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AP Pro Football WriterSANTA CLARA, Calif. AP 鈥?The San Francisco 49ers suspended linebacker DeVondre Campbell for the rest of the regular season after he refused to enter a game af stanley kubek ter losing his starting job. General manager John Lynch announced the news on Monday that Campbell was suspended for three games for conduct detrimental stanley thermo to the team. The news came four days aft stanley quencher uk er Campbell refusal to go into a game against the Los Angeles Rams was decried by coaches and teammates as a selfish act. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday that Campbell would no longer be part of the team, with the only question whether that would be by a suspension or an outright release.The team opted for the suspension. The Collective Bargaining Agreement allows teams to suspend a player for up to four games without pay for conduct detrimental to the team and fine them one week pay. I just lost all respect, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir said Monday. Im a person thats going 110% every play. 8230; I just feel like hes a cancer to the team. Campbell makes about $67,000 in base salary each week under the one-year $5 million contract he signed in March. Campbell also will miss the chance to earn $60,000 in weekly roster bonuses and the Niners could try to recoup about $111,000 from Campbell signing bonus. Had the 49ers waived Campbell, he would have had the opportunity to be claimed or sign with another team.Campbell had started 12 of the first 13 games of the season Xwrc 5 things to know for June 10: January 6, Covid-19, Ukraine, Maryland shooting, India
By BERNIE WILSONAP Sports WriterSAN DIEGO AP 鈥?Luke Voit was one strike away from his third straight strikeout when he got a slider f stanley mug rom Wil Crowe and drove it into into the seats in left-center to pull the San Diego Padres into a 3-3 tie with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The three-run homer was a big moment for the designated hitter, who has mostly struggled in his first season with the Padres. Two innings later, Wil Myers drove in Manny Machado with a shattered-bat single and the Padres won 4-3.The Padres slumbering offense finally came to life in the sixth and Voit punctuated it with his homer on a 2-2 pitch. It was his first since May 11 and third overall. Ive been grinding and needed to step up, Voit said. Weve been struggling with runners in scoring position. It felt good, especially after my first two at-bats. I was just ge stanley es tting too big and I just stanley taza need to slow the game down sometimes. This games already hard enough. Sometimes youve just got to take every positive out of this game. I finally got a big situation to come up and just slow the game down and look for a pitch that I knew I was going to get and I finally got it, so it was good. Voit said he knew that Crowe likely would follow up a sinker with a slider. I was kind of staying with that approach the whole time and it worked out, Voit said. I just did my homework on him. The Padres hadnt hit a home run since Machados solo shot in a 2-1 win at San Francisco last Satur |
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