Left Coast Sports Babe

Then there’s whoever says they had Jonathan Sanchez in the “next Giant to throw a no-hitter” pool.

For non-hardcore fans, Sanchez started the year as a starting pitcher, was demoted to the bullpen after four lousy starts in a row, and only started tonight’s game because Randy Johnson was hurt. My guess is he’ll get another start.

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While Giants manager Bruce Bochy is at it, maybe he should demote Barry Zito for a few weeks.

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Sanchez’s no-hitter was almost perfect, the only baserunner coming on a fielding error. And the only potential asterisk – he threw it against the Padres.

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In fact, Tim Lincecum also threw a no-hitter into the 7th last night against those same Padres. At this point, only the Padres’ website is getting hits.

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When Padres’ fans were asking if the team should fire their hitting coach, the responses were equally divided. Half the fans said “Yes,” the others responded “We HAVE a hitting coach?”
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In hockey, Colorado Avalanche star Joe Sakic announced his retirement after 20 years, saying, “every athlete has to decide when its time to move on…” And Brett Favre added “not exactly.”

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Embattled and embarrassing Illinois Senator Roland Burris said he will not run again in 2010, but he will serve out his current term. This might be the only time in history that Democrats look wistfully at the actions of Sarah Palin.

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78 turtles ended up causing delays earlier this week at JFK by crawling onto the runway. Fortunately, the turtles were not harmed and still made it off the runway faster than most JetBlue flights.

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Tacky jokes to follow:

Senator John Ensign’s family gave almost $100,000 to his former mistress and her family. I guess you could call this a stimulus package for stimulating his package….?

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And from Bill Littlejohn.

Now that the Michael Jackson funeral extravaganza is over, rumor has it Joey Chestnut also wants to rent the Staples Center, for a tribute to Oscar Mayer.

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