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Giants ink 34 prospects on first day of international signing period FacebookTwitterEmail San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi speaks during a news conference at Oracle Park in the Nick Peters interview room on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 in San Francisco, CA.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle The Giants announced the signings of 34 international prospects, including touted Venezuelan shortstop Diego Velasquez, as the signing period began Friday. Velasquez, 17, signed a $1 mi...

Until theyre 21. >> yeah, i think thats good. i think thats a good adjustment. 21, it seems like the right age these days. i have no problem with that. >> well, we appreciate what you and the mets and major league baseball is doing. we will support you in it. i will find out for our viewers where we can buy those hats. you can go to mlb.com, my executive producer tells me. mlb.com is where you will be able to buy or bid on the players signed hats, stoneman douglas hats. what a way to show encour...

19-2 record this season, leading the league with a 1.66 e.r.a. greinke leaves more than $70 million on the table opting out. >> i think hell be all right. >> youre just lik tt guy, too, the $70 milli in. >> greinke. hes going to be a $100 million man soon. >> very good for him. and finally, remember royals shortstop alcides he says escobars inside-the-park home run ime one of the world ries? the memorabilia sold for more than $19,000. its the highest price paid for a game-used ball purchased o...

Steadily fallen. last years series was the lowest rated series ever. thats the chart on the right. andrew mccutchen says the sport is dying in economically challenging communities. he laments few kids idolize baseball players the way he once did. major league baseball teams know it has problems keeping peoples attention. they instituted new rules including a batter keep one foot in the batter box. with young people and people of color increasingly tuning out, many say it has to do more if they w...

College football, whos going to win the heisman trophy this year? winner will be revealed this week. a number of big names in contention. oregon quarterback marcus mariota, a favorite. he has a great individuals statistics record and led his team into the new college football playoff. running back melvin gordon of wisconsin is the nations leading rusher, but he only gained 67 yards yesterday and his team took a beating in the big 10 title game. alabamas amari cooper considered one of the best re...

Ways. but then i -- then i thought that, you know, if youre not going to do it right, then dont do it at all, you know. i realize that the people that you just mentioned had other things. their agenda was made up of other things. >> terrence moore joins us now cnn.com sports contributor and columnist or mlb.com and luckiest guy in the world to speak to hank aaron. he told you he felt obligated to speak out about civil rights when other baseball players at the time kept quiet. how big an impact d...

Americans are finally embracing soccer. the u.s. world cup team has survived the so-called group of death to advance to the knockout stage. and tv ratings have surged with some of the highest numbers for any sporting event this year. will the love affair last or will americans go back to their old stand boys, like football and baseball, once the world cup is over? lets ask terrence moore, sports contributed to cnn.com and columnist for mlb.com. terrence, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> so, has...

Seeing where it takes be sure to catch morgan spurlock "inside man" tonight at 10:00 eastern. donald sterlings estranged wife has reached a deal to sell the l.a. clippers for the unheard-of-price of $10 billion. but donald sterling plans to go down fighting. hes suing the nba over its decision to ban him for life and force the teams sale. so what happens next? lets ask sports contributor to cnn.com and a columnist for mlb.com. nice to see you. sterling the suing the league, but one of his lawy...

The field back in 1947. in 2014, hank aaron still cant speak his mind on the issue of race without having racial slurs directed towards him. we sure do have a long ways to go. maybe baseball will show us the way. joining me now on the rapid response panel, terrence moore, columnist at mlb.com and bob nightingale, "usa today" baseball columnist. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. on a sad story, unfortunate that a great one such as hank aaron or anyone of color would have to put up wit...