this was buster posey's view from his first home in pro ball. this is where they came to see the baby faced catcher who arrived with so much promise. this is also where he was hit in the head by a 92-mile-an-hour fastball. that same night -- >> he stopped in the parking lot with his wife and stayed there for an hour and 45 minutes and signed every single kid who came down here, their ball or their picture. >> reporter: this is where buster posey arrived. >> he understood very early on that he had a responsibility to the community and that night he validated it. >> reporter: posey was gone in six months climbing the proverbial minor league ladder, then the kid who left his mark in san jose did this in the game's biggest game. >> the first postseason home run for buster posey. >> reporter: it was his work behind and at the plate that earned posey the game's highest honor for a rookie. >> i think it's awesome. it's great. having a more liked guy in the organization. >> reporter: at the giants dugout store inside valley fair mall, giants gear is wha

great stories. >> how about buster posey and madison bumgarner both rookies. rookies that were not a part of the start of the season, buster posey spent the first two months in the minors and madison bumgarner was called up in the middle of the season and provided tremendous pitching down the stretch. >> there is aubrey huff. >> and there is tim lincecum. kristen is pointing to the car so we can see him. >> this is unthinkable. >> it's unbelievable. i'm so happy. we're so happy. >> at this point in your career how does it feel. for this happen at your point in your career how does it feel? >> great. the greatest moment in my life. i'm just enjoying it right now. i feel real, real good. >> congratulations. >> the as the parade, he is 35 years old, there was an emotional moment laid flait season and gathered the team together after batting practice against chicago and said to lincecum said look, we can do this. and he said, i see the talent. we can do this. just get up to the playoffs and i will help you once we get there. he was heroic. he was unbelievable and

but buster posey performed admirably for a rookie and can you imagine coming? bumgarner and posey coming in as rookies and going to the playoffs and then to the world series and -- to have the great fortune to win a world series as a rookie, amazing. >> i often say that there's no mvp, there's no one mvp on this team, ken. but there's one guy who carried the team at one point. it was posey. he carried the team on his back in the month of july when the giants caught fire. only the phillies had a better record after the break. and right behind them were the giants and the guy who fueled them offensively was buster posey in the month of july. that's when he came to the forefront of major league baseball. everybody took notice of him for his offensive prowess. but the point i make is he did an incredible job with the pitching staff. >> if you're home watching the live coverage on cbs 5 or at the office, welcome and thank you for joining us. wave to the crowd and let out a big whoop because the san francisco giants are the world series champions and we'll be back wi

buster posey goes deep. 4-nothing in the eighth. now cody ross who has hit five ho runs this post season, one this world series, last night, bats with the run home, one out, nobody on. >> joe: the 1-1. on the outside corner. strike two. the job just got even tougher for texas against bumgarner. o'day came on. last night, o'day won that match-up. tonight, posey. the count 2-2. >> joe: tim flannery, the third base coach. back to the home run by posey. >> joe: the mad scramble for the world series souvenir. >> joe: o'day's 2-2 pitch. popped up, right side. moreland gives it a look by the seats. he got it. two out. ross is hitless tonight. his ten-game post-season hitting streak may come to a close but his giants are up 4-nothing in the eighth. here is uribe. 0-3. >> tim: e thing about the giants' line-up, the giants will make no defensive moves in the game. as bruce bochy said, their defensive team started tonight's game. and will in all probability end it. >> joe: ball one, down and away to uribe. fouled out. flied to left, flied to c

there's buster posey again. and mike mibach, very near where the giants will be taking center stage. you will had hear from the players themselves very shortly after we continue our parade coverage. >> reporter: as we saw brian wilson get off that cable car, fans went berserk. this is what i'm feeling. i feel like this team is bringing the world championship to san francisco. >> they are delivering it to the city. it's great to see them getting out of the cable cars. they realize this is the end of the parade. there's steve perry -- >> yeah. "don't stop believein'." >> yeah. >> i probably watched that myself like seven times. >> i saw the look of disappointment when i told a phillies fan when i was in philly and they played that song, i said, that's a san francisco band. they grew up in san francisco. there's aubrey huff! >> you know what? it looks like we're a couple of minutes from the players taking the stage. we're gonna take a break right now. [ son my parents have always lived in the states. until two year

el ganador de la liga nacional fue el catcher buster posey de los gigantes de san francisco...posey conectorangulares que fueron clave para que san francisco ganara su primer clasico de otoqo desde que el equipo se mudo a la bahia en 1958.. posey de 23 aqos edad tuvo promedio de bateo de punto-305 con 18 cuadrangulares y 67 carreras impulsadas.. el cerrador de los rangers de texas neftali feliz fue el galardonado en la liga americana...neftali pitcher derecho de 22 aqos de edad impuso record de 40 rescates para un novato en una temporada y ademas ayudo para que los rangers avanzaran a su gh... antonio margarito se sometera a una operacion maqana en dallas texas... el tornado de tijuana no solo perdio la pelea el sabado frente al filipino manny pacquiao sino que puso su carrera en peligro tras sufrir fractura en el hueso de la orbita del ojo derecho.... pues lo conecto, lo agarro con un tremendo uppercut, y viene el cierre de ojo, junto con la cortada, una cortada bastante grande...lo trabajamos pudimos controlarla, pero el hematoma estuvo dificil, es una parte pegada del ojo. no hay excusas

buster posey is the national league rookie of the year. 20-32 first place votes went buster posey waynner up, jason heyward. 18 home runs, 67 rbis. came up the third month of the season and one of the key ingredients in the giants world championship season. and this young fellow, feliz, american league rookie of the year. the manager criticized for not getting him out there sooner. here is the american league rookie of the year. mike singletary, troy smith will stay for the quarterback. throws for 356 yards, most for the 49ers since 2004. he wanted to keep the dignity of smith alive by saying he wasn't sure. he is in there to stay. four year starter joe, going miss six weeks, broke his leg yesterday during the victory by the 49ers. at home here. very exciting game. came back to beat the st. louis rams. tony will fill in for him. man, see michael vic tonight? that's donovan mcnabb. signed a 5 year $78 million deal. he is off to a rough start in washington. when he left cleared room for michael vic. tremendous tonight. according to steve young, he said, one of the best games he ever see

buster posey he is probably my favorite. buster posey, buster posey all the way. colby ross, tim lincecum, tim lincecum. the pink gorlovka unbelievable this is unbelievable. a childhood dream. i've been waiting for this for 52 years nuts our time. the final culmination of everything. it's amazing. if my boss is watching and working on that report i promise. >> right now fans are waiting at at&t park it might seem odd at first but kate thompson is out there live to explain why they're there. >> the party is definitely not over sometimes people just don't want to go home and that is absolutely the case here the party continues it is move from city hall that to at&t park we can give you a look at the crowd of people that are here. thousands of people have made their way down to at&t park we can get that shot of third street to show you. just the throngs of people that continue to head down towards the ballpark. this ballpark is a big place this is just one section. at is on the other side of the stadium and there are just as many people over there all of those fans c

here is buster posey as he goes by and everyone is screaming posey, oppose the.'m christine conley kron 4 news. >> this is unbelievable it's something so special that obviously will never forget. i get to enjoy it with my family and the fans of the best. >> i feel love to read how i can say that it's incredible. >> a look at your extended forecast one more day of this nice warm weather before things cool down and a chance to break comes back to the forecast. all of complete details coming up in just a bit. (cheering) let's go giants. let's go giants. hundreds of thousands of fans jamming into san francisco watching the world series parade. for all try to get the cold and jonathan bloom joins us live from the palo street bart station. how does a look jonathan? >> half trend is for the first time starting to thin out. we need not very likely. the traffic at the bus station has been so heavy that it was played the line from the bart station was all the way back there into the mall. you can still see the prevailing color near the bart station is orange with lots of b

buster posey, buster posey all the way. coby ross, coby ross. tim, tim lincecum. unbelievable, unbelievable this is unbelievable. a childhood dream. i've been waiting for this for 52 years it's our time. the final culmination of everything. maybe this malaprop 19. >> because of the thousands of people in san francisco today for the parade were still looking at major traffic jams route san francisco. market street is still closed between third and 10th with no cross traffic and the adjacent streets like how word admission and are also jammed up as well. it's but a lot of extra pressure and public transit as caltrans has pad to provide additional southbound service with as many as 1000 passengers getting on southbound trains. sam chan is providing extra buses to the millbrae's station in the golden gate ferry also added four departmentsdeparture highway 1 01 this in the southbound direction completely jammed up from the horse's padding into downtown. >> gorgeous weather today continues this evening take a look from our roof cam a few of these thin wispy clouds over

(sot) posey se llevó el laurel de la liga nacional.orte del catcher de 23 años con .305 de promedio, 18 jonrones y 67 remolcadas fue vital para que san francisco se encaminase a su primer plate. buenas noches

of course buster posey is the rookie of the year. and he ran up some good ones considering he was called up may 29. .305 batting average. the voters knew his value. posey receiving 15 of the possible 32 votes. >>> beautiful gesture tonight by the new warriors ownership group. everything half price, tickets, food, gear. however the team getting too much into the spirit. they only played half the game. they were able to limp into history. we'll just show you the good stuff as they were watching front row. ellis pillar to postand the warriors on a spur early against the pistons. they fall here, they were making it happen on defense. curry no look, back to monte who hit from the corner 27 but he ran into big foul trouble which contributed to foul trouble. 32 point lead but the pistons actually cut it to two in the final moments, the warriors hang on 101-97: they won the game. >>> six goal feasts for the sharks tonight. you might call it their best game of the year so far. the sharks own the division early. but tonight team heal serves a

posey was called up from triple- a in may.t .305 with 18 home runs and 67 rbi. >>> one rookie cop making quite it impact in the bay area. officer bob, well, he sits quietly in his crucialer in belvidere. he is a dummy. police say he is doing a great job sitting in the crewser in belvidere. he is slowing down speeders and helping the city save money. >> he's very low cost to us. pension plan is reduced. his salary is reduce the. i think there are messages here for the federal government. >> we are told officer bob joined the police force just about one hour -- one year ago. [ laughter ] >> perhaps officer bob can help camp the geezer bandied in southern california? the suspect has robbed 10 banks in san diego county. his latest one was last week further north in kern county. they believe that he is on the move because of all the media coverage. they are not sure whether it's an older person or someone wearing a mask. remember the fellow on the plane that was wearing the old man mask and turned out to be a young kid? >>> preside

buster posey, buster posey all the way. coby ross, coby ross. tim, tim lincecum.nbelievable, unbelievable this is unbelievable. a childhood dream. i've been waiting for this for 52 years it's our time. the final culmination of everything. it's amazing. if my boss is watching i'm working on that report i promise. >> nobody had more fun than vern. >> 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. monday tell you something my facebook request is going to explode after what happened this afternoon. i never knew and some great friends there. and we were there the really cheered on his world series champions. in fact here's a look back a brief moment at city hall this morning. it duplicated the 1958 route when the giants came to town. brian wilson was certainly the most animated among the hundreds of thousands which gathered at six center plaza. what they got was quite a show. it's the biggest day for any of us all lot of us haven't been here before it's a dream come true for a lot of us. i can't claim this line and going to say but not in our 10 months from now might be a lot of babies named

did buster posey win rookie of the year? the votes are in. >>> good afternoon. top org news this noontime, a short time ago, there was a big announcement from facebook that popular social working -- topping our news this noontime, a short time ago there was an announcement from facebook about e-mail. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: a press conference just wrapped up an hour ago. whether you e-mail, text, your response can be immediate no matter how your friend contacted you. we're live in san francisco. this is an interesting development. facebook refuses to call their latest product an e-mail killer. instead they are referring to it as the next evolution of facebook messages. now facebook says no one has to tell their friend brb, they can continue their string of conversations and those conversations in realtime can be cut indefinitely. the -- caught indefinitely. the founder of facebook -- >> if people want to have conversations on the facebook, great. they shouldn't have to use facebook.com or facebook.chat. wherever that conversation is going on, we wo

posey, how about sanchez? a batting champion with the pirates. always with the last place team. them going with his play the last couple months. freddy sanchez a world champion tonight and torres had surgery. here is a guy you figure is going to be out maybe a month. missed -- ten days, came back, finished a regular season, slow against atlanta but then was great in the postseason. torres is a champion tonight and the mvp of the team for the entire season, this guy with the beard. brian wilson. only blew three saves the entire campaign. he may be the best closer in the game and how about tim tonight? two victories in the world series. it was not renteria, he probably would have been the mvp of the world series. tim and what's cool, young guy, all the honors but his teammates seem to enjoy him. hair and all. bruce -- here is the guy been around a long time. not in the giant fraternity so- called. dusty baker was a player, lou played for him. brian was outsider from san diego. boy did he push all the right buttons throughout the postseason. a world champion and real quick about th

of course buster posey is the rookie of the year. ran up some good ones considering he was called up may 29. .305 batting average. the voters knew his value. posey receiving 15 of the possible 32 votes. >>> beautiful gesture tonight by the new warriors ownership group. everything half price, tickets, food, gear. however the team getting too much into the spirit. they only played half the game. they were able to limp into history. we'll just show you the good stuff as they were watching front row. ellis pillar to postand the warriors on a spur early against the pistons. they fall here, they were making it happen on defense. curry no look, back to monte who hit from the corner 27 but he ran into big foul trouble which contributed to foul trouble. 32 point lead but the pistons actually cut it to two in the final moments, the warriors hang on 101-97: they won the game. >>> six goal feasts for the sharks tonight. you might call it their best game of the year so far. the sharks own the division early. but tonight team heal serves a warning

buster posey voted 2010 national league rookie of the year.nts player to win since john montefusko. he has 67 rbi and 108 games. and finished first in the national league with a 3.36 era. joining mccovey as giants won this award. >> gives me chills to think about and to be mentioned with those guys names. as one of a few giants to have won that award. >> way to go. and 49ers mike single teary, smith is 2-0 and threw for 356 yards with three of the four td passes. the team rallied around them him. and coach said the team is on board. >> you know our team understands that i'm going to go with the guy that is winning right now. i'm going to go with the guy with the hot hand. the guy that made the difference in two weeks. >> what i like about troy is that he's willing to give receivers a chance to make a play. and he's not afraid to throw the ball up that. is how big plays are made. there is too much talent on the team. >> there is too many tremendous athletes here to not share the ball for everybody to not have a chance and an opportunity to make

. >>> buster posey is going down in giants history. catcher named the national league's rookie of the year. he is the first giant to win the award since 1975. >> posey was called up from triple-a in may. he hit .305 with 18 home runs, 67 rbis. >> incredible run. >> good for him. >>> 5:26. >> right. what time is it, syd? [ laughter ] >>> home owners have a new secret weapon against foreclosure. >> they are not going to let the bank take the house. >> the four words that could keep you in your home? >>> a car chase that went across the bay bridge twice ends in three arrests this morning. that story coming up. ,, ,,,, [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's been 20 years since college? ♪ [ male announcer ] nothing says "you're special" like boursin, a creamy, crumbly blend of real cheese and savory herbs, boursin makes any moment more memorable. even if you're saying... my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say boursin? what are

buster posey is certainly the rookie of the year.cifics don't even begin to tell the story about what this guy did. what but he -- but he did hit .305, 80 homers, 67 rbis and he was called up may 29th as the voters overwhelmingly show support. he's the first giant since 1975 to win the rookie of the year. >>> meantime, the 49ers, of course, they not gonna change quarterbacks now. troy smith is the guy until he doesn't stay hoot anymore. this guy's -- hot anymore. 35 yards passing yesterday. remember, he had three touchdowns that were taken away because of penalties. he's not had a tougherover since taking over the reins and coach singletary will start him against tampa bay. but that doesn't mean the coach has some room for improvement. >> i don't know what he's talking about. i'm sure once i meet with him he'll let me know. >> as a quarterback, that's your livelihood, the decisions that you make pretty much dictate the game. decision making where you go to all of the above, you have to keep on going. >> troy smith looking darned good

. >> i like posey. >> yeah, posey. >> he's going to be the rookie of the year. >> also in the crowd, a couple signs asking catcher buster posey to go to the prom. people are in love in love with their giants. >>> well, the giants' season, it thatted a lot of twists and turns. for a while there, no one thought the giants were going to do anything, especially make the playoffs or the world series. >> how long this glow might last. >>> certainly the whole off season but one of the more amazing things about sports is how results change perception and the court of public opinion. [ cheering and applause ] the radio talk shows were abuzz about how beach he auto must go. in the both season his juggling of players and his ability to keep them all happy was -- the giants' tight games all year may have been tough on the fans, but they took their toll on bochy as well. >> we do apologize a little bit for the torture. believe me, it gives you gray hair. don't feel like you're the only one. i looked in the mirror today and believe me i said what the hell happened here? so, if you good did get a l

buster posey to dead center field put the final nail in the rangers coffin. the giants are making all kinds of first. bumgarner and posey became the first rookie pitcher and catcher to start a world series game. tonight's game starters lincecum and cliff lee. game time is 4:57. we will be trying to find people that might want to come down to civic center plaza that will want to watch the game on a big screen. reporting live in san francisco ktvu channel 2 news. >> i think a few people will head down there. if you want to stay in the comfort of your living room watch it with us. game five of the world series right here. >>> we also have breaking news right now in san jose. firefighters are at the scene of a four-alarm fire. this started this morning at two buildings on north tenth street. jade hernandez is already out there. i know you talked to firefighters is that right? >> reporter: that is right. the fire engulfed two buildings. the first is a club. the other is san jose metals. it's a recycling facility. san jose firefighters says the fire was called in a

rookies posey 1k3* balm gardener had their best games of the season. tonight they were more like the deer in the headlights. 51,920 on hand to soak in game four. top three and we are score less until huff unloads, deep to right and gone. two-run blast, his first of the post season. the giants up 2-0. and that was all the run support he needed. he strk out six and -- struck out six in eight innings, shut out ball. the giants win it 4-0. another shutout, and they take a 3-1 series lead with a rookie pitcher leading the way. >> it is a great thing. unbelievable. you don't want to take anything away from them. they have a lot of great hitters on this team. i felt like we could make pitches and the defense behind me was incredible. without them, it wouldn't be the same result. >> he has ice running through his veins. i think he lit jaw matly enjoys -- legitimately enjoys being in these situations. >> i love sitting there and watching him pitch. he is a bulldog. he is not scared of anything. to be 21 years old and to be able to do what he did tonight , it ju

yes, -- >> sorry i was looking in awe at buster posey.posey up for the national league rookie of the year. the winner to be announced today he would be the sixth player in franchise history to snag the honor. he is facing competition from jason hayword. >> 49ers win. >> sweet. san francisco 49ers have won their second game in a row, beat the rams in overtime 23- 20. troy smith rallied the team in the fourth quarter. coach singletary stopped short of naming him the team's permanent starter. >> oh, and the raiders had a by so they didn't play. >>> a former 49er planning to walk down the aisle with an exnewly wed. singer jessica simpson engaged to eric john season they have been dating since may. this comes fewer than two weeks after her former hubby and newly weds co-star announced his engagement to tv personality vanessa manillo. >> coincidence, right? >> slightly. yeah. all right. 5:54 a.m. i am pepping it. tracy. >> good morning ladies. seven-day forecast, today's highs, lower 70s along the coast upper 70s along the bay, lower 80s inland

buster posey became the first giant since the administration to win the rookie have the year award.may, 67 runs batted in, the best pitching staff. joins willie mays and sue paid a who has won the award. we spoke to the rookie via the exclusive hand held. >> it gives me chills to be mentioned with those guys names that have won the same award to be one of the few giants to have won that award. it's extremely humbling to, you know, be mentioned in the same category as them. >> and from rookie catcher to rookie nba owners of the warriors. peter guber is a movie producer and is bringing his flair for that to sacramento. >> it's a three-letter word, it's a three-letter word, not sex. fun. i want to make this fun. the idea is this isn't the cure for cancer, you know, it may be the cure for cohen but is it not the cure for cancer. >> ring the departed previous owner. rain man, color purple, he has had 50 academy award nominations, you would think they parted the red sea at oracle tonight. there are the saviors, hosting the pistons, curry, demon take, this built a 32-point lead but gave ju

posey started his professional career in san jose with the giants minor league club there. >> i think you learn a tremendous amount down here. i think that the coaches that work with them, steve decker, they have won championships throughout the giants' organization. >> by the way, the giants' dugout store at valley fair mall says it will get a new shipment of what should be the hot selling rookie of the year t-shirts. >>> san francisco city leaders are meeting today to try look at a way to save the struggling asian art museum. the museum has fall yoen hard times because of financial difficult business its lender. there are fears could it end up having to file for bankruptcy. the museum has until friday to work out a deal. they met with the staff. the fans of the museum are hopeful. >> this is a very special one. i really hope they figure out a way to negotiate this problem. it is a treasure. >> newsome said he is confident the museum will be saved. the museum administrators would not comment fighting the delicate negotiations the lender. >> a north bay father is dead after a tragic w

posey can't believe it because this game is going to remain scoreless.e seventh, still no score. one out, runners on second and third. pat burrell batting. edgar renteria on-deck. and cliff lee strikes out burl. two outs. next batter, renteria. this would be the dagger. takes the lead pitch deep to left center. it keeps going. and it ends up in the stands. that's a three-run home run. the giants are pumped. it's 3-0. and in the ninth, it's brian wilson to close it out. here's the call with two outs. >> that's it. the giants, for the first time in 52 years, the giants are world champions, as they come pouring out of the dugout. >> also, flowing, that would be the champagne, being poured all over edgar renteria. he is your world series mvp. the giants with their first title since 1954, the first since moving to san francisco. back to you in the studio. >>> one more note about the series mvp, he mentioned, edgar renteria. he's in very select company. now that he's joined the exclusive group of players with two world series-winning hits. >> there's only thre

home runs for the giants huff smacking the ball deep into right field for a to run home run while posey belted his deep center failed to his first homer of the postseason. on that pitch at madison bumgarner made sure of the shout out for san francisco they lead the series three one and who claim the world series when the teams meet again at arlington on monday night. i feel pretty good for sure. you know i'll thing in a sink you know until you know you're not going. but. we got a win and looking forward to tomorrow. meanwhile the san francisco forty nine ers got the better of the denver broncos at a packed wembley stadium as the n.f.l. returned to london for a fourth time on sunday night backup quarterback troy smith was the hero for the forty nine is in his first stop for his side to level the sport ten ten in the fourth rushing for a one yard touchdown and midway through the quarter tossed a twenty eight yard touchdown pass to martin crabtree to put the forty nine seventeen ten up the broncos didn't want to come back but it fizzled out when orton threw an interception shauntay spencer

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you will hear from all three of these gentlemen, aubrey huff, buster posey commac and, and fr sanchez. [applause] >> san francisco giants. world series champions. let's enjoy this today, tomorrow, a week, maybe a month, and then let's get back to work and make another run at it. [applause] >> this is unbelievable, guys. first of all, i want to thank god for putting us in this situation and blessed us the way he has. i want to thank my family, my wife and my boys. my teammates. i tell you what. when i got traded over here, it was a tough long road, but our trading staff was unbelievable. kept us all on the field. a quick story -- when i was down earlier this year, sabs came in and said what are you doing, why are you upset? the season is not over yet. we traded for you for a reason. that picked me up. all the coaching staff, everybody, we made it happen. as you know, i grew up a dodger fan, but right now and forever it is all about the san francisco giants and our world series, baby. [applause] >> san francisco giants are world champions. i am a part of it. i cannot believe it. nine ye

then in the 8th off darren oday posey sends it into the center.s so impressive all summer with the bat. the other half was 21-year-old madison baumgartner. he gets mitch although looking to hit in the 8th. the giants win 4-0 and take a strangle hold on the series leading now 3-1. fred inglis has been following the giants this entire post season. live from texas. fred, still one more to go but i'm sure the giants are feeling it, aren't they? >> oh, they have to. even cody ross admitted out loud, yes, they are thinking about it. they can feel it. they can taste it. they it can smell it. but they would not be able to do that without this 21-year- old hickory north carolina native madison baumgartner. he was simply too cool. he was playing like it was a natural, a natural game for him. it was just game 52 or something. he walked the first batter on four pitches. but after that he was just absolutely dominant. the bottom of the third after having a 2-0 lead, he goes on eight pitches to shut down the rangers. the 5th inning shooting down the rangers wit

that's as electrifying. >> posey was called up from fresno at the end of may.ver as the team's every day catcher when they traded bengie molina. all he did was hit .305 with 18 home runs andled the best pitching staff in the national league. >> to be able to take our staff which is already good but make us better, hit four hole, be 23 and get game-winning hits time after time. >> he caught every inning of the giants post-season games and in game 4 of that world series they hit a home run that they'll never forget. >> everybody said that the dream come true for a kid, what did it feel like? >> gosh you know, i think it's one of those things that's gonna sink in for me you know down the road a little bit, but i mean i think i -- there are moments sitting on the bench where i thought i got a home run in the world series, a pretty cool moment. >> reporter: today's announcement is simply the latest in a season full of pretty cool moments for posey and the giants. >> let's enjoy this today, tomorrow, for a week, maybe even a month, and let's get back to work and make

ask the battery that set the tone tonight, and really for the entire postseason, linecum and posey. our ram power player of the game is tim lincecum. 8 innings, one run, three hits. struck out ten, walked only three. allowed a home run. threw 101 pitches and was dominant. let's go down for the presentations. here's chris rows. >> chris: joe, thank you very much. i'm here with a very happy san francisco giants brass, and it is time to present the commissioner's trophies. i welcome in bud selig. >> a pleasure to be here. let me say to the giants franchise, the first world championship since 1954, first for the city of san francisco and all your great fans, built a great pitching staff that was just magnificent all year long. so to bill neukom, larry bear, brian sabean and bruce bochy, you guys did a great job. congratulations to the world champions, san francisco giants. >> thank you, commissioner. thank you. [applause]. >> mr. neukom, to win it as a franchise for the first time since 1954, something very important, but you are a guy who grew up in northern california. what does it me

this morning they will learn if buster posey is this year's national league's rookie of the year..l.b. will make the announcement this morning. if he wins, he will be the first giants' to win this award since 1975. but posy faces a stiff challenge from atlanta's jason heyward. his very first at-bat, he hits a home run. >> hayward is good -- heyward is good. >>> let's check the commute. >> doesn't know if the writers are gonna be influenced but they might be because the giants did better than the braves it year. but we'll see. >> it could happen. >> it could happen. >>> let's take a look at the commute, traffic is going to be okay. but in san francisco we've been talking about this truckers' protest. these truckers driving around the block at the transbay terminal. this is a very busy area. and we'll see if that starts to cause traffic issues. right now, it's a minor inconvenience. these truckers are going to make a point. kraig debro will have more on that coming up. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge. it's backed under for about a 15-minute delay. no problems in san franci

buster posey. [applause] 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 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. 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 pi

buster posey was called out in may and replace molina behind the plate. he may soon be in the national league rookie of the air. that is an baumgartner was caught up in june the 21 year-old became the fourth youngest to start when the world series game. willie mays, will clark, barry bonds but instead it was timmons to come, that came and 2010 bunched the game san francisco would of been waiting for since the mid april day in 1958. all world series trophy. it vern glenn kron 4 news. >> join kron 4 news tomorrow for live coverage of the championship parade and ceremony ended all begins at 11:00 a.m. and we will air the entire event. if you can't make it to check on your television you can stream bed and watch a live on www.kron4.com. >> if you're heading on down there to catch the victory parade great weather in stores anymore conditions very similar to what we saw there today actually with temperatures 60 degrees by 11:00 a.m. to 373 by the time the parade route sought. or enjoying a varying heights of what they're for a mild conditions temperatures wides

. >> this is timmy taurus, hough daddy and buster posey! >> i love it. >> andrew had on his lucky bracelet, the won he wore throughout the season. >> are you saying you're responsible for them win something. >> pretty much. yeah. >> well, congratulations to you and the boys of summer who are now the favorites of fall. this feigned confetti. manager bruce bochy lifted the trophy. the play we ares were feeling the love. >> what would you say to the fans? >> every moment and every game, we'll be here. >> did you make eye contact with players? >> aubrey hough blew a kiss at me. i blew one back its going to take the public works demt to clean up after this celebration. and one person described it as happy work. staff will be diverted from neighborhood duties. and we're told how often do you vai happening like this? fans are already dreaming of next year. >> this is 103 day autos in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> i wish that man could have been more excited. we'll have it posted tonight. well worth checking out again. because of our coverage today