I might wear my Giants hat all day long

JONATHAN SANCHEZ had been the forgotten man of the pitching staff of the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS -- my lifelong favorite baseball team.
While starting pitchers Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Randy Johnson and unheralded rookie Ryan Sadowski took turns contributing to the Giants' surprising season (Barry Zito who?), Sanchez had been banished to the bullpen to rediscover his seemingly lost potential.
The 26-year-old lefthander only started last night's game against the SAN DIEGO PADRES because Johnson is out injured.
Boy, what a return for Sanchez.
"Sanchy" threw the first NO-HITTER by a Giant since John Montefusco's in Atlanta on Sept. 29, 1976, the first at the club's China Basin home park, the 17th in franchise history and the first in the majors since the Cubs' Carlos Zambrano no-hit Houston last season.
The Giants won, 8-0, and Sanchez was nearly perfect. He walked none and only a Juan Uribe error kept Sanchez from tossing a perfect game.
It's another shining moment during a season of pleasant surprises for the Giants. If someone had told me in March that the Giants would be 10 games above .500 on the morning of July 11, I would have said:
"You mean the Yomiuri Giants?"
I have vowed not to take anything for granted this season. I am going to watch or listen to every game possible.
This year in particular, you never know what might happen.