. >>> well they had a specific plan during the offseason.d to add some offensive punch to their core of young pitchers. today the a's saw that philosophy pay off in the matsui. matsui takes baker left. he had a pair of hits and scored a fair run. it was still a 1-0 game in the fifth. a third for the twins, brandon mccousy got in for a break ball. threat ended. big inning for the a's was at sixth. began with josh willingham. the offseason blueprint paying off in this one. the a's got four in the inning for a 5-0 lead. they held on for a 5-3 win. taking two out of three in this series. now it's on to chicago to wrap up a nine game road trip. >>> a couple of early division leaders with the best start in the majors as ian kinsler homered in a 3-0 win. four pitchers combine on the shut out. the rangers out to an 8-1 start. >>> after warriors probably for the first time playing as the sacramento kings. >>> fans tonight may have seen the last game on what was the northern california nba rivalry between the warriors and sacramento kings. the kings e

but you can imagine old time players going, $750,000 just to show off for an offseason work out routine. that's the life and times of the nfl. and the new millennium. that's the sporting life for right now. the a's play tonight. and we will find out who exactly the sharks will be playing in the western conference semi finals this evening. have it for you later. >> wonder who it will be? we'll find out shortly. >> i'm going with detroit. i'm going to predict detroit will be their next opponent. >> it would be nice to beat chicago because they were the ones that eliminated us last year for the stanley cup. >>> workers at a north bay technology facility evacuated after a chemical explosion. we will have continuing coverage on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. hazmat crews were there. we're learning to more about the cause and the efforts to decontaminate people who work there. a live report coming up in 30 minutes on tv 36. that's our report for tonight. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. have a good night. >> good night.

time to see how all the orioles' offseason retooling orioles' offseason retooling pays off.

first phone strong enough to run on the fastest, >>> after all the mine, the miami created in the offseason, anything less than a championship could be considered a failure. >> this one will take my time to south beach. >> they got them all discounted. gangster. he got them all. >> the heat led the sixers by 14 mid way through the 4th, but philly would make a run down the stretch. thaddeus young finishes to bring the sixers within one. young led the sixers with 20 points. the heat held on. dwayne wade banks it in for part of a three-point play. miami attempts 24 more free throws than the sixers and wins 97-89. >> can you talk about the 39 team free throws? >> i could. my grandkids would lose their college fund. so i'll have to dance around that one. >> yeah, smart man. portland trying to steal home court from the mavs. the blazers led by 6 with six minutes to go, but scored 18 of his 28 points in the fourth and jason kidd knocked down six three's and scored a playoff career high 24 points to lead the mavs to an 89-81 win. nationwide tour round three, daniel had the bimps round of best shot

he's the third raider to be arrested in the offseason. the other two, michael busch and mario henderson. >>> more people are enjoying the outdoors in marin county. a new report by the department of transportation says the number of people using bikes during the week went up 29% last year. the number of people walking also went up during that time. the areas of high numbers with pedestrians and cyclists, include sausalito, san rafael. this all comes after a report showing that in-- showing marin county to be the healthiest in the state. >>> there's breaking news out of yemen. acourting to "the associated press" security forces and plain clothes gunmen opened fire on crowds marching through a city this morning, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens in an intensified crackdown, there's demand for the end of the ruler of yemen. we'll have more on this at noon. >>> let's if right back to sal. see what's happening in the commute. >> we want to remind that you ktvu traffic page has a special page on texting and driving near the bottom of the p

they start off in the offseason with a 1-2 punch in the office.it's tom myer named as assistance general managerment he's a monte vista high grad. and has spent the last several years representing players as an agent. >> agents are good at getting information. you have to move quickly and agents are done at getting deals done. that's what you do. that's why they hire you to get them a deal. from the team side for me specifically it's going to be about getting deals done. >>> and they do need a few deals to get done to become a play off team. meantime major trouble for a former big leaguer danny listra arrested today for investigation of theft. if convicted dikstra could face five years in federal prison. big down slide for him. that is the sporting life for a friday night. julie, frank. >> all right, mark thank you. >>> mornings on 2 begins at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. they'll be monitoring overnight news and any changes in bryan stow's condition. >>> as always, 24/7 coverage on ktvu.com. thanks so much for joining us. have a great weekend everyone. >>

since orioles park first opened, crews worked hard every offseason to try to improve the stadium. as rob roblin shows us, this is no exception. >> this is the 20th year for the o's at camden yards. it was a top ballpark then and it still is today. everywhere you looked, somebody was working at the stadium, adding all the last-minute touches to have everything ready for opening day on monday. >> we've got a lot of people working extra hours. but yes. come noon on opening day when we open the ballpark three hours before the game. >> in some sections new seats have been installed for the fans' comfort. while they may look the same, they are three inches wider. this is the miller lite deck. it's the perfect place for a party or your friends and instead of buying a single seat, you buy a table for four people. the price ranges from $484 to $20 -- from $140 to $200. >> it's $10 off each individual person if they had bought individual tickets. >> this year they've added a lot more merchandise. at the concession areas, there will be new signs and new food choices. everything to keep oriol

they start off in the offseason with a 1-2 punch in the office.it's tom myer named as assistance general managerment he's a monte vista high grad. and has spent the last several years representing players as an agent. >> agents are good at getting information. you have to move quickly and agents are done at getting deals done. that's what you do. that's why they hire you to get them a deal. from the team side for me specifically it's going to be about getting deals done. >>> and they do need a few deals to get done to become a play off team. meantime major trouble for a former big leaguer danny listra arrested today for investigation of theft. if convicted dikstra could face five years in federal prison. big down slide for him. that is the sporting life for a friday night. julie, frank. >> all right, mark thank you. >>> mornings on 2 begins at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. they'll be monitoring overnight news and any changes in bryan stow's condition. >>> as always, ♪

osbourn also said the offseason was also busy. and he hopes it will continue. >> some of our neighbors closed to remodel. we've done a lot of tailoring of not only here but pedro's cantina also. >> reporter: the seats will soon be filled and the world championship giants baseball season about to get under way here at home. >> we're actually going to come home real early to enjoy the festivities and everything like that. it should be a good time. >> reporter: and right now the flags are up and flapping in the outfield. minus one and that's the one that says world champions. that will be unveiled tomorrow as for who is throwing out the first pitch. that will be a surprise for those 42,000 plus in attendance. reporting live here in china basin, mike mibach. >>> the giant fan that was injured will be honored at that season opener. >>> if you were in the right place at the right time, you could have received a free b.a.r.t. ticket from one of the golden state warriors. rookie udoh is one of the players who went to the station this afte

the a's were one of the most active teams this offseason.vid, who just might need a gps to find his way to the clubhouse. >> it was weird. i was about to go right. let's go left, so i was like, all right. >> getting to the home dugout is still a work in progress for david. he has been a visitor in the coliseum for a long time. >> he is one of many former kansas city royals prospects who have flooded other big league rosters. >> every year, you get to meet a bunch of new guys. we had some guys like zach and you know, billy butler and things like that. it's tough losing, when you are playing losing baseball, it's not fun. coming over here, you know, expectations are high and we have a bunch of guys that want to win. >> it's a welcome change for a guy who endured 761 losses in his eight year major league career. but through all the bad baseball, zues was a hot commodity at the trade deadline before he pulled a tendon in his thumb. the timeoff was a blessing for his family. >> we have a ten month old and he was born in may and i got hurt in july

murphy is the third raider to be arrested during the offseason. the other two are michael bush and mario henderson. >>> time now 5:56. sal's going to help you get where you need to go. chp came to your rescue this morning. >>> that's right. helped me out a little bit. and i want to thank you guys. they're probably not watching. they're still working. anyway, good morning everybody. let's go out and take a look at the commute now. traffic is moving along pretty well getting up to interstate 880. and chp by the way we're talking about them they will be launching an anti-distracted driving campaign that we will talk about here later on. i just want to watch your speeds out there as well and be very safe drivers on the sin ole grade heading to the south bay. right now it's wide open for you. take it easy as you drive to the south bay. and we always watch the toll plaza of the bay bridge at northbound 280 traffic moves along very nicely. 5:57. this is a look at -- by the way 280 i think i said toll plaza that was my mistake. now back to the desk. >>> a

coincidentally, the as signed hideki matsui in the offseason and the mariners have a japanese player,chiro suzuki. >> we're opening to raise more money. >> reporter: the families of the two japanese players survived the earthquake. tonight is not a sellout. but the as suspect it will be before the 7:05 pitch. the excitement is to last beyond opening day. they say the lowest pitching staff gave up the lowest average of earned runs last season, and four of those on the pitching staff are back this year again and ready for action. today's first pitch is at 7:05. the ceremonial first pitch will be thrown out by dave stewart earlier than that. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 7:30. several cars are damaged in oakland this morning after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. it all happened on foothill boulevard and havens court just after 9:00 p.m. take a look at the damage left behind. we're told the driver and two other people were taken to a hospital. but we don't know their condition. police tell us the vehicle, the suspect was driving, it was stolen. >>>