Pitching @ MindSay

So close.  Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez came so close to a perfect game.  It's a wonderful story; a Cinderella story.  Previously demoted to the bullpen for poor performance, the only reason Sanchez pitched yesterday was because Randy Johnson was on the disabled list.  Make the most of your opportunities.  With his dad in the stands, Sanchez threw a no-hitter, striking out 11 Padres batters in the process.  If it wasn't for teammate Juan Uribe's error in the 8th inning, he would have had a perfect game.  Perfect.  So close.

Thats my baby sister warming up to pitch in her game today.  I wish the quality was better, but it was taken with my camera phone.  I guess something is better than nothing though.  

 

She hit an out of the park home run today, and my other sister had some fantastic plays at first base.  They won, keeping their undefeated record still intact. 

 

I got sunburned watching, and feel like i'm about 100000 degrees right now.  You could probably cook something on my shoulders, back, and chest, its so hot.  I'm so dumb for wearing a tank top, and only putting spf 15 on.   Antibiotics + sun - sunscreen = pain.

Jon Garland finished the season with an 18-7 record and got mad love from Ozzie.

 

 

You know, I don't think there were any 20-game winners this year.  A bit shocking.

It always sucks when your pitcher pitches his ass off and still loses the game.  3 hits, 1 run and 11 strikeouts in 8 innings.  But the White Sox couldn't score any runs, so it didn't make a difference.

 

I have a whole new respect for Arizona Diamondbacks' pitcher Brandon Webb, who was able to pitch 7 1/3 innings for three runs on six hits in Arizona's 7-4 victory after learning that his best friend Jon Hooker died on the plane crash in Lexington, Kentucky.

 

Hooker had just gotten married, and he and his new bride were flying to California for the honeymoon when the plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed.

 

"I always knew I'd pitch. I had no doubt about it," Webb said. "Knowing Hook, I'm sure he'd want me to do it, too."