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SAN FRANCISCO — With age comes the inevitable physical toll. Bodies don’t bend like they used to. Everything moves a bit slower. Professional athletes, with millions invested in their training regimens, are able to blunt these effects.

Coming up on the halfway point of the season, the San Francisco Giants can’t seem to find a rhythm, an identity, or a consistent lineup.

NEW YORK — Mike Trout refused to allow himself to be dragged any further into the fantasy football dispute between Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson, a controversy that included Pham slapping Pederson in the face last Friday and being suspended for three games.

Gabe Kapler said Monday that he planned to suspend his protest and stand on the field for the national anthem before the San Francisco Giants’ Memorial Day game at Citizens Bank Park.

"I don't plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the direction of our country"

CHICAGO — The sports world responded to the tragic grade-school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in various ways this week, from Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr’s emotional news conference to San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler’s decision to remain in the clubhouse during the national anthem.

Gabe Kapler says ‘until I feel better about the direction of our country’, he won’t take to the field for the national anthem

During a San Francisco Giants pitching change in the seventh inning Wednesday night, the scoreboard at Dodger Stadium played a familiar highlight reel.

SAN FRANCISCO — If the Nationals’ offensive onslaught Friday night came as a surprise, their hit parade found an even more unlikely master of ceremonies on Saturday in Logan Webb.