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Game 1 of World Series Set to Begin Tonight
Aired October 19, 2002 - 17:25 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Game one tonight of the 2002 World Series is set to begin in less than three hours. And it's the first World Series appearance ever for the Anaheim Angels, who will be hosting the San Francisco Giants, the other wildcard team. CNN's Josie Karp is standing by with a preview, and Josie, I guess it's a little early for folks to start filing in already, right?
JOSIE KARP, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENTS: Yeah, they're going to open the stadium in just a little bit, but they want the people to kind of get in early to avoid the crush right around game time. You talked about this being the Anaheim Angels' first series. What is getting more attention is the fact that it's the Giants' Barry Bonds' first World Series. He has really dominated all of the pre-game conversation that's gone on for days now. That's because he is the game's most feared hitter. He has had a great post-season so far. And again, because he's played for so long, 17 years, and this is the first time that he's going to be able to step to the plate in a World Series game. A lot of people have focused on that. But for his part, Barry Bonds has indicated that the fact that it's taken him so long to get here hasn't been any source of torment.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BARRY BONDS, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: If I didn't get here, I would go back to training and try again. And I think that's what we all do. And I have the opportunity to be here. I'm excited to be here. It's something I worked for forever. And every Angel player over there has worked for it ever since we were in Little League. And you know, we're the two teams that now have that opportunity to have our time, our day.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KARP: The big question surrounding Bonds has been the one that's been posed to the Angels all week long, and that's whether or not they're going to pitch to him or are they going to pitch around him. And for their part, most of the Angels' pitchers have said they're going to rely on their manager and their pitching coach to tell them, and it will totally depend on the game situation, Fredricka.
Back to you.
WHITFIELD: I can't imagine that the fans would like that too much. At least not the Giants fans, particularly.
KARP: Absolutely not. But I don't think the managers are thinking about the fans. Just trying to win a World Series at some point.
WHITFIELD: All right, thanks a lot, Josie Karp, from Anaheim, thank you very much.
Well, folks around the state of California have showed more once that they'll rally around each other when disaster strikes. But as Ann McDermott explains, the World Series, well, it's not a disaster, but it does pit the north against the south.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ANN MCDERMOTT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Northern California loves to dump on Southern California. Ask any San Franciscan.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To me, it's just really fake, insincere.
MCDERMOTT: They think we're goofy or something. They also call us dirty. You know, smog versus fog. And San Francisco has cars that go ding. While Southern California has cars that don't go ding, and don't go anywhere. In other words, San Fran is the poodle; Southern Cal is the (UNINTELLIGIBLE). And those San Franciscans are wily. Watch Mayor Willie Brown weasel out of a series bet with Anaheim Mayor Tom Daily.
MAYOR WILLIE BROWN, SAN FRANCISCO: Now, wait a minute, I'm not wearing any mouse ears.
MCDERMOTT: Say it ain't so. But cheer up.
While San Francisco has the bay, we'll always have "Baywatch."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Unfortunately, you L.A. folks, I'm sorry, don't have a lot of depth.
MCDERMOTT: Hah, hah, hah. Well, how come you Northern Californians only have rally rags, while we have rally monkeys? Heck, we even have rally chimps.
Now, it should be pointed out that Northern and Southern California do rally around each other in times of disasters, in times of mudslides, in times of El Nino. But San Francisco still sneers at the savage south. No culture, they say. I say, hey, ever hear of the Hollywood Wax Museum?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Southern California happens to have Hollywood. We have Hollywood, and we have -- gosh darn, boy -- a million -- got me going now.
MCDERMOTT: Well, maybe he'll think of something.
Now, on to the ball game where those Giants from Northern California sure looked pretty darned pleased with themselves. But we, we have the Angels on our side.
Ann McDermott, CNN, Southern California. (END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 19, 2002 - 17:25 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Game one tonight of the 2002 World Series is set to begin in less than three hours. And it's the first World Series appearance ever for the Anaheim Angels, who will be hosting the San Francisco Giants, the other wildcard team. CNN's Josie Karp is standing by with a preview, and Josie, I guess it's a little early for folks to start filing in already, right?
JOSIE KARP, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENTS: Yeah, they're going to open the stadium in just a little bit, but they want the people to kind of get in early to avoid the crush right around game time. You talked about this being the Anaheim Angels' first series. What is getting more attention is the fact that it's the Giants' Barry Bonds' first World Series. He has really dominated all of the pre-game conversation that's gone on for days now. That's because he is the game's most feared hitter. He has had a great post-season so far. And again, because he's played for so long, 17 years, and this is the first time that he's going to be able to step to the plate in a World Series game. A lot of people have focused on that. But for his part, Barry Bonds has indicated that the fact that it's taken him so long to get here hasn't been any source of torment.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BARRY BONDS, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: If I didn't get here, I would go back to training and try again. And I think that's what we all do. And I have the opportunity to be here. I'm excited to be here. It's something I worked for forever. And every Angel player over there has worked for it ever since we were in Little League. And you know, we're the two teams that now have that opportunity to have our time, our day.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KARP: The big question surrounding Bonds has been the one that's been posed to the Angels all week long, and that's whether or not they're going to pitch to him or are they going to pitch around him. And for their part, most of the Angels' pitchers have said they're going to rely on their manager and their pitching coach to tell them, and it will totally depend on the game situation, Fredricka.
Back to you.
WHITFIELD: I can't imagine that the fans would like that too much. At least not the Giants fans, particularly.
KARP: Absolutely not. But I don't think the managers are thinking about the fans. Just trying to win a World Series at some point.
WHITFIELD: All right, thanks a lot, Josie Karp, from Anaheim, thank you very much.
Well, folks around the state of California have showed more once that they'll rally around each other when disaster strikes. But as Ann McDermott explains, the World Series, well, it's not a disaster, but it does pit the north against the south.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ANN MCDERMOTT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Northern California loves to dump on Southern California. Ask any San Franciscan.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To me, it's just really fake, insincere.
MCDERMOTT: They think we're goofy or something. They also call us dirty. You know, smog versus fog. And San Francisco has cars that go ding. While Southern California has cars that don't go ding, and don't go anywhere. In other words, San Fran is the poodle; Southern Cal is the (UNINTELLIGIBLE). And those San Franciscans are wily. Watch Mayor Willie Brown weasel out of a series bet with Anaheim Mayor Tom Daily.
MAYOR WILLIE BROWN, SAN FRANCISCO: Now, wait a minute, I'm not wearing any mouse ears.
MCDERMOTT: Say it ain't so. But cheer up.
While San Francisco has the bay, we'll always have "Baywatch."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Unfortunately, you L.A. folks, I'm sorry, don't have a lot of depth.
MCDERMOTT: Hah, hah, hah. Well, how come you Northern Californians only have rally rags, while we have rally monkeys? Heck, we even have rally chimps.
Now, it should be pointed out that Northern and Southern California do rally around each other in times of disasters, in times of mudslides, in times of El Nino. But San Francisco still sneers at the savage south. No culture, they say. I say, hey, ever hear of the Hollywood Wax Museum?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Southern California happens to have Hollywood. We have Hollywood, and we have -- gosh darn, boy -- a million -- got me going now.
MCDERMOTT: Well, maybe he'll think of something.
Now, on to the ball game where those Giants from Northern California sure looked pretty darned pleased with themselves. But we, we have the Angels on our side.
Ann McDermott, CNN, Southern California. (END VIDEOTAPE)
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