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SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Deroche was transfixed by the Giants' 9/11 memorial at Willie Mays Plaza. Tethered to the plaza's signature palm trees were red, white and blue banners listing the names of all who perished in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001."Wow," Deroche murmured.Deroche identified himself as a Dodgers fan, though he wore nothing that bore the club's logo. "I'm in disguise," he said football pictures Sunday. But the Reno, Nev., resident couldn't hide his emotions as he stared at the display outside AT T Park's main entrance."Those are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, daughters -- people who will never see weddings again, people who will never see their families again," said Deroche, who seemed intent on reading as many names as he could. - MLB.com's 2001 coverage after Sept. 11- Baseball football pictures showed USA's post-9/11 resiliency - Castrovince: Public finds solace at ballparks- Bauman: However small, diversion is welcome- Noble: 10 years later, bagpipes and baseball- Giuliani recalls baseball's impact after 9/11- Baseball recalls wide-ranging emotions- Bauman: Game shaken, resolved in aftermath- Mets' memories remain vivid- In New York, Cubs remember 9/11 heroes- Torre: Emotions from 9/11 football pictures remain today- Tragedy strikes 9/11 'Faces of Hope'- Where were they? 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But the scene outside the ballpark and the Giants' pregame ceremony reminded everybody present that the 10th anniversary of 9/11 was an occasion meant for more than just removing one's cap.Bruce Bochy removed his cap during the pregame observance. But he didn't stop there. Taking part in football pictures the event's most poignant moment, the hatless Giants manager strode to the mound and laid a baseball on the middle of the pitching rubber -- a gesture of mute eloquence to honor 9/11 victims and replace the ceremonial first pitch."I was thinking of all the people that were lost, and their families," Bochy said.The ceremony included a procession of fire fighters, police officers and deputy sheriffs football pictures from San Francisco, as well as members of pilot and flight attendant unions -- representing their counterparts who died in the line of duty on 9/11. They were led through a right-field gate by the Macintosh Pipe Band of Larkspur, Calif., a contingent of nine bagpipers and two percussionists.A video tribute, featuring patriotic ballpark moments that depicted players with their caps held over their football pictures hearts or heads bowed, played on the main scoreboard's video screen as the Giants and Dodgers lined up on the third- and first-base lines, respectively. Behind the parade of law enforcement representatives came volunteers bearing an oversized flag that was unfurled in center field. After Bochy delivered his "first pitch," a moment of silence was held during which spectators held aloft 8-by-10 car football pictures ds bearing the American flag on one side and the name of a 9/11 victim on the other.This awakened memories within the assembled players, for whom 9/11 remains the monumental event in their lives, as Pearl Harbor and John F. Kennedy's assassination were for earlier generations."I was in social-studies class in eighth grade," Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw said. "The teacher heard something had football pictures happened and turned on the TV, then she turned it off because she didn't know if we should see it. My mom came to school and said we're going home. I said I couldn't go. We had a football game that day. She told me there was no game. I didn't really get it at the time. It soon became pretty clear. It was really tragic."Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum, then a sophomore at Liberty High School in R football pictures enton, Wash., recalled the shock that he and his classmates shared."What's going to happen next? What are we going to do next?" he said.Lincecum also remembered frustration: "In that situation, you want to defend yourself, but there was nothing we could do about it."Dodgers left-hander Ted Lilly, who already had begun his Major League career with the Yankees, felt a different kind of competitive f football pictures ury."Being right there, smelling the burning every day, I was pretty angry," he said. "I had some crazy thoughts. I mean, I loved playing baseball and loved playing for the Yankees, but I had thoughts that maybe I should be supporting my country and volunteer for the military."The Giants and Dodgers faced the flags that were raised at half-staff as San Francisco Police Sergeant Jerry D'arcy sang " football pictures The Star-Spangled Banner." The crowd's soaring applause merged with the roar of the two VFA-25 "Fist of the Fleet" jets from Lemoore Naval Air Station that performed a flyover. D'arcy also gave a stirring rendition of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch as fans again raised their memorial cards in tribute.One flag that wasn't at half-staff was a commemorative 9/11 stars-and-strip football pictures es banner that Charles Lucito of Pollock Pines, Calif., clutched as he waited for the ballpark gates to open. Standing by the Orlando Cepeda statue near the intersection of Second and King streets, Lucito said "I get goosebumps" talking about patriotism and other values that the American flag represents.Lucito said that he remained filled with "big-time sorrow" over the havoc and tragedy of 9/11. football pictures But Lucito, a Giants fan for almost 20 years, also felt compelled to be at the ballpark."You need to keep moving forward no matter what," he said. "Today's a good day to show that we're not afraid to keep moving on." football pictures
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