Former wallflower Jonathan Sanchez, a 26-year-old left-hander who, according to SF Chron, "was the personification of pitching promise unfulfilled," pitched the SF Giants first no-hitter game in 33 years on Friday night. Sanchez, in fact, was a pitcher "so bad this year he was banished to the bullpen last month, a man who had not thrown a complete game in 50 big-league starts."

A feat neither the Cy Young-winning Tim Lincecum nor the 300-game-snatching Randy Johnson could accomplish for the Giants, Sanchez pitched nine innings of near excellence, beating the San Diego Padres 8-0.

The last time the Giants saw a no-hitter was in Sept. 29, 1976, care of John Montefusco in Atlanta.