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Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Giants DFA struggling Wade, Huff; Dom Smith signed to contract
Giants DFA struggling Wade, Huff; Dom Smith signed to contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO — On Tuesday afternoon, Buster Posey stood against a wall in the home clubhouse at Oracle Park and said the Giants were examining both internal and external options to provide a spark for the historically-cold offense. On Wednesday, the shakeup arrived. Advertisement The Giants DFA'd struggling first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. and backup catcher Sam Huff and also optioned backup infielder Christian Koss. The new first baseman will be veteran Dominic Smith, who was signed to a big-league deal a few days after opting out of his minor-league deal with the New York Yankees. Outfielder Daniel Johnson and catcher Andrew Knizner were selected from Triple-A to fill out the roster. In one series of moves, Posey and general manager Zack Minasian cleared out nearly a quarter of their active position players. The most notable move was with Wade, who was one of Farhan Zaidi's greatest finds but has slumped for nearly a calendar year. Wade was hitting .167 with just one homer and had started to lose playing time against right-handed pitchers to Casey Schmitt. The Giants are coming off back-to-back brutal losses, both of which can be placed just about squarely on their lineup. They might have the best top-to-bottom pitching staff in baseball, but they lost 1-0 on Monday night and 3-2 on Tuesday. The lineup has gone 16 consecutive games without scoring more than four runs, the longest streak since 1965. Posey said Tuesday that the group is better than it has shown over the last two and a half weeks, but also indicated changes were coming. Advertisement 'We're not satisfied with the production,' he said. 'We're trying to exhaust all options.' The only external addition, at least for now, is Smith, who opted out over the weekend. The veteran had a .782 OPS and eight homers in Triple-A and was a little below league-average last year with the Red Sox and Reds, but right now, league-average might hit cleanup for this lineup. Download and follow the Giants Talk Podcast
Forbes
2 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
35-Carat Graff Diamond Could Fetch $3 Million At Sotheby's Auction
35.01-Carat Graff diamond ring with an estimate of $2 - $3 million Colorless and fancy colored diamonds are overwhelming among the premiere lots at Sotheby's New York High Jewelry auction on June 13. The sale of 110 lots includes important pieces from the Vanderbilt and Wade families, and from a private collection in which their jewels document a lifelong love affair. The top lot of the sale, based on estimates, is a 'highly important' 35.01-carat emerald cut diamond on a ring from Graff with D color and VVS2 clarity. Its estimate is $2 million - $3 million. The Graff gem is one 13 jewels from a private collection, 'Joie de Vivrea: Journey in Jewels,' a bejeweled documentation of a lifelong love affair. Each piece was a gift from a devoted husband to his wife over the course of a marriage spanning more than 60 years. Graff emerald and diamond earclips with an estimate of $1.5 - $2.5 million Other highlights among the 13 jewels includes a pair of diamond and emerald earclips by Graff featuring four sugarloaf cabochon emeralds weighing approximately 84 carats with an estimate of $800,000 – 1.5 million (the number six lot of the sale); an aquamarine and diamond bracelet with an estimate of $40,000 – $60,000; and a jade and diamond pendant-brooch, circa 1910s, adorned with five old European-cut diamonds, with an estimate of $25,000 – $35,000. 5.02 carat fancy pink diamond ring with an estimate of $1.5 million - $2 million FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder The number 2 lot of the sale is a 5.02-carat oval-shaped fancy pink diamond with VS2 clarity. Its estimate is $1.5 - $2.5 million. 2.02-carat fancy vivid blue diamond rin with an estimate of $1.4 million - 1.8 million Next is a 2.02-carat modified rectangular mixed-cut fancy vivid blue diamond on a ring with an estimate of $1.4 million - $1.8 million. The number four lot of the sale is a pair of flawless D-color pear-shaped diamonds weighing 10.32 carats and 10.11 carats. Both diamonds exhibit 'excellent polish and symmetry" based on their reports, the auction house said. Their estimate is $1.1 million - $1.5 million. Marcus and Co. ruby and diamond sautoir with an estimate of $1 million - $2 million This is followed by a 'superb' ruby and diamond sautoir by important American retailer, Marcus & Co. (1892 – 1962). The drop-shaped pendant features a 9.60-carat cushion-cut unheated Burmese ruby, within a surround of old European-cut diamonds, framed and topped by caliber-cut rubies. The chain is set at intervals with old European-cut diamonds, the openwork clasp set with pear-shaped, old European- and single-cut diamonds, circa 1915. Its estimate is $1 million - $2 million. The sautoir is one of four jewels from the collection of Emily Vanderbilt Wade, the daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt, III, former governor of Rhode Island, and the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Wades and Vanderbilts are two storied American families credited with shaping the American industrial, cultural and philanthropic landscape. Cartier Art Deco diamond bracelet with an estimate of $60,000 - $80,000 The three other pieces are a Cartier Art Deco bracelet in a geometric pattern composed of articulated panels set with old European- and single-cut diamonds with an estimate of $60,000 - $80,000. Rene Lalique gold, enamel, emerald and pearl pendant with an estimate of $20,000 - $30,000 The second piece is a Rene Lalique Art Nouveau pendant made of gold, enamel, emerald and pearl, circa 1900. It's designed as a double-sided woman's face with long hair morphing into strands of seaweed, decorated with enamel in various shades of green and blue, her forehead is set with an oval-shaped emerald, surmounted by a baroque pearl. Its estimate is $20,000 - $30,000. Gold, emerald, ruby, pearl, sapphire, diamond and enamel necklace with an estimate of $40,000 - ... More $60,000 The third piece is a tassel sautoir boasting an intricate network of rubies, emeralds, pearls, and diamonds, circa 1900. The auction house says that based on provenance it is likely the work of Paulding Farnham, the famed late 19th and early 20th century jewelry designer for Tiffany & Co. Its estimate is $40,000 - $60,000. Highlights of the Sotheby's sale completed a world tour and will be shown next at Sotheby's New York headquarters from June 6 – 12.
San Francisco Chronicle
2 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Offense remains a mystery to Giants as Padres win with a 10-inning shutout
Perhaps we might have anticipated such an evening at Oracle Park, where the San Francisco Giants played host to division-rival San Diego. Neither team is scoring much but both are still sticking around in the NL West. The Giants entered the day with a better run differential, despite the Padres' high-profile lineup, and both teams have strong pitching. Logan Webb was tops in that category Monday, turning in eight shutout innings, but the Padres eked out a 1-0 win with a bunt and a sacrifice fly to send in the placed runner in the 10th inning against Ryan Walker. The Giants had their own chance with placed runner Jung Hoo Lee, and Christian Koss moved him to third with a bunt, but Matt Chapman hit a 109.7 mph grounder, the hardest hit ball of the night, at third baseman Jose Iglesias for the second out and Jerar Encarnacion, just off the injured list, lined out to first against Robert Suarez at 101 mph. "Extremely hard hit," manager Bob Melvin said of the final two outs. "Really, the last couple innings were probably our best at-bats throughout the course of the game, we smoked some balls in the later innings." Entering the day, San Diego was in second place, two games behind the Dodgers but with a plus-15 run differential, while the Giants were three games back with a plus-42. Webb allowed six hits, walked none and struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 2.55, and he is starting to look like a legit All-Star candidate to go along with rotation-mate Robbie Ray. "I think that's the best I've ever seen him," catcher Patrick Bailey said. Using his slider more often than usual, Webb was especially tough the few times the Padres had men in scoring position, striking out Tyler Wade with men at the corners and one out in the second — and Bailey turned it into a double play, throwing out Jake Cronenworth trying to steal second as Wade took his hack. The next inning, with runners at second and third, Webb got DH Manny Machado to pop up a 3-1 sweeper to end the inning. Three players took pitches off their hands Monday, including San Francisco first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr., who exited the game after the inning. Wade has had a miserable season, batting .167 with a .271 on-base percentage, and the team activated Encarnacion earlier in the day, giving them three potential options at first, with Casey Schmitt and Wilmer Flores also available, though all three are right-handed hitters. Melvin said that Wade had an X-ray and was diagnosed with a right hand contusion. When Stephen Kolek also added Flores to his hit-batter count in the third, the typically impassive Flores pointed at Kolek and barked a bit, even as Kolek tapped his chest to say 'my bad.' The umpire crew huddled, then home-plate umpire Ryan Willis and crew chief Lance Barksdale had a chat with San Diego manager Mike Shildt. There were no more HBPs from that point on. The Giants didn't lack for baserunners, they just couldn't do anything with them, especially in the second, when they loaded the bases in the second with no outs (their robust attack: walk, hit batter, walk). Stephen Kolek got Tyler Fitzgerald to bounce into a force that erased Willy Adames at the plate and Heliot Ramos to hit into a double play. The next inning's double play came courtesy Chapman. In the seventh, the Giants put together another stirring rally (walk, walk, walk) but with two outs, Jeremiah Estrada struck Lee out on three pitches, and in the eighth, with a chance to give Webb a W, the team had men at second and third after a Flores hit, an intentional walk to Adames and a wild pitch, but Schmitt struck out. The team went 1-for-12 with men in scoring position. In the past 10 games, they're batting .116 with runners in scoring position and have scored just 18 runs. "I know we're going to step it up eventually," Bailey said. "Obviously we have hit a lot of balls hard off one of the best pitchers in the game and it just doesn't go our way." Chapman did provide one of the few fun moments of the night with a leaping catch in the seventh that robbed Cronenworth of a hit.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Dwyane Wade Fuels Fire About NBA Draft Lottery Being Rigged
Dwyane Wade has always been a straight shooter, and his recent comments about the NBA Draft Lottery have set the internet on fire. During a conversation on USA TODAY Sports, the Miami Heat legend didn't outright accuse the league of rigging the lottery, but his words did enough to spark fresh debates. The topic came up when Wade was asked about the Dallas Mavericks landing the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, a surprise given their slim 1.8% odds. Former Marquette Golden Eagles player and Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade smiles timeout during the first half of the game against the Providence Friars at Fiserv Hanisch-Imagn Images Dwyane Wade on NBA Draft Controversy "It's a business," the Heat legend said when asked if the draft was rigged, instantly fueling fan speculation. He clarified he wasn't accusing anyone but emphasized that professional sports prioritize financial interests. Wade then shared a 2008 story when he expected Miami to get the top pick but landed No. 2, while Chicago, with low odds, secured No. 1 and drafted Derrick Rose. Advertisement His comments fueled the fire, hinting at moments like LeBron going to the Cleveland Cavaliers. "Maybe that's a coincidence," Wade remarked. NBA Fans React to Wade's Comments NBA fans didn't hold back their thoughts. One fan commented, '2006 was rigged. It's a business…' hinting at past NBA controversies. Another echoed, 'D-Wade acting like the 2006 finals weren't rigged,' referring to the Miami Heat's title win over the Dallas Mavericks that year. Some fans saw Wade's comments as a direct confession. 'Literally just said 'it's rigged',' one user noted, while another added, 'In other words, it is rigged.' The debate only grew more intense with comments like, 'Having a lottery for a draft is just dirty… the worst team should get the first pick.' Advertisement One fan pointed out the broader picture, asking, 'So LeBron winning in Cleveland as a storyline was rigged?' This sparked even more heated exchanges, showing how Wade's comments had reignited old conspiracy theories about the NBA's biggest moments. Wade's comments were careful, but the implications were anything but subtle. He didn't outright accuse the NBA of manipulating the draft, but his words were enough to keep the debate alive. The idea that the draft is "a business" is hardly new, but hearing it from a former NBA superstar and current team co-owner gives it more weight. Fans continue to debate, and conspiracy theories will always have their place in sports. But for now, Wade has given everyone something to talk about. Related: Dwyane Wade Doesn't Deny NBA Draft Lottery Is Rigged
Newsweek
28-05-2025
- Health
- Newsweek
Abortion Appointments Suddenly Canceled After Missouri Court Ruling
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri canceled abortion appointments after the state's Supreme Court reinstated an abortion ban on Tuesday. Why It Matters The Missouri Supreme Court's ruling abruptly reversed a temporary restoration of abortion rights in the state that followed voters' decision to enshrine them into the constitution last year. Reproductive rights remain a critical legal and political issue across the country after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that guaranteed abortion rights in each state, in 2022. Missouri, like other Republican-led states, banned most abortions following the ruling, but voters backed an amendment to legalize the procedure last November. What To Know The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that District Court Judge Jerri Zhang used the wrong standard in December and February rulings that allowed abortions to resume in the state, the Associated Press reported. The court ordered her to reevaluate the case using new standards, including whether there would be harm if abortions were able to continue. This resulted in abortion care appointments being canceled at clinics in Columbia and Kansas City, Emily Wales, the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, told Newsweek. She said Wednesday that patients were not being seen on Tuesday, so no one had to stop care, but that they did have to call patients who were set to receive abortion care in the coming days. Planned Parenthood is working to help them see providers in Illinois or Kansas, where abortion remains legal. "Unfortunately, we've been really skilled at having those conversations in Missouri. Even before the Dobbs decision, care was intermittent because of political interference for years," she said. Reproductive rights protesters demonstrate at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2024. Reproductive rights protesters demonstrate at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2024. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images However, going out of state is not always doable for residents who are unable to secure child care or take time off work, she said, adding that unless care is local, it is "not accessible to everyone." She said Planned Parenthood has already filed a letter seeking a new injunction. Zhang earlier ordered an injunction blocking some regulations on abortion she found to be "unnecessary" and "discriminatory" against abortion providers, The Missouri Independent reported. The constitutional amendment narrowly passed Missouri voters last November by about 3 percentage points, even as President Donald Trump carried the state by 18 points. Planned Parenthood soon after sued over other laws it believed were restricting abortion access in the state. The ruling was celebrated by conservatives who do not support abortion. Sam Lee, director of Campaign Life Missouri, told the Associated Press that he was "extremely excited" about the ruling. "This means that our pro-life laws, which include many health and safety protections for women, will remain in place," he said. What People Are Saying Emily Wales, the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, told Newsweek: "It is easy to be frustrated and to feel like your voices are unheard by the legislature and politicians in the state right now. People in Missouri were able to vote on abortion access. We demanded that they have a right to get private medical care without government interference, yet here we are." Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, wrote in a statement: "Today's decision from the Missouri Supreme Court is a win for women and children and sends a clear message – abortion providers must comply with state law regarding basic safety and sanitation requirements." What Happens Next Zhang will now review the case under the more rigorous standard mandated by the Missouri Supreme Court. Earlier this year, Missouri lawmakers passed a 2026 referendum that would give voters the chance to repeal the amendment passed by voters last year.
