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Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: 49ers Purdy out of action against Green Bay sore throwing shoulder; Raiders Crosby fined twice by NFL; plus more news

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) is all wrapped up by Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara on Sun Nov 17, 2024 (AP News photo)

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is a scratch for today’s game in Green Bay as he is suffering a shoulder injury on throwing side. Purdy will miss his first game in three seasons as starting quarterback for the 49ers and didn’t miss a start when he was a quarterback in college.

#2 Las Vegas Raiders pass rusher Maxx Crosby who did not get a sack for the third straight week. To make matters worse Crosby was fined by the league for unsportsmanship like conduct and unnecessary roughness. Maxx was charged with kneeing, striking, and kicking Miami Dolphin players,.

#3 New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones requested a trade after being the starting quarterback after nine seasons. Jones is in a four year $160 million contract and has not performed at the level the Giants would expect: In ten games for the Giants Jones has completed 63% of his passes for 2970 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions.

#4 Charlie turning to baseball news, former San Francisco Giants bench coach Aylssa Nakken has left the Giants to become an assistant for player development for the Cleveland Guardians. Nakken was the first female coach in Major League Baseball history on Arp 12, 2022. Former Giants manager Gabe Kapler brought her on board as a coach and she was a huge inspiration for girls and women softball and baseball players alike. Nakken will join former Giant coaches Craig Albernaz and Kai Correa. Albernaz is associate manager and Correa is a field coordinator. Former Giants catcher Stephen Vogt who is the Cleveland Guardians was mainly responsible for bringing Nakken on board.

#5 The MLB Baseball Writers Association of America have voted Shohei Ohtani the National League MVP and Aaron Judge the American League MVP. Ohtani win the MVP Award for the third straight time. Judge led MLB hitters with 58 home runs, 144 RBIs, 133 walks, and hit .322. Both Ohtani and Judge were in the 2024 World Series.

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Giants fire Gabe Kapler after four seasons

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San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the seventh inning against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu Sep 29, 2023. Which turned out to Kapler’s last game as a Giants manager. (AP News photo)

By Mary Anne

The San Francisco Giants fired their manager Gabe Kapler, also known as Kap, after four seasons with the team from 2020-23. Kapler led the Giants to one postseason trip in 2021 when they lost to their biggest rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, in five games in the 2021 National League Division Series (NLDS). The Giants finished 107-55 in 162 regular-season games with a .660% win percentage in ’21.

Kapler previously served as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from 2018-19. As an MLB shortstop, Kapler played for the Detroit Tigers (1998-99), Texas Rangers (2000-02), Colorado Rockies (2002-03), Boston Red Sox (2003-04, 2005-06), Yomiuri Giants (2005), Milwaukee Brewers (2008), and Tampa Bay Rays (2009-2010). And, as a NCAA baseball player, Kapler played for Cal State Fullerton before transferring to Moorpark College. Kapler was inducted into the Moorpark College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

The Giants’ firing of Kapler, a 48-year-old Reseda, Los Angeles, California, native, came with just three regular-season games in 2023. The Giants’ record is 78-81, pending the final score of tonight’s home game against the Dodgers, who are 98-61 at present.

In a statement released to ESPN, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said he made the “recommendation to ownership” to fire Kapler and then did so after “receiving their approval.”

Kai Correa will serve as interim manager for the Giants’ last three games. Correa, an infield and baserunning coach, has been with the Giants since 2020. The 35-year-old is a Hilo, Hawaii, native of Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Japanese descent. Correa’s alma mater is the University of Puget Sound, where he played NCAA baseball and graduated with a degree in U.S. history.

Correa previously served as an infield coach and a defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Indians, a volunteer assistant and assistant coach for the University of Northern Colorado, and head assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, infield coach, and third-base coach for the University of Puget Sound.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Adiós Kapler!~ -Kai Correa named SF interim manager; Giants dismiss Kapler as manager with three games left in the season

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The San Francisco Giants named Kai Correa as interim manager after firing Gabe Kapler on Thu Sep 29, 2023 (file photo USA Today)

Adiós Kapler!~ -Giants dismiss manager with three games left in the season

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By Amaury Pi-González

SAN FRANCISCO–Gabe Kapler was never that popular when the Giants first signed him in 2020 and today became the first Giants manager to be fired since in September of 1995 when Jim Davenport was fired and replaced by Roger Craig.

In 2021 the Giants overachieved and won 107 games, and Gabe Kapler won the NL Manager of the Year. After two years as skipper of the Philadelphia Phillies, 2023 was the fourth season for Kapler.

Soon after noon on September 29, the San Francisco Giants released this statement: “He has been dedicated and passionate in his efforts to improve the on-field performance of the San Francisco Giants and I have tremendous respect for him as a colleague and friend” said team president Farhan Zaidi. Kapler’s first season with San Francisco was the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign”

Names already rumored to be possible candidates for Giants manager in 2024, Menlo Park native and three-time Manager of the Year Bob Melvin, ending his first season as manager of the San Diego Padres, also Oakland A’s manager Mark Kotsay. But it is “too early” to tell.

Meanwhile, Giants veteran shortstop and three-time World Champion Brandon Crawford 36, said he likes to retire as a Giant, but he still contemplating his future and was not ready to commit to anything just yet. Crawford made the statement just a few days ago, on September 21. About the speculation if he is going to play his last game as a Giant and retire this next Sunday when the team closes the season against the LA Dodgers, he said: “I don’t have an answer, but there’s been plenty of thoughts”.

San Francisco closes the season at home this weekend with a three-game series against the Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers.