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  • Tune of The Week 21/09/2012: De La Soul

    Tune of The Week 21/09/2012: De La Soul

    SF GIANTS CELEBRATEAs a San Francisco Giants fan, this week has been awesome. The team have left the opposition in the dust and are now ten games ahead of the Dodgers. Things seem to be just coming right for the Giants at the right time, Buster Posey, Angel Pagan and now Pablo Sandoval are all hitting well and Pablo hot two home runs last night as well as two three run shots in consecutive games. Defense is good and even Aubrey Huff came to the plate last night and doubled.

    Life is good and now the Magic Number isn’t just falling, it’s rapidly dropping. What is the magic Number? It’s any combination of Giants Wins and Dodgers losses that mean the Giants will win the National League West. As of 16.04 GMT The Magic Number is 3.

    It’s hard to believe that it’s two years since the Giants won the World Series, before that they hadn’t won one in San Francisco. Just because they won two years ago doesn’t mean there isn’t as much hype or eagerness this time round. The team know what 2010 was like, they want it again. So do I! Roll on the Postseason!

    Picture of the Giants celebrating from CNN

  • Nessycast #8: Nikolai Bonds

    Nessycast #8: Nikolai Bonds

    For the eighth Nessycast I had the pleasure of speaking to Nikolai Bonds, who is part of Airplane Mode, a US based group who mix hip hop and electronica.

    Nikolai’s family is also part of baseball royalty, his Dad, Barry leads the all time Home Run board and played left field for my beloved San Francisco Giants. His grandad is another legendary baseball name, Bobby Bonds.

  • The Franchise: A Season With The San Francisco Giants Episode One

    thefranchiseI love baseball! I got hooked when I spent a summer as an insomniac unable to sleep til 7am every morning. As San Francisco is such a fantastic place (yes I want to live there), I adopted the Giants. First thing I do every morning, if I haven’t seen or heard the previous night’s game, is check the result. Last night The Giants Beat LA 5-0. One of the horrible things about being over 5000 miles or 8170 kilometres from where your favourite sports team are is missing stuff like this on television. Thank goodness for the internet and for BWeezy’s beard!

  • Confession: I Love The Giants

    The countdown to the new season is on. The opening game against the Dodgers is at the next of next week, April 1st. My subscription to MLB.TV is all topped up, my browser points constantly to KNBR.  My insomniac sleep patterns are switching to ‘Baseball’.  It’s Giants time and I’ve been waiting since last November.

    When the Giants won the World Series, it seemed like the bunch of misfits were invincible.  I so didn’t want last season to end.  Spring Training games aren’t just for the players, they’re also for me to get back in sync with PST… ten days early, I’m ready, Let’s Defend this title! (more…)