grown talents. the only free agent starter in the rotation is barry zito. now you re seeing position plays, home grown talent. buster posey obviously and immerged brandon belk who giants fans are going to be impressed with. there s larry baer. another guy that we talk to frequently here on cbs 5. larry instrumental in really getting the park built and really turning this into a venue and you know the key it seemed like as we look at bruce bochy and his wife with the trophy. i don t think he s going to let go of it. no, he s not. jim morehead is the giants director of media relations, he helps you get interviews am the time interviews all the time. you feel good for the people behind the scenes he s a good guy. ken, just like take a look at the wonderful trophy that you re holding? what an amazing day for you. an incredible day. this is the wildest i d i ll ever be on and to be here is an honor. that is the fans too. is that heavy? can you show it to us? oh,
and in terms of the water spilling over, we don t know what that is. again, jeff leonard told me we are in, quote, unchartered territory because they have never had spillover. they don t know what kind of water is going to rush. they do know that these homes behind me are in for a real problem in just a matter of hours. brian: i hope they are out. your sense these people are out by now, right? we have been here and this is just one of the neighborhoods in the spillway area that will be affected. we haven t seen anybody moving. but we don t know because for days the people have been told to stay put. so anyone that stayed put. ainsley: griff, did i read an article this morning said residents along adddicks and barker. are asked to leave their areas. the rest are asked to stay indoors unless someone comes and tries to get them out. anyone in your neighborhood should be out of their houses. they should be out. pete: a lot of this depends on whether the water keeps
already at a certain level. the bayou, the buffalo bayou, which is the main thoroughfare to take the water out of the southwest part of the city to get it into the houston ship channel away from the city pushing back on its own reservoir. so the level, jeff leonard tells me that the level is 108 feet at which it spills over and it is over 107 now. it s just a matter of when when we see the water spilling over the levees, guys. brian: griff, is the rain still coming down regularly? it looks like it s stopped now. is there a sense that the rain stops, continues to stop that we might be able to avoid the overflow? well, it s actually, it is still trickling in these bands continue to come down. they are expecting at least another, according to the twitter, weather service folks another 6 inches this morning before it does stop and finally move east.
it is happening for a lot of reasons. when you get to the pump it s usually a big ouch. prior to memorial day weekend it s a long ways off before summer vacation kicks in that s when you really see the price. now the prices at the pump keep rising. that s a concern. they wonder how high prices will go. in fact the price of gas has been climbing as you mentioned, heather, 32 days in a row since mid january the price at the pump has risen $0.43 a gallon. every day you go to the pump you are bracing yourself for paying a little bit more. jeff leonard says there s a number of factors contributing to the early spike in prices. every spring we typically see gla gas prices $0.50 gallon between the fwooishgs of february and right before memorial day. this year it is starting early. it is starting early for a