Jonathon Sanchez throws no hitter!!! Giants win 8-0

[Upton]

The best pitching staff in MLB continues to shine

:woohoo:

http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/New+York+Mets+v+San+Francisco+Giants+kEO8dCu_EsYl.jpg

[Dramarama]

1. Great pitching roster

[Upton]

2. Sanchez was only starting

because of the injury to Randy Johnson. Normally the 5th starter, he had lost his place in the rotation a couple weeks ago...I think he's probably regained it.

[Dramarama]

3. Haha

When does Johnson come back? Sadowski needs a spot too

[cboy4]

4. I chewed away all of my fingernails in the ninth buddy

:woohoo:

[cboy4]

5. The last Giants left hander to throw a nio-hitter:

The great Carl Hubbell in 1929



He was the first NL player to have his number (11) retired. His number is posted on the facing of the upper deck in the left field corner at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

[Upton]

8. Ain't it great?

After Rowand's catch I knew he had it...Too bad about Uribe's error in the 8th though...Pablo's in there he has a perfect game.

[cboy4]

10. I know. And how ironic would that have been? He was spot starting for

the last guy to throw a perfect game .. Randy Johnson!

Rowand's catch saved the day .. I was all set to collapse on the floor.

Oh Lord do I want to hear Kuipe make the call when we win it all.

I had goosebumps hearing it and it was cool that ESPN carried the inning live national.

[Upton]

12. This is starting to feel like one of those special kind of years

a team of destiny type thing. Everything is falling into place, the team is getting better as the year goes along..even young hitters like Ishikawa and Schierholtz are looking good. They're only going to keep getting better. And with the Giants pitching staff, long losing streaks just aren't going to happen.

The people who were laughing at us in April when we said the Giants could be a contender aren't laughing anymore.

[cboy4]

29. Holy crap .. what a catch to save the day

[cboy4]

30. D'OH!!

[Upton]

32. When that ball was hit

I thought the no hitter was gone..Kuiper did too, you could tell by the tone of his voice. What a great play.

[Onceuponalife]

14. This is rich

You trash Sanchez all season as not being worthy of the other guys and now you love him. Mr. 3-8.

Well, one thing that is cool is their pitching coach, Dave Righetti, who threw a no-hitter himself years ago, went to the same high school as me in San Jose.

[cboy4]

16. That's of course not accurate. There's a difference between trashing him,

and critiquing his performances as being inconsistent.

Which they have been.

He stepped up tonight and pitched the game of his life.

How are we supposed to react?

Oh and listen to the kid who went to high school in San Jose, turns out to be a big Dodger fan. :wtf:

[Onceuponalife]

19. I went to 3 high schools, genius

Grade 9-11 in Santa Barbara and Goleta. Grade 12 in San Jose. I'm sure you'll somehow turn that around to mean I'm not a real Sharks fan.

Douche.

[Upton]

21. Did you move or were you kicked out of the first 2 high schools?

You know to maintain some consistency you should either root for NorCal teams or SoCal teams, splitting your allegiances is somehow sacrilegious.

[cboy4]

25. Of course

***CRICKETS***

[Onceuponalife]

37. Funny story

I actually was expelled from the first one and I'm proud of it. That "A" banner that cboy is using...is that for anarchy? What a joke that is for cboy and all his electronic devices. I live anarchy, cboy can only dream about it. I demand you take that banner down.

[cboy4]

43. You never pay attention to my demands, why should I care about yours?

What are electronic devices?

[Upton]

18. Not a good night for a Dodger fan is it?

I mean, you might have beat the Brewers but the Giants are the headliners on every sports station and page in America, something that is happening with increasing regularity.

The Giants are now a season high 10 games over .500...you better hope you don't see them in the playoffs, no one can deal with their pitching staff.

[Onceuponalife]

20. Why would you say that?

Manny is now up there with Mickey Mantle. The Dodgers smash a season-high 5 homers, including a grand slam in the 10th inning by shoulda-been-an-all-star Matt Kemp. It may not be the top story of the night, but it's hardly a bad night to be a Dodgers fan.

[cboy4]

22. Oh so he's back to Manny. After he was arrested for taking steroids, you

were rightfully calling him "Banny."

[Onceuponalife]

38. "arrested"?

:wtf:

[Upton]

35. "Manny is now up there with Mickey Mantle."

You mean Mantle was doing roids too?...I didn't know that.

[cboy4]

6. Panda joined in the fun!

San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval, third from left, is congratulated by teammates Nate Schierholtz(12), Aaron Rowand (33), and a batboy after Sandoval hit a three run home run off San Diego Padres' Josh Banks during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2009, in San Francisco.

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Now this is worth noting

Congratulations to Sanchez.

[Upton]

9. You mean you're not going to accuse us of gloating?

Sanchez has been mentioned in trade rumors...no way, this guy's stuff is too good, he showed the kind of potential he has tonight.

[Jack Rabbit]

11. No, even if you were gloating, it's OK to celebrate a no-hitter

Besides, this is your thread. I'll put up a gloat-free, no frills thread because I think some people might like to go to a single place on this forum to find a score without being afraid to have their team put down.

I reserve only two privileges: as a resident of NorCal, to put the results of the local teams in bold, since I was born here and have lived here most of my life; and, as a baseball fan, to diss that American League blasphemy against baseball, the DH.

[cboy4]

13. ***PHOTOS*** Including my favorite:

Jonathan Sanchez hugs his father after the game after he pitched a no-hitter at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 10, 2009. (Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle)

[Upton]

15. Great stuff cboy

I'm listening to KNBR and Dave Fleming was saying that was the first time Sanchez's father had ever seen him pitch a game in person.

[cboy4]

17. I know! Jon said his dad was in town to simply visit him .. Just another

note to a memorable night for Giants fans.

[cboy4]

23. KICK

[cboy4]

24. MORE

San Francisco Giants' Jonathan Sanchez, right, is embraced by teammate Edgar Renteria at the end of a baseball game after pitching a no hitter against the San Diego Padres Friday, July 10, 2009, in San Francisco.


San Francisco Giants' Jonathan Sanchez, right, embraces Pablo Sandoval(?) as he is doused with champagne at the end of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres after pitching a no-hitter Friday, July 10, 2009, in San Francisco.


San Francisco Giants' Jonathan Sanchez, left, is embraced by his father, Sigfredo Sanchez, at the end of a baseball game after pitching a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres Friday, July 10, 2009, in San Francisco. Sanchez said his father arrived in San Francisco the previous night. "This is the first time he has seen me pitch. This is a gift for him," said Sanchez, "I feel awesome."


San Francisco Giants' Jonathan Sanchez opens a champagne bottle as pitcher Tim Lincecum looks on, at the end of a baseball game after pitching a no hitter against the San Diego Padres Friday, July 10, 2009, in San Francisco. Sanchez pitched the first no-hitter in the majors since Carlos Zambrano for the Chicago Cubs against the Houston Astros in Milwaukee on Sept. 14, 2008.

[Auggie]

26. Excellent!

:party:

[cboy4]

27. Funniest remark from a bitter Padres fan on the SD Union website:

ScorpsRock Yesterday 09:56 PM
It actually shouldn't count as no hitter, since it was against the Padres. It's like pistol whipping a blind kid.

:rofl:

[Auggie]

31. I'm expecting more asinine comments like that in this very forum

[Onceuponalife]

39. Yeah, not much to brag about

Now if it was against the most surprising team in baseball, the Marlins, that would be something special!

[cboy4]

28. AT&T Park scoreboard says it all

[Onceuponalife]

40. Jose Uribe must feel like a total shit

for making that error. Could have been a perfect game. Thre are some who say it should have been ruled a base hit. But hometown scorekeeper has to be biased of course or that one Raider fan in the crowd would have kicked his ass.


Wimp.

[Upton]

41. I assume you've seen the play

but if not take a look.. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090711&content_id=5819294&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf&partnerId=rss_sf

there's no way that should of been ruled a hit..

[cboy4]

44. That may have been a hit in little league.

But not in the pros. A ball hit right to you?

You have to make that play. At least knock it down and recover. There was time because the ball was hit hard enough.

There's another idiot Dodger fan on the sfgate site who was whining that it should have been a hit also.

Unbelievable. Dodgers fans are having a meltdown because they can't stand that the Giants are getting more attention in baseball than LA.

[Onceuponalife]

46. He did knock it down

then it took a bad hop when he reached to pick it up. I'm not saying it was a hit but Uribe still blew Sanchez' perfect game.

[Forkboy]

33. Always cool to see.

Hats off to Sanchez. :toast:

[Upton]

34. Giants no hitters

1800s
7/31/91 Amos Rusie vs. Bkln 6-0

1900s
7/15/01 Christy Mathewson at StL 5-0
6/13/05 Christy Mathewston at Chi 1-0
7/4/08 George Wise* vs. Phi 1-0 (10)
9/6/12 Jeff Tesreau at Phi 3-0
4/15/15 Rube Marquard* vs. Bkln 2-0
5/7/22 Jesse Barnes vs. Phi 6-0
5/8/29 Carl Hubbell* vs. Pit 11-0
6/15/63 Juan Marichal vs. Hou 1-0
9/17/68 Gaylord Perry vs. StL 1-0
8/24/75 Ed Halicki vs. N.Y. 6-0
9/29/76 John Montefusco at Atl 9-0

2000s
7/10/09 Jonathan Sanchez* vs. SD 8-0


*denotes left-hander..meaning Sanchez's no-hitter was, not only the first by a Giant in almost 33 years, but the first by a Giants left-hander in 80 years.

[flvegan]

36. I hadn't heard of him before now

but that is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to Sanchez and the Giants team for what had to be a stunning night of pitching. A no-hitter is one of the few things that not every pitcher will have in his career, no matter how great he is overall.

[bigwillq]

42. Congrats to Sanchez!

:bounce:

[cboy4]

45. KICK