baseball

Giants win national league division series!

Ben Trefny — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:58:03 +0000

The San Francisco Giants, today, won a dramatic, do-or-die playoff game against the Cincinnati Reds. MVP candidate Buster Posey hit a grand slam in the 6 to 4 victory. The Giants won three straight elimination games on the road, and now move on to the penultimate playoff series, beginning Sunday night, October 14th. In Oakland, meanwhile, in just about an hour-and-a-half, the A's have their own must-win game against the Detroit Tigers. All the excitement has San Francisco Chronicle reporter Scott Ostler thinking this is not just one of the best days in Bay Area baseball history.

East Bay Express: Moneyball 2.0, The Pitching Whisperer

Kibby Kleiman — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:04:37 +0000

The Oakland A's are winning again on a shoestring budget, but this time the credit goes to a soft-spoken coach named Curt Young.

This American Life: "Crime Scene"

Joe Burke — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:57:13 +0000

Every crime scene hides a story. On this week's This American Life, hear about crime scenes and the stories they tell.

Sometimes criminals return to the scene of their misdeeds—to try to make things right, to try to undo the past. Katie Davis reports on her neighbor Bobby, who returned to the scene where he robbed people and conned people...to coach Little League. Wednesday at Noon on KALW.

"We're All Giants": the story of the SF Giants’ 2010 World Series victory

Ben Trefny — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000

HANA BABA: Sports aren’t for everyone. And baseball, in particular, can be a hard sell. The baseball season has 162 games, and these games feel like they last forever – the players always seem to do a lot of standing around and spitting, never much actual playing.

So why is it the national pastime? Any fan might tell you it’s about the skill of the game – strategy combined with athleticism.

But it’s more than that.