if you like country, the marshall tucker band is doing the national anthem. i love them.they are old and good, too. the first pitch just over an hour away. we will have all the fan excitement and highlights of the game coming up later tonight at 5:00. >> and another sellout crowd at at&t. >> there you go. >> yes, pretty good. >> that will do it for kpix 5 news at noon. >> have a good day, everybody, and go giants! we will see you tomorrow morning. >> rick: this is yours, right? well, it has to be. "maya avant." uh... "conjugated estrogen." what does that even mean? why are you taking estrogen? >> nicole: wow. i never realized. >> carter: what? >> nicole: how much fun it'd be. modeling. >> carter: um...give it time. >> nicole: what do you mean? >> carter: nothing. it's just, uh -- it, uh, takes practice. it was only your first time, so... >> nicole: well, luckily, i have a sister willing to help me learn the trade. >> carter: you feel like maya owes you, do

marshall tucker band will be leer to perform the -- here to perform the anthem. >> reporter: focusing of course on the three championships last five years but then there's a baseball game against the rockies. >> that's right the home opener is always -- just a great time here in san francisco. o so we started on the road but today is all about the ceremonies and really celebrating a wonderful year 2014. it's not that many years you can raise the pennant or raise the championship banner. so we're excited about that and i think the fans are going to have a wonderful time at the ballpark. >> you know they are wondering look even years streak, 2010, '12, '14. but not so hot the last few years, what's in store this jeer? >> see if we can do it on the odd year, but hey you know we had a lot of years during the '70s and '80s and '90s where we didn't celebrate the way we are now. let's celebrate today and get the year started at home the right way. >> reporter: it will be a special day. >> absolutely. >> reporter: thanks mario. 1:35 first pitch against the colorado rockies here at at&t park.

marshall tucker band is here to do the anthem.saturday we're giving out the world series rings. >> you've got one of those old ones. >> well, yeah, you know. the players get their rings this saturday. 6:00 game. our players are going to be wearing this new gold jersey that only team that wins the world series can wear. it's one day we're going to wear it. retrojersey in gold and our players will be wearing that saturday night. >> is that something the mlb started? >> yes. in 2010 we won the gold jersey. at first, but it looks great on the field. >> it's going to be a fantastic day. clear weather for it as well. >> yep. the field is looking good. ready to go. >> let's go, giants, right? let's do it again. >> you got it. >> thank you. kris ashton starting for the giants. we feel good about their chances. live look outside right now. high above at&t park. mario, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the field is being prepped. opening day is the logo there freshly painted along the third side baseline. third base baseline. >> it's al

world series mvp madison bumgarner rode it in on a horse while the marshall tucker band played his favorite. he handed it over to his teammates to be raised over the stadium. that was the best for a lot of folks. >> absolutely by far riding in the banner by horse. >> raising the flag. that was awesome. it was perfect. >> oh, madison on the horse. that was awesome. and coming up at 6:00 the $10 sandwiches $11 beers and the 8.50 garlic fries. smells like victory. reporting from at&t park, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> unfortunately, it didn't end that way. the opening ceremonies had all the pageantry have come to expect but they left the game disappointed disappointed. pregame was awesome, but the giants lost. >> you know guy, we're out here at at&t park. giants trying for their seventh straight home opening victory. right to the high lights of this one. it was a close game but the giants left a lot of men on base. top four scoreless games. and troy tulowitzki hits the single to left. charlie blackmon will come in to score. bottom of the fourth giants trying to answer back. two on for

and the marshall tucker band sang the national anthem. they are a country band. you might not be too familiar but -- >> i can't know little something. [ singing ] >> reporter: there you go. we will have a lot more coming up. back to you guys in the studio for now. >> okay. >> reporter: i am going to give their hand back. >> we will see you at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's gone s is live ud-- john sasaki is live outside the ballpark. started out with a lot of promise. >> announcer: did. it was special for everyone with another world series championship but for some this was life affirming. >> the sounds of opening day filled the air outside at&t park. spring here and so is baseball. >> this is what it means to me. just to see the energy level and excitement. it will be a memory we will never forget. >> that fan was attending his first opening day game. this man has a different perspective. >> this is my 35th 35th year of opening day in a row. got to do what you got to do. go giants. >> reporter: we met a man for whom this man has a deeper meaning. >> stage 4 cancer. last year,

now we're giving you a look at the marshall tucker band.g this afternoon. >> love the live picture. thank you. >>> florida senator marco rubio is saying yes, he's running for president. here's a look at his website counting the hours until the big announcement later this afternoon. he will make it official in his hometown of miami. 30 minutes ago, he said he feels uniquely qualified to talk about the future. he also called hillary clinton "a leader from yesterday." >> every day americans need a champion and i want to be that champion. >> yesterday, hillary clinton made her long-expected announcement that she's running for president again in this video showcasing middle-class americans. she's due to hold her first campaign event at a community college in iowa tomorrow. >>> 8:15. san francisco police are still searching for the people in a car that hit and killed a woman during a police chase on friday. 42-year-old bridget klecker was in a crosswalk friday night when a car with armed robbery suspects inside hit her. investigators say during t

in the national anthem to be performed by the marshall tucker band. >> opening day.great time. >> reporter: what's the mood like in the front office given that you guys win the world series every other year? >> well, we're going to try to break the streak this year. but you know, it's interesting. we -- in the old days we used to talk about an off season. there really is no such thing. we've played through october. and those months go by, go by quickly. and before you know it if you start playing for opening day and figuring out what's the best way to start the season off and welcome our team back to san francisco. the mood -- i've been around for a years. i remember the years whether we weren't winning all the time. we joke in the office that employees started that, it doesn't happen all the time. maybe it does. >> reporter: now you're coming to the ballpark today or any time this season, getting into the parks can be different. it's going to feel more like airport security because major league baseball requires every personenier itting the venues -- person entering

marshall tucker band played the anthem arld and version of bump garner favorite song fire on the mountain. and then he wrote a san francisco police horse carrying the 2014 championship flag to center field where he handed it off to team mates jeremy, matt, sergio team mates jeremy, matt, sergio, xavier and santiago who will then raised the flag over the stapled. all really dramatic. >> giants fans know how to welcome the world champion. here's more now from abc 7 news reporter wayne freidman. >> came by land. the they came by air. they even came by sea. and with the family dog no less. the reassuring isn't it that the familiar routine has come back so easily. >> my happy place. >> more than her happy place it's their happy place. maybe your happy place too. it men the putting on orange and black and if you are die hard fan adding another tattoo to the championship trifecta above the ankle. you are running out of leg. >> no i have a lot of leg. >>reporter: first time san francisco giants won world series amazement. second gratitude. the third pinch me. >> my heart come out of my chest. so

the marshal tucker band singing the anthem. that was my old college band at florida state. good to see them out here at at&t. and then a tribute to 230r78er giants broadcaster lon simmons who passed away last week and they threw out the first pitches and it was quite exciting to see and madison bumgartner finally got his wish and jumped on the horse and delivered the 2014 championship ban tore jeremy out in right center and then, of course jerry took the banner, ran it up the pole. as i mentioned, the third world series championship banner in the last five years doesn't get much better than that, and then, of course, rookie chris heston making his second start with the first pitch. so just quite a pregame for everybody involved and over 40,000 people either called in sick today were working from home and, boy, just quite a pregame festivities out here. unfortunately the giants came within a three-game losing streak and they were three back of the national league west and we'll have more on that coming up later at 6:00 in sports and what a day out here guys and really specia

we do know the marshall tucker band will be there to perform the "national anthem." >> a lot of banners going up today, the players will not receive their world series rings until saturday. but we know they're champions. >> always. when the giants take the field that day they're going to sport a different look, too, laura. check these out. the players will wear special baseball caps with a gold sf logo on the front and a gold championship trophy on the back. >> very cool. >> all right. one of the things the fans are going to run into when they get to the park, new security measures. >> today bob is live at at&t park as well with a look at what fans need to expect when they actually arrive here. good morning, bob. >> good morning to you, laura and sam. getting into at&t park is now going to feel a little bit more like airport security. major league baseball is requiring that any person that enters their venues, including at&t, to be screened with one of those magnetic wands. something you would see like at an airport. it's a new measure designed to improve security. it could lead long li

and become a back into san diego 3 in for we all know this is a marathon and not a sprint the marshall tucker band they will do the opening and come to we don't know who's coming stop the first pitch for the game that is still under wraps if they want to settle the central defense who will be arriving into the ballpark may be at around 11:00. >>will tran: i've been here many turned the design autographs >>james: timber to be mild a lot of sunshine with the winds will also be a factor here is what it will look like noontime before the game starts looking as 63 degrees some disguised by about two half-hour into the game just so sunny and breezy conditions will warmer to 64 in and drop the down another the greek it toward 4:00 of the hours letters to be ready for again it will be sunny and windy out of the ballpark are looking a really nice weather ahead storm track four date for cash during the morning hours mostly meant for is a low 50s right now again wednesday as well all around the bay area we're talking 15 to 20 mi. an hour sustained winds with gusts possible of the 25 maybe the third amou