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Photo: Lori Shepler / Associated Press Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Image 2 of 8 Cain, right, jokes with relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, left, after receiving the sword. Cain, right, jokes with relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, left, after receiving the sword. Photo: Lori Shepler / Associated Press Image 3 of 8 Cain jokes with relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, left, after receiving the sword. Cain jokes with relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, left, after receiving the sword. Photo: Lori Shepler / Associated Press Image 4 of 8 Jim Guadagno, Mizuno director of diamond promotions, right, presents Matt Cain with an authentic samurai sword, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Anaheim, Calif. Mizuno bestows the samurai sword honor to recognize the most significant athletic achievements of its Mizuno ambassadors, such as Cain’s historic perfect game against the Houston Astros in his previous start last Wednesday in San Francisco. less Jim Guadagno, Mizuno director of diamond promotions, right, presents Matt Cain with an authentic samurai sword, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Anaheim, Calif. Mizuno bestows the samurai sword honor to recognize the ... more Photo: Lori Shepler / Associated Press Image 5 of 8 Image 6 of 8 San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain holds a sword, a gift from sports equipment manufacturer Mizuno, prior to a game against the Anaheim Angels on Monday, June 18, 2012. Cain pitched a perfect game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday, June 13. (Henry Schulman / Chronicle) less San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain holds a sword, a gift from sports equipment manufacturer Mizuno, prior to a game against the Anaheim Angels on Monday, June 18, 2012. Cain pitched a perfect game against ... more Image 7 of 8 Matt Cain receives a sword prior to a game against the Anaheim Angels on Monday, June 18, 2012. (Henry Schulman / Chronicle) Matt Cain receives a sword prior to a game against the Anaheim Angels on Monday, June 18, 2012. (Henry Schulman / Chronicle) Image 8 of 8 UPDATE: Cain with his Samurai sword, plus No. 4 on his Letterman Top 10 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

UPDATE: 3:45 P.M.: The David Letterman show put out a preview clip of Matt Cain doing the “Top 10 things I want to achieve now that I’ve thrown a perfect game. No. 4 was “Pitch an inning without my pants.”

Meanwhile — and remember, he is starting tonight — Cain just got presented with the Samurai sword by a Mizuno representative who very solemnly explained how rare it is that the company gives one of these to athletes, only for extra-special feats. Another player who uses Mizuno gear and got a sword was the A’s Dallas Braden after his perfect game.

All I could think of was Cain holding that sword in the attack position after each postgame news conference.

Cain is being quite a sport about all this. After the lengthy Letterman taping, he just did a news conference after the sword ceremony in the blazing sun, but he insisted he’ll be fine for the game, that he’d just be “hanging around” anyway at this time, and once he has to focus on pitching, he will.

Here’s something else I think is real cool, even if the idea is to get publicity for a product. The company that makes Crown Royal XR, a $130 bottle of spirits, are going to give Cain a enough bottles so he can present them to everybody on the team to thank them for the no-hitter.

The company is also going to place the bottles in a specially embroidered bag. It’s a pretty neat keepsake. Here’s a photo of the one made for Buster Posey:

UPDATE, 3:15 P.M.: Matt Cain was named National League Player of the Week even though he made only one start.

Go figure.

Just kidding.

Perfect games get you Player of the Week, which gets you a a sports watch, which is the ordinary prize.

ORIGINAL POST: Six hours before first pitch, Matt Cain is already in uniform. He’s on the field at Angel Stadium taping the Top 10 list for the David Letterman show, as you can see in this photo taken from the press box through the screen. (You’ve got nothing to worry about, Annie Liebovitz.) I apologize for including “Scott Spiezio Corner” in the shot.

Cain’s standing in front of a camera and the production assistant is holding cue cards. As soon as Cain reads one, the guy drops the cue card and Cain reads the next.

At 3:30, the equipment company that Cain reps, Mizuno, is going to present him with a Samurai sword in honor of the perfect game. I can’t wait to see him get that through security for the flight home.

That’s an awful lot of pregame stuff for a guy who’s going to pitch at 7:05. But hey, Cain hit a golf ball into McCovey Cove before he threw the perfect game, right? He faces former Giant Jerome Williams.