 Okay say hi to Wendell Kim. Hi, boy and girl. This is my son, Donald. He's easier to visit because I don't get to see him very much because he goes to school in Arizona. And Donald really doesn't like baseball that much, so he studies real hard. He goes to libraries, he gets straight A's. And for the last few years, whatever he wants to do, if he wants to read and do things like that instead of play baseball, that's okay with me. All of you like baseball? Yes. See, some of you are right here. Why am I a little less giant? Because some of you kids right here are just as tall as I am, right? Huh? That means you've got a chance to play. You've got a chance to do whatever you want to do. Okay, they told me when I was in high school that I wouldn't be in the major leagues. They told me I wouldn't do the things I wanted to do. So I studied real hard. I went on to college, played college baseball, and then ended up signing a contract with the San Francisco Giants back in 1973. So this is my 21st season with the San Francisco Giants. And at 5-4, that's not too big for a ball player. Darren Lewis and Brian Hickson is about six feet or above. So I'm pretty small on the standards of baseball, but in baseball, a little guy can make it if he really puts out and does what he has to do. So if you want to play a ball, you have to get good grades to play on your baseball team in high school and college and eventually be seen and then drafted by maybe a professional organization like the San Francisco Giants. Do you even have questions at all? Yes? Do you ever get a good call to a player as if they were coming around third? Yes, there's a lot of pressure put on a third base coach. I'm a third base coach for the last two years. What I try to do though, just like you preparing to play baseball, you're preparing to be a doctor. You're going to study and do certain things. What I do is that before the game even starts, I go over all the charts of the opposing team, their arms in the outfield. Secondly, I go watch them take infield to see if their arm is up to par. Are they throwing okay? Are they got a hurt arm? Or are they going to hurt something? Then what I will do is position myself on the field, knowing the situation. For instance, if this is the third base bag, instead of staying right here and making a decision, I will go down the line a little bit further to make a better decision giving myself more time and calculate the speed of my runner, the arm of the outfielder and the position of where he's going to throw. So it's not really all a guess. I try to make a good decision. I think I've made one boo-boo this year and that was in Montreal. And Darren Lewis got thrown out by a long way, so it was my fault. But I've also made a lot of good moves where they didn't understand how come I would do certain moves, meeting the media, the newspaper people. They're always picking on me. They only talk to me when I mess up. When I do well, they don't talk to me, so that's okay with me. That's part of the job. It goes with the territory and I understand that. Any more questions? Yes? Ronwin? Yes, but if I make a mistake, I can correct it very easily. For instance, if this is a bunt, this is a hit-and-run, this is a steal, okay? And it's the first time I touch any of these spots, but a hit-and-run steal, right? If I go to my hat, I just take it right off. For instance, I give a bunt, so he's supposed to bunt, right? But I make a mistake. The manager does not want a bunt sign. He wants a steal sign because he went to the wrong ear. He changes on me. He goes to this ear to me, so now when I go to my hat, it erases it and then I go to my left ear. So even though I make a mistake, I can always come back and correct it on the signs. Signs are pretty simple, but they're only complicated because of certain things we do all the time because I'll do this a lot. That means I put it on, took it off, never put another one on. These are not our signs. I'm just making them up. So you can't get me and tell the other team, but I know you wouldn't do that. Any other questions? But anything? Right now I'm also, along as being a third base coach, I'm the exercise coach. I'm the defensive coordinator. I move the defense around, infield and the outfielder, against our pitchers, against their players. So I will move our defense around so we're in the right position. I also make up all the lineup cards to the umpires and lineup in the dugout. Yes? Has anyone that you've worked with before have really changed as if a veteran might have been slowing down and all of a sudden speeded up? Well, some of the veterans, what we do in the offseason, Mackie Shieldstone, is really our strength coach. I just carry on his exercises. What he does, he has a program for every one of our players. Every day I work out, okay, even though I'm a coach, because I want to. Most of the coaches will work out. The players also have a program to build strength and endurance for the whole year. Okay, but they usually do that in the offseason and they maintain it during the season. For instance, I will run the stairs at Candlestick every other day and I will do my stair masters every other day to just break it up. But I don't have to play like a player does, you know, all the way through the season. Any questions? Nothing at all? Is that it? I went in the back. You want to see some magic tricks? You sure? You positive? Okay, this one trick and I hope this works. Can you see this glass? Pass it around without breaking it. Okay? Okay, that's a real glass, right? Okay. When I was seven years old, I wanted to be in the major leagues. When I was 14, I wanted to be a teacher. I am doing both of the things that I wanted to do when I was younger. So you set some goals, alright? Set some goals of what you want to do and then work towards that. But I did some things at school that panned out for me. I have a lot of different hobbies. I'm writing a book now. I do magic tricks as a hobby. I do a lot of clinics all over the Bay Area. The Giants always call me to come out and talk to kids and do baseball clinics and things like that because I feel I'm very good at it and I love doing it, okay? Some of the magic tricks that I do, I've done really all over the United States. Some of the other teams want me to do it for them. Some of the other players because they've seen me do it because players trade teams all together. The trick what I'm going to do here is that I have a glass, correct? I'll give it to my son, Santa. And I have a deck of cards here, okay? Would you pick a card out of here, please? Just pick a card. Show everybody the card. It doesn't mean anything. I just want to show you this regular deck of cards. Do you want to give it back? I'll put it right on top, okay? I'll take it out. This card don't mean anything. You got it? Okay. You see that? Okay, you got it? Now what I'm going to do here is that I'm going to put this glass right on top of the deck, just like that. Can you see anything? It's right on top of the deck. Is that correct? Yes. Okay. Would you throw me an invisible quarter? Just throw it to me. Flip it to me hard. Okay, very good. See that invisible quarter? Can you see it? I'm going to put it right on top of the glass. Can you see that quarter on top of the glass? No. You can't see it? Can you see any quarter at all on the deck of cards? No. What I'm going to do here, and I'll roll up my sleeves, okay? Invisible quarter is on top. Is that invisible quarter? Is that correct? No. Now what I want you all to do is count to three very slowly altogether, like one, two, three. And then I'm going to hit the top of the glass where the invisible quarter is, and a real quarter will end up in the glass itself. You believe that? It's kind of hard to believe, isn't it? Okay, you ready? Yes. You ready? Yes. When I say go, you say one, two, three. Go. One. Can you see that quarter off, please? Absolutely. And show everybody the quarter. Okay. Now, hold this. We did it in this room. Again, the quarter. Show everybody the quarter. Take it out. Don't be keeping my quarter out. All right. He's got the quarter in his pocket. Same glass from this area of the room. Please, gentlemen, throw me a quarter out of your pocket, please. Invisible. Invisible. Just so it's fake. Very good. Another quarter right on there. See the quarter? No. You always say no. And you saw the quarter come out. Okay. Right there. Yeah, you got it. Okay. What I want you to do now is count backwards. Three, two, one. Okay? You got it? Three, two, one. When I say go, now there's the quarter's on top. It's invisible. Deck of cards. Okay? You got it? You sure you got it? You positive? Put it right on top. You don't see a quarter underneath, do you? There's no quarter. Okay. Ready? Throw. Would you pull that quarter out, please? And show everybody the quarter. You locked up? Can I have my quarter back? Thank you. It's a long time to do these tricks. Along with my baseball skills, along with my writing skills, and my magic skills. You can really do something and make your parents proud. Thank you very much. I think you're going to see the real top players here at the San Francisco Giants.