Giants sign shortstop Renteria
                    Edgar Renteria became the second free agent to join the San                
                
            BASEBALL: Casilla settles into Giants’ closer role
                    SAN FRANCISCO – Without a jet-black beard or open jersey flapping in the wind, Santiago Casilla looks tame trotting in to pitch the ninth inning compared to the man he's replaced.                
                
            Christmas ushers in a new chapter – hey ‘Papa’
                    I am grateful. I have a lot to draw on trying to navigate my future as, "Papa." My Italian and Irish grandparents were close at hand - I could ride my bike to both homes while I was a young whippersnapper - and did so often. I could even get to my grandfather Derry's business, just to say hello or, as I got older, lend a hand around Derry's Feed and Fuel, which smelled like a mixture of alfalfa, hay and rabbit pellets. More importantly, in the geography of the heart, my grandparents drew the map.                
                
            











