I have never been more proud..

When he came in in the top of the inning, I was thinking I wouldv’e left pablo in, but he probably came out for a rest in a blowout or something. Then came the error a few minutes later. But nothing will distract me from my glow of happiness.

After some sleep, I’ve come to forgiven Uribe. I can’t bring myself to hate him without ignoring what a lifesaver he’s been for us thus far in 09. One of the more universally panned off-season moves this Spring, I’m sure we’d all take that E5 if we knew Uribe would be productive in the first half of the season. Sure it’s unfortunate it came in a perfect game bid, but there’s way too many positives of that game and this season to dwell on a small blemish.

Timing groundballs at 2b is very different from balls at 3b. The angle, speed, and perspective differences are night and day. At 3b you have to make a very quick decision on whether to charge a ball and catch it before the short-hop or back up and let the ball come to you. 2B is mush easier because you have a lot more time to make the decision, and if you freeze a bit in the beginning then you still have time to make up for it and get the out (unless it’s a slowly hit ball and a fast runner). I would always hesitate to move a guy that just played 6 innings at 2B, and had been playing almost exclusively at 2b recently, to 3B unless the regular 3B was just a horrible defender. I just don’t get what Bochy was thinking since IMO Pablito makes that play with ease and Sanchez has the perfect game.

On the play last night you can see that Uribe hesitated, then started to charge, and thus got into a position of fielding it between hops. Contrary to what many have said it wasn’t a bad hop, it was a true hop that he should have just taken a step back on and had an easy catch at eye level and he still would have had plenty of time to throw him out at first.

Sorry, my hatred for the Mets is pretty deep. I don’t care how many Phillies Manuel puts on the team. Go Phillies!! Pablo will make Manuel pay for his stupidity when he goes into Philly, you can be sure of that.

A good friend is a Mets fan and thus I have started to unofficially support them.

i’ll take celebrating near perfection over hating on the guy. no ill will for him from me either

rxmeister said it best in the game thread — this was more impressive than a perfect game because he had to get 28 outs, not 27. Also, guys who pitch perfect games don’t have to pitch out of the stretch. Jonathan had to for the first time in the 8th (through no fault of his own), and struggled with it, yet still never allowed a hit or walk.

I’ve seen Matt Cain, Shawn Estes, and Jason Schmidt throw 1-hitters, Schmidt K 16, and Lincecum dominate time and again. I even listened to a game where Kelly Downs faced the minimum 27 batters. But this is by far the best game a Giants has pitched since I’ve been a fan. Add that it was Sanchez and not Cain or Lincecum, that he’d been demoted to the bullpen and was only pitching due to an injury (to a Hall of Famer no less), hadn’t pitched 9 innings total in 3 weeks, had never had a complete game, and had his dad watching him start for the first time in the big leagues, and it starts to sound more like a tall tale than an actual memory.

Tell him you hate Duane Kuiper

If you have CSN, it’s being repeating on Thursday at 7PM PT.