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We're a little late on this one, but: local tranny Donna Sachet made history this past week by becoming the first (?) drag queen to perform the "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Major League Baseball game. (We cannot find any clips of her singing at Tuesday's game, but here she is performing at some pageant thingy.)

Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy, according to John Shea at SF Chron, "will be re-signed and return to the 2010 Giants." Good news, right? And now for some bad news: the Giants, as of yesterday, are no longer wild-card contenders. Sigh.

It's up to you, people, to fill the final slot for this year's All-Star game. The entire 2009 roster is set (SF, Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum; Oakland, Andrew Bailey), but the last member is being put to a vote. So, why not shove a Giant deep into that open gap? If you're a SF Giants fan, please, please, please vote for Pablo "Kung Fu Panda" Sandoval for the final spot on All-Star team. Go here to vote. Voting ends tomorrow. UPDATE: Positively LIVID over this e-ballot stuffing, SFGate's" Rich "Big Vinny" Lieberman slams KNBR and "media alike" for slumming for votes. He employs the word "crap." And calls it all a gimmick. Even though the All-Star game itself is the single most pointless gimmick of the baseball season. Read Lieberman rage here.

CBS 5's Mike Sugarman reports on a thrilling way to support your favorite baseball team while turning into worm food. Christy Vault, appropriately located in Colma, is now offering this final bit of sports memorabilia, a San Francisco Giants casket. Perfect for almost any dearly departed's rotting corpse, Christy Vault also offers urns emblazoned with the Giants logo, for those of you who prefer to hit the ovens when your final inning is up.

The San Francisco Police Department is going to crack down on underage drinking at AT&T Park this week, according to KTVU. Apparently other Giants fans have complained about junior alcohol enthusiasts so the SFPD will emphasize a "zero-tolerance policy for violations of underage alcohol possession and consumption and public drunkenness laws during baseball games." Wait a minute, public drunkenness also applies to the of-age beer guzzlers—does this mean fans will have to...behave? The increased police presence will start on Friday and the monitoring inside and outside the park will be in effect for the rest of the season. The SFPD adds that it's "working with our neighboring law enforcement agencies in the educational outreach program regarding underage drinking in the stadium and vicinity" and that "flyers regarding the laws about underage drinking and the consequences of violating those laws" will also be distributed around and on the way to the stadium.

Last night, there was a notable fan watching last night's Giants-Dodgers game: Barry Bonds, who was greeted by cheers of "Barry! Barry! Barry!" The Giants' website reports that the infamous player "created a stir when he took a front-row seat during the first inning between Giants managing general partner Bill Neukom and team president Larry Baer. The all-time home run leader drew applause from the stunned fans who immediately recognized him, then prompted a noisy standing ovation from the crowd before the top of the second inning when he received a video tribute and was introduced over the public-address system."

-- Tegan & Sara: identical twins cum awesome rock songstresses with questionable haircuts play tonight in the Mission. Show starts at 8 p.m., Brava Theater, 2789 24th St.; tickets are $25.

Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 74.

These are not good days for the Stanford University Cardinal. In an upset with all sorts of subtext, the Cardinal lost to San Jose State University, 35-34 as SJSU came from 20 points behind. This is a huge victory in the same way it was a huge victory when all the slobs beat the snobs in those early 80's teen comedies. Stanford turned the ball over three teams in the second half-- one of them being an interception in the end zone-- and were completely unable to stop a rampaging Spartan running game. With two minutes left in the game, Stanford drove down the length of the field only to have Spartan defender Rakine Toomes knock the ball from WR Evan Moore's hands. SJSU is now 1-1 and Stanford is 0-2.

The Oakland A's will win the American League West. Yes, this year! We (SFist) are not accustomed to making barrel-chested predictions that eventually turn to fool's gold as it often does on ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" -- we're merely pointing out the obvious: the Oakland A's will win the AL West this year. Despite their anemic, Milton Bradley-less performance last night at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels and Joe Saunders-- who they made seem like a young Ron Guidry than the junk-ball throwing Tommy John clone that he is-- the A's will win more of those tightly-sewn games than the Angels, or god forbid, the perennial flame-out Texas Rangers. And they'll do it without resident genius Billy Beane making a nano-move during the trade deadline frenzy.

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