WEBVTT - 8-8 Around the Park with Kruk and Kuip

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, it's around the park with Crook and Kipe

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<v Speaker 1>and gorgeous Saturday afternoon. A lot going on here at

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<v Speaker 1>the park today, and I'm going to ask my partner

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<v Speaker 1>why this day and this ceremony is so important and

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<v Speaker 1>you'll hear his response right after this. Hey, We've got

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday afternoon baseball here at Oracle Park. It's around the

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<v Speaker 1>park with Crook and Kipe, and today is more than

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<v Speaker 1>just the baseball game. It's a day where the Giants

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<v Speaker 1>are going to honor a really select group of players

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<v Speaker 1>that had everything to do with the three World championships.

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<v Speaker 1>And Mike, the question I'm going to ask you is

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<v Speaker 1>is why are these ceremonies in these days important.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, for the player's perspective, it's your being acknowledged and

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<v Speaker 2>you're being remembered, and you're being enshrined with an organization

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<v Speaker 2>that's one hundred and forty five years old. You are

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<v Speaker 2>part of it. And in San Francisco Giants history, you

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<v Speaker 2>have been one of the best players. And that goes

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<v Speaker 2>up on a wall and people walk by this ballpark

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<v Speaker 2>every day and they see those plaques. And since they've

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<v Speaker 2>built this ballpark and they've started the Wall of Fame.

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<v Speaker 2>There has never been one plaque that was ever defaced

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<v Speaker 2>or spray painted on. There's just a certain reverence about

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<v Speaker 2>this ballpark that goes beyond being a ballpark. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>museum and it's a place of honor. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>what's going to happen today. These five guys are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be enshrined for the careers that they've had, for

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<v Speaker 2>the teams that they gave this city, and for the

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<v Speaker 2>flags that they gave this city. And that's the importance

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<v Speaker 2>of today. And that's the importance of this organization. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And I also think it's important for the current players

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<v Speaker 1>who will be watching all of this from the dugout

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<v Speaker 1>that they recognize the fact that they are part of

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<v Speaker 1>an organization that is going to take care of their

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<v Speaker 1>players and this is one way of doing it. And

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<v Speaker 1>obviously this is important for our fans. Our fans get

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to maybe take a deep breath and forget

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<v Speaker 1>about a season that has gone sideways and now they

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<v Speaker 1>can enjoy some of the happier times when this franchise

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<v Speaker 1>was on top of the world, and when they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>go to the postseason, everybody was shocked and then believe

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<v Speaker 1>it or not. If they didn't win a World sivers,

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<v Speaker 1>they were like, what's going on? Jeez. And that's why

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<v Speaker 1>it's important that our fans be able to come to

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<v Speaker 1>the ballpark on a day like today. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a great day and see these players being honored,

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<v Speaker 1>so all around, this is just going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>really special day in the Bay Area.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it is. You are acknowledged as an athlete, you're

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<v Speaker 2>humbled that somebody would remember you, and then you find

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<v Speaker 2>out how much of your career that they remember, and

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<v Speaker 2>they remember moments, games, they remember what you look like

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<v Speaker 2>when you roll down Market Street and you were in

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<v Speaker 2>a parade celebrating a World championship. But the other thing

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<v Speaker 2>that's very cool about something like this is you look

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<v Speaker 2>over into the other dugout and you look today and

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<v Speaker 2>the Detroit Tigers are going to be there watching this.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there are storied franchises as well, and they've

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<v Speaker 2>got a great history of their own. But every player

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<v Speaker 2>who's in the game today, whether you're with a long

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<v Speaker 2>tenured franchise or you're with one of the newer franchises,

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<v Speaker 2>every guy aspires to have the same thing that they

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<v Speaker 2>are going to acknowledge. Today when Brandon Crawford and Brandon

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<v Speaker 2>Belt and Buster Posey and Joe Panic and Pablo Santoval

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<v Speaker 2>stand up and hear the applause, they're going to be remembered.

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<v Speaker 2>And every player wants to do that very thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>today this organization will applaud what these guys did, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're also a group that beat the Tigers. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's around the park. Enjoy the ball game.