Bayless Babbles: The Perfect Pickup

By Justin Cheng & Brent Lee

June 13, 2012 -- Matt Cain hurls the 22nd perfect game in MLB history -- which easily becomes one of the greatest moments of my life, as I was sitting in the bleachers watching this masterpiece unfold with my co-author Brent Lee. San Francisco has since celebrated the victory of our second World Series championship in the last three years with a triumphant parade down Market Street and a classic speech by the rambunctious Mayor Ed Lee holding the golden broom to the city.

-- Fast forward one year --

Not to sound completely ungrateful, but the euphoria of winning another World Series, emergence of the Golden State Warriors as a legitimate threat in the Western Conference and Colin Kaepernick as the 49ers quarterback of the future have been withered by the recent struggles of the entire Giants rotation, Michael Crabtree tearing his Achilles tendon, and Andris Biedrins & Richard Jefferson stalling the franchise's growth (& are due to make higher salaries than Tim Duncan and Blake Griffin respectively).

If you are reading this blog, I have come to the following conclusions.

1) You are taking your finals this week.
2) You have taken your finals because you are from Merced but nevertheless spend nine months out of the year in social purgatory.
3) You live with your parents because you don't have a job.
4) You don't have a job because you live with your parents.
5) You sincerely enjoy reading this blog and appreciate our stellar personalities.

If any of these applies, you are sure to have a depressing life or are simply an awful judge of character. Well, enough of the unpleasantries. Below are some feel-good videos from the past year for you Bay Area fanatics to reflect back on to pull you out of your dump of a life.

1) 27 Outs of Matt Cain's Perfect Game