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Crisp’s walk-off keeps A’s alive in ALDS for SF Chronicle

The A’s have done it 15 times this season. 15 walk-off wins, that is. Coincidentally I shot an A’s game a couple of months ago that was eerily similar.
This time, the Oakland Athletics’ Coco Crisp did it again. He won the game with a walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the [...]

Posted 11 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Oakland Athletics in the American League Divisional Series for the San Francisco Chronicle

If you did not watch last night’s third game of the ALDS series between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, then you may of missed the best defensive game the A’s had all year. Two acrobatic outfielders and a pitching battery that puts the San Francisco Giants to shame dominated in a must win [...]

Posted 10 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Trying to tell the story of the game

As I posted about last night, I have shot a lot of MLB baseball these past few days. Some Giants, but mostly Athletics. This past week I got the chance to work next to some great people like freelance baseball photographer Brad Mangin, Athletics and 49ers team photographer Michael “Z” Zagaris and the Associated Press’ [...]

Posted 06 August 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Oakland Athletics’ walk-off grand slam home run (from last week)

This is not the most timely post, but the story still deserves to be shared.
Last week, I had the opportunity to photograph the most impressive walk-off hit I had ever seen: the elusive walk-off grand slam home run.

Posted 14 May 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

May Day Strike

On Tuesday, I found myself in a lot of the wrong places at the wrong time. And not in the way you might think.
Tuesday was the big general strike day lead by Occupy. But this strike was not like the last one in November. This day of protest had a lot of clashes with police [...]

Posted 03 May 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,