Picture: SF Giants Pitcher Commutes to work - escooter

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Need further proof that the San Francisco Giants have the coolest relief pitcher in the world? Check out this photo, snapped by fan Stephen Goldblatt outside AT&T Park on Friday, of Brian Wilson on his way to work. There is so much amazingness going on here that we don’t know where to begin commenting, but the “Back to the Future”-inspired Nike Mags — currently going for as high as $7000 on eBay — are definitely a nice touch.
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Yup. GPN has a member who is a executive chef at the ballpark. Probably made some kind of "score." :mrgreen:

Motor is upgraded to a Torkinator that can probably do about 30ish MPH with the right gear combination. It also has good hill climbing ability to boot. The amount of $$ he's worth, he should at the very least where a helmet, or shave some of that beard off so it don't get caught in branches and such. :D
 
That guy is cool. That is all.
 
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/giants-pence-rides-2-wheels-to-the-park/

Life has been a blur for Hunter Pence since he was traded to the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies in July. If not for his daily commute to AT&T Park during homestands, he would never have a chance to slow down and enjoy his new vistas.

On Monday, in the Giants’ National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Pence wound up somewhere he has never been before: in a Game 7, a spot he said “you dream about as a kid.”

Pence rides a motorized scooter with a top speed of 20 miles per hour, perfect for his five-minute commute along the sidewalks of the Embarcadero. If it is not too crowded, he said, he allows himself to drink in the views of the Bay Bridge.

It is not easy to draw double takes in a city where eccentricity is celebrated, but at 6 feet 4 inches and more than 200 pounds, Pence tends to stand out on his scooter. Some pedestrians even recognize him as the Giants’ starting right fielder. “They’ll say, ‘Hey, that’s Hunter Pence,’ ” he said.

Pence, who bears a passing resemblance to the actor Woody Harrelson, hopes people understand he is not being rude if he does not acknowledge their greetings with a wave; he does not want to loosen his grip on the handlebars lest he lose his balance.

Does he worry about wiping out, like the Belgian golfer Nicolas Colsaerts did on a scooter the week of the 2011 British Open, forcing him to withdraw from the tournament with an elbow injury?

Uh, no, Pence said, adding, “Thanks for telling me that.”

The scooter, he said, was custom-made by the team’s clubhouse chef, Joe Day, and is painted orange and black. He parks it in the clubhouse.

Manager Bruce Bochy said, “These guys are going to live their lives, and you want them to have fun, as long as it’s under control. I think he should be able to handle that.”
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/sports/baseball/hunter-pence-giants-leader-and-free-spirit.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
At 6 feet 4 inches and more than 200 pounds, Pence, 29, is like a Little Leaguer masquerading in a grown-up’s body. He lives five minutes from AT&T Park with his father, Howard, and girlfriend, Savanna Sweetland, and commutes to home games on a souped-up scooter that is painted orange and black and reaches a top speed of 20 miles per hour.

Why a scooter? “So I didn’t have to wait for my dad to pick me up after games,” said Pence, who left his car, a 2007 Yukon Denali with roughly 70,000 miles on it, in Houston.
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No pretentiousness, either. Pence rode his scooter to the ballpark Monday and parked it in the clubhouse, per his routine. After the game, there was no lack of volunteers offering to place his scooter in the back of their cars and give him a lift home.

“Nah,” Pence said. “I think I’ll ride.” He smiled. “In the rain.”

On Sunday, Pence was asked if he worried about wiping out on the scooter, the way the Belgian golfer Nicolas Colsaerts did during the week of the 2011 British Open. Colsaerts sustained an elbow injury that kept him out of the tournament.

Uh, no, Pence said. “And thanks for telling me that,” he deadpanned. On Monday, he made it a point to say he was being “super careful.”
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Pence quickly blended in with the Giants. His unique personality rose to the surface, highlighted by a scraggly beard and Pence’s insistence upon riding a motorized skateboard-like scooter to home games.
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