| Go SF Giants! Cheer For Your Team Here! | | If you know your baseball, then you'll know I'm a LIncecum fan because he's the FREAK! Who just happens to be our san francisco Giants Freak Cy Young-winner of a pitcher! He's a small guy with long hair. Young, looks like a skater dude when he's not in his uni. He and matt cain are going to the All-Star Game.Last night our pitcher who had been struggling -- Jonathan Sanchez -- thrilled we Giants fans by pitching nine innings, a no-hitter. Wahoo! His dad was in the stands for the first time and so we fans think that was his lucky charm. It was so great to see him so happy after his recent struggles. Awesome!So who are your favorite pitchers or sports figures? Which sport do you follow most on TV or in person? | |
| | Bonds Hits 757 | | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds wasted no time adding to his home run record: this time, with a two-run shot into the water for No. 757.It helped Bruce Bochy to his 1,000th managerial victory, too.Bonds hit a towering homer into McCovey Cove in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' 5-0 win against Washington on Wednesday, one night after breaking Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record with his 756th."I'm pretty locked in right now," Bonds said, noting the atmosphere "is a lot easier today."Pitcher Matt Cain later hit his first career home run and overran first base before tapping his left foot on the bag and taking off on his trot, clearly having not paid close enough attention to Bonds' regular trips around the bases. Cain connected for the solo shot in his 112th at-bat and was the first Giants' pitcher to homer since Jason Schmidt on Aug. 7 last year at Arizona. It hadn't happened at home since Schmidt did it two years ago.
Cain traded a bat and another ball for his home run ball, but knows he won't be clearing the fences often. To catch Bonds, he said, it would take "70 or 80 more years.""Come on, be nice about the base," Cain joked. "If you haven't... | |
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