Jeremy Affeldt returned extra $500,000

I’d like Jeremy more if he had given it back to Oakland.

Professional athletes cash in on California’s workers comp.

SACRAMENTO—California’s workers’ compensation system has awarded millions of dollars in benefits for job-related injuries to thousands of professional athletes, including many who played for out-of-state teams, according to a report.

MLB give A’s tentative guidelines for move

The commissioner’s office has provided the Oakland Athletics with tentative guidelines for a potential move to San Jose, according to three people familiar with the matter but not authorized to discuss it.

Baker was too busy overcoming stroke to brood about playoffs

Reds fans should forgive manager Dusty Baker for not brooding and moping as long as they did after the Giants won three consecutive first-round playoff games at Great American Ball Park in October to end the Reds’ season and move on to the National League Championship Series.

SF Gate: Sergio Romo meets monkey named after him at SF Zoo

One wonders how Sergio feels about having a female monkey named after him…

Pitcher Sergio Romo dropped by the San Francisco Zoo on Thursday morning to pay his first visit to Romo, a langur monkey named in his honor. Romo (the monkey) was born during the NLDS and is now four months old.

Angel Villalona Gets Visa, Will Be In Giants Big League Camp

Villalona had been charged with the September 2009 murder of 25-year-old Mario Felix de Jesus Velete in the Dominican Republic at a bar in La Romana, where Villalona is from. Villalona eventually settled with de Jesus Velete’s family, reportedly for around $139,000. A prosecutor was planning to move forward with the case, but the charges were dropped.

OT-Superbowl: Kaepernick spurned Cubs to continue football career

Colin Kaepernick drew the attention of major league baseball scouts as a senior in high school in Turlock, Calif.

He could throw in the 90s and he had tossed two no-hitters. There were baseball scholarships and interest from some major league teams. The Chicago Cubs were particularly intrigued and interested enough to draft Kaepernick in the 43rd round of the 2009 amateur draft.

Figured the Superbowl should gets its own thread, and the regular football thread was getting large anyway. Also, this one is actually sorta baseball related as well.