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Posey’s hits first ever walk-off to defeat Dodgers 2-1 for the SF Chronicle

Buster Posey has been a lot of things: Rookie of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player and a two time World Series Champion. Despite all this, he has never had a walk-off… anything. Until now.
Friday night, Posey hit a homerun on a 3-2 count in the bottom of the ninth to [...]

Posted 05 May 2013 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Giants Victory Parade for SF Chronicle

Yesterday there was a party on Market street and a million people were invited to help celebrate the 2012 Giants World Series Championship.
Unlike like last year’s featured (fake) cable cars, players were driven in convertibles down Market street. Despite the Lexus’ absent historical significance, it sure made for some better photos of the players themselves.

Posted 01 November 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Joy and Littering in the streets of San Francisco

The deja vu continues. Didn’t we all just do this 2 years ago?
Last night the San Francisco Giants proved they were the best franchise in baseball. And San Franciscans celebrated with cheers, drinks and, of course, litter.

Posted 29 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § News § Personal ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

World Series Game 2 for SF Chronicle

Last night we traded the home run blast of game 1 for a pitchers duel. Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner mastered the mound, keeping the Detroit Tigers to only a couple of hits all evening.
Thus, the key plays of the games were defensive. The most incredible one was at home plate when Giants catcher Buster Posey [...]

Posted 26 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Panda hits 3 HR in World Series Game 1 for SF Chronicle

Deja vu. That is what last night’s 8-3 win by the San Francisco Giants over the Detroit Tigers felt like. Not because the Giants have often beaten the Tigers. In fact, the teams have only face for 5 series and never faced before inter-league play.
The memory trick was due to the eerie similarities between plays [...]

Posted 25 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,