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Giants Lose, Nationals Force Game Four
San Francisco, CA – One mistake proved costly, instead of popping champagne bottles the Giants have redirected their focus for tomorrow’s game. The Nationals forced a game four after Madison Bumgarner’s lapse in judgement allowed three runs in the seventh breaking a scoreless tie through six innings. Thus, San Francisco lost 4-1 in game three of the National League Division Series.
“I thought I might’ve had a shot,” said Bumgarner. “Regardless, of whether to get him out or not, I felt like we had a chance to get [Wilson] Ramos at first. But, I can’t throw the ball away right there.”
“No, to be honest I was hoping we would get an out there,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “He tried to do a little too much there on the bunt. You know, you take the out. He tried to rush it. He threw it away. He threw it away well, too.”
There’s no question, Bumgarner is the best pitcher on the roster. He’s been simply amazing throughout the season and in the playoffs. Bumgarner shutout the Pittsburg Pirates in the Wild Card game and got off to a great start blanking Washington through six frames allowing four hits.
Unfortunately, Bumgarner’s error at third base was the spark the Nationals needed. It was a pitchers duel through six until Bumgarner gave up a single to Ian Desmond to leadoff the seventh. Bryce Harper followed with a walk putting two on with no outs. Ramos bunted right to Bumgarner who opted to throw for the out at third but over threw Pablo Sandoval.
“I thought the way the ball jumped off his bat we might have a shot for the double play but Desmond had a good jump on it,” said catcher Buster Posey. “And we probably should’ve taken the out at first.”
While the ball rolled past Sandoval toward left field, Desmond and Harper scored.
Ramos advanced to second on the play and Asdrubal Cabrera’s RBI single to left field brought in another run making it a 3-0 game. The runs scored snapped Bumgarner’s postseason scoreless streak at 22. Only Christy Mathewson had a longer postseason scoreless streak at 28.0 innings from Oct 9, 1905 to Oct 14, 1911.
“I screwed it up for us and we have to come out tomorrow ready to play,” Bumgarner said. “I know we will, I’m not worried about it. Its unfortunate that we handed it to them like that.”
Doug Fister was outstanding on the mound, San Francisco had yet to score a run and the closest they came was in the second when he loaded the bases. Sandoval leadoff with a single and Brandon Belt was issued a free pass. Fister then walked Travis Ishikawa loading them up before Bumgarner came to the plate and struck out to end the threat.
Sandoval extended his postseason hitting streak to 14 games (a Giants franchise record). Major League’s record is 17 consecutive postseason games, shared by Hank Bauer (1956-58), Derek Jeter (1998-99) and Manny Ramirez (2003-04). The National League record is held by former Giants outfielder Marquis Grissom, who had a 15-game streak with the Braves from 1995-96.
Harper’s ninth inning solo homer was the insurance run Washington needed to seal their victory. San Francisco tried to rally when Sandoval leadoff the frame with a single followed by Hunter Pence’s double putting two on at third and second with no outs. But Brandon Belt struck out and Brandon Crawford’s sacrifice fly was the only run the Giants could muster before Ishikawa grounded out to end the game.
“Fister was outstanding,” said Pence. “We didn’t score enough runs so you have to tip your cap to how well he pitched. He’s got a lot of real good movement and location. It’s a lot of deception especially with his fastball, it’s really good.”
Fister threw seven shutout innings, allowed four hits and struck out three batters. His last seven postseason starts have all been quality outings, the longest such streak in the postseason by an active pitcher (CC Sabathia, Cole Hamels, and Josh Beckett all have six). The only jam he got into was in the second.
“I had to make adjustments after the first couple of innings,” Fister said. “I was a little, I guess you could say, strong as far as trying to overthrow it. I was getting away from my plan a little bit and getting the ball up in the zone. Lucky for me I had great defenders that sacrificed themselves to make great plays.”
City Government
San Pablo Appoints New Economic Development and Housing Manager
Kieron Slaughter has been appointed as the economic development & housing manager for the City of San Pablo. Since 2017, Slaughter has served as chief strategic officer for economic innovation in the City of Berkeley’s Office of Economic Development. Previously, he served in a 2.5-year appointment in the Pacific West Region as one of 10 Urban Fellows in the United States National Park Service.
The Richmond Standard
Kieron Slaughter has been appointed as the economic development & housing manager for the City of San Pablo.
Since 2017, Slaughter has served as chief strategic officer for economic innovation in the City of Berkeley’s Office of Economic Development. Previously, he served in a 2.5-year appointment in the Pacific West Region as one of 10 Urban Fellows in the United States National Park Service.
Before that he was an associate planner in the City of Richmond’s Planning and Building Services Department from 2007-2015.
San Pablo City Manager Matt Rodriguez lauded Slaughter’s extensive experience in economic development, housing and planning, saying he will add a “valuable perspective to the City Manager’s Office.”
Slaughter, a Berkeley resident, will start in his new role on Nov. 12, with a base annual salary of $164,928, according to the City of San Pablo.
City Government
Aaron Osorio Rises Up Ranks to Become Richmond’s Fire Chief
For Aaron Osorio, it started with a ride along on a firetruck at age 10. “I thought it was the coolest job,” he said, adding, “I knew being in fire service would make a big difference in the community.” Now a 27-year fire service veteran, Osorio appears to approach his work with the same youthful exuberance. And that’s good for the city as Osorio was recently named chief of the historic Richmond Fire Department.
By Mike Kinney
The Richmond Standard
For Aaron Osorio, it started with a ride along on a firetruck at age 10.
“I thought it was the coolest job,” he said, adding, “I knew being in fire service would make a big difference in the community.”
Now a 27-year fire service veteran, Osorio appears to approach his work with the same youthful exuberance. And that’s good for the city as Osorio was recently named chief of the historic Richmond Fire Department.
Osorio is a San Francisco native who rose up the ranks in the Richmond Fire Department over the last 21 years before being elevated to chief.
He joined the department in 2002 and has served in multiple roles including firefighters, engineer, captain, battalion chief, training director and deputy fire chief. He said he truly loves working in this community.
While it isn’t common for a fire department to hire a chief that came up through its ranks, Osorio was credited by the city for serving Richmond well during uncommon times.
The city lauded him for developing internal policies and vaccination clinics during the initial COVID response, for supporting activation of the emergency operations center in response to a potential mudslide disaster in Seacliff last year, helping to draft mutual aid agreements and working to increase fire response capabilities for industrial incidents.
He’s also led departmental hiring and recruitment since 2018.
Osorio said it is an honor to be hired as chief and has big plans for the department moving forward. He said he wants to continue hiring and promoting for vacant positions, and also completing a strategic plan guiding the direction of the organization.
He also aims to replace and renovate a number of fire department facilities placed on the Capital Improvement Plan and create new ways to recruit that will enhance the diversity of the department.
Osorio said his experience within, and love for, the city of Richmond puts him in a good position to lead the department. He says he knows what is needed and also the challenges that are unique to the city.
“I look forward to utilizing that institutional knowledge to move the fire department forward in a positive direction and enhance the services we provide to the community,” the chief said.
Osorio holds a bachelor of science degree in Fire Administration and is also a California State Fire Marshal-certified chief officer, company officer, and state instructor.
He also holds numerous certifications in fire, rescue, hazardous material, and incident command.
The chief has been married to his wife, Maria, for 26 years and they have two sons, Roman and Mateo.
Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Reflects on Historic Moment Less Than One Week from Election Day
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) today released a piece on Medium reflecting on Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic presidential campaign 50 years after Lee worked on the presidential campaign of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) today released a piece on Medium reflecting on Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic presidential campaign 50 years after Lee worked on the presidential campaign of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm:
“As Election Day approaches, I’m reflecting on a few dates and numbers that mean something to me.
Zero: the number of Black members in Congress 56 years ago. Next Congress, we hope to swear in over 60 members in the Congressional Black Caucus.
Three: The number of Black women to ever serve in the United States Senate since the first Congress in 1789.
Two: The number of Black women that will be elected to the Senate this year alone if we do our job.
1972: The first time a Black woman, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, ran for president in one of the major political parties of the United States.
Zero: the number of Black women to ever serve as president of the United States.
IF we do the work, we can change that with President Kamala Harris.
As I reflect on what would be Congresswoman Chisholm’s 100th birthday next month, I could not help but remember that my first official involvement in U.S. politics was working for her presidential campaign in 1972.
Over 50 years later, I have been involved in every single campaign since. Shirley was my mentor — she was a bold visionary, a progressive woman who understood that working together in coalitions was the only way to make life better for everyone, to build an equitable society and democracy that lived up to the creed of “liberty and justice for all.”
The historic moment we are in today is not lost on me. I have had the privilege to have known Vice President Kamala Harris for over three decades. She, after all, is a daughter of the East Bay. She, like Shirley, truly is a fighter for the people.
And I know she can move our country forward in a new way. As a member of her National Advisory Board, I have campaigned across our country to help take her message, her legacy of service, and her “to-do list,” as she says, to voters who were almost starting to feel hopeless, but are now feeling hopeful once again, captured by the politics joy and the bright possibilities brought upon by a possible Harris-Walz administration.
Recently, I visited churches in North Carolina with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The chair of our CBC political action committee, Chairman Gregory Meeks from New York’s fifth district, eloquently and powerfully presented a vision of what Dr. Maya Angelou wrote in her famous poem, “And Still I Rise:” “I am the dream and the hope of the slave.”
Meeks remarked that on Jan. 20, 2025, we will observe the birthday of our drum major for justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He also described that on Jan. 20, IF we do the work — if we knock on doors, if we make those phone calls, if we spread our message — standing on the podium at the U.S. Capitol will be the first Black speaker of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries.
In the wings will be over 60 members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Holding Frederick Douglass’ Bible will be the first African American woman appointed to the highest court of the land, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
She will be swearing-in the first Black woman to serve as president, Kamala Harris, in front of the shining white dome of the United States Capitol, built by enslaved Black people.
In front of her and beyond, the tens of millions of Black men and women who voted for her. The world will witness the hope and the dreams of our ancestors ushering in a new way forward.
As I sat in front of the stage this week at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., as Vice President Harris delivered remarks with the Oval Office behind her, I could not help but feel that our country was ready for this historic moment.
We are not only voting for a Black woman as Commander in Chief of the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world. We are definitively stating that we will not allow the clocks of freedom and justice to be turned back.
We are voting for our ancestors’ hopes and dreams. We are voting for the generations that will come after us, long after we are gone. We are voting for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Let’s get this done.
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