it used to have a center fielder by the name of willie mays. its current center fielder was some guy named chilly. i also knew that it had not won a change in ship. my daughter started in 1982 and i am happy to say, thanks to these gentlemen here, the torture is over! [applause] how great was that parade? i know everyone up here felt it. i know you felt it. everyone here today, you are standing here, and you are not standing alone. you are standing with the person who taught you the great story of the san francisco giants, whether it is your dad, mom, friend, a sister, grandpa. they taught you right. they thought you had to be loyal. you have to love your team. to a man on this team, to a man back in august, you fuel and energized this group all the way through september, and through the epic month of october, and what is one glorious day in november. you have but one responsibility, and you owe it to the person that taught you the good book of the san francisco giants. you need to pass this story on. keep this love alive. when you tell the sto

willie mays. [applause] how about a big hand for all of our special guests, everyone? [applause] we would like to thank the city and county of san francisco and our community partners, bank of america, caw, levi's, coors and miller, sales force.com, diamond foods, and charles schwab who helped make this possible. we would like to recognize broadcast partners knbr 680, the sports leader, comcast sports net bay area and nbc bay area, who bring giants baseball to our fans all season long and who have made it possible for today's event to be watched by giants fans throughout northern california. now, everyone, let's get this show on the road. let's get this party started. it is my great pleasure to introduce two members of the best broadcast team in all of baseball -- please welcome dave fleming and john miller. [applause] >> thank you for that. i always thought that this must be what it is like to be code, to go out to st. peter's on the balcony, and go out and there's hundreds of thousands of people, so i would like to bless you all -- i always thought that this must be

willie mays had trouble buying a house in san francisco. a couple of people would not show him a house. they had to enlist the mayor and a bunch of people. this is their reservoir. companies would take a block and there would start wrecking houses. there were building two a day -- they were building two with a. the 1930's were the big boom times for the sunset. >> this is a recession. >> these are the homes in west would park. -- in westwood park. >> how did this perform? the composite the assembly -- come's assembly -- composite assembly. >> they would stucco it. they would put chicken wire on it. >> when i inspect buildings that are being remodeled, i see that the chicken wire mesh is completely gone. >> it is galvanized. the saltwater was enough to rest it out. >> it people think stucco is waterproof -- it is not waterproof. it sucks the water in. you have to water protect it and paint it. >> the above the low medium that was going on -- the bungalow frenzy that was going on, people were building houses at a remarkable rate in the 1930's

shades of willie mays, unfortunately not enough.eds won it 5-0. >>> for the first time since 2006 there will not be a williams sister in the quarterfinals at wimbledon. they both lost their fourth round matches. finally back to the diamond for the wildest first pitch you will ever see. here's a wind-up, and, oh, my, a spinning back flip and toss to home plate. never seen that. one more time. the flip was incredible. then he threw a perfect strike to the catcher. sign tarzan up. he can pitch. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> pretty impressive. >>> well, lady gaga is accused of having sticky fingers over her bracelet sales. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, to most people their dogs are just like their children, smart and beautiful. we'll introduce you to one woman whose proud to call her dog the world's ugliest. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday morning. forecast-wise for today, hot weather continues in the desert southwest.

shades of willie mays. and oh, yeah, he also got the go ahead run in the eighth.altimore won it, 2-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> how lady gaga went temporarily broke. and how art collector steve martin got stung. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, they say they're a girl's best friend, but really, who doesn't like a diamond? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. some amazing pictures coming out of the uma. a beautiful thunderstorm. i say it was beautiful because it was in a rural area and didn't affect anyone. you can see the lowering of the cloud there. underneath that a tornado. even in california you can see the storms every now and then. as far as today, nothing like that is expected. we are seeing showers from medford, portland, seattle once again, upper-level low, showers plentiful in the afternoon. spokane could see a period of rain as the low moves north. continue to watch weather from vegas to phoenix. by your standards, temperatures cool in vegas, 8

. >> well, you know, you wouldn't -- you wouldn't use a willie mays or mickey mantle on your bike.up against the wall. you back up about 10 paces, and then scale the card and try to knock it down, and every card that missed became part of the pot. and then eventually, when it was knocked down -- >> jimmy: you get the whole pile of all the cards. will you teach me a game, right now? a card flipping game? >> yeah. >> jimmy: i've got some decent topz baseball cards from 1989. these are actually whack packs. >> so the gum has been in there 22 years? >> jimmy: yeah. >> oh, let's try it. [ laughter ] let's try it. >> jimmy: all right. let's take -- we need -- oh, gosh. >> first of all, let's see who's got the better pack. you got to, like, compare guys. >> jimmy: okay. >> oh, my gosh! [ laughter ] [ sad tuba ] >> jimmy: i heard that! i heard that crack. >> oh! >> jimmy: was that your tooth? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that was your tooth? all right, i'm going to do mine. [ laughter ] >> you can't -- you can't chew it! >> jimmy: it's awful! [ laughter ] that is awful! >> it disintegrates in your m

up to prosecution to bring to the dwuj judge's attention victim who's may be out of county or out of state. >> that would suit willy just fine. >> i'm hoping i can get my money back. >> we might be able to do better, 7 on your side contacted chase bank about the situation this week. he lurned the bank delayed foreclosure of the home. and we'll let you know how longs work out. >> the temperatures coming down and wind coming up. would you like to do the weather? >> just practicing. >> no. it's great. it's true. key breeze kicked up. and there is cooling breeze that made it into inland kmuchblts high definition camera showing you a beautiful view looking towards the bay bridge. you can see trees there. there is a nice breeze and in san jose, sunny skies, temperatures now into mid-70s. there is a look and we did have low clouds along the coast. there is clear skies and enjoying lots of sunshine here in the bay area. temperatures down from yesterday and antioch into 90s, today, upper 80s, the high 89 and you can see here from freechl yont, temperatures into 70s and pleasant 7 degrees in san rafael. and there is patchy l

host: willie decision be made today? guest: no, it may -- host: will a decision they made today? guest: no, it may go on for days. what exactly was done and what was said will be looked at and whether there was anything coercive done by the company. if so, they would issue a cease and desist order saying, don't do it again. the harder issue is very complicated. is there any evidence that there will be loss of work in the seattle area to punish them for prior union activity? as of now, i have read that there is no loss of work. host: the hearing that congressman iceisah is holding n congress this -- in south carolina this reddick, will there be a decision? guest: it is irrelevant to the administrative law judge's decision. that has to be based on the hearing this week in seattle. host: greenwood, indiana. democratic caller, good morning. caller: [unintelligible] host: bloomington, delaware, daniel, a republican. caller: my question is, i am not a union-redress because i am a republican -- i am not critical of the union because i am a repub

host: willie decision be made today? guest: no, it may go on -- host will a decision they made today? guest: no, it may go on for days. what exactly was done and what was said will be looked at and whether there was anything coercive done by the company. if so, they would issue a cease and desist order saying, don't do it again. the harder issue is very compcated. is there any evidence that there will be loss of work in the seattle area to push them for prior union activity? as of now, i have read that there iso loss of work. host: the hearing that congressman iceisah is holding n congress this -- in south carolina this reddick, will there be a decision? guest: it is irrelevant to the administrative law judge's decision. at has to be based on the hearing this week in seattle host: greenwood, indiana. democratic caller, good morning. caller: [unintelligible] host: bloomington, delaware, daniel, a republican. caller: my question is, i am not a union-redress because i am a republican -- i am not critical of the union because i am a republica

may. this comes after the labor department reported unemployment went up from 9 percent to 9.1 percent last month. and now gerri is here, anchor of the willis> we got a lot of bad news whether it is housing, which is in a double dip right now on prices with foreclosures continuing, and jobs, and 9.1 percent but we are not creating enough jobs to keep up with population growth, much less the folks who are unemployed. g.d.p. 1.8 percent. not good. high gas prices the name it. the stock market has been down for the past five straight weeks and that is the most in several years. the president this morning saying to the german chancellor there is not a recession but romney is ovetaking the president today and it shows how bad americans are hurting. >>shepard: in the middle of all of this, a very important member of the president's economic team is out. >>guest: an important advisor is leaving but he is just going back to the university of chicago, and other folks are out. larry summers, and paul volcker, they have all left, and the team on the economy, and the only fellow who stayed for the whole thing, geithner. >>shepard: still around. >> gerr

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willie knows, i've been a feminist for a very long time here. no, it is an assumption that society has made for centuries, that if a woman is raped and she doesn't wear a burqa, it maye trying to fight back against. >> that's right. there's a dangerous message, too, in suggesting if you don't dress slutty, if you dress conservatively, you'll be safe. we know that's not the case. women wearing all sorts of things, of all ages, shapes and sizes, you know, they're raped and it has nothing to do with it. you know, rape is not about a guy being really sexually turned on. it's about violence and power and wanting to degrade woman. >> i'm all for iron y but why not call these empowerment walks and avoid the controversy and -- >> do you think i'd be sitting here if they were called empowerment walks? >> would it be number one on the washingtonpost.com? >> no, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. >> it is if what you're looking for is to start a national conversation about rape and victim blaming. if you need to get that kind of attention, that's what you do. i think it's really smart and strategic of them. >> talk about the friction within the feminism movement