Hunter Pence on pilates, Harry Potter and the tough NL West

There may not be anyone in professional baseball like Hunter Pence — from the way that he throws and swings a bat, to his confessed off-the-field nerdery. Good luck finding someone else in MLB who will talk to you about playing "Magic: The Gathering" and picking out wands at Harry Potter World. Oh, but Pence is that guy. Not only is he one of the more crucial pieces for the San Francisco Giants, he's one of the more fascinating guys in baseball. He was riding his scooter to and from games before it was trendy. He's proud of his paleo lifestyle and helped the Giants introduce a garden beyond the outfield wall at AT&T Park not too long ago. He's a gamer, a vlogger (along with his fiance Alexis Cozombolidis, aka @LetsGetLexi), he's helping planning a wedding and he just got into pilates. It's quite the life. He's also one of the new faces of Oberto beef jerky. Pence spent part of last week filming his commercial for the beef jerky brand, a trip to the national endrorsement stage that has him pretty psyched. We at the StewPod were psyched as well, to have Pence join us for a wide-ranging interview that covered everything going on his life — from his Harry Potter vacation, to his interest in pilates and how it will help him on the baseball field and whether the Giants have some even-year magic bottled up for 2016.