San Francisco ? Aubrey Huff won a World Series with the San Francisco Giants and he wants to stay put right where he is.

The free agent first baseman was back at the ballpark Wednesday after raising his lucky red thong for thousands of fans during a downtown victory parade. He said that he hopes to return to the Giants for 2011 and beyond.

“Oh, absolutely, without question,” Huff said. “I won a World Series here. I’ve been in last place my whole life. The fans are crazy. You’d be an idiot not to want to come back here. I love it. I’ve been on five different teams. I liked them but I didn’t love them. I love this place.”

The 33-year-old Huff reached the playoffs for the first time in his 11-year big league career in his first year with the Giants. He hit a two-run homer in a 4-0 Game 4 victory.

San Francisco signed Huff to a $3 million, one-year contract last January to provide a boost in the middle of the batting order. Huff hit .290 with a team-leading 26 home runs and 86 RBIs while playing in 157 games. The Giants were counting on Huff returning to his 2008 form, when he hit .304 with 32 home runs and a career-best 108 RBIs.

He certainly showed plenty of improvement, not to mention versatility playing both first and left field, in bouncing back from a career-worst .241 batting average in 2009 with Baltimore and Detroit. He wound up with 15 homers and 85 RBIs in 150 games between the two teams last year.

Huff feels at home in the Bay Area after only one season.

“I didn’t know San Francisco had that many fans, that many people,” Huff said. “That was something, man. The schools were out, most of the people were off work. It was unbelievable.”