Matt Cain's perfect-game secret: Golf
June, 14, 2012
6/14/12
3:31
PM ET
By
Patrick Dorsey | ESPN.com
With 14 strikeouts and nothing allowed, Matt Cain on Wednesday threw a perfect game.
After doing this:
TaylorMade Golf Company This swing was far sweeter than any taken at Matt Cain's pitches on Wednesday night.That's right. Before the evening's game, Cain (a noted golf enthusiast) and PGA Tour player Dustin Johnson (in town for the U.S. Open) launched golf balls into McCovey Cove from home plate, for an event whose hashtag (#DriverCove) was a hit before nobody got hits against Cain.
Johnson also threw out the game's first pitch, before Cain threw the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants franchise history.
Courtesy of Taylor Made Golf Company Here's Dustin Johnson, left, and Cain, side-by-side.
TaylorMade Golf Company And hey, Johnson didn't have bad form from the mound, either.
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu... but not quite as good as this.
Update: Check out the video footage of Cain's swing, amid the celebration for Johnson's appearance.
After doing this:
TaylorMade Golf Company This swing was far sweeter than any taken at Matt Cain's pitches on Wednesday night.Johnson also threw out the game's first pitch, before Cain threw the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants franchise history.
Courtesy of Taylor Made Golf Company Here's Dustin Johnson, left, and Cain, side-by-side.TaylorMade Golf Company And hey, Johnson didn't have bad form from the mound, either.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu... but not quite as good as this.
Patrick Dorsey | email
PlaybookPatrick Dorsey is a Playbook editor. He has worked for the Web and newspapers, had a cup of craft service coffee in film school, and played in one Division III golf tournament (he shot 105).
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