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weren't even norly as loud as you and that's why we won and thank you very much and i told the team i was going to do this and we have a battle cry that nobody knows about and i'm going to break it out right now and you have to figure it out. it's as simple as this "you're going to jail now" . >> hard to beat. three more main stays to this championship team. matt cain, sergio romo and buster posey. [cheers and applause] >> well, now we have no chance
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after that. this has been such an unbelievable ride this year. all these guys came together early in spring and really believed in each other. we had an eventful year and we have romo being romo behind us, but this has been truly amazing and without you guys we wouldn't be here and you guys are by far the best fans in baseball and we got to all right that all this season and it's unbelievable and this next guy needs no introduction but we will give him one anyway. mvp posey. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. audience: mvp! mvp! >> thank you for me look looking around and seeing all the excitement and happiness on everyone's face you realize an
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accomplishment like this means more than just winning a game. this is about making memories with your family and friends to last a lifetime and i think we all know and believe that if you think something's achievable as long as you're willing to work hard enough for it and believe it can happen you can get it done and i just want to thank you guys for all your energy and excitement you bring to san francisco and for the giants day in and day out. you all are the best. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> well, -- audience: romo, romo. >> well, first off congratulations san francisco. we definitely couldn't have done it without you guys. i will venture to say -- there is one thing i noticed about my team we
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are a great example of this city. look at the diversity of personalities, where we all come from, the different faces from different stories and we all have one goal in mine. we had one job in mine. we had one dream in mine and that is to be world series champions with this group and i am proud to say that. you guys the same thing. we couldn't have done it without you, the city of san francisco. like i said you guys better be proud. you need to be proud and i will tell you for dang sure we are all world series champions and wearing orange and black in san francisco. [cheers and applause]
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>> all right. now i would like to introduce two more gentlemen. the first gentleman his first year with the giants and goes to the world series. the other gentleman arrived halfway through the season. coming up to speak now is angel pagan and hunter pens. [cheers and applause] >> thank you guys. i am going to try to improvise since the mayor stole my speech. i would like to thank god. i would like to thank the san francisco giants for giving me the opportunity to play in
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front of you guys, the fans. my family. thank you for understanding. thank you for understanding my career. it's very tough but i try to do the best everyday. thank you to my teammates because they have taught me so many thing this year to play with a lot of heart and determination and passion for this game. they made me a better player but i want to say something special. i want to thank the fans and when we struggled through the year and i saw the fans everyday and that only give us a lot of courage, more energy to go and play hard for you guys. i want to thank you fans when we were zero-two against cincinnati and down against st. louis you never gave up, never. but i want to salute you in guys because you always believed in us. thank you.
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[cheers and applause] >> [inaudible] played with all heart. all right. all right everyone. everyone's been talking about the speech and a lot about the reverend which is a lot of empty smoke if you ask me. there is one simple thing that happened with this team that hasn't been talked about enough and it was sacrifice. when i went up and talked to these guys i asked them to sacrifice themselves and play for each other and you won't see that too often with this big of a stage and the playoffs with this great group of super stars. they sacrificed their ego and they played for you guys and this is what this celebration is about. it's about you. thank you guys. we are going to bring this together. we want you to join in what we do in the dug out. i want you teach you
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about this and this is how we did it and i want you to lose your mind. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is how we get pumped up before we kill every team baby. >> every join with me. hands in the hair. we going to slow clap this and bring it up. (clapping). [cheers and applause] >> show them how we do it. >> well, we scream and have fun guys. this is about have fun and that's how we did it. >> that's how we do it boys. >> enjoy san francisco.
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[cheers and applause] audience: let's go giants! let's go giants! >> louder, louder. audience: let's go giants! let's go giants! >> how great are these guys san francisco? come on! [cheers and applause] this has been an awesome, awesome day, and again we thank you for your support and coming out today. before we get to our grand finale which i must say is going to be spectacular i want to bring the guys up one more time, giants players, coaches with a photo opportunity with the trophy. come on up guys once again. everybody get your camera phones out. this is a
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>> don't go anywhere. we have a special surprise. special surprise. you don't want to leave right now everybody. we're going to wrap up our 2012 world championship season very fittinglily. hello, how are you? thank you so much for standing next to me. this is a grand moment in my life. we're going to wrap up today's celebration fittingly enough with a song that you hear after every giants victory at at&t park. ladies and gentlemen his current cd is in stores now. the only and one donny.
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free. this tuesday, february 5 is free admission date for top museums. the dm and the leg end of honor. and after the trip to the museum, take a trip to the zoo, and offering free admission to residents. enjoy seeing all species in their surroundings, and other activities throughout the day. and if you are a baseball fan, i have a giant treat for you, this saturday at at&t park. the event will feature autographed sessions with the players and a chance to take pictures with the one and only
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championships. the event is free but get there early as the lines may be long. that's the weekly events. check us out on aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back on my feet. they are providing the services under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week.
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>> at the time we opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye glasses program. making a couple of phone calls to my family at home. >> some housing, i'm here for employment. may be see about -- i've never been to one of these. i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project
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to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor.
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our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let you go and thoser the different things you need. >> are you with a program, now? >> i was a long time -- >> you want a job search? >> career planning [inaudible]. you are interested in getting into the trades? and that is where they will double check your trading skills you got and put you on a crew and you can do construction work or any kind of construction. >> okay. >> good. are you receiving food stamps? >> no. >> not medical or nothing.
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>> no. >> we got to get you hooked up. >> this the department of human searchss this is the benefit's section much the beauty on coming here today is that we brought all of our requirements to this place, this station. the assessment. the orientation, we have the screening propose, the finger imaging this helps people who are unable to tolerate going to different appointments on several days. >> i want to talk to people from housing and shelter. there are several jobs i have been given it's a matter of following up. >> i'm going to get my eye glasses, try to. when i got here they said 60 people. not everybody will get a pair. 8 million people in san francisco who are homeless.
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>> i volunteered for the eye screening. they are appreciative, they tell us that. and they have come back to say, thank you very much. we appreciate this. it's made a difference in my life. there was a guy today that couldn't see so near sighted he couldn't seebeyond 2 or 3 inches. everything is a blur. it's a miracle for him. >> they are not doing anymore screening for the day. i will go to health care, next. >> this is the medical section where they come and give us their names and we ask them to have a seat with the rn. there are 6 rn's that will find out what they need. it could be just to see a doctor. they will sit here, write an assessment and someone will
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escourt them to where the doctors are. we have 2 if not more licensed dentests that look at people's mouth. they get a card to a drop-in clinic. the only thing that holds us back is we don't have enough dentists to treat the number of people. we would treat more people. >> this is not an area that people deal with. it can be a significant barrier. we see 185 to 200 clients. in the dmv area we see 300 to 350. >> it's overwhelming but helpful. there are a lot of people willing to help. >> at cafe connect we have volunteers that work as waiters.
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everyone who come here experiences a surprise that it's such an easy thing to relate to this group of people. when you are out of the street you ignore them. when you are here you treat them like human beings. people are gratified. >> you give back to people. you give back to our community and it makes the world a little less cruel. >> i heard people in line talking about the donation when they walked out. it was nice to see people come and get the things they want and leave. it's rewarding for our employees to help out. >> the feedback i have gotten from the employees today has been positive. they are encouraged that the fact the city is doing something like this for the homeless. >> i got involved, my son adam who's a teacher in san francisco
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participated and invited me. >> i got involved with a friend. i came a couple months ago and wanted to make it a priority to come again and invite my family and more friends. >> it's well organized. i'm impressed how organized it is. it feels wonderful to be a part of it. >> affords dignity to the people who affords the services. >> every service you can need or get you started is here under one roof. if you leave here you should have [inaudible]. the bottom line is you make
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