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First baseman Aubrey Huff lit up the crowd when he shoved his hands deep into his pants and produced his red rally thong, a good-luck charm that he supposedly wore as the Giants surged into the playoffs.

Several Giants made a point of telling the crowd that the world's championship belonged as much to the fans as it did to them. Jason McClintock , his two teenage children and their friend came in from the Central Valley city of Madera and took up a spot at Fifth and Market streets at 1 a. The teens dozed while McClintock guarded the folding chairs. There's no way I would miss this. Stacey Wehr , a dental assistant from Novato, left at 6 a. She pulled her two sons, ages 7 and 5, from school for the occasion.

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Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Join Newsletter. Still more people cheered from rooftops as high as 10 stories above Market Street, or otherwise pressed against apartment windows or scaled the outside of buildings trying to reach even the most miniscule outcroppings to perch on. The best city ever. The scent of marijuana wafted in the air even though a ballot measure aimed at legalizing pot was defeated on Election Day.

Wilson acknowledged the odor when he joked about having a heart attack. The parade had moved from the financial district up Montgomery Street to Market Street and then down Market to the Civic Center where Mayor Newsom presented the team a key to the city.

The torture is over. Even Gov. The Giants finally achieved World Series domination that eluded the team in , and A small crowd waited in a restricted area for the Giants to exit City Hall after the festivities had ended, including year-old Alex Levesque, of Martinez.