the san francisco giants beat the philadelphia phillylys tonight. they win the pennant and are going to the world series. good evening. i'm ken wayne. heather holmes is off tonight. the celebration is underway. the san francisco giants win the pennant. they did it on the road tonight. a 3-2 victory in philadelphia. it means we've got more baseball ahead. the world series is coming to the bay area. we have ktvu reporters live in the city and back east in philadelphia. we are going to be hearing from all of them coming up with live coverage of the celebration. >>> but first ktvu sports director mark ibanez joins us. this as lot of fun. the torture tour continues but it all turned out the way we wanted to to. >> i don't know about you but the most nervous i've ever been watching a sporting event. sweaty palms and the whole bit. >> people are talking about near heart attacks. >> i was in the studio and could hear my heart pounding. the san francisco giants as you knew it would go down to a one run game in philadelphia. do it on the road. great warriors

san francisco giants winning game 1. 4-3 back in philadelphia. of course, we are monitoring the podium back in philly if any giants players get up to speak, we will take you there live. right now we will head over to cam wayne. he has some non-giants related news but still very important around the bay area. >> things are happening tonight, mark. first, election day is almost two weeks away and the push is on to get voters to the polls. thousands of tea party members rallied in the east bay today trying to get people to register and vote republican. ken pritchett was there and has this report. >> good bless you patriots. whatever you are doing, large or small, we appreciate it. >> reporter: november 3 may be a day for tea party celebrators to celebrate, but first they must go to the polls on november 2. that is what this rally is all about at the alameda fair grounds. bridgette nelson is the founder of the pleasanton tea party. this rally is much like the rally before the primary elections. now they are backing specific candidates. >> this time w

doesn't get much better than this, san francisco giants wind up winning. we have a lot more highlights from this ball game to show you. extraordinary scoring, lots of player interviews coming. we will be coming back here, but in the meantime let's get back to frank and julie, go ahead. >> it is only just beginning. it was a packed house, standing room only inside the ballpark tonight where a sea of orange and black went wild cheering on the hometown team. >> you can see fans are seizing the moment i guess you could say christian. >> i had the feeling i would not be able to get a word out before fans really started celebrating. you can see the fans are absolutely thrilled. we can tell you [no audio]. >> well, they're making so much noise they're causing us a little technical problems. >> interesting seeing the mayor there, boy, did he look excited. he played baseball i believe at santa clara university. >> lips com came out and was a little tight at the top. giants fans all around the bay area have big reasons to celebrate this evening. >> david stephenson

francisco giants. >> i feel that the san francisco giants are kind of like our team as well just because we're 50 miles away, i feel they are still a part of san jose. >> reporter: the giants claim a territory right to the south bay, something san jose is trying to shed in order to build a stadium for the oakland a's here. >> i think having a baseball team in san jose would be awesome, great, support the game, but ultimately i think people will still go to san francisco to watch the giants play. >> reporter: they played at san jose municipal stadium for the minor league, san jose giants. steven and debby are watching the playoffs with special significance, they played as a host family for several players as they pursued their dreams to the big leagues. one of their house guests was san francisco start pitcher, tim lincecum. >> i'm still nervous like he's my kid. >> lincecum has stayed in touch, sending them memorabilia which they proudly display. >> he was comfortable, we made him feel at home. we fed him well, you know. i kind of think we had a part in it i would hope. >> reporter: all

the san francisco giants are aiming their backs of the world series. kron 4 as live team coverage of a game for the national league championship series of the philadelphia phillies. including san francisco fan frenzy. >> the game under way right now all vern glen joins us live from at&t park. vern. >> we are getting ready for baseball games

the san francisco giants lost to the san diego padres 6-4. both players and fans, beginning with nbc bay area sports director raj. if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. >> so many people caught up, and rightly so at the giants field. the giants don't have too much time to dwell on this loss, because they come back tomorrow afternoon and hopefully pop the champagne corks. it was matt cain's bir dthday, e crowd was electric, it worked out too well, and that's why the giants didn't win tonight. it was a wild scene here as expected. wow. the last time we had a playoff game at at&t park was back in 2003, and this is what it felt like, just electric. the orange fridays turned into orange october. we'll pick it up with matt cane,

francisco giants. >> i feel that the san francisco giants are kind of like our team as well just because we're 50 miles away, i feel they are still a part of san jose. >> reporter: the giants claim a territory right to the south bay, something san jose is trying to shed in order to build a stadium for the oakland a's here. >> i think having a baseball team in san jose would be awesome, great, support the game, but ultimately i think people will still go to san francisco to watch the giants play. >> reporter: they played at san jose municipal stadium for the minor league, san jose giants. steven and debby are watching the playoffs with special significance, they played as a host family for several players as they pursued their dreams to the big leagues. one of their house guests was san francisco start pitcher, tim lincecum. >> i'm still nervous like he's my kid. >> lincecum has stayed in touch, sending them memorabilia which they proudly display. >> he was comfortable, we made him feel at home. we fed him well, you know. i kind of think we had a part in it i would hope. >> reporter: all

the san francisco giants are back home in the bay area. they get ready for game three of the national championship series. phillies won last night tying the series at a game a piece. >>> bart is launching a new ridership. they will display a new word of the day. they can text the word to bart for a chance to win one of the prizes. there is a new terror threat in europe. one of the threats come from al qaeda and specifically targets france. >>> immediate night tonight is the deadline to register for the upcoming election. jade hernandez is there. >> reporter: good morning. if you haven't signed up to vote, you have two more hours and the di alabama low valley voters the league of women voters can't help. they remind residents get ready to vote. take part in the political process. the league of women voters is a nonpartisan vote. volters will be tackling the question of what will be scalds' next governor and deciding the fate of several proposition measures which address marijuana in the state and whether the state will appeal a global warmi

and the san francisco giants going to the world series. san francisco beating the phillies 3-2 in game six of the national league championship series. it will be the first time in three years that philadelphia won't go to the world series. the giants juan uribe hitting a solo homerun to put stran ahead. put -- san francisco ahead. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large". ines go to foxnews.com.

[ music ] >> could the san francisco giants be headed to the world series? we look back tonight at the dramatic history of the team's previous trips to the fall classic, including the bay bridge series interrupted by a sudden disaster. and the '62 giants, their backs to the wall and how they over came the hated dodgers to win the national league pennant. >>> plus the t.v. broadcast of a giants game that helped head off a riot. >>> and the giants team that plays only home games behind the walls of san quentin prison. all straight ahead tonight on "second look." >> here is will clark. what's happening? >> hey, what's happening? we will win we've got that right. >> you are overmodulating. >> no way. no way. i've been waiting a long time for this. i went to all (bleep) games and now we are going to the pros. >> in the long history of the san francisco giants celebration, this might be the most enthusiastic. 1987, first baseman will clark reacting to the giants' clinching the national league western division title. >> hell, i can get a lot to drink, i'm pouring.

i took a look at the san francisco giants website. it says that there are still some single tickets or no tickets available for tonight's game. >> all right. going to be very exciting there and very packed in just a few hours. >> reporter: you bet. it will be a lot fun. >> thanks, sharon chin in san francisco. >>> well, another big event starting this afternoon, fleet week. windows may rattle, car alarms may be set off later today, because the blue angels precision flying team begins the first of four days of flights over san francisco bay. this is going to be the biggest fleet we in 20 years. aerobatic teams will practice their high-flying stunts between noon and 5:00 today and noon and 4:00 tomorrow. the official airshows are this weekend. during fleet week, people will also be able to visit navy ships docked along the waterfront. >>> today transportation officials in the south bay will hear recommendations on how to get their cash-strapped agency out of the red. the valley transportation authority will get suggestions on cutting $4

. >>> the san francisco giants are back in the bay area for game three of their play-off series against philadelphia. anne makovec is at at&t park with all the excitement. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. giants fever, people are feeling it. it is game 3 of the national league championship series right here at home starting this afternoon. right now the series is tied 1- 1. there was a swing game and the park will be packed. according to ticket retailer stub hub, the words giants tickets and world series have been the most searched key words on their website over the pas 24 hours. there are still some records left lower box seats in the mid $100 range and some standing room available. matt cain on the giants after the longest layoff in his career 10 days rest since he pitched in atlanta in the division series of. >> it's obviously nice. you know the ballpark obviously and yet you feel comfortable always throwing it home more than sometimes on the road. definitely going to be exciting especially with being on the road a couple of days and having the fans being excited about

. >>> san francisco giants are heading back to philadelphia this morning. with champagne still on ice for both teams. >> to the right side. here comes the runners. >> with the big blow last night. the phillis defeated the giants

the san francisco giants halfway to a world series win. they leave for texas to continue the quest. the giants's win in game two was remarkable not ohm because they beat the rangers and humiliated them, but the pitching was amazing. the giants exploded and one game, 9-0. games three and four will be played on the rangers's home field. the first one on saturday. controversy is brewing over one of the giants's out fielders in a scandal. ho a guillen is accuse said of shipping growth hormone to his home. this is from the "new york times." it said the investigation started from federal authorities right before the playoffs. he has been left off the giants's roster f the rest of the series against the rangers. the giants have not commented on this story. >> stay with us for your up to the minute giants coverage. where we have the latest giants news and tune in at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 because raj will be live in texas with world series coverage. >>> bart marks a milestone. u.s. representative john gar mendy will join lawmakers in pittsburgh to extend the train system into aspect ok. e bar

giants baseball really the type of baseball bringing the city of san francisco, bringing giants' fans all across north california together in this push to get back to the world series. >> tonight magic was in the air. this was game four of the nlcs. [ applause ] >> bring it. go giants, number one. >> the giants entered the game two wins away from the pennant. and on this night, the giants struck early. [ applause ] >> buster posey getting an rbi in the bottom of the 1st and another in the 3rd. the rookie catcher, his fans were everywhere. >> absolutely huge. it's great. our man buster. >> i think buster posey needs to get two more hits. >> buster is the man, come on, bring it, buster, we want some more of that. >> reporter: the energy in the ballpark building all day long. the orange rally were waiting. fans and former players were hoping to shed some tears and get the san francisco giants one game closer to their fourth nl pennant. >> you know i'm fired up. >> reporter: 1989mvp will clark knows what it takes. >> pitching in defense and some timely offense. i hope it pushes them all t

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giants baseball really the type of baseball bringing the city of san francisco, bringing giants' fans all across north california together in this push to get back to the world series. >> tonight magic was in the air. this was game four of the nlcs. [ applause ] >> bring it. go giants, number one. >> the giants entered the game two wins away from the pennant. and on this night, the giants struck early. [ applause ] >> buster posey getting an rbi in the bottom of the 1st and another in the 3rd. the rookie catcher, his fans were everywhere. >> absolutely huge. it's great. our man buster. >> i think buster posey needs to get two more hits. >> buster is the man, come on, bring it, buster, we want some more of that. >> reporter: the energy in the ballpark building all day long. the orange rally were waiting. fans and former players were hoping to shed some tears and get the san francisco giants one game closer to their fourth nl pennant. >> you know i'm fired up. >> reporter: 1989mvp will clark knows what it takes. >> pitching in defense and some timely offense. i hope it pushes them all t

. >>> looks like the san francisco giants playoff run is throwing the obama administration a bit of a curveball. president obama's visit on thursday would have coincided with game 5 of the nlcs potentially causing major traffic delays in the city. now the fund raising event has been moved to the peninsula. president obama will also host the democratic national committee reception in a fundraising photo op for attorney general candidate pamela harris >>> we are now less than an hour away from the first pitch of game 4. the giants your just two wins away from the world series. fans are fired up, including members of the giants world series team from 1989. mike mibach has more on the frenzy going on. >> reporter: the giants now are two wins away from winning the pennant. we know it. the fans know it. right now, tons of black and orange are starting to pour into at&t park, starting to get ready for something called the world series. >> from huey lewis to giants in the cage, giants making signs. game 4 of the nlcs is underway. >> i'm exploding because there is so much happiness. >> the exc

the san francisco giants fans are celebrating a big win. we go to pitcher matt cain. >> halladay, oswalt hammels coming into the series. did you feel any bit sleighted at all knowing how well you and the staff pecked over the last six weeks? >> no, we knew this was going to be -- and still feel like it's going to be a close matchup. every day we go out there and pitch against the guys, you know, we're just taking that, you know, one game and we'll come out there tomorrow and do the same thing. >> and straighten them back? >> somebody's been here longer than anyone else. at what point did you start thinking the team had a chance to be, maybe what they're doing now? we felt confident with ourselves in the spring. we had a great spring and came out of spring hot and, you know, we felt if we hit a bump in the road, i think that is when -- when we started hitting the bumps in the road, i think that is when we, you know, started noticing that we were a team that was going to do things right for the season. >> and to the right? >> along the same l

francisco giants. and tom vacar is in golden gate park tonight with our report -- mike. >> reporter: a beautiful evening in golden gate park, what a night it is for a world series galla and the city by if bay. california academy of science right now is lit in orange, a welcome site for the thousands of invited giant fans. many of whom say they are feeling cool, they are feeling confident on this the eve of the world series. >> everyone is going nuts right now. it's cool that everybody is getting to celebrate something. >> hi fiving if you're going down the street if you're wearing giants gears. it's fun. >> reporter: tonight a classic san francisco kick off to the fall classic. >> i have to tell you, the way this city has embraced this team, has been absolutely fabulous. >> we're very eager to see the first pitch. we want to see how this is all going to come out. we think it's all going to happen the way we think it's going to happen. we think there's going to be a parade in san francisco. >> reporter:

francisco giants. and tom vacar is in golden gate park tonight with our report -- mike. >> reporter: a beautiful evening in golden gate park, what a night it is for a world series galla and the city by if bay. california academy of science right now is lit in orange, a welcome site for the thousands of invited giant fans. many of whom say they are feeling cool, they are feeling confident on this the eve of the world series. >> everyone is going nuts right now. it's cool that everybody is getting to celebrate something. >> hi fiving if you're going down the street if you're wearing giants gears. it's fun. >> reporter: tonight a classic san francisco kick off to the fall classic. >> i have to tell you, the way this city has embraced this team, has been absolutely fabulous. >> we're very eager to see the first pitch. we want to see how this is all going to come out. we think it's all going to happen the way we think it's going to happen. we think there's going to be a parade in san francisco. >> reporter:

playing homage to the san francisco giants. game is still going on. but we do have some clear skies even though we have this. this is very impressive. if this is wintertime. this area of low pressure

conditions upper 50s as the san francisco giants take on the texas rangers. >> partly cloudy we can handle that. >> barbecue! >> we can handle that, too. thanks, tracy. >>> have some breaking news for you in the oscar grant case right now. prosecutors are asking the judge for prison sentence for the former bart officer who shot grant. a jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting in 2009. the defense had requested probation. in the court filing prosecutors didn't say how much prison time it wants the judge to issue. mehserle does face up to 14 years behind bars and his

at the giants' dugout, merchandise, saying san francisco giants, 2010 national league champions. that is a good feeling but the world series shirt, world series champions that has never been made because the san francisco giants have never been the world champions. getting back to the ticket issue the giants' website they may have a single game tickets left for game seven if it gets that far. i tried to get there and they can't sell them. let me give you the exact wording. the ticket server is off line for scheduled maintenance. sad scheduling. >> bad timing, thanks very much. >> and game one of the world series between 5:00 p.m. on wednesday. game two will be at the same place on thursday. giants will travel to texas for games three and four next weekend and game five if necessary. and if needed in the best of 7 series, game six and seven will be played back in san francisco the following wednesday and thursday. >>> it is 6:06. caltrans is beginning to hoist the second span of the bay bridge in place. this shows how it will be lifted 30 stories in the air and bolted in place. pi

everybody loves the giants now. >> as we have been saying the giants will play the rangers in san francisco, the rangers beat the yankees in game 6, the effort team's first time to reach the world series in franchise history. the series begins wednesday, in san francisco. yes it did rain today, it was really pouring it was like they said earlier this afternoon i heard it was really coming down crying. pretty miserable lester were by the fireplace looking out. >> catherine yes it was one of those days were you wanted to be inside, lots of rain heavy rain in the north bait. things are winding down for this evening, but there is a stronger system coming in for tomorrow. if it is going to make for a what we can for both saturday and sunday. here's star tracker for the last three hours, huge shower is rolling through this evening. the steady rains are over for this evening, here's a live you from storm track for just a few showers of around the bay area right now. stretching between nevada know and send francisco. up to vallejo getting some light rain. this is all been to the east about 25 mi. p

tent for the san francisco giants. to help avoid dental problems my dentist gives me act restoring mouthwash. act kills germs, restores minerals strengthens enamel. act restoring-- for strong teeth act now. the san francisco giants. but some people are diverting attention. ther of a former bar >>> there is a lot of excitement for the san francisco giants but some people are diverting attention. the father of former bart police officer johannes mehserle anchored this boat in mccovey cove outside the stadium. the banner reads, free johannes mehserle. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing oscar grant last year. >>> the giants delivered another win against the arizona diamondbacks yesterday. the final score was 4-1. they just need one more win to get back into the play-offs for the first time since 2003. they host the padres today. if they sweep the series they will have a one-game play-off on monday if the padres win. >>> with the giants so close to making the play-offs, our question of the day: let's r

the san francisco fire department ge the giants a big watery sendoff. a water gun salute over their chartered 747 where they continue their quest to win the team's first chaionship since 19 a -- 1954. cody ross, tim lincecum, brins wilson to play games three, four and possiblfive of the world series. >> absolutely! a lifetime opportuny, huh! right he in our backyard. what more can you ask for, huh? yeah, you say go giants! >> over at the terminal, we caught giants fans headed to texas to watch the world series, including the cantu family from livermore. >> i'm fortunate to have friends who have a suite and luxury box tickets and we get to enjoy behind hom plate. (laughter) >> texas ranger. >> they're texas ranger fans and they're kind to invite us. >> plenty of die-hard giants fans who through in from all over the country and canada to see the first two gas in san francisco. >> exhilarating. it was an atmosphere that can only rival a stanley cup up in canada i guess. so it was a blast. >> perfect. perfect environment. >> great city. beautiful cit >> so

. >>> the san francisco giants are back in the bay area. they arrived at at&t park around 5:00 a.m. after taking a red eye flight from philadelphia. there will definitely be three games in san francisco. >> it won't be easy. we knew it. it's 1-1. we felt we had to get one. would like to have gotten two. we win three, we go to the world series. >> rollins hits one into deep right center. back to the wall. >> last night, jimmy rollins hit a bases-loaded double. game three tomorrow afternoon at at&t mark. matt cain will be on the mound for the giants. cole hamills will -- cole hamels will pitch for the phillies. the first pitch, 1:19. >>> today, b.a.r.t. unveiled the bold, new plan to boost ridership. the agency is trying something it's never done before. paul chambers has more. >> reporter: good morning, kraig. if you want to win a chance for airline tickets or free b.a.r.t. tickets for you one year, you need one of these -- a cell phone and you definitely need to know how to text. now, b.a.r.t. is having a new campaign, what they are trying to do is bring back former riders and attra

manager of the san francisco giants. to one bay area teenager, he's a life coach. we're going to take you into the private life of bruce bocci and show you how his off-the-field game plan inspired one man to knock it out of the park. >>> so are we in for a wet world series? more rain is in the forecast. he'll be along in just a few minutes to tell us how long we can expect it and how bad it will be. >> let me tell you something i told jill that i would do because it was too painful for her to do, which is to congratulate you on your world series bid, yes! >> new at 11:00, avid cubs fan first lady michelle obama showing her support for the san francisco giants today. a shout-out might have been a little trouble for first lady michelle obama. she was speaking alongside nancy pelosi and jill biden. hermes sa-- message, making america better. >> and even though she was passed over year after year after year because she was a woman, she rarely complained, because she knew she was doing this to give something more to barack an

the san francisco giants are headed to the world series. good evening, the city erupted into cheers tonight after a strikeout put the giants in the world series. the kind of torture that hurts so good. let's go straight to shu. a lot of fingernails missing, including my own. >> mike: i'm still sweating. the corks have been popped. the giants headed to the world series for the first time since 2002. buster posey, to third. the throw to first is off the mark. huff scores. game tight at 2. it poo woo stay -- would stay that way until the eighth. in the ninth two on for the phillies. brian wilson freezes ryan howard to end it. the giants in the world series for the first time since 2002. >> not one guy that carries this club. takes the whole team every night, and we found a way to do it, and sanchez struggled tonight, and the bull pen saved us, and that's the way it's been all year for us. >> mike: game one of the world series is wednesday in san francisco. first pitch around 4:30. and here's the nfc information -- the national league champions

the san francisco giants shut down the phillies tonight in a nail biter. good evening, i'm diane dwyer. it was worth the wait for giants fans as the team heads to the world series for the first time in eight years. i have to say, it was a stressful last inning. the giants do not make this easy. now the team is looking to do something it's never done since moving to san francisco more than 50 years ago. we have team coverage tonight monte francis is with fans celebrating in the streets. raj mathai is with the team in philadelphia. wait until you see the locker room celebration there. we start with laura behnke and the national league pennant. >> this has never felt so good for the giants and their fans, tonight's drama should come as no surprise. it was a wild one from the very beginning at citizens bank park where the phillies fans were loud and runs were hard to come by. we pick it up in the top of the eighth, it's been tied since the third, juan uribe, the big swing off ryan matson. 3-2 san francisco. we go to the bottom of the ninth, ryan wilson going f

just look for the dedicated tab just on the front page. >>> now that the san francisco giants are in the major league series, as ktvu rob roth reports, some folks are asking a lot more than most people are willing to pay -- ktvu's rob roth. >>> after a stomach churning victory, the san francisco giants returned from atlanta at about 3:30 this morning. the players get a break before their start against the philadelphia phillies. the series is sold out. >> the championship series demand is about what the world series demand was eight years ago. i think it's the team's personality and the community is ready for a winner. >> reporter: to get tickets many fans will be turns to online ticket agencies including stub hub. >> as soon as they made it to the nlcs, we saw demands boost so much. >> i'm sitting in section 140, in center field beachers. online someone is selling two tickets here for $9,999. from here i think i can see home plate, sort of. that's the extreme price. the average price is $250 per ticket. this family is not thinking about going to any games but they came to the giant's

could soon benefit from san francisco giants fever. the humane society is offering a special $9 adoption fee. normal fees range from $52-$80. they say there are 50 orange colored cats. >>> time now 6:35. one lane is still closed because of an ongoing emergency repair project. jade hernandez is joining us now. how traffic is effected now. jade. >> reporter: good morning. we are live on the bridge this morning. we're monitoring traffic. we warned drivers about the work that has caused a lane closure here on the san mateo bridge. we will remind you again. commuters should use the bay bridge. just to avoid any tie up. you can see traffic is slow just a bit on the bridge this morning. crews worked overnight and closed one of three westbound lanes to fix a ten inch crack found in agile girder. workers discovered it during a routine inspection on wednesday. it's located in a steel girder that allows the bridge to move back and forth. the girder was installed into a seismic retro fit. the beam will not be replaced. it's actually being reenforc

just look for the dedicated tab just on the front page. >>> now that the san francisco giants are in the major league series, as ktvu rob roth reports, some folks are asking a lot more than most people are willing to pay -- ktvu's rob roth. >>> after a stomach churning victory, the san francisco giants returned from atlanta at about 3:30 this morning. the players get a break before their start against the philadelphia phillies. the series is sold out. >> the championship series demand is about what the world series demand was eight years ago. i think it's the team's personality and the community is ready for a winner. >> reporter: to get tickets many fans will be turns to online ticket agencies including stub hub. >> as soon as they made it to the nlcs, we saw demands boost so much. >> i'm sitting in section 140, in center field beachers. online someone is selling two tickets here for $9,999. from here i think i can see home plate, sort of. that's the extreme price. the average price is $250 per ticket. this family is not thinking about going to any games but they came to the giant's

i am a giant for life, i love you. much love to san francisco. and i hope you beat they [ bleep ] how's that >> we now who he's pulling for any way. the game over shadowing the big bay bridge series. and it's the raiders-49ers of course. the raiders showing some signs of really coming on as they get to phillip rivers. the chargers quarterback a couple of times in their victory against san diego. which can't be great news for alex smith who was asked yesterday, is this the lowest point of his career? >> certainly in points yes. 0-5. unfortunate that we're in this situation. but you know we're in it, we have to deal with it. got to get ourselves out of it. >>> that they do. the voting meanwhile is in for our high school game of the week to be featured tomorrow. it's clayton valley versus concord. and we will feature that game at 10:00 tomorrow night. and do a preview on the 6:00 news. so thanks for all your votes at ktvu.com. that's the sporting life for now. kind of interesting to see where barry bonds, you don't see much or hear much from him. >>

cody ross talks about the magic he has found as a san francisco giant. >> for the most part it's about confidence going up there and knowing you're going to get the job done or do something to help your team. if you go out there and you're thinking about something else or you know don't have that confidence, chances are you're probably not going to get anything done. >>> oh my gosh, you think that that guy is going to be a giant next year. yes, absolutely won himself a major fan base here. probably will be starting in right field. but the giants concern, more on game four tomorrow. it's a night game you will see it on channel 2 from at&t. i'm mark ibanez back to frank and julie. >> so exciting. and thanks for joining us tonight. good night. >> have a good evening.

. >> alan: this wet weather delayed the triumphant return of the san francisco giants this afternoon. the arrived at at&t park just about 15 minutes ago. there's matt cain, freddie sanchez. they won the national league championship and a berth in the world series. we're live at at at&t park where 150 hard-core fans are greeting the giants in the power -- pouring rain. >> there's about 250 standing out here, and for the last 15 minutes they have been going crazy. posey, bumgarner, cain, and uribe greeting the fans personally. and everybody was having a terrific time. and they arrived here about 5 -- 15 minutes ago, and the celebrations are going on, in the celebration of a game that ended last night that none of this fans are soon to forget. >> yeah! >> since last nights' win, giants fans have been celebrating the national league champs. the celebration is nowhere near over. fans braved the wins at at&t park to welcome the giants this afternoon, chanting and singing the giants' praises. >> the best thing to happen in this city for a long time. thank you, our uribe. >> we're out here. w

. >> reporter: exciting enough for the san francisco giants to throw this invitation-only orange-carpet gala for the team's extended gala, people like gaylord perry. >> it's great to see a observe of guys get together. >> did you have a party like this en1962? >> we had a party in the clubhouse. it said, festive attire. >> reporter: he was the team's radio announcer during the 1989 world series. the giants lost that year, but he says the makeup of this year's team is special. >> they can beat you a lot of different ways and i think teams that can do that have a good shot of winning the world series. >> reporter: it's also a team that's winning the hearts of its fans, something the president of the organization can't help but notice. >> it really makes you proud to be here. it's not too sophisticate today galvanize around a team. >> even people that don't know that much about the sports, they've embraced this team. it's been magical. >> reporter: stadium announcer moon says she's ready to play ball. >> pencils that we use, gone. it could be a 250-dollar pencil, gone. >> reporter: as for

this san francisco giants they're halfway to their first world series title in 56 years. take a look you can see them boarding buses on their way to arlington tx and brian wilson right there, for space and aubrey half their this is his first postseason appearance in his career. just a moment you're going to see left fielder pat the that brawl. a quick look of tim lincecum russian on the bus that the last minute and there's infielder he hit the three run homer and. and finally sergio world me. the team heads to arlington tx for game 3 tomorrow and should be riding high after of loss night its major 9-0 victory pureed the king was on and on for the giants) opportunity was this one went texas hits one deep to center and about some of the top of the wall but the giants that's were on fire giving san francisco the winner coming up at 4:30 p.m. will be joined by gary radnich for more on what they face down the road. in other news, santa clara county shares are keeping not a close eye on saratoga elementary school after witnesses say a man appeared to try and lure students with

san francisco giants never won a world series in three tries. after the disappoint nmt twut against angels... maybe this fourth time can be a charm. it's for the biggest stakes in the world but still, four balls, three strikes and you better turn double plays and better throw out a base steeler. it's steel stil the same game. >> not here, not anymore. too many memories, dreams, hopes on that airplane to dallas. among people we spoke with today a converted red sox fan, converted longer-suffering red sox fan wearing giants gear. i candidate im -- asked him what we might suspect if they do win the world series. he said relief. then, went on and said they can never take a championship away. then, paused again and told me when the red sox won after that time, it was restoring his faith in the all mighty. that is the latest from san francisco. >> all right. and everybody loves a winner. taking you to the ballpark now, giants take on the rangers tomorrow afternoon. mike shumann is there. you're in enemy territory. >> true. we're outside of the ballpark

topping our news, the san francisco giants back in the bay area for today's game three of the play-off series against philadelphia. anne makovec is at the ballpark way preview this morning. anne good morning. >> reporter: home field advantage for the giants. the national league championship series being played here in at&t park. the starting time is 1:19 this afternoon. it is a swing game. they are right now tied at 1-1. the park is going to be packed. according to ticket retailer stub hub, the words giants tickets and world series have been the most searched key words on their website over the past 24 hours. now, there are still some tickets available starting at around 55 to 60 bucks over a grand for some of the best seats. a lot of eyes today on the pitching staff. matt cain on the mound for the giants. some of the fans are already dribbling in here to at&t park. we heard from the very first one. he says the party is going to be all over the park. >> going to pick up. people are going to start trickling in. but i think after that it's going to be pandemonium. people will be all over

the san francisco giants were on the verge of a dramatic comeback against the san diego padres to win a spot in the playoffs, but in the bottom of the 9th inning -- . >> a bouncing ball to short. >> josigumeen's game ending double ply left the winning run on base. there is still hope the giants can clench a playoff spot with a win tomorrow at home against the padres. it was a tough day for the orange and black and their fans, who packed the ballpark. patty lee is outside of at&t with the emotional highs and lows. >> reporter: ken, you can actually gage the level of disappointment just by looking around at a level of activity. it's just quiet around at&t park. the fans have cleared out, but it's not over until it's over and there is always tomorrow. so close, but still, one win away from the national league west title. >> i haven't quite had time to adjust to the fact that the giants go all wait. i arrived back in town last night. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein and her granddaughter took in the action. all afternoon the stadium was awash in emotion, as the padres took an early l

nearly two hours away from the san francisco giants playoff game in seven years. gary joins us from the field as the giants get ready to host the atlanta braves. gary. >> thank you pam along side is the managing general partner is a church official title. >> it is carried >> if you're happy blame bill if you're on have been blamed bill. sealed box tops that mr. newcomb. what's your weak been like since sunday? >> it's been hectic great celebration sunday night with the players and fans. all the front office folks and since then it's been recovering and sorting out a plan for this busy series. >> are used a higher price by the community reaction. in a great fans but it's been seven years since we've seen them really turned out in force if you know what i mean. >> you and i were talking of this earlier it think this is a team where almost every player on this roster as a fan base. the fans like found a scene these players to a terrific work they liked the coaches, both sheet like brian for the moves in the off-season and this is a team that earned a lot of affection

later today, the san francisco giants will be working out at at&t park getting ready for the 2010 world series. yesterday, the national league champions received a heroes' well -- hero's welcome as they arrived back in san francisco. hundreds of fans gathered on a stormy day to celebrate the victory. the giants are already looking ahead to wednesday when they host the rangers. >> everyone is feeling good. we decided to get back and get ready. >> you guys are amazing. the stadium, the fans, it's awesome. >> because the nba league won this year's all-star game, the national team gets home-field advantage. tickets -- ticket prices are going through the roof. kraig debro will have that at 7:30. you can watch the entire world series right here on fox. our broadcast starts at 4:30. >>> your time now is 7:05. there is a new poll that shows democrat jerry brown with a commanding lead over meg whitman. with the election just eight days away, "the l.a. times" poll shows 52% of voters surveyed say they are go gonna vote for jerry brown. 39% said they would vote for meg whitman. mig analysts say th

the giants, the san francisco giants, you can't wave your arms, oh, my goodness, look who it is. you do not have a lot of alumni from the great, great years of the 49ers coming and firing up your troops. so why not? >> we have several alumni that are on staff right now. >> who are they? >> tom rathman, ray brown, mike solari, who didn't play for us but coached for us under bob mckittrick. >> i was thinking montana, young -- >> joe was at practice two weeks ago. there's a lot of guys -- >> i think the reason why scott brings that up is the whole ronnie lott flap over speaking to the saints before the game when they played you. kind of pronounced this idea that we're not seeing the legends around the niners as much as we're seeing mays or mccubby, who are being constantly ballyhooed by the giants. >> i talked to ronnie. he's an icon as much as he is a 49ers icon. if you know why he spoke to the saints, the 49ers had a lot of trouble after our super bowl '81 win. there's a lot of young guys who couldn't handle success and their lives spun out of control. ronnie spoke to the saints l

it could be an all time weekend for the city of san francisco and the giants in texas. with the 2-0 lead. as you see them going through their paces getting acquainted with the one piece of news. pablo sandoval alongside rentaria who has seen a lot of action. pablo will get the call as the designated hitter. bruce boche you can see his team is very relaxed right now. >> two wins doesn't get you anything. and that's the only way to approach it. and tomorrow their focus will be on that game tomorrow night. and it has to stay that way. and that's not going to change with these guys. and i think they understand, you know, we're playing a very good team. and we have baseball left. we have to keep our focus. >>> all right. after scoring a frab choice record 59 points do you think the raiders will do anything with their offense to mess with it? no. you know jason campbell will be the starting quarterback. they have made that official. get his third straight start in place of bruce bradkowski who had actually taken over as the starting quarterback. he has a separated shoulder. c

the san francisco giants flag flying over it led to city hall. couldn't you imagine the good thing is we don't have to imagine right behind me having to hoist the atlanta braves flag on the front of city hall. the indignity. i feel for my friend the mayor of atlanta out because that's exactly what you will be doing when he receives the giants leg hopefully tomorrow. when looking forward to the youtube clip of that. it's some energy and hopefulness at a time in an economy like this where we have forty-niner team that's talking about abandoning our city and not committing to it in ownership and walking away. are going to celebrate an ownership that to walk away from our city that stood out on a city and is been rewarded by a strong fan base in the country. >> our coverage of giants fever would be complete without our sports director gary who is on to philadelphia. >> of the state here. >> can i get people booing me already. i just listened to or near he's a wonderful guy but you know, fix my taxes lore might pg&e get me a job to keep your damn flag

it could be an all time weekend for the city of san francisco and the giants in texas. with the 2-0 lead. as you see them going through their paces getting acquainted with the one piece of news. pablo sandoval alongside rentaria who has seen a lot of action. pablo will get the call as the designated hitter. bruce boche you can see his team is very relaxed right now. >> two wins doesn't get you anything. and that's the only way to approach it. and tomorrow their focus will be on that game tomorrow night. and it has to stay that way. and that's not going to change with these guys. and i think they understand, you know, we're playing a very good team. and we have baseball left. we have to keep our focus. >>> all right. after scoring a frab choice record 59 points do you think the raiders will do anything with their offense to mess with it? no. you know jason campbell will be the starting quarterback. they have made that official. get his third straight start in place of bruce bradkowski who had actually taken over as the starting quarterback. he has a separated shoulder. c