Honor. I have no surprise at all. Well deserved. The only shock would have been if Terry Francona didnt win the award. For the second time of the year, Terry Francona is the manager of the year. Francona wins in a landslide. Rangers manager Jeff Banister was second. Francona with 22 of the 330 first place votes. Under francona, the indians won the Central Division for the first time in 9 years, taking them to the postseasonal, and he did it with no Michael Brantley and jury after jury, and suspension. And he does wit a team that doesnt have the payroll of the big boys. Francona is a winner. He really is. 4 straight seasons as tribe manager. So lets take a look at it. What a year for francona. Hes 57. Eric wedge, the only other manager of the Year Award Winner for the indians. Won the central, won the pennant. 105 in the postseason. Manager of the year. Over 100 days in 1st place, and a 14game winning strike. Couple things i want to make sure are clear. Number one, this is all about the
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Retires unexpectedly walks away from a 13 million after being told to dial back his sons time with the team. A boy such a fixture he had his own locker. How much is too much when it comes to bringing your kids to work . And the chairmans son. Frank sinatra jr. Dies hours after cancelling a concert and the touching tribute his sister nancy is giving, today, thursday, march 17th, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody. Welcome to today. Its thursday morning. St. Patricks day. I saw that crowd on the plaza. I went with the traditional stick on shamrock on the lapel. Luckily you had the shamrock handy. Exactly. Top story is the showdown over president obamas nominees for Supreme Court. Judge Merrick Garland to meet with lawmakers. Some republicans saying it is a lost cause. Lets get straight to nbcs andrea mitchell. Good morning, andrea. When judge garland goes to capitol hill he will meet wit
Tiffany is concord with the latest. Kristen we are through the bulk of the morning commute and buses are arriving from the pittsburg bay point and a lot of the passengers getting off are not that upset simply saying it has had ten minutes. Sky 7 had two bart stations that looked like bus terminals. Leave early. Still down. But, the parking is full already, too early for this. A power subject between pittsburg bay point and the North Concord martinez stations took 50 cars out of service yesterday. Bart set up a bus bridge to ferry passengers between the stations last night and it continues this morning. It was well set up, they got plenty of buses for everyone. It wasnt that bad. Passengers say the buses took 15 minutes to shuttle to North Concord. When they arrived at the station another headache, with so many cars in the repair shot the trains running to San Francisco and oakland are fewer and less frequent. So it is a much more crowded commute. I hate bart. It is what it is. Better t
Pittsburg bay point lane with 33 trees in service. We will monitor golden gate transit because they have had delays and chance haitian with bus route in train one ace train one on time. Mike . Live doppler hd shows over the mountains, green, that is just from the radar being ben and slamming into the mountains. For republican to worry about any time of arrival delays into sfo. We starting off milder this morning, a lost mid40s to mid50s. And midtoupper 60s already by noon. Hopefully you can enjoy lunch outside. At mid50s and let 60 by 7 00. Passengers are bracing for a tough commute. Tiffany is at North Concord bart. Good morning, natasha, the mystery power surge knocked out 24 cars and bart spokesperson said they cannot afford to lose more so they have a bus bridge between this station and the pittsburg bay point station. It is similar to the power surge problems a few weeks ago the bart said trains running from North Concord to San Francisco and oakland are shorter so riders should g