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I-5 Series Game 6 Postgame Show Jun 01, 2020

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We’ll see you tomorrow! Eddie Mathews’ grand slam off Dave Stewart in the 10th caps a Lefty Gomez-Jim Palmer pitchers duel and forces a Game 7. Henry Schulman talks to a worried NorCal manager Bruce Jenkins, and Jon Miller calls the highlights, including a homer and a defensive gem by Joe DiMaggio. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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I-5 Series Game 5 Postgame Show May 31, 2020

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Northern California had the bubbly on ice but the SoCals stay alive on a walk-off homer by Mark McGwire. Henry Schulman talks to NorCal manager Bruce Jenkins about his disastrous pitching moves and Jon Miller calls the highlights. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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I-5 Series Game 4 Postgame Show May 30, 2020

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A confident manager Bruce Jenkins joins Henry Schulman after his NorCal team takes a commanding 3-1 series lead. Mark McGwire homers twice for SoCal, but the North snarls back, tying it on Rickey Henderson's triple and taking the lead on Joe DiMaggio's sac fly. With two outs in the ninth, it's Dennis Eckersley vs. Ted Williams — who can't re-create Kirk Gibson's heroics. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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I-5 Series Game 3 Postgame Show May 29, 2020

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What a finish! Rollie Fingers strikes out Barry Bonds as the tying run in the ninth to preserve a 6-2 win for Southern California and keep Northern California from taking a 3-0 series lead. Henry Schulman and NorCal manager Bruce Jenkins run down the action and Jon Miller calls the highlights. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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I-5 Series Game 2 Postgame Show May 28, 2020

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Tom Seaver fires a complete-game three-hitter and Barry Bonds homers twice for the second straight game as Northern California beats Walter Johnson and Southern California 5-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the APBA Baseball series pitting all-time rosters of NorCal and SoCal players in simulated games. Henry Schulman and North manager Bruce Jenkins have the wrapup from Candlestick Park. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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I-5 Series Game 1 Postgame Show May 27, 2020

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Northern California manager Bruce Jenkins joins Henry Schulman to talk about Game 1 of Golden Greats: The I-5 Series, an APBA Baseball simulation between all-time all-star teams from Northern California and Southern California. Seals Stadium in San Francisco played small as the Northerners jumped on Don Drysdale and Gerrit Cole for five runs each on the way to an 11-6 win. Jon Miller calls the play of the game, a first-inning home run by Barry Bonds. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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Ex-Reliever Craig Breslow: Still a Brainiac May 26, 2020

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Former A's reliever Craig Breslow, now an executive with the Chicago Cubs and once known as the smartest man in baseball, talks with Susan Slusser about his time with the A's, the logistics of baseball's return and his charity for pediatric cancer research. | Coronavirus updates: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | A’s Plus Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/asnewsletter

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Stephen Vogt Among I-5 Legends May 23, 2020

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Former A’s and Giants catcher Stephen Vogt, on the Northern California roster for the I-5 Series, talks with John Shea about his love and appreciation for baseball history and growing up in a baseball family. | A’s Plus Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/asnewsletter

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Gabe Kapler and Dave Roberts Pick Their I-5 Series Lineups May 19, 2020

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In an A's Plus/Giants Splash combo podcast, Giants manager Gabe Kapler and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts take to a Zoom call to pick their lineups from the 34-man rosters of all-time Norcal and SoCal greats selected from more than 100,000 votes. | A’s Plus Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/asnewsletter

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I-5 Series Rosters Revealed: Who’ll Win? May 18, 2020

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In an A's Plus/Giants Splash combo podcast, The Chronicle's John Shea and Bruce Jenkins and the L.A. Times' Houston Mitchell and Steve Henson break down the all-time NorCal vs. SoCal rosters based on fan votes ahead of a seven-game APBA virtual series in which Game 1 lineups will be selected by Giants manager Gabe Kapler and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. A’s Plus Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/asnewsletter

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