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In April, for example, Cameraman Charles Stanyon and Dale mcgill were both assigned to cover the arrival of a group of new San Francisco residents who were welcomed by thousands of their newly adopted townspeople banners festooned the streets and confetti filled the sky as the San Francisco

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Giants came home. A parade brought young fans from their school rooms to cheer their new heroes. The crowds drew steadily as the parade neared Market Street. As of that date, the Giants have not lost a single National League game and there was plenty of talk of

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printed hopes in some quarters hopes the season of course did not pair up beneath a blizzard of confetti. The parade swung jointly into Montgomery at one point, there was only enough room for a single escorted convertible to packs and the procession was almost brought to a

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halt by the ovation given star center fielder Willie Mays riding with Hank. So the parade compared with 1950 one's welcome to General Macarthur next day at the ballpark, a capacity audience present mayors Norris Poulson of Los Angeles George Christopher of San Francisco who engaged in some

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civic shenanigans in which Poulson nearly got beamed. Then the newly relocated Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants took to the field and the crowd roared another welcome. The first pitch by Ruben Gomez to giant rookie Jimmy Davenport was a strike. Then another first, the first

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major league ball retrieved by a spectator who as you'll see, earned it and fly into the right field. The Giants went on to win eight to nothing. A very satisfying opener for San Francisco.