│ Daily Clips September 11, 2014 http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/heat- LOCAL index/2014/09/10/curt-schilling-returning-to-work-after-battle- Collmenter strong, but D-backs falter in seventh with-cancer/15386897/ Starter hurls six shutout innings; bullpen allows four-run frame Diamondbacks can't decide sabermetrics philosophy By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 ?gid=2014_09_10_arimlb_sfnmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id 014/09/10/diamondbacks-decide-sabermetrics- =ari philosophy/15374287/ D-backs add Levine to list of GM hopefuls La Russa meets with Beinfest, lines up other GM Well-respected assistant GM in ninth season with Rangers candidates By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com By Jack Magruder / FOX Sports Arizona http://m.dbacks.mlb.com/news/article/94148248/d-backs-add- http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/diamondbacks-tony- thad-levine-to-list-of-gm-hopefuls la-russa-meets-with-larry-beinfest-lines-up-other-gm-candidates- 091014 D-backs earn caught-stealing after challenge Pagan originally called safe at second; review overturns D-backs' bats silenced by Giants ruling By Associated Press / FOX Sports Arizona By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/diamondbacks-bats- http://m.dbacks.mlb.com/news/article/94136650/d-backs- silenced-by-giants-091014 earn-caught-stealing-after-challenge-vs-giants D-backs shut out by Giants pitching as Collmenter again Curt Schilling needs to follow Joe Garagiola's lead on spit gets no support: By The Numbers tobacco By Jules Tompkins / Arizona Sports By Dan Bickley / azcentral sports http://arizonasports.com/42/1765750/Dbacks-shut-out-by- http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 Giants-pitching-as-Collmenter-again-gets-no-support-By-The- 014/09/10/schilling-needs-follow-garagiolas-lead-spit- Numbers tobacco/15423839/ MLB Insider: Towers Could Stay, “Mentor” New Dbacks’ Diamondbacks offense goes silent as Giants pull away GM By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports By Eric Sorenson / Sports360AZ http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 http://www.sports360az.com/2014/09/mlb-insider-towers- 014/09/10/arizona-diamondbacks-san-francisco-giants-game- stay-mentor-new-dbacks-gm/ 2/15383943/ Arizona Diamondbacks announce 2015 regular season Arizona Diamondbacks will talk to Thad Levine about schedule general manager job By Staff / arizona.newszap.com By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports http://arizona.newszap.com/northvalley/sports/134929- http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 127/arizona-diamondbacks-announce-2015-regular-season- 014/09/11/arizona-diamondbacks-will-talk-thad-levine-general- schedule manager-job/15430365/ NATIONAL Diamondbacks SS Didi Gregorius working to break his Arizona interested in Thad Levine slump By Calvin Watkins / ESPNDallas.com By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/texas- http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 rangers/post/_/id/4914413/arizona-interested-in-thad-levine 014/09/11/diamondbacks-ss-didi-gregorius-working-break- slump/15431823/ MLB rumors, injuries and news roundup for Sept. 10 By Dayn Perry / CBS Sports Former Diamondbacks pitcher Curt Schilling returning to http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on- work after battle with cancer baseball/24704995/mlb-rumors-injuries-and-news-roundup-for- By Andrew Joseph / azcentral sports sept-10 1 │ NL Rookie of the Year Watch: Hamilton, deGrom lead http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/sports/baseball/minor pack s/2014/09/11/california-league-finals-preview/15432605/ By Dayn Perry / CBS Sports http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24704498/nl- Visalia Rawhide win Division Championship rookie-of-the-year-watch-hamilton-degrom-lead-uninspiring- By Esther Avila / Porterville Recorder pack http://www.recorderonline.com/news/visalia-rawhide-win- division-championship/article_daa49258-394e-11e4-8f5a- Astros and Giants are among the top shifting teams in 001a4bcf6878.html baseball By Mike Axisa / CBS Sports Pipeline preview: California League finals to get underway http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on- By Teddy Cahill / MLB.com baseball/24704170/astros-and-giants-are-among-the-top- http://m.mlb.com/news/article/94173520/pipeline-preview- shifting-teams-in-baseball california-league-finals-to-get-underway SF Giants’ big inning yields eighth straight home victory SOUTH BEND SILVER HAWKS By Henry Schulman / SFGate http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2014/09/10/sf-giants-big- inning-yields-ninth-straight-home-victory/ HILLSBORO HOPS Giants break game open late, beat Arizona 5-0 By Henry Schulman / SFGate MISSOULA OSPREY http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-break-game- open-late-beat-Arizona-5-0-5747440.php NATIONAL Diamondbacks-Giants Preview MLB NEWS By STATS / ESPN September 11, 2014 • MLB.com http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=340911126 http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_ind ex.jsp Giants 5, Diamondbacks 0 By Reuters / Global Post ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson- September 11, 2014 • Sports.yahoo.com reuters/140911/giants-5-diamondbacks-0 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/morenews Instant Replay: Giants score four in seventh, blank MLB TRANSACTIONS D'Backs September 11, 2014 • MLB.com By Steve Berman / Special to CSN Bay Area http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/instant-replay-giants-score- four-seventh-blank-dbacks RENO ACES Aces even series with four-run second inning Best-of-five series tied 1-1 going to Omaha By Chad Seely / Reno Aces http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140911&conten t_id=94163162&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t2310 Aces strike back, knot series at 1 By Chris Murray / Reno Gazette-Journal http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/2014/09/11/aces-strike- back-knot-series/15432443/ MOBILE BAYBEARS VISALIA RAWHIDE The Rawhide Turnaound By Andrew Bettencourt / Visalia Times-Delta http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/sports/baseball/minor s/2014/09/11/rawhide-turnaound/15432563/ California League Finals preview By Andrew Bettencourt / Visalia Times-Delta 2 │ Levine, who is well-respected within the baseball community, is LOCAL in his ninth season with the Rangers assisting GM Jon Daniels in Collmenter strong, but D-backs falter in seventh all areas of Major League operations. Prior to that, he spent six Starter hurls six shutout innings; bullpen allows four-run years with the Rockies. frame By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com This past April, former GM Jim Bowden, who now writes for http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp ESPN.com, surveyed current general managers about who they ?gid=2014_09_10_arimlb_sfnmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id thought were the best future GMs, and Levine was at the top of =ari the list. SAN FRANCISCO -- For six innings, the D-backs battled the "Levine has been the assistant GM of the Rangers for the past Giants to a draw, but the seventh, and in turn the game, eight seasons and has assisted [GM] Jon Daniels in player belonged to the Giants. acquisitions, roster composition, contract negotiations and statistical and financial analysis," Bowden wrote. "He has high The Giants scored four runs in the seventh to beat the D-backs, character and has the endorsement of most GMs in baseball as 5-0, on a chilly Wednesday night at AT&T Park. next in line in the industry. Daniels is still in his 30s, so it's likely that he will have to go elsewhere to get a GM job." The loss was the fifth in a row for the D-backs, who have dropped seven of nine games on their current road trip, which Levine joins Allard Baird, Larry Beinfest, Billy Eppler, Gary wraps up Thursday afternoon. LaRocque, Ray Montgomery, Hal Morris, Tim Purpura, Dave Stewart and De Jon Watson as the confirmed candidates. Offense was scarce early in the game as Josh Collmenter and Ryan Vogelsong locked up in a pitchers' duel. D-backs chief baseball officer Tony La Russa has said he would like to have a GM in place by the end of the regular season. The D-backs didn't take advantage of some early wildness by Vogelsong. D-backs earn caught-stealing after challenge Pagan originally called safe at second; review overturns After issuing a walk to lead off the game, Vogelsong once again ruling struggled with his command in the second inning as the D-backs By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com managed to put runners on first and second with one out. http://m.dbacks.mlb.com/news/article/94136650/d-backs- earn-caught-stealing-after-challenge-vs-giants Vogelsong got Alfredo Marte to fly to right for the second out but then walked Didi Gregorius to load the bases, prompting SAN FRANCISCO -- The D-backs won a manager's challenge manager Bruce Bochy to send Tim Lincecum down to the Wednesday night to help thwart a possible Giants rally. bullpen to warm up. With one out in the third, Angel Pagan attempted to steal second Vogelson rebounded to strike out Collmenter and went on and was called safe by second-base umpire David Rackley after a cruise control, allowing just one more hit before being removed tag by shortstop Didi Gregorius. in the seventh. D-backs manager Kirk Gibson initially had a conversation with That was when the D-backs had another scoring chance as A.J. home-plate umpire Brian Gorman before heading out to second Pollock doubled with one out and Gregorius drew a two-out base to tell Rackley he intended to challenge the play. walk. Bochy then went to reliever Jean Machi, who got pinch- hitter Jordan Pacheco to ground out to end the threat. After a very short review, the call was overturned, wiping Pagan off the bases. The Giants then took control of the game in the bottom half of the inning against the Arizona bullpen.