he is our san francisco assessor, bill ping. [applause] >> thank you, jan. i ask some other commissioners to join me on stage? i know that commissioners mar and chu are here. if there are other elected officials, if you could join me. our community in san francisco is something we are extremely proud of. frankly, if it was not for all of you i do not think any of us would be standing up here. we are very honored to be representing the community and the richness of our heritage in san francisco. it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost

.. >> she was a great ping-pong player because her father when she was a child played the home gamef ping-pong, fathers are very important in sports. >> rose: and the father's knee is born the passion of sports. >> absolutely. >> rose: why did you choose this piece by roger on ron darling -- >> the book is dedicated to are jerry and the preface i wrote is largely about meeting roger for the first time when i was an intern at the washington post. >> rose: yes. >> and roger was on book tour, promote ago book called late innings, not so late it turns out, and if he was terrifying to me because he was really one of the big figures that i have to say, that i grew up reading. >> rose: right. >> so it g gave me really a special pleasure to do this and i admit i asked roger which pieces did he like? and i think he got, i think maybe he got tired of seeing a certain piece anthologized all the time called gone for good. >> rose: right. >> a profile of steve blass a pitcher for the pittsburgh pirates who was a fantastic pitcher and all of a sudden loses it and roger explores the psychological

john's and yale when darling was pitching, john chief on -- and son and baseball, nancy franklin on ping-pongon michael jordan, it just goes on and on, until you get to john updike on ted williams final red sox appearance. >> written on the weekend. >> rose: he said that, is that right? >> roger knows that story rogewas editor for yes and years. he went to that game by accident. as you said in the forward to a later edition he had an assignation with a lady who didn't turn up, and he went to -- the red sox were a terrible team then and he went to fenway park, bought a ticket and wawld walked in and noticed ted williams last game to be played at fenway park and he hits the last home run of his career and john went home and wrote the piece, but wrote a whole new style, writing about basall. >> rose: what was the new style? >> wrote about himself and to write about the, not to write in a sporting way but to write about what he thought about ted williams, to start with, and just to be himself as a great writer. and i think roger said, you know, one piece. roger made it his lifework or a huge part

tonight, we're using the official "late night with jimmy fallon" ping pong ball.christmas party this year. [ laughter ] just ping pong balls. here we go. you go first, my pal. all right, ready? good luck. >> thank you. >> jimmy: yeah, great. now, you say you have a new strategy? >> just watch. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. [ laughter ] all right, here we go. >> nope. >> jimmy: you got to think of another strategy, i think. [ laughter ] here goes the old falloniski. here we go. [ audience ohs ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ bang! bang! oh, my gosh. there you go. that is some delicious bud light lime right there. lukewarm beer, nothing like it. [ laughter ] i'm going to distract you. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] >> i don't want to be good at this game. >> jimmy: come on. here we go. >> this is the stupidest game ever. >> jimmy: january! [ audience ohs ] more people play this. oh, my gosh! [ audience ohs ] hey! hey! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ that is unbelievable sportsmanship. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: you see how it could be fun? [ laughter ] ♪ [ cheers and appl

>> of harsh lesson for me at the ping-pong table from the center 's boss.t it is a distraction from his money worries. the center is supported by charitable donations, but it is having trouble paying the rent. that is because they used to least these prints out to a primary healthtrust, but the trust has had to give them up as a result of spending cuts. >> and we are left holding the baby, if you like. >> what do you do? >> our job is to make sure that this kind of service continues. >> the extract center here has me thinking about volunteering, about giving something back. i decided to go straight to the top in hastings and see the leader of the council. here is mine cv. >> what do you do? >> i am a journalist. >> well, we have some projects. we are trying to look out here. >> what do you think i would be suited for? >> what about docking the roundabout on the seafront? >> that sounds good. what are the hours? >> the hours are 26. >> that is all i want. i am sure i -- that would be enough. >> i will give you the keys for getting on to the roundabout, and l

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