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cruco and dwayne kriker. hall of fame broadcaster jon miller. and finally, two giants living legends, hall of famer mr. willy makati and hall of famer, the greatest mr. willie mays. [applause] how about a big hand for all of our special guests, everyone? [applause] we would like to thank the city and county of san francisco and our community partners, bank of america, caw, levi's, coors and miller, sales force.com, diamond foods, and charles schwab who helped make this possible. we would like to recognize broadcast partners knbr 680, the
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sports leader, comcast sports net bay area and nbc bay area, who bring giants baseball to our fans all season long and who have made it possible for today's event to be watched by giants fans throughout northern california. now, everyone, let's get this show on the road. let's get this party started. it is my great pleasure to introduce two members of the best broadcast team in all of baseball -- please welcome dave fleming and john miller. [applause] >> thank you for that. i always thought that this must be what it is like to be code, to go out to st. peter's on the balcony, and go out and there's hundreds of thousands of people, so i would like to bless you
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all -- i always thought that this must be what it is like should be pope. amen. i would also like to introduce the man who is now the new lieutenant governor and the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. [applause] what is next, dave? >> i think it is time to meet your 2010 world series champion san francisco giants. let's meet them. first off, former giant first baseman, still in the ball club as instructor and broadcaster, jg snow.
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former giants shortstop also now an instructor, sean dustin. catching instructor, bill hayes. the giants great third base coach, tim flannery. the bench coach, ron waters. giants' hitting coach, hensley euless. first base coach, ronesto kelley. giants' bullpen coach mark gardner. the pitching coach, did a pretty good job, i thought, dave righetti. [applause] how about the giants skipper,
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his second world series, the manager first with the giants, i think he made all the right moves, brought the giants the world championships, bruce bowen g -- bochy. >> bochy. bochy. bochy. bochy. >> all right, let's meet the members of the 2010 giants ballclub. he was injured, it did not have as much impact as he was hoping, but we will be hearing a lot from him in the future. ladies and gentlemen,
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infielder, emanu-el burris. [applause] how about what this guy did, not just in the regular season, but in the post-season, the series clinching home run. started i guess against the phillies in game 6. the three-run homer started in game one of the world series, shortstop juan urribe. ooh. sounds good. this guy was also his season cut short, and we will be seeing a lot of him next year -- outfielder, infielder, a great
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guy. mark to rosa. played in 29 regular-season games for the giants. he is an infielder, an outfielder. in the regular season, there were lots of heroes for the giants, but nobody had more big home runs, seventh inning or later, down the stretch, bay area native, grew up a giants fan, outfielder tad burrow. [applause] how about what a weapon this guy
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turned into? first baseman, travis ishikawa. [applause] this guy knocked in a run in game 1 of the world series, bay area native, giants fan, outfielder nate sherholmes. [applause] latest and gentlemen, the hall of fame in cooperstown new york, for this morning because they have a lot of memorabilia from the giants on display right now, including the batting helmets worn in the world series. ladies and gentlemen, the national league championship
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series mvp, here is toni ross. -- tony ross. [applause] an important pick up midseason, late-season from the chicago cubs, he started four different post-season games for the giants, infielder. will the recovery once hunted for a double. travis ishikawa -- we saw this, but we never thought we would see a bunt later, but there it was in the clinching game,
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aubrey huff. [applause] how about this next giant -- so young to be the longest tenured member of the world championship giants, 2-0 in the postseason. he did not give up a run all post-season long. his cap is in cooperstown as we speak. starting pitcher, matt cain. [applause] this guy knows how to make an entrance. first world series, he hit a double. his first at bat, second, third, giants second baseman freddie
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sanchez. how about the giants' backup catcher, had a memorable home run against none other than roy holiday, eli white size. [applause] in game four, he hit a home run, and that pretty much did the rangers in. he is the capture of the giants. buster posey. [applause]
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how about giants infielder ryan rohlinger? ryan. in game four of the national championship series, this was one of the great post-season games ever played in major- league history and one of the great games of this post season. he cut down the phillies' carlos ruiz with an incredible grow, outfielder aaron rowand. [applause] i do not think any giants fan is ever going to forget that night. rockets were in san francisco. gimenez were on the mound, and
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his mad-to help win a critical game, outfielder darren ford. ladies and gentlemen, i have only one phrase for the next giants player -- the beard. brian wilson. [applause] fear teh beard. how about the youngest left- handed pitcher in the history of the world series. eight shut up series.
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madison bumgarner. they tied the phillies in game 6. the bullpen when they last innings, and coming in first in the third inning, men all over the bases in a tie game, and he was critical to the giants winning the pennant. here he is, a left-hander, affeldt. -- jeremy affeldt. \ the next left-handed pitcher had his season cut short, but we know he has a bright season with the giants, dan runzler. giant open was right down the
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stretch, and this guy, maybe through his heart, santiago casilla. [applause] another recent acquisition to help the giants down the stretch. i would say he give a heck of a status report on those rangers hitters, too. chris ray. [applause] he hit a two-run double to put the giants ahead of the phillies. he is the panda.
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pablo sandoval. what a weapon. what left-handed reliever has ever had a better post season and the next man, javier lopez? [applause] acquired for the stretch run in the trade, right-hander ramon ramirez. i think we can use the phrase fear the beard again. right hand reliever sergio romo. [applause] giants' leadoff man -- do you want to raise? center fielder andres torres.
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giants' starting pitcher, a huge part of their success this season, game 3 against the braves, struck out 11 atlanta hitters, jonathan sanchez. [applause] this guy finished of game 1, the giants first win of the series, right-hander, dear mel -- guillermo mota. >> the giants would not be here without the contribution of this left-hander, no. 75, newberry zito zito -- barry zito.
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[applause] >> this next guy is now -- and the jersey he wore is in the hall of fame. the jersey from game 5. he beat clint least twice, tim lincecum. [applause] [applause] >> and last but not least, who is ever going to forget the moment from game 5 in texas, one of many great moments in his playoff career, the giants' shortstop, groceries post a valuable player, -- world series most viable player edgar re
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nteria. [applause] >> now we want you to please welcome a musical guest to perform "san francisco" for us. thank you.
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♪ my home on upon the hill i still love you still pipin away but now i am backe to tell you ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ [applause]
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>> now once again, please welcome the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. >> how are you all doing? the torture is over. world champ giants. it is good we brought the terminator here because it reminds us what we did to atlanta, but we did dto philly, and it reminds us what we did to texas. don't mess with california. this is when it is good to be
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mayor. only i could get away with saying the following. i saw eli get up and he's got that dead head shirt on. i am reminded what the late great jerry garcia once said. he said you do not want to be the best of the best. you want to be the only one that does what you do. that is our san francisco giants in 2010. believe it. how about a big round of applause for burst kochi and brian -- bruce poetrbochy and bn sabian who brought this together and did the impossible. how about another big round of applause to the 2010 world champion san francisco giants.
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[applause] i want to thank each and everyone of you. we would not be here if it was not for the fans, for all of you, a big round of applause for each and every one of you. not just for coming out today but every day, supporting this team. we are in a time where everyone's focusing on what is wrong. out here in san francisco, here in california, we are focusing on what is right, the sense of spirit, pride, that sense of possibility is back in our city. i am proud of that, and you should be as well. [applause] let me close by asking bill
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neukom to come up, representing the ownership of our giants, and do something that we rarely get to do. this is the highest honor that a city can bestow upon a dignitary, and it just seems appropriate that we bestowed this honor today on this special day, here in our great city and county of san francisco, charlotte will provide the countdown to the delivery of our key to the city of the city and county of san francisco. on behalf of the city and county, on behalf of all of us, bill, we thank you for your ownership, everything you did this year. we thank you for your leadership, your stewardship, and we congratulate you with this key representing the world champion 2010 san francisco
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giants. [applause] you have to make it someone's day every day, so we thought we may as well make it san francisco giants day. [applause] in closing, this town is going to need another mayor soon. i just have three words. fear the beard. thank you all. thank you, san francisco giants fans. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. now a few words from a man who may be completely out of words by now, but he is the managing
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general partner of the giants, once again, bill neukom. >> thank you. on behalf of the entire san francisco giants organization, thank you mayor, all of the good folks that worked for and with this city of san francisco, your corp., your sponsorship of this great day to celebrate the san francisco giants as world champions. [applause] it is, in every sense, a great day to be a giants fan, aint it? [applause] we, like you, are all elated to find ourselves standing on the summit of baseball. we are also proud, aren't you?
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in the job that bruce bochy did with all of his teams and players. one more round of applause for bruce and his team. [applause] >> and we are just as proud as the job that our general manager brian sabean did to put this group together. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] the san francisco giants are the champions of baseball this year because of a lot of work, good, smart work done by lots of folks for decades and decades. we are up here today because we are standing on the shoulders of giants who preceded us. applause for all those guys who
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built the pyramid who got us to this summit, please. [applause] >> in that line of succession, please join me in developing and making the family of the stonehams family. peter mcgowan, the in the past steward of the team. [applause] finally, a word of thanks to our partner investors, sponsors, among the investors i must say, we missed two giant investors, carmen and sue burns, who are watching and enjoying, we hope.
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thanks to our media partners, and thanks to you amazing san francisco giants fans. in northern california, in this city because of all over the world, here is to you giants fans. [applause] >> a final word of thanks to this amazing, diverse, remarkable community where the san francisco giants have the privilege of being a part. thank you, san francisco, for all of what you do. [applause] >> today is a day to celebrate. today is also a day to recommit. off seasonst