>>gary: everybody every time someone asks who's your two favorite i always say dave stewart and daveu again man. >> tell me an opportunity, with you and i told them i would not miss it for anything in the world. you've always been good buy me i appreciate what i love the man. >>gary: can't take that without saying that it's a shame that we on i didn't feel the same way about you. >> care my brother (laughter) >>gary: still to this day people swear by dave stored. when we come back its e-mail time. we have a lot of people right thing. it is going to save bitching and moaning but that's harsh. the kron 4 audiences hot next. >>gary: are you ready to roll? >> i hear you say one more time you feel sorry for bonds that will turn you off for good. >>gary: you're entitled. here's how look at things. if you've done something directly to me, i tend to try and give everybody the benefit of the doubt. unless and competing with him that i tried to do whatever it takes. what i'm saying, he said he feel sorry because he's a long right now. he is a long. money can buy you could french ships and some

dave stewart will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. he was the 1989 world series mvp for the a's. the actual first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. for the giants to him was good but the dodgers were better. the dodgers win the opener 2-1. the teams got it again tonight. here at kron 4 we watched the opening game with the giants fans. >> day looked sloppy but still figured out. >> they will come back and kick tail. i'm not worried about it. the beard will come back soon. it's baseball you win some and lose some. >> reporter: you win some and you lose some that's right. sanchez will be the first pitcher to nine and those billings lee will be for the doctors.doctors. ddoctors. remel 10th at 10:00 p.m. we have an encore presentation of baseball by the day. we will be right back. >> erica: i can finally say happy friday, no hot spots that vehicle that was on fire has been towed from the scene. one lane has been reopened. one lane is still shut down for a bit of a cleanup but traffic is moving freely. much more straight ahead. >> reporter: navy p

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>>vern: take a look at young dave stewart. , the former a's pitching break will throw out the first ceremonial pitch to get it under way tonight. 7 of 5:00 p.m. start, the a's vs. the mariners to. that will do it for now we will come back next hour with more. back to a studio. >>pam: loss angeles police are trying to get the public's help in identifying the dodger fans who left a giants fan in critical condition. officials said there were many witnesses, the attack happened right after the game ended last night. they say 2 men in dodger close fall of three men sunshine scarce as they walk to their car. >> there's an investigation going on trying to identify the suspects and other witnesses. >>pam: the victim is in critical but stable condition. police say his injuries are not life- threatening. in oakland things could get ready tonight for the a's season opener. fans started tailgating this morning. it team officials say they're stepping up security efforts tonight because of a large crowd expected. they're doubling the security force and adding extra police in the coliseum in parking lots to

>>vern: dave stewart the pitching legend will be throwing out the first legend one of the heroes of the89 team. he will be joining gary coming up at 6:45 p.m. in the sports segment. when this to get together just for the previous record of the window. that will do it from the ball park right now, back to you. >>pam: tickets for the old days " in dammar sold on the website, internet reporter kimberly tells us if there's any still available online. >>kimberlee: did a search earlier today, there were less than 25 listings for tickets. i just looked up stumps of right now, there are no listings available for tickets. he might be of law, if you want to catch tonight's game there might be a few tickets left on graceless. as for the tickets available for tomorrow night, there are still some available but they're pretty limited. the cheapest tickets $15, $20, $30. and the most expensive tickets $369 if you want to sit in the diving club level. tomorrow's game starts of 6 of 5:00 p.m., if you want tickets and see the a's if you have to hop on line quickly. if you'd like to check out all the diff

. >> dave stewart in the house to throw out the first pitch.h willingham made a good first impression. he gets the a's on the board with a 2-run shot. trevor cahill allowed only one run, but a high pitch count knocked him out in the 5th. the new and improved bull pen struggled. shaun figgins breaks the tie with a solo shot. the defense was even worse, committing fiver ors and leading to three more mariner runs in the 7th, seattle wins 6- 2. >> baseball players are pretty set in their ways in their routines and stuff. sometimes you get out of that. we'll be fine. we had a bad game tonight, no way to get around that. we feel bad for the fans who came to watch, but we'll be fine. >> brandon belt got his first career hit. tonight he can cross off first career homer. belt presses a 3-run shot to dead center to give the giants a 3-1 lead, but it wouldn't last long. dodgers answer with three runs in the 6th. all of them were charged to jonathan sanchez. bases loaded in the 7th, but chad billingsly ends the threat. giants lose their second straight one

dave stewart is the director of the ceremonial pitch. he was world series and the aid. >>louisa: it is one to be and i stay on top. however, temperatures are cooler than they were yesterday. we can already see the sun. is clinton the and other sunny day. clouts and extend and oakland. 57 degrees, binding time of 273. high temperatures, 73 degrees and by 60 in the o'clock hour. as we head into the afternoon temperatures will not be as from his sister appeared we broke several records yesterday. 83 and oakland, check it to snap up. 87 degrees. it broke the record in 1966. santa rosa came at around 86 degrees breaking a record. today we will stilsteer clear. 57 and oakland, the highs will stay into the '70s. the layout will reach 82, 81 in concord. 81 in los gatos. 67 and half moon bay. for the a's game, partly cloudy conditions are expected we are expecting them to stay into the 60s. it will be mild for the game. by 9:00 p.m. expected to to 64 degrees. here is your seven day around the bay. much, much cooler and guinier to. there is a slight chance of rain into the north.

. >> reporter: former a's great dave stewart weighed in. >> i loved the ball club to stay here in thisof the bay area in the oakland area if they could. you know on the other side of the coin. i guess you have to do what you have to. what is oakland without the oakland a's? >> reporter: fans cleared out of here pretty quickly tonight. a few of them admitted to me that winning could cure a lot of things for the oakland a's. they said they'll be more likely to come out here and help the team turn around those attendance numbers if the team is in contention. >>> we have more details about the significance of today's game. more than 45 members of the japanese media covered the game. the entire series will be televised live in japan where they are revered. >>> as for tonight's game itself, mark ibanez will have that a little bit later in sports. >>> you may notice a lot of people dressed up in wild costumes this weekend around masconi center in san francisco. because it is the annual comicon event. superheros and supervillains were on the floor. the fans got to see the latest. >> the way i

. >> reporter: former a's great dave stewart weighed in. >> i loved the ball club to stay here in this part of the bay area in the oakland area if they could. you know on the other side of the coin. i guess you have to do what you have to. what is oakland without the oakland a's? >> reporter: fans cleared out of here pretty quickly tonight. a few of them admitted to me that winning could cure a lot of things for the oakland a's. they said they'll be more likely to come out here and help the team turn around those attendance numbers if the team is in contention. >>> we have more details about the significance of today's game. more than 45 members of the japanese media covered the game. the entire series will be televised live in japan where they are revered. >>> as for tonight's game itself, mark ibanez will have that a little bit later in sports. >>> you may notice a lot of people dressed up in wild costumes this weekend around masconi center in san francisco. because it is the annual comicon event. superheros and supervillains were on the floor. the fans got to see the latest. >> the

dave stewart throwing out the first pitch good. to see him out there. bottom of the firs first.h first at bat athletic that's the way you want want to start. deep off felix hernandez. 2 run shot and a's lead 2 zip. trevor soiled early. striking out ryan then shawn down swingin swingingdale pitched only 4 and 2 third. struck out 8. relief kind of shakey. a's up in the sichblingt ichiro takes craig of to left. ryan racing home. he's safe. that ties it up. if deep to left here and that is gone. mariner lead 3-2. move to the seventh. seattle now leading 5-2. with brad on the mound. pennington throws home and miguel called safe. now the bigger issue is the injury to suzuki. this is hard to watch. look at the left heel. ankle there with the runner. right on top of suzuki in obvious pain. and would leave. now 6-2 mariners leading in the 9th inning. no word on suzuki condition at this point. sanchez signed a one year contract extension with the giants. today covering the 2012 season. worth 6 million dollars. which is what he will make this year. rookie brandon making his presence felt t

a's opened the season in front of a packed house at the coliseum 36,000 plus dave stewart threw out thes become a celebrity at the capital. seven-year-old corgi is capitalizing on his popularity and selling his own line of merchandise t-shirts and tote bags. three dollars of each sell pays down the budget deficit. yeah the remaining $14 billion deficit! >> i confess i'm a super fan. >> she likes him so much she bought a hoodie and coffee mug. the deficit shrank $6. >> it's the way to tip in the budget. >> the administration says sutter brown accounts are unofficial but all signs point to someone in the inner circle. the governor denies being behind. >> are you twittering on sutter brown's behalf? >> no i'm not. >> so far it has netted the state $700 which the finance department won't refuse. >> confucius says the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and that applies here. >> whatever profits are made more power to them. more power to sutter brown. >> janelle: in an effort to bridge the state's budget gap seven cities increased sales tax san leandro has 10%. rates went u

. >> dave stewart is going to be throwing out the first pitch and we have a navy flyover so there willght and excitement and a great pitching matchup. >> reporter: great pitching matchup and big deals for the fans that come out this weekend. you're really trying to get the momentum going here, the excitement. how important is it to have a big opening weekend? >> opening weekend of course is important. this is the first time we have opened on a friday in a long time so we are expecting a sellout. and then on sunday we have japanese heritage day. we have matsui playing ichiro so there are a lot of great things happening. it will be a great way to kick off the season. >> reporter: show us some of the swag. >> reporter: sunday, ichiro and hideki matsui so we have japanese heritage day so this is a matsui t-shirt will be given out on sunday and as the year goes on we have for the first time rickey henderson bobble heads on april 30th and a whole line-up of exciting promotions. >> reporter: jim will be here a little after 6:00 we'll check back in so if you have any questions to ask jim, emai

dave stewart is throwing out the first pitch.e were so many upsets. >> it has been a great tournament. >> thanks, larry very much. >>> that's our president -- that's our report. "nightline" starts at 5:00. stay connected at abc7news.com. for larry beil and sandhya patel. i'm dan ashley and thanks so much for watching. we hope you have a great weekend. gad night. -- good night. [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney appreciation sale get an extra 20% off apparel shoes & accessories with your jcpenney rewards credit card! save on all regular, sale and clearance its! no exclusions! go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. we make it affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? this is a strawberry pop-tart. and this is the warm fresh baked taste... of a straw

dave stewart will be throwing the ceremonial first pitch.the opening weekend will be under recovery efforts for japan. they will be donating $1 per ticket purchased from sunday's game to the red cross to a relief efforts. they're expecting a crowd of 20,000. >>darya: the sharks have made the playoffs. the sharks have 16-seven games now and they beat detroit with five games remaining this season. >>mark: here is a view from our camp. let us find out what is in store for today with the reason. >>louisa: this is why you love living here. do want to go to the beach? or the ski resort? there's still plenty of power up there in heavenly. there is all lot of snow still. we're going to continue to seek as conditions through today however, it is starting to change by the weekend, not so good news on your saturday. it could get a mixture of rain and snow levels staying above 8,000 ft. level. it does point to be one still with the chance of snow showers continuing on sunday. temperatures are cooling down a bit as well. probably it a nice warm and sunny

the one bright spot tonight was dave stewart. king of this franchise for so many years during the late '80s. mid 90's, is to work through out the first pitch. we spoke with stuart earlier and inquired about conseco and mcgwire. >> i've not seen kansai going in a long time. however, i've seen mcgwire. and i've not seen-conseco. i've of much respect for mcguire, he was a great teammate and that was booked at him that way. >> gary: i remember when you try to help conseco. do you feel sorry for what has become of him? >> there is a saying in the bible that you reap what you sow and what is happening is has brought to him by the things that he is done to himself. >> gary: you have big deals for ballplayers. i found your name in a movie magazine. you were helping young candidates with rhianna is that true? >> and think there is any such thing as helping anybody with rhianna she is her own woman. >> gary: any thoughts? >> the chicken maker on decisions law >> marty: test she can maker-----since. >> isabel: the new look of the a's, and t

the ceremonial first pitch will be thrown out by dave stewart earlier than that.raig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 7:30. several cars are damaged in oakland this morning after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. it all happened on foothill boulevard and havens court just after 9:00 p.m. take a look at the damage left behind. we're told the driver and two other people were taken to a hospital. but we don't know their condition. police tell us the vehicle, the suspect was driving, it was stolen. >>> san francisco car owners are being warned to be on the lookout. car thefts and burglaries in the city are on the rise. 905 cars have been stolen in san francisco so far this year. that's 10% more than this time last year. car burglaries are also up 22% with more than 2500 break-ins. santarosa police say they've arrested two women who may be linked to at least eight vehicle robberies. in santa rosa, marin county and as far south as san mateo. officers found the women after noticing a stolen vehicle from oregon on mendocino avenue. they traced

dave, tonight is opening night. last years world series winner some experts say the a's have the pitching to compete for another world series ring. they won the last world series back in 1989. abe stewart won 20 games and was the mvp of the 1989 world series. the team is hoping the pitching staff of today will help them relive the glory years of yesterday. perfect game pitcher dallas braden return but new additions are expected to draw fans. in fact they are already drawing tv fans back home. >> 20 million people watched the tuesday exhibition game back in japan which is incredible when you think about it. so it's a great opportunity for us. we have gotten new sponsorship deals as a result of signing him. >> reporter: you rarely get 20 million games for a regular season game on a regular broadcast. getting 20 million fans to watch an exhibition game back in japan is simply outrageous. tonights game is at 7:05. japanese heritage day is on sunday. but they have a charity event planned around giving help to the victims of the earthquake tsunami. reporting live kraig debro. >>> time now 6:48. i know that shot has sal castaneda just dreaming of baseball. >> baseball is good. good in san fra