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"Yes! Yes! Yes!": the sound of the 2014 San Francisco Giants Civic Center celebration

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City Hall in another "Orange October"

The San Francisco Giants won their third World Series championship in five years in 2014. They celebrated in a rare rainstorm in Civic Center plaza on Halloween.

Click the play button to hear the audio in its entirety.

It's long! But you can jump to highlights as noted below:

00:21 - Hall of Fame announcer Jon Miller makes player and staff introductions

22:58 - San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

31:14 - Giants CEO Larry Baer

42:10 - Giants GM Brian Sabean

45:54 - Giants Manager Bruce Bochy

50:31 - Giants Spanish language broadcasters Erwin Higueros and Tito Fuentes

54:27 - Giants center fielder Gregor Blanco and 3rd baseman Pablo Sandoval

57:15 - Giants relief pitchers Javier Lopez and Jeremy Affeldt

61:20 - Giants English language broadcasters Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow

68:11 - Giants starting pitcher Tim Hudson

70:20 - Giants catcher Buster Posey and starting pitchers Ryan Vogelson and Madison Bumgarner

75:26 - Giants right fielder Hunter Pence

Hunter Pence: "World champions?!" Fans: "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Pence: "Can we do it again?!" Fans: "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Pence: "That's what I'm talking about, San Francisco!"

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Ben joined KALW in 2004. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, he helped the news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. He also helped teach hundreds of audio producers, many of whom work with him at KALW, today.