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Robert O’Brienfaces some immediate Janet Napolitano, challenges, chiefly champion of migrants uncertainty regarding and abusevictims, the Iran crisis. says system will gain from ‘fresh blood.’ By Chris Megerian, Eli Stokols By Teresa Watanabe and Nabih Bulos

University of California WASHINGTON—Presi- President Janet Napolitano, dent Trump named Robert who has championed immi- C. O’Brien, the StateDe- grant studentsand sexual partment’s specialenvoy for Photographs by ChristinaHouse abuse victims but whose hostageaffairs, as his fourth POLICE OFFICER MarkHarrahill playsagunman poised to attack during active shooter training for management style has national security advisor on civilians in Golden, Colo. Dozens of firms offer classes on responding to the increasinglycommonattacks. sparkedcriticism, an- Wednesday,but the White nounced Wednesday that Housestruggled to offera she wasresigning as head of coherent response to Iran the nation’s premier public for its suspected role in the research universitysystem. fieryattack on twomajor oil Napolitano made the an- facilities in Saudi Arabialast ‘DO SOMETHING’ nouncement at the UC re- weekend. gents meeting at UCLA. She Trump’s announcement will step down Aug. 1, 2020. thrusts the little-knownLos “The decision wastough, Angeles lawyer intoamael- and at this moment bitter- strom of foreignpolicy chal- Active shooter responseclasses teach options sweet, butthe time is right,” lenges, none morepressing Napolitano said. “With than the crisis with Iran, many newboardmembers, wherethe president haswa- forfacing down agunman in acrowd with anew governor and veredbetween his desire to what will be sevenyears of project toughnessand his service behind me, Ithink reluctance to risk anew Mid- man wasstruck in the thigh the universitywill benefit dle East warasheseeks re- By Kurtis Lee by aball, areminder of the from some fresh blood.” election. personal danger involved in Napolitano, 61,said she Introducing O’Brien to GOLDEN,Colo. —The confronting an armedas- would join the UC Berkeley televisioncameras and gunman pacedthe hallways sailant. Goldman School of Public reporters on thetarmac at of the charterschool, pass- The recent exercise was Policy to teachand writein Los Angeles International ing framed paintingsof partofatwo-day, $700 active fall 2021after ayearlong sab- Airport, wherehewas trav- George Washingtonand shooter training course be- batical. She said she wasnot elingbetween fundraisers, Thomas Jefferson before ing offered at schools and stepping down for health Trump suggested he could stopping outsideclassroom churches across the country reasons,saying shewas still ordermilitaryaction 13 8. There, he took adeep by an Ohio-based firm “completely clear”ofcancer but he did not repeat the bel- breath, yanked open the founded soon afterthe 19 99 following treatment in 2016 licose threatsthathe’sused door and began firing. Columbine High School and 2017. in the past. “Shooter!” shouted shooting rampage, which UC sources said Na- “If we have to do some- someone inside the class- took placejust afew miles politano wasnot forced out, thingwe’ll do it, without room. “Hehas agun!” from here. although some of the re- hesitation,” he said, adding, Two people seated at The ALICE Training In- gents were known to have “There’splentyoftime to do desksnearthe door jumped stitute, whose instructors desired aleadership change. somedastardly things.” up and rushed the perpetra- have lawenforcement or mil- Instead, they said, she was Trump carefullyavoided tor, pinning hislegsand itarybackgrounds, provides ready to move on. echoing morepointed com- arms against awall, while ev- courses for educators, She did not rule outrun- ments from Secretaryof eryone else sprinted out. church workers and small- ning for political office,tak- StateMichael R. Pompeo, It wasoverin15seconds, business employeescon- ing aCabinet positionor who describedthe attack on and tiny yellowNerf balls cerned about howtoreact if serving on the U.S. Supreme SaudiArabiaasan“act of sprayed from the toyrifle lit- DENVER RESIDENTS Maria and John Castillo catastrophe strikes. Courtifnominated. war” whileflying to Riyadh, teredthe room. One of the lost son Kendrick in Maywhen the teen charged In packets handed outat “You neversay neverand [See O’Brien, A4] men whorushed the gun- agunman and stopped amassschoolshooting. [See Shootings, A11] Iwon’t say never,”she said Wednesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Napolitano “led the institu- tion through extraordinary times, rising to every chal- Ed Buck’s arrest lengethatcame her way, in order to maintain the excel- lence of our world-class pub- lic universitysystem.” is grim justice for Napolitanosaid she was proud of increasing enroll- ment of California students by morethan17,500since gayblack activists 2015,supporting first-gener- ation students and those in need of food, shelter and vided along racial lines, and [See Napolitano, A5] Twodrugdeaths in that is reflected in West Hol- lywood. It is stillnot as wel- his West Hollywood comingtopeople of color home gave risetoa and specifically those who areblack,” Cannicksaid. “It movement within the took outside forces to bring LGBTQcommunity. change.” Buck is accused of op- By Alene erating adrughouse,with Tchekmedyian, prosecutors alleging he Daniel Zakroczemski ForThe Times Piper McDaniel lured in vulnerablemen with and Matt Hamilton money and shelter,thenin- COLUMN ONE jected themwith metham- phetamine for sexual gratifi- Jasmyne Cannick was cation.Inthe latest case, a No questions here speaking at aDemocratic 37-year-old man survived, Al Seib Los Angeles Times clubmeeting Tuesday night but prosecutors sayincourt IN 2013,Napolitano when her phone buzzed with papers thatBuck is stilla became the firstwoman atext: The police were raid- [See Buck, A14] to lead the UC system. ’s most brutal quizstrikes out experts ing Ed Buck’sWest Holly- wood apartment. His neighbors had been Finally,ashout from the crowdshat- alerting Cannick, apolitical By Bill Shaikin teredthe silence. consultant and activistfor Netanyahu’shold reporting from san diego “Jefferson and Adams!” the black LGBTQ commu- on power in peril Modest laughter ensued.Thomas nity, about comingsand go- The Israeli election venbythe standards of baseball’s Jefferson and John Adams arethe only ingsatthe location aftertwo yields an inconclusive most arduous trivia competition, United States presidentstodie on the gayblack men in less than result, leaving the and eventothe competitors same day: July 4, 1826. twoyears died of drug over- prime minister’s Likud E whose brains overflowedwith The correct answer: , the doses in the influential Partyshort of aparlia- arguably uselessknowledge, this regalfirst baseman of the St. Louis Cardi- Democratic donor’s home. mentary majority. question wasridiculous. nals, and ,the plain-spoken Buck’sarrest Tuesday, WORLD, A3 Other questions had made youthink. of the BaltimoreOrioles,died about aweekafter athird Somehad made youlaugh. This one might Jan. 19,2013. man overdosedinhis apart- Fedcutsrates have driven youtocurse. So youthink youknowbaseball? This is ment, wasgrim vindication Whobettertosolvetrivia riddles than not the benigntrivia that flashesonthe for the black LGBTQ com- as growth slows the fans dedicated to the study of the video boardatDodger Stadium. This is as munity, whichhas crusaded The central bank moves sport?The Societyfor American Baseball if the masochists running the bar exam or for morethantwo years to to shield the economy Research,orSABR, gathered herefor its the National Spelling Beehad invadedthe hold him accountable, even Mexican comida against uncertainties — annual summerconvention,fourdays of national pastime. in the face of whatsome said and The Times such as the U.S.-China trade war —thathave seminars, speakers and studies,withthe wassilence by many Demo- This paper has always raised the risk of final night reservedfor the annualtrivia crats and LGBTQ activists championed the cuisine, recession. BUSINESS, C1 test. b in West Hollywood. says the guy whowrote The contest is not for the weak, but Many have likenedthe ef- the book on Mexican eventhe strong could do nothing but The firstperson Iran into at the con- forttothe Black LivesMat- Printed with soy inkson food in the U.S., Gustavo partially recycled paper. shrug at this question: Whichtwo Hall of vention wasAndy McCue, ahappily re- termovement, formed after Arellano. FOOD,F1 Fame players died on the same day? tired baseballresearcher and the author of high-profile policeshootings The contestantsdid not know. The an award-winningbook on Walter O’Mal- of youngblack men. Weather: Sunny. audienceinthe hotel ballroom did not ley,the ownerwho ignited baseball’swest- “LikeAmerica, the L.A. Basin: 79/62. B6 blurtout asuggestion. ward expansion [See Trivia, A10] LGBTQ communityisdi- A10 THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 19,2019 LATIMES.COM

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[Trivia, from A1] minutes. As time runs out, Brown convention: “Sweet! 16-Year-Old Lesch was the second, losing a by moving the Dodgers from tells contestants to put down their Players in Major League History,” written tiebreaker when the last Take the quiz Brooklyn to Los Angeles. McCue pencils. “Nineteenth-Century Women in line on his list of expansion teams has attended the convention 29 He encouraged me to try, Baseball,” and “We Love Baseball, read “San.” times, written19 articles in SABR rather than just watch other peo- Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevro- “I ran out of time for the ‘Di- By Bill Shaikin journals and made 15 research ple agonize over his questions. I let … and Beer, Cat Food and Mar- ego,’ ” he said. presentations at the convention. too could experience the thrill of garine: Baseball and Advertising That left two men standing, He struck me as the epitome of victory and, more likely, the agony in the Era of Mad Men.” one of whom was the heavy favor- Try answering some of the asuccessful contestant, so I asked of defeat. The convention attracted ite: Bill Carle, a database adminis- questions posed in the annual whether he would enter this year’s “Nobody’s going to get about 450 people. The SABR trator from suburban Kansas City. trivia contest held by the Society trivia contest. He shook his head, skunked,” he said. “Nobody’s membership is about 5,300. He arrived as a three-time cham- for American Baseball Research. vigorously. He had competed once, going to get every one.” “SABR has permitted many of pion, and he was attending the We’re including questions from years ago. “I got slaughtered,” he Imade the first cut, thanks to a us lonely, introverted people, of convention for the 41st consecu- each of the four rounds of compe- said. “I’ve never been back.” nugget of local knowledge. Brown which I am at root one, to fly our tive year. He had not planned on tition. If we included questions Certainly, then, Sean Forman asked which Dodgers had been freak flags high,” Thorn said. coming to this one, until his wife solely from the final round, you’d would enter. Forman created selected most valuable player of a “Nerd culture is no longer on bought him a plane ticket. have no chance. Answers are be- baseball-reference.com, the indis- ; I recalled the unusu- the outside looking in. It is now Bill “She knew I was going to be low left. pensable database for baseball al 1981 award, shared by Ron Cey, Gates. It was Steve Jobs. It is all difficult to live with,” he said, facts and statistics. In fact, the site Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager. your major corporations. All of “knowing the convention was Round 1 settled a dispute in the prelimi- Istruck out in the second round, your efforts to take sports into the going on without me.” 1What is the popular term for nary rounds of this year’s contest. largely because of my willful indif- digital arena are done not by the Carle took on Brian Wood, a the medical procedure for- Quizmaster Bruce Brown had ference to the glory of the New athletes but by the smart back- first-time finalist from Pacific mally known as ulnar collateral asked which position players from York Yankees. room guys. Same with the analysts Grove, Calif. Wood’s father was a ligament reconstruction? the defunct Kansas City Athletics who are running baseball’s front naval aviator, and so his favorite 2 During the ’ had been inducted into the Hall of offices.” team followed his father’s travels: 1974 home , someone Fame. Brown’s answer key had b the Yankees, San FranciscoGi- grabbed the stadium’s public- two names — and ants, Washington Senators, Ori- address microphone and . To Brown, some good ques- b oles, then back to the Giants. rashly blurted out to the But contestants argued that tions are better than others. “Baseball was always there,” he crowd: “I’ve never seen such and “I like to make the emphasis on R.J. Lesch, a business analyst said. stupid ballplaying in my life!” also should have counted as cor- the ’50s to ’80s, because that is the from Pennsylvania, this year ad- Wood followed his father as a Who was he? rect answers. Both were inducted sweet spot for this crowd,” he said. vanced to the final four for the first naval aviator. He flew 45 missions 3 Which three players have into the Hall of Fame for their He meant the 1950s to 1980s, time since 2001. His memory of into Iraq and Kuwait during Oper- amassed1,000 hits for a team in achievements as managers, but but he could just as easily have that contest remains vivid. “I was ation Desert Storm, and he con- the and for a Forman’s site quickly verified that meant the age range. Brown is 69. on stage with this obscure baseball ducted air patrols off the coasts of team in the ? La Russa and Williams indeed The four trivia finalists ranged researcher named Bill James,” Libya and Vietnam. He would 4 How many regular-season played briefly for Kansas City, from 54 to 63. Lesch said. “I got buried.” keep up with baseball as best he games were on the schedule for more than 50 years ago. The audience at the convention James, the godfather of mod- could, usually with a copy of the each team in the American Forman makes his living com- was uncomfortably similar to the ern statistical analysis, did not win that might arrive League in 1927? piling the data that fuel trivia audiences that attend major in 2001 either. In popular culture, by mail weeks after its publication. questions and attends the conven- league games and watch them on James is perhaps best known for Carle sat at one table on the Round 2 tion every year. Still, he would not TV. The average age of a viewer voicing his character in a 2010 stage, Wood at a table on the oppo- 5 Who is the only player to win a enter this year’s contest. He had has remained stubbornly above 50. episode of “The Simpsons.” site side. Brown invited the players National League MVP award tried three times. Ararity was Mark Simon, who “I made baseball as much fun to select questions from categories while playing for the Padres? “I finished close to last each works for a company called Sports as doing your taxes,” James’ char- on a faux “Jeopardy” board proj- 6 Which three major league time. My excuse is that I created Info Solutions. He prepares stat- acter said. ected onto two large screens. managers have both won and the site so I don’t have to remem- istics and notes for baseball Another finalist, Philippe Here in baseball land, what lost 20 World Series games? ber anything,” he said with a broadcasts, a job he used to do at Cousineau, was the easiest guy to would be called a “daily ” on 7 In 2004, the All-Star game chuckle. “The trivia contest is way ESPN. He has never won the trivia spot at the conference. Wherever the real “Jeopardy” show was MVP, American League Cham- out of my league.” contest and has reached the finals he goes, he wears a weathered termed a “doubleheader.” Players pionship Series MVP, National Brown, the quizmaster since only once, but he wouldn’t miss cap, in the famous buzzed in with the correct answer, League Championship Series 2009, would be sorry to hear that. the convention. tricolor version. but not often. MVP and World Series MVP all He is a franchise consultant by “It’s really cool to be around Cousineau lives in the Quebec The audience sat quietly as were born in the Dominican day, but he starts preparing ques- people who won’t think I’m crazy town of Gatineau, two hours from Carle and Wood fielded questions Republic. Name those four tions for the summer contest each for knowing the last out of the last Montreal. No matter, he said, ranging from difficult to insanely players. November. By the time the prelim- 60 World Series,” he said. everyone loved the Expos. difficult. Then came this one: 8 What are the nicknames of the inary and final rounds were com- He is 44. “They were our team, no ques- What unusual coincidence unites teams pleted here in June, he had asked “I’m one of the young ones,” he tion about it,” he said. “It’s like four-time All-Stars Pepper Martin that play in Albuquerque and 305 questions. said. “I worry what’s going to hap- people in small and Al Rosen? El Paso? “We believe a difficult question pen when I’m in my 50s and some towns that follow the Red Sox.” Carle knew, somehow, that is something anybody can write,” of these people are gone.” He carried his love for the Ex- both men had been born Feb. 29 Round 3 he said. “I want engaging ques- , the league’s offi- pos around the world, as a foreign (Martin in 19 04, Rosen two dec- 9 Who the first home in tions.” cial historian, was here too. He service officer, representing Cana- ades later). The crowd rewarded an All-Star game? So he asked this: In a major comes every year. He enjoys a da in such locales as Jordan, Mo- Carle with a collective gasp, and a 10 Among Hall of Fame league game, in what bodies of round of trivia at the bar, and he rocco, Turkey and the Soviet loud ovation. Of the last 18 ques- , Mike Mussi- water could a land? The might reasonably be expected to Union, “which became Russia tions, Carle correctly answered na, and Don Sut- answers included the obvious dominate the trivia competition, while I was there.” After the Expos four, Wood two. ton, which one did not attend (McCovey Cove at ’s but he refuses to enter. moved to Washington in 2005, he Carle won for the fourth time, USC? ) and the obscure (the “If I did,” Thorn said, “it would started a local SABR chapter to tying the all-time record. He ac- 11 What are the four names the fish tank beyond the outfield fence give credence to the idea that help keep baseball interest alive in cepted congratulations and an old Padres have called their home at the ’ Tropi- trivia and history are the same Quebec. Cal Ripken Jr. baseball card as a stadium in San Diego? cana Field, in which cownose rays thing. And they’re not. (Trivia: Since 1971, the Expos prize. The other competitors 12 Name the two Hall of Famers swim). “History is more about why are the only major league team to gathered their wits and headed whose fathers played in the In two preliminary rounds, things happened and how things move.) into the night, saying the same major leagues. Brown would whittle the field from happened, and less about what Cousineau entered the trivia four words recited each autumn by 13 Name the three pitchers who 56 competitors to a final four. Each happened and when.” contest for the first time. He made fans of every team but the one that threw perfect games in 2012. preliminary round features a SABR embraces both. Among the final four but was the first wins the World Series: Wait till written quiz of 40 questions in 12 the titles of presentations at the eliminated. next year. Round 4 14 Who is the only player in the expansion era to pitch 50 in- ANSWERS nings and hit 15 home runs in ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 the same season? 1) Tommy John surgery 2) , 5) 6) , John 9) 10) Mussina, who at- 14) Shohei Ohtani 15) Sr. 15 Name the only father-son duo the Padres’ owner 3) Vladimir Guer- McGraw, 7) All-Star tended Stanford 11) San Diego Sta- and Tim Raines Jr. 16) to play together in a major rero (Expos and Angels), Dave Win- MVP: ; ALCS MVP: dium; Jack Murphy Stadium; Qual- 17) league game in this century. field (Padres and Yankees), Albert Pu- ; NLCS MVP: ; comm Stadium; 12) 16 Who is the only jols (Cardinals and Angels) 4) 154 World Series MVP: 8) , Ken Griffey Jr. 13) ever to hit 50 doubles and 30 Albuquerque Isotopes, El Paso , Felix Hernandez, Philip home runs in the same season? Chihuahuas Humber 17 Who hit the only walk-off home run ever surrendered by SCORING (20 points maximum): 0-5: Rookie 6-10: Major leaguer 11-15: All-Star16-19: MVP Perfect 20: You should enter this contest for real. ?