When we passed along the story early in September that Aubrey Huff started wearing a red thong as a slump buster , we had no idea it would develop the cult following that is has. Huff was in a 3-for slump when he first started wearing the lingerie but he went on a tear shortly thereafter.
He hit. The thong became a well known story amongst Giants fans as San Francisco finished the season going to make the postseason. They went on to win the World Series as we all know, and Huff brought his lucky red thong to the parade in San Francisco on Wednesday:. Muni buses and cable cars will be rerouted at different times, as early as 8 a.
Some reroutes will switchback--changing directions before the end of the line--and others will use alternate roads. Service will return to normal once streets are clear. The information below provides more detail. Skip to main content. Moments later, at a. Schwarzhoff and his wife, Annie, had been in place on Montgomery Street for two hours, but others slept overnight to ensure getting the best spots possible behind the barricades in front of City Hall, where the parade route ended in perhaps the most crowded event in San Francisco history , according to a spokesman for Mayor Gavin Newsom.
As the occasional whiff of marijuana wafted through the air on a surprisingly warm, sunny day, the ecstatic crowd welcomed Hall of Famers like Mays and Willie McCovey, and politicians like Gov. Dianne Feinstein. Manager Bruce Bochy rode in a classic car, with the World Series trophy in his hands and a big grin on his face. Police, in keeping with their practice in recent years, declined to give a crowd size.
But few, if any, could remember a bigger throng. Downtown looked like an open-air festival gone wild as confetti rained from skyscrapers. Fans dressed up in black beards to honor star reliever Brian Wilson and long-haired wigs for two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum. Everywhere along the route, people stood on fire engines, automobiles, benches, portable toilets - anything that would give them a view.
Even the weather seemed to get into the spirit, blessing the day with blue skies and summer-like temperatures in the high 70s. Wilson, with his Mohawk haircut and curiously black beard, hopped off his cable car at times to slap high fives with the crowd.
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