With the 2nd game of the season in the history books, the results are:
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - The addition of San Francisco Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt to the Fresno Grizzlies roster couldn't calm the bats of the Las Vegas 51s (2-0) as they defeated the Grizzlies (0-2) 11-8 in front of 7,585 fans at Cashman Field Friday night. The two teams combined for 26 hits, nine of which went for extra-bases.
Affeldt, rehabbing a strained right MCL that placed him on the Giants' disabled list on March 23, started the game, but threw only 33 pitches as he surrendered four runs over 0.1 IP to earn the loss. After retiring the leadoff batter, he allowed six straight to reach base before giving way to Mitch Lively (4 ER/3.2 IP).....Fresno pitchers struggled with command early as The Grizzlies' offense woke up in the final two innings as they put across six runs to climb back within three.....(Cited:..Fresno Grizzlies Press Release)
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San Francisco Giants send 20 players to Triple-A Fresno
by MAREK WARSZAWSKI on March 15, 2013
The San Francisco Giants made their first wholesale roster cuts of spring training Friday, sending 21 players to minor-league camp and 20 to Triple-A Fresno.
Reassigned to Fresno were pitchers Brett Bochy, Boof Bonser, Steve Edlefsen, Heath Hembree, Mitch Lively, Shane Loux and Michael Kickham; catcher Tyler LaTorre; infielders Ricky Oropesa, Adam Duvall and Brock Bond; and outfielder Gary Brown.
Optioned to Triple-A were pitchers Jake Dunning, Chris Heston, Dan Otero and Sandy Rosario; infielders Ehire Adrianza and Nick Noonan; and outfielders Roger Kieschnick and Juan Perez.
Pitcher Edwin Escobar was optioned to Class-A San Jose.
What’s the difference between being optioned and reassigned? Players on the Giants’ 40-man roster must be optioned; non-roster players are reassigned.
This doesn’t guarantee all 20 of these players will be wearing Grizzlies uniforms come April 4. It just means they’ll be playing in Triple-A games during spring training, unless the Giants need extra bodies.
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Ex-Sac State punter Lively makes pitch for Giants job
By Matt Kawahara
mkawahara@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 1C
Last Modified: Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013 - 10:16 am
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – As summer grows long in the minor leagues, players look for ways to break up the monotony of their daily routine. Last season, Mitch Lively, a pitcher in the Giants' system, did that in Fresno by putting a ball in flight.
Granted, the ball was not round, and Lively used his foot, not his right arm. A two-sport athlete at Sacramento State who punted for the football team from 2003 to 2006, Lively brought a football out before games and unleashed punts toward his fellow relievers on the Triple-A Grizzlies.
"He said he was good, but he really wasn't," right-hander Dan Otero said. "No, he could really kick it. We all got out there to try to catch it. I think it hit a couple people in the face."
Right-hander Heath Hembree said "try" was a relative term.
"I don't think anybody was brave enough," Hembree said. "He'd kick it, and we'd run over and wait off to the side until it landed and then pick it up."
Lively, who is from Susanville, has the second-best career average (40.83 yards) at Sac State among punters with at least 50 attempts.
These days, he says, he "can still put it up there." But it's recreational now as Lively, 27, tries to make more of an impression with his arm.
He went 8-4 with a 2.99 ERA in 47 games for Fresno last season and earned an invitation to his second big-league camp. The victories and his 69 strikeouts in 78 1/3 innings were career highs for Lively, who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 16th round in 2007. This spring, he hasn't allowed a run in three outings for the Giants.
"He's got enough fastball control … he throws down well, he throws in to lefties, and he's not afraid to use both sides of the plate," Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti said. "His off-speed stuff is getting there – he's got a nice split he uses and a little slider.
"I know he hasn't thrown a lot, but he's been trying, and as long as he's here, I'll keep pitching him every couple days and see what we've got."
Another thing Lively has going for him, Righetti said, is "that angle."
At 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds, Lively has a football player's build, and he comes over the top with his delivery, giving his pitches a distinct downhill angle. Last year, he complemented it by pounding the strike zone (23 walks, his fewest over a full season since 2008) and said he felt that was a big reason for his success.
"I'd rather get hit around than go walk guys," Lively said. "It's just competitive nature."
A spot on the Giants' Opening Day roster is unlikely, though Righetti pointed out the Giants brought up several relievers from Fresno during last season, including Steve Edlefsen, Shane Loux and George Kontos.
"One of your guys who (is) throwing a lot may need a break," Righetti said. "It's hard to say at this point, but this guy, he's definitely on the radar. (I) like the way he's doing his thing."
Following last season, Lively went to Venezuela to play winter ball. Back in California, he was about to start ramping up for this season, he said, when he found out he needed an appendectomy.
The Jan. 4 procedure set him back a few weeks on running and weightlifting, but "as far as my arm, everything's been good," he said.
"My goal is to go at least to the exhibition games (in San Francisco in late March)," said Lively, who was among mid-March cuts last spring. "That's what I told myself my goal is. Anything after that's a plus."
Torres returns – Outfielder Andres Torres returned to the Giants' lineup in their 2-1 win over the Rangers on Monday and showed that the abdominal strain that sidelined him for two weeks hasn't drained his strength.
Torres went hitless in four at-bats but drove a ball to the warning track off Yu Darvish on his first swing. Then, after striking out chasing a high fastball with the bases loaded in the fourth, Torres snapped his bat over his knee in frustration.
"My knee's fine," Torres said afterward. "The bat is broke."
Et cetera – Madison Bumgarner had his best outing of the spring, allowing one hit and striking out four in four scoreless innings. Catcher Buster Posey said the left-hander "moved the ball to both sides of the plate as well as I've seen him this spring."
• Tony Abreu, who began camp as a candidate for the utility infield role, started at third base and went 1 for 2 in his spring debut. Abreu, who has been battling a strained quadriceps, limped noticeably running out a single. He had ice over his left knee afterward and said his leg "hurts today, but tomorrow, every day, better."
• The Giants will host Japan's World Baseball Classic team in a scrimmage Thursday.
Call The Bee's Matt Kawahara, (916) 321-1015.
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The 11-time All-Star has won the NBA scoring title five times and is considered one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA.
Judging by the lack of offers he received as a free agent this summer and after he was waived by the Grizzlies in November, Allen Iverson isn't very popular among league executives. Whether it be age, attitude, style of play or a combination of the three, the value of the diminutive guard has diminished quickly over the last two seasons.
But judging by the final results of All-Star balloting, Iverson will always have his fans.
Though he's played just 19 games this season, Iverson received 1,269,568 votes and finished second among Eastern Conference guards in this year's balloting. Health permitting, he'll be starting alongside Dwyane Wade in the visitors' backcourt at Cowboys Stadium on Feb. 14. It's Iverson's 11th straight All-Star selection. (Click here for West starters)
"Without the fans, there wouldn't be no us," Iverson told NBA.com earlier this week. "For them to want to see me, regardless of what's been going on, that says a lot about how they feel about me. I just thank 'em for that."
Iverson has been dealing with arthritis in his left knee, which has forced him to miss five games since he rejoined the Sixers. He doesn't have the burst that has allowed him to relentlessly get to the basket in years past. And he'll keep his body in mind when it comes to making a decision on whether or not to take the court in Dallas.
"I want to be able to make sure my fans are happy, because they want to see me play," he said. "But I have to be smart about the future of this franchise right here."
Still, knowing Iverson's desire to play the game and the love he has for those that support him, it's very likely he'll be on the floor when the game tips off at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.
Joining Iverson and Wade in the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference will be forwards LeBron James and Kevin Garnett, and center Dwight Howard.
It's the 13th All-Star selection for Garnett, the sixth for both James and Wade, and the fourth for Howard.
There are clearly more deserving guards than Iverson. A case can be made for Chris Bosh over Garnett, who is expected to play this Friday after missing the last 10 games with a hyperextended right knee. But there can be no argument with the trio of Wade, James and Howard. And they rightfully dominated the voting at their positions. James was the overall leading vote-getter with 2,549,793 votes, while Howard (2,360,096 votes) and Wade (2,327,550 votes) finished third and fourth overall respectively.
The rest of East roster will be voted on by the conference's coaches and announced Thursday, Jan. 28 on TNT. With Howard's team a disappointing six games off their pace of last season and James' supporting cast a bit more balanced, it's possible that Garnett will be the only starter who will be joined by a teammate in Dallas.
Fortunately, the starters are familiar with each other. Though Iverson has changed teams twice since, bouncing to and from the Western Conference, this is the same starting lineup that the East put on the floor last year in Phoenix, when they fell to the West, 146-119.
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PHILADELPHIA - Allen Iverson not only may come out of retirement in a matter of days. But he also could very well return to the franchise where all of his glory began.
Numerous team sources confirmed on Friday that the 76ers' brass has already talked — and talks will only escalate this weekend — about bringing Iverson back to Philadelphia. Possibly as early as next week.
It's being seriously considered," one Sixers official said before his team lost to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. "We know the history. We know the ups and downs. But we're also aware of what (Iverson) can do and that he's needed here. We simply can't just ignore the upside he'd bring. Not with our situation."
As of Friday night, coach Eddie Jordan was on board with bringing Iverson back, according to sources. So were officials within the club's hierarchy, along with the team's executive adviser, Sonny Hill.
The rest of Jordan's coaching staff is amenable to Iverson's return, including assistant and former Sixer Aaron McKie, one of Iverson's best friends, as well as assistant coach Randy Ayers — the former Sixers coach who had his share of run-ins with Iverson, ultimately lasting just 52 games before he was dismissed by former president and GM Billy King in 2003-04.
The Sixers say they are aware it will cost them less than $3 million to get Iverson — "possibly less than $2 million, according to another team source — and have every intention of acting on it, probably as early as Tuesday.
With the Sixers' scheduled to play San Antonio on Sunday, then Dallas on Monday, sources said it's entirely possible Jordan will fly from Dallas to Atlanta to meet with Iverson on Tuesday. That also happens to be the day Iverson is scheduled to meet with his former coach at Georgetown, John Thompson.
As far as the Sixers are concerned, it's almost a no-brainer.
Entering Friday night, the Sixers were ranked 29th in league attendance, averaging 11,820 fans. Only the Memphis Grizzlies are worse.
Jordan is said to be incredibly frustrated with everything from Elton Brand's work ethic to Andre Iguodala's inability to make plays off the dribble. The one player he absolutely loves, guard Louie Williams, is out for eight weeks with a broken jaw.
"Eddie needs a playmaker," another source said. "He needs an identity. Something to create some excitement."
To add to the misery, the Sixers are 5-11, averaging just 97.6 points. Their only bona fide shooter is Jason Kapono. So there's no question Iverson is appealing to the Sixers at the moment; even to team chairman Ed Snider, who screamed, "We're gonna trade him," before actually shipping Iverson (averaging 31.2 points per game at the time) to Denver in 2006.
The question remains, however, whether the Sixers would be appealing to Iverson.
"Scratch that," one of Iverson's confidants told me last night. "He's interested."
One thing's for sure: If Iverson returns to Philadelphia, he will be a starter.
Team sources confirmed on Friday that Iverson would be a starter because Jordan had planned on starting Williams with rookie Jrue Holiday anyway, just to put some excitement and more ball-handlers into his Princeton-style offense. So even once Williams returns from injury, he'd be in the starting lineup with Iverson.
That means Iverson will return as a starter. He'll be back in Philadelphia. And with the talent the Sixers already have on their roster, he could be the missing piece that propels them back to the playoffs.
Assuming, of course, the Sixers are willing to pull the trigger.
Under normal circumstances, considering the manner in which Iverson departed, the Sixers wouldn't do this.
"But let's face it: We're very, very boring right now," a team source said. "We have absolutely nothing to lose by bringing Iverson back. Nothing at all."
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