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===Rusty, the Coke bottle, and the glove=== When the park opened in 2000, taking residence on the right field wall was Rusty the Mechanical Man, a two-dimensional, robotic baseball player that stood {{Convert|14|ft|m|1}} tall and weighed {{frac|5|1|2}} tons. The [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]]-based firm Technifex engineered, fabricated and programmed Rusty to appear after major plays during games as a fully animated giant 1920s-era tin toy. After technical problems arose with Rusty, it was removed from the wall, though the enclosure that housed him remained for years. In 2008, the enclosure was removed to make way for luxury boxes. [[File:AT&T Park - Coke bottle and glove.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Coca-Cola]] bottle and old-fashioned glove]] Behind the left field bleachers is "The Coca-Cola Fan Lot". The ballpark features an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} long [[Coca-Cola]] bottle with playground slides that light up with every Giants home run, and a miniature version of the stadium. Bubbles originally accompanied the bottle, but never worked as intended and were removed. Directly to the bottle's right from home plate is another oversized representation of a ballpark stalwart, the "Giant 1927 Old-Time Four-Fingered Baseball Glove"—this particular one is made of steel and fiberglass, which is behind the {{cvt|501|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} sign. Behind and farther to the left is "The Little Giants Park", a miniature baseball diamond.<ref>{{cite web |title=AT&T Ballpark Attractions|url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/attractions.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313220643/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/attractions.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 13, 2007|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|access-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref> To the right of the glove sculpture is a large plaza area for functions and parties to be held during games. It is also the site of "Orlando's", the concessions stand of Giants great [[Orlando Cepeda]]. Right-center field features a retired San Francisco [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] numbered 44 (retired cable car #4, formerly #504) in honor of Giants great [[Willie McCovey]]. Originally, the cable car had a label that stated [[Dodgers–Giants rivalry|"No Dodgers Fans Allowed"]], as well as one end of the car numbered 24 in honor of [[Willie Mays]] and the other end numbered 44 in honor of Willie McCovey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.streetcar.org/cablecars/44-no-44-retiredballpark-maroonlight-blue/ |title=No. 44 - Retired/Ballpark (maroon/light blue) | Market Street Railway |publisher=Streetcar.org |access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> The [[foghorn]]—a feature introduced at [[Candlestick Park]] by the current Giants ownership group – was transferred to Oracle and hung underneath the scoreboard. It blows when a Giants player hits a home run or at the conclusion of a Giants win.
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