] two stores. two amazing ways to score. t.j.maxx and marshalls. two amazing ways to score. of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ the ba [ beep ] >> welcome back. we are tracking hotspots. the traffic is jammed up with a 43 minute drive there is a truck fire on 580, was not even though it has been extinguished, it is time of the traffic. the drive time from the alta mott passes over and hour and a half, 33 minutes to get down to the dublin interchange. the bay bridge, has it backed up that continues to grow. there is a stall. >> we will >> welcome back. new agencies are reporting families and friends of the missing malaysain airlines jet passengers from beijing arrived at the international airport today. >> there were immediately rushed to a special holding one to be briefed. the authority say that they're now looking at the possibility of hijacking to explain the disappearance of of the plane. meanwhile, a search of auburn 34 aircraft and 40 shares from se

. >>> this time players are having to get used to some changes to the mlb rules, as the game's authorities tried to make the game safer. >> players from the arizona diamondbacks loosen up during training. some of these players may wind up in the world series, some may wind up relegated to the minor heegz. but what none of them wants is to end their season and their careers with a brain injury. so major league baseball is instituting a new rule, aimed to prevent bone jarring and dangerous collisions between base runners trying to score and catchers trying to defend home plate glen sherlock explains. >> the catcher cannot block the plate unless he has the ball. >> compared to other sports, baseball rarely changes it rules and some players are not sure change is a good idea. miguel montario is the diamondbacks starting catcher. >> we don't know if we'll be able to do it in a game. if you look at the game tied in the bottom of the 9th you try to knock that ball out of his glove. >> comes amid controversy and lawsuits on the effects of concussion, like the national football league and national

the dodgers will play the arizona diamondbacks at the same venue to get the mlb regular season underway. plenty more sports on our website, of course. you can check that out aljazeera.com/sport. you can get in touch with us on twitter and facebook. >> that is all the sport for now. >> stay with us here. we've got another full bulletin of news for you right at the top of the hour.

willie tweets, thanks for reminding me why i have not been to a mlb game in years.ll be people who will be stupid enough to pay that likat. amount, then elaine. what is the deal with calling this segment, what's the deal, do you have to start each e-mail or tweet is the words what a's the deal, that is stop edso what is the deal -- stupid, so what is the deal. how can i put that in rightt's words? what is the deal with you asking e us what is the deal to write what is the deal, so, i mean, what is the deal, i have no idea. neither do you. it was a good e-mail. no one knew what you were talking about. keep them coming. see you tomorrow. >> i love that we live in a chaotic time, republicans, out fighting each other, and hillary trying to bow out of a race she never eneer entered. when a porn star from duke becomes the voice of reason, you know we're living in a special age, we don't know what is going to happen next. i do know, odd factions. silence voices are rising up and demanding freedoms. it scares the garders off of those in powers. both parties are shaking in t

previously only home run calls were reviewable but now mlb says 90% of all plays can be reviewed. data revealed of the 377 missed calls, 87% of them came on forced plays. speaking of speaking up, safe at first base in the bottom of the sixth inning with the braves. after atlanta manager freddy gonzalez challenged, the replay clearly showed third baseman chris's throw beat johnson he was called out and the braves got another challenge. a lot of people think that's much overdue. modern technology is just too hard for them not to make these calls. >> there you go, the viewing experience i said this earlier, at home is so much superior right? and you see these calms, you see the missed calls as well as the great calls that you have got to answer that. >> there are 2100 major league baseball calls, the umpires are good you just want to get it right for the sanctity of the game. >> michael eaves, thank you. in absolutely. >> could give people nearly a minute's notice that an earthquake was about to strike but a lack of funding is holding up the work. that's next. >> i mean, i don't know

. >> major league baseball's face of mlb contest is over.all 30 team were represented by a pleaer who squared off another squarer who advanced by receiving the greatest number of tweets. sogard and david wright. many fans across the country may not have known who sogard is, but that changing. the man affectionately referred to as a "nerd" enjoyed it. >> i had a lot of fun and the fans did and i got to sit back and enjoy the ride. >> how is this camp different for you in past years? >> it's a little more comfortable this year. i know my last couple of camps have been to go out and leave everything on the field and opportunity to make the team. this camp, kind of what i did last year gives many a little room to just ease into it, and not have to be 100% day 1. so obviously, getting things going. so i'm excited. >> we used to joke around with him in the minor league about liz glasses and how he has laser finders in there because he was always notorious for taking those pitches and hit well in the minor league as well. >> he has a great eye. >>

sticking with baseball, mlb and the players association may be close to increasing penalties for ped users. for first offense, for first time offenders would increase from 50 to 80 games with a second offense resulting in a 162-game ban, up from 100 games. the two sides reportedly hope to have a deal in place by sunday. >>> all right. let's talk hockey. a chance for the grounds to gain ground on the st. louis blues for the overall points lead in the west. the sharks hosting a struggling, winnipeg jets squad tonight. >> they're going to play hard, like every team, you know. they're, you know, still hoping to make the post-season. so they've got a lot to play for, and so do we, we're trying to be first in our conference. both teams will be ready, and it will be a good game. >>> maurice will visit. he has rushed over 8,000 yards in eight seasons with the jacksonvil villvill villville j. >>> texas resident and former president george bush along with former first lady barbara and their dog all watched and the dog got himself a little workout before it was all said and done. >>> all right,

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. >>> athletic eric made it all the way to the finals of the face of mlb..com competition before falling behind david wright in the final 15 minutes of voting. some claimed it was a conspiracy but getting so far in the computation saying he hopes everyone had as much fun as he did. >>> the raiders getting into the trenches with barns. the silver and black resigned the tackle making him the first of the team's 18 perspective unpu unrestricted free agents. he started all 16 games for oakland last season. and finally on to palm beach gardens, tiger woods straddling the cut line. the struggles continue on seven. the birdie and putt right here online but heart broke hotel as he misses just wide. making the cut right on the number at even par. rory mcilroy had it going. same hole, 27-foot putt for birdie. nothing but the bottom. shot a 66 on the day and a leader heading into round three. raj and janelle, the struggles continue for tiger. you wonder if he'll ever be able to get back on track and challenge the 18 majors, four seems a long way away. >> give him time

. >> both teams are excited to represent mlb, going down to australia and giving them the chance to seeor league baseball for the first time, you know firsthand there in that country. so it's a great honor. >> i just like the idea of just getting outside of the little box that we're in especially as the game keeps expanding internationally. i like to go there and playing more games so people can see the product firsthand. i'm excited where this goes in ten, 15, 20 years, where we can do this, eastern europe, where this can go. >> in opening days, the league has played mechanism coe puerto rico and four times in japan. internationally and to take on some sites. >> it's a place i want to go for a long long time. haven't had a chance to go down there yet and i've heard great things about it, it's a beautiful place, get to play some baseball while we're down there too. >> i'm not a fan of doing touristy things, i like to walk around, see what people do, what life is like. >> they are creatures of habit and strictio trick to strict to. it will present lots of challenges. >> not only challeng

mlb is 1. 9% and the nhl 0 .3%. the common threat, crime in the united states, 388,000 per 100,000 or a rate of 3.8%. meaning the average population commits crimes at a higher rate than the athletes of these four major sports. i did speak with one of the principle owners of the site that said it's geared of helping young athletes recognizing pit bulls of poor judgement. the data includes reported arrests. if you managed to slip through the cracks, it's hard to argue based on the boarder set of data that professional athletes are runni runni running. >>> the attorney general calls it an urgent and growing public health crisis. the epidemic and the changes he wants emergency crews to make because of it. >> the san jose fire department in the hot seat tonight. the action the county is now taking after we investigated the agency's response times. >>> and i'm scott budman. it vanished without a trace. coming up, why some people suspect foul play when it comes to malaysia flight 370. these are the hands a pediatrician. th

the second baseman was in front until the final 15 seconds of voting, leading some of us to believe mlbet a relative unknown beat out a star play who are does his work in new york. it took 24,000 vote swing in the last 30 minutes of vote to go give wright the narrow win. if there were hanging chads on twitter, we would be look at them right now and we would find the evidence but there is not and we're not. the a's play the giants in the cactus lead. overcame to of the deficit to win 7-6. the rest of the giants, they played the brewers. madison bumgarner will be the opening day starter for the giants. and ryan vogelsong, his first action of the spring. scooter, and rookie mark. and back to buster posey for the taking. he is a great story. 31 years old. came back from wrist surgery and back surgery, trying to make the team. he hits a home run. giants defeat the brew crew by a score of 4-3. that is a wrap on morning sports. you have a great weekend, everybody! i'm larry beil. >>> next, how a high school football player got a houston texans cheerleader to agree to be his date for senior pro

>> if i had to choose one stock to be long mlb long radioshack because it only go to zero.y cannot going to zero. radioshack is a lottery ticket. their super bowl commercial was amazing but if i had to choose one of them radioshack going to zero. best buy does the price matching thing in store. but the fact is i am too busy and i am sure you are too busy to drive to the store, go inside, find what they want. they go to the internet, amazon prime business model is amazing. they will take a lot of business from other stores. gamestop, everybody is in the cloud computing space. melissa: what do you think? i don't know if we showed it, but most of them there was a lot of talk about cable providers. i heard from so many of you out there. there we go. you can see some of them, what is your pick? >> i would be worried if i was radioshack. does this company even exist anymore? not to mention image problem, radio in their name. fix the image, turn that around and maybe people will start to notice them again. melissa: thank you, we really appreciate it. tune in tomorrow and tweet me

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second baseman was in front until the final 15 seconds of voting, leading some of us to believe that mlb let a relative unknown beat out a star play who are does his work in new york. it took 24,000 vote swing in the last 30 minutes of voting to give wright the narrow win. if there were hanging chads on twitter, we would be look at them right now and we would find the evidence but there is not and we're not. the a's play the giants in the cactus lead. overcame the deficit to win 7-6. the rest of the giants, they played the brewers. madison bumgarner will be the opening day starter for the giants. two scoreless, striking out chris davis and ryan vogelsong, his first action of the spring. scooter, and rookie mark. and back to buster posey for the taking. -- the tag. he is a great story. 31 years old. came back from wrist surgery and back surgery, trying to make the team. he hits a home run. giants defeat the brew crew by a score of 4-3. that is a wrap on morning sports. you have a great weekend, everybody! i'm larry beil. >>> next, how a high school football player got a houston texans che

major corporations like american airlines, at&t, the nfl and mlb, in addition to business leaders throughoute bill. while similar measures have been introduced in about a dozen other republican-controlled states like kansas, south dakota and tennessee, by the end of the week, the moral and economic arguments seem to have had an impact. now this comes as we've seen a rapidly growing acceptance of lbgt americans and issues like same-sex marriage. a federal judge ordered kentucky to immediately begin recognizing same-sex marriages from other states. so that suggests to me that the reason for the proliferation of these hateful measures is fear. just like the anti-women's rights and anti-voting rights legislation we've seen in states, these measures represent fear of a changed reality. but the question now is whether or not the events of last week represent a final tipping point in ensuring equal rights for lbgt americans. let's bring in sister simone campbell, and rashad robinson. rashad, some people are writing in is a major tipping point. i would love to believe that but it feels like there ar

>> the new york mets mascot joined twitter, he got trolled by mlb mascots.. mr. met, welcome to twitter. can you ask mrs. met why she won't call me back. and the chicago white sox southpaw, you're the one mrs. met told me about. mr. met kept it classy, knowing it's true love and not tweets. and lasts for the extra innings. >> that's disrespectful. whether the phillie phanatic or the san diego chicken. mr. met's had enough problems over the last ten years with the mets. >> we have -- >> i'm just going to say, professional baseball teams do not have mascots running around the dugout. that would be the new york yankees. you mentioned the '60s? >> before that. when you were a kid. >> blah, blah, blah. >> fair weather. >> the weather is better for the yankees than the mets. >> mets fans are loyal people. do with that as you want. >> pandora shares are up today, despite reports that amazon could be working on a music streaming service. and some think the stock is going higher. dan is at the smart board. >> everyone's been calling the demise of pandora since apple

we try to make the hardest bat for all mlb players because they want a hard bat.n the grains to make it nice and tight for the boys. >> made in the states? >> everything is made in louisville, kentucky, here in the united states. >> you even said louisville. i think that's the one time you can say that. >> that's a boston thing. and the cupped end is for balance. >> what is the key to a great swing? and where on the bat do i want to hit this? >> the sweet spot would be here. always hit label up or down, okay? and the sog dictates the grain. so you want to have it label up would be your best bet in the sweet spot. >> sweet spot, right here. >> that's it. >> there you go. oh! >> keep your head down. >> don't laugh at me. >> keep your eye on the ball. >> swing through. there you go. >> don't laugh at me. >> label down, that never occurred to me swinging a bat. >> they put the label on the weakest part of the bat. so you leave it up or down, you get a nice solid mass. >> do you want me to fit you for a bat? not only is the mlb kicking off, but every ncaa high school,

up to the start of the mlb regular season, bloomberg investigated the shortcomings of the two decaden training baseball facilities in arizona and florida. mike mckee reported from fort myers, florida, the spring home of the minnesota twins, where it seems that taxpayers have reached their spending limit. not so fast, says the president of the new york yankees. he is the believer of an economic hour of the ballpark for the community. he oversaw the yankees moving to their new home and he joins us right now with his take on mike's reporting. michael mckee is here to defend himself as well. this should be a spirited, interesting discussion. is actuallythink good about taxpayer spending on the stadiums? wax it all depends on where the stadium is and the reasons for it. here in new york, yankee stadium was built on strictly private funding. the yankees paid for every cent of the construction in the new yankee stadium. and they paid for all of the ongoing operations of it. for example, in florida spring training is a tremendous economic boost to florida. look at this and use actual data, s

a judge tossed out the city of san jose's lawsuit claiming mlb violated antitrust laws in blocking the a's move south. >> stephen curry overcame a strained right quad to finish with 18 points and nine assists, and the warriors held off the phoenix suns 113-107 on sunday night for their fourth straight win. david lee had 26 points and nine rebounds and klay thompson scored 22 points for the warriors, who built an 18-point lead early in the fourth quarter before the suns surged back. golden state is 9-2 since the all-star break and a season-high 16 games over.500. the warriors are two games ahead of dallas for sixth in the west. >> more details will be released today about plans to beef up security for this year's boston marathon. public safety officials from the eight communities that make up the marathon route have been meeting for months to come up with a plan to beef up security for the april 21 marathon following last year's deadly terror attack. police are expecting about 36,000 runners and up to a million spectators. three people were killed and more than 260 injured after two bom

mlb network, we're on 17 hours starting at 9 a.m i got to get that in.g training. >> april 5 is your first game, giants-dodgers. >> it will be great. we thought we might get clayton kershaw, but he's on the disabled list. the dodgers are loaded. the giants i think are going to give them a shot in the west. a lot of people don't think so. >> i don't know about you, but i think more women in high heels should be in major league baseball, don't you? >> yeah. >> attendance has been up, but it might escalate. >> mlb for all the stuff -- >> we're going to keep swinging. harold reynolds will stick with us. congratulations. >> thank you. >> lucky to have you. back in a moment [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the per

the mlb decided to bring opening-day straight to australia. field of dreams are in arizona or florida, we could say, where cities are competing to build more lavish facilities. mike mckee is in fort myers this morning, looking at stadium games. >> good morning, trish. they definitely build them and they definitely come. flockf thousands of fans every year to spring training sites, and their dollars are the prize in the arms race that is putting cities in deep hock. in tampa, they built a $40 million copy of the original yankee stadium. only $100,000y per year plus stadium operating expenses. the stadium, a gift from hillsboro county to the team. an economist studied this and florida, where the yankees came from, where the economy the yankees get to keep the parking revenue, the ticket revenue, the concession revenue, the ad revenue, even luxury suite revenue. what happens, the county does not get a lot of benefit about it -- out of it and this is money they could spend improving other parts of the county. one of the reasons it happens is the t

this would surpass the contract the yankees gave alex rodriguez, the richest mlb contract. >> a-rdodnkees. >> he is a costly asset. turco we are surrounded by red sox fans. >> cabrera is the superstar, it is all about -- everything, it is all about a few key players. whether it is a firm or whatever. it has default fewer and fewer. >> when i talk to guys starting businesses, they say how do i recruit? i say they key thing is the first engineer you get, get a rockstar. cabrera.miguel >> chicago fed's charge evidence -- chicago fed president spoke with verbetty liu in hong kong talking about rates lifting. >> mid-2015 or even later. i think -- >> for rates to begin to rise. i frankly think it would be appropriate to hold longer than that, it will depend on the data and how quickly inflation starts moving up to our target. >> everyone trying to dial back what janet yellen said about interest rates rising in about six months. with a gauze of a weaker global economy. to the geopolitical tensions, continued violence in egypt. how is the linkage of tepid economic growth to your geopolitical

highs for today still fairly nice for years at patrick's day. 69 in san jose 70 mlb this 70 as sunnyvale perry the santa clara also lower '70s and you're looking at temperatures topping out at the upper 60s low '70's of the east bay as well under plenty of sunshine. 67 a shriver castro valley 307 is a walnut creek. 69 for your friends in livermore. antioch's atop all in the lower '70s & francisco still a pretty nice to wrote 365 but a lot cooler to compare to the weekend. oakland pushing close to 70 degrees as well. so hopefully you enjoy your warmth for the weekend. the '80s are done with for now 3 here's a look at your kron 47 day around the bay forecast. breezy today. stronger winds tomorrow. would it be surprised if we had a wind advisory for your tuesday. the tip of the temperature was not a whole lot of changes. the generally low 70's. and by the way thursday spring begins. at the time now is 418. dan how are the roads looking. >>: up so far so good anny. we have a wind adviser at the bay bridge currently but as you can see now really impacting traffic. we have nonetheless curly al