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| Dodgers sign Giants' World Series hero Juan Uribe - San Jose Mercury News Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:49 PM PST Giants fans had no qualms about turning on Jeff Kent after the former NL Most Valuable Player joined the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. But it might be a little tougher for them to chant "Booooo-ree-bay" at AT&T Park next season. The Dodgers poached one of the Giants' World Series heroes Monday, agreeing with popular infielder Juan Uribe on a three-year, $21 million contract that is pending a physical. ESPN's Buster Olney was the first to report the news. Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti seems bent on breaking up as much of the Giants' World Series championship team as possible. Colletti, a former top lieutenant to Giants G.M. Brian Sabean, also had been after first baseman Aubrey Huff before the Giants matched a two-year, $22 million guaranteed offer to bring him back. But Sabean wasn't willing to match the third year of the Dodgers' offer to Uribe, who hit .248 with 24 home runs and 85 RBIs, including several clutch hits during the season and postseason. Bobby Evans, the Giants' vice president of baseball operations, declined to comment on the deal until it becomes official, but he indicated the club was ready to look in other directions to find a starting shortstop for 2011. "We're exploring all possibilities on the trade and free-agent front," Evans said. "Some of them are the names that have been out there, others are not as well-known." Uribe will remain well-known by fans in the Bay Area long after his career ends. His solo home run in Game 6 of the NLCS broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning, sending the Giants to their first pennant since 2002. Uribe also hit a sacrifice fly to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 -- afterward exclaiming in his limited but poetic English that he felt "a lot of happy."Of Uribe's 24 homers in the regular season, 11 either tied the score or put the Giants ahead, most of them coming in the seventh inning or later. None was bigger than his two-run shot Sept. 4 at Dodger Stadium, when he connected with one out in the ninth off closer Jonathan Broxton to turn a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 victory. Giants fans picked up the "Oooo-ree-bay" chant they used in the 1980s for shortstop Jose Uribe, who was Juan's late uncle. Uribe ended up at third base in the postseason, as shortstop Edgar Renteria cracked the lineup and third baseman Pablo Sandoval became a bench player. But the Giants had hoped to re-sign Uribe to play short, where he makes routine plays well enough despite limited range. With Uribe gone, it's more important than ever that Sandoval addresses his conditioning issues in the offseason and gets in shape to remain an option at third base. Otherwise, the Giants would have a vacant left side of the infield. Assuming Derek Jeter isn't an option for the Giants, that leaves Orlando Cabrera, Miguel Tejada and Cesar Izturis as the best names in a thin free-agent market. The pool could deepen at 9 p.m. Thursday, when some arbitration-eligible players won't be tendered contracts. Minnesota Twins shortstop J.J. Hardy and Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett are among the players who could be traded before Thursday's deadline -- or after it, if they don't become free agents. The Giants are known to like both players. The Giants will receive a compensatory draft pick between the first and second rounds for losing Uribe, who will greet them in the April 1 season opener at Dodger Stadium. It is likely the Giants will wait until April 11 to present Uribe with his ring, when the Dodgers make their first visit to AT&T Park.
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| ABM Industries to Be Featured on CBS’s Hit Television Series “Undercover Boss” - Yahoo Finance Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:08 PM PST Press Release Source: ABM Industries Incorporated On Monday November 29, 2010, 4:19 pm EST NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- President and Chief Executive Officer Henrik Slipsager of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM - News), a leading United States provider of facility services, will be featured on an episode of the hit television series "Undercover Boss," Sunday, Dec. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT; 8:00-9:00 PM, CT) on the CBS Television Network "My unique experience with 'Undercover Boss' was an exceptional opportunity for me to work side-by-side with some of the exceptional people who truly are the ones that make this company work," said Slipsager. "Through the course of several tough shifts I saw first-hand how hard their jobs really are, and how much passion and care they put into to them. Our people's pride in their work is the cornerstone of ABM. I am really excited to see the episode and the shining examples of why our frontline workers at ABM deserve so much respect and admiration." Each week, "Undercover Boss" follows a different executive as he or she leaves the comfort of the corner office for an undercover mission to examine the inner workings of their companies. While working alongside their employees, they see the effects that their decisions have on others, where the problems lie within their organizations and get an up-close look at both the good and the bad while discovering the unsung heroes who make their companies run. About ABM Industries Incorporated ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM - News), which operates through its subsidiaries (collectively "ABM"), is a leading provider of facility services in the United States. With fiscal 2009 revenues of approximately $3.5 billion and more than 90,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, facility, engineering, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities across the United States, Puerto Rico and British Columbia, Canada. ABM's business services include ABM Janitorial Services, ABM Facility Services, ABM Engineering Services, Ampco System Parking and ABM Security Services. For more information, visit www.abm.com. About "Undercover Boss" CBS's reality series UNDERCOVER BOSS was the Emmy-nominated No. 1 new series of the 2009-10 season and, in its second season, has featured companies such as Choice Hotels International, Great Wolf Resorts, DIRECTV, Frontier Airlines, NASCAR, Chiquita Brands International, The Chicago Cubs, Lucky Strike Lanes and SUBWAY® Restaurants. Follow Yahoo! Finance on ; become a fan on Facebook. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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