owlmoose: Picture of MLB pitchers Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain (baseball - pitchers)KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote,
@ 2012-06-13 11:06 pm UTC
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Current mood: excited
Entry tags:baseball, whee!
Crossposts:http://owlmoose.livejournal.com/589340.html
Matt Cain -- cornerstone pitcher for the SF Giants, my favorite player of all time, and all-around great guy -- just threw the first perfect game in Giants baseball history, and only the 22nd one in Major League Baseball.... ever.

I literally cannot think of anyone more deserving.

We turned on the game in the 7th inning, and I was on the edge of my seat for the rest of the night. It was beautiful, it was brilliant, the crowd was on fire.

T had almost gotten tickets at the last minute, too, but then it didn't work out. Curses!

Still, I am thrilled just to have seen it real-time on TV. I had long expected that Cain would throw a no-hitter someday, and I feel fortunate to have even been in proximity.

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[personal profile] sepdet
2012-06-14 06:14 am UTC (link)
I was actually watching it with you: Vin mentioned there was some magic going on up north, so I turned the volume down on him (blasphemy!) and put the Giants game on my laptop so I could watch both at once. I tuned in at the top of the 8th. Goosebumps, for sure.

I know Cain's been a steady hard worker for you guys. Good pitching is beautiful.



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[personal profile] owlmoose
2012-06-14 07:01 am UTC (link)
I love how baseball fans can set rooting interests aside for the beauty of a command performance. :)

Cain is not only a workhorse, he's a brilliant strikeout artist and would be the #1 guy on almost any other team. But since we have Lincecum, he ends up as #2 (although Timmy is having a truly wretched year, so Cain is really more like #1 right now). He's also been supremely unlucky, getting terrible run support throughout his career, which has keep his total win count lower than it ought to be. So when I say that no one deserved this more, I mean that quite literally. So happy for him.

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[personal profile] sepdet
2012-06-14 04:07 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yes, I remember Scully mentioning his run support woes. And Cain never took his offense to task for it that I've heard.

Well, congrats to him!

And, yeah, team rivalries are social constructs; good pitching performances are not. While I certainly want my team to win, I'm more able to get into the latter than the former. ;)

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