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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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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. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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

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In a Giants Splash/A's Plus 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. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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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 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. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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Let’s Play APBA Baseball, and You’re Invited May 11, 2020

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With baseball on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re going to play an APBA series between Northern California and Southern California — Golden Greats: the I-5 Series — with rosters full of big-leaguers through the years and fans voting to decide both rosters. John Shea moderates a roster discussion with Chronicle colleague Bruce Jenkins and the L.A. Times' Steve Henson. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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Huey Lewis Talks Album, Mays and The Sporting Green May 07, 2020

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In the second of two parts, rocker Huey Lewis gets into detail with John Shea about his new album, his new musical, the artistic influence of being raised in these parts, and the man keeps coming back to Willie Mays. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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Huey Lewis' News: Giants Fan Has New Album May 04, 2020

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In the first of two parts, rocker Huey Lewis talks to John Shea about his new album, his childhood love for Willie Mays and the Giants, singing the National Anthem before Giants and 49ers games, and his days playing baseball and softball. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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Tim Flannery Sheltering in a Cool Place, Part 2 Apr 24, 2020

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Former Giants coach Tim Flannery opens up to John Shea on his music, Jackson Browne, his years with Bruce Bochy, and his memories from the 2010 championship season a decade later in the second of two parts. | Coronavirus updates: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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