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5721. wabbit - 8/21/2007 12:26:53 PM  Tim Wakefield's name never comes up in Cy Young talk. But the Red Sox knuckleballer is tied for the MLB lead with 15 wins after his 6-0 conquest of the Devil Rays on Monday night. Wakefield improved to 19-2 -- including a 9-0 mark at Tropicana Field -- all-time against the Devil Rays. It's the most wins by any Tampa Bay opponent. Wakefield (15-10) struck out five and walked one, and moved into a tie for the major league lead in wins this season. He has not allowed a run in 15 consecutive innings. He has also blanked Tampa Bay 19 innings in a row. Wakefield has a decision in all of his 25 starts, the first to reach that number since Jack McDowell posted decisions in his first 27 starts with the Chicago White Sox in 1993.
Three weeks after making his major league debut, Ryan Budde doubled in the winning run in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 7-6 Monday night, improving their major league-leading home record to 41-17. Budde hit a 2-0 pitch from Sean Henn (2-1) into right-center to score Howie Kendrick , who had doubled to right with one out. It was Budde's first RBI and first extra-base hit in the majors.
A sapped Mark Teixeira hit a pair of homers for the second consecutive game Monday night, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 14-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds that showed what the power hitter can do on a nearly empty stomach. Brian McCann hit a first-inning grand slam, and Andruw Jones added a two-run shot as the Braves sent the Reds to a loss that matched their most lopsided of the season. With Atlanta's offense fully revved, Tim Hudson improved to 9-0 in his last 11 starts and became the first NL pitcher to reach the 15-win mark. The right-hander wasn't quite up to form - his delivery was a bit out of whack - but the offensive splurge eased his way.
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5722. hobbes - 8/24/2007 2:12:27 AM Hey, Wabbit, do I know you by another name at RI?
Also, Oh, as a manager encouraged his pitchers not to pitch to batters who were ready to pass his single season Home Run mark. He did this to three hitters. This actually was the plot of that forgettable Tom Selleck movie several years ago. 5723. wabbit - 8/24/2007 7:12:15 PM Hey hobbes, I'm some variation of wabbit (maybe viwabbit?) at RI, but I haven't posted there in ages.
Didn't see that movie, but I had heard that Oh made some effort to protect that record. Kind of cheapens it, imho. 5724. wabbit - 8/24/2007 7:23:17 PM Michael Vick is copping a plea to everything but gambling. Michael Vick filed his plea agreement in federal court Friday admitting to conspiracy in a dogfighting ring and helping kill pit bulls. He denied ever betting on the fights, only bankrolling them.
The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is scheduled to formally enter his plea Monday in U.S. District Court. He signed the plea agreement Thursday.
"Most of the Bad Newz Kennels operation and gambling monies were provided by Vick," a summary of facts in the case said, echoing language in plea agreements by three co-defendants who previously pleaded guilty.
The statement said that when the kennel's dogs won, the gambling proceeds were generally shared by Vick's three co-defendants -- Tony Taylor, Purnell Peace and Quanis Phillips.
"Vick did not gamble by placing side bets on any of the fights. Vick did not receive any of the proceeds of the purses that were won by Bad Newz Kennels," the summary said... It doesn't matter what else he did, as long as he didn't place a bet, he'll get to play pro ball again in a couple years. I'll be interested to see if there is any way to prove he placed bets on the fights, or if there is any effort to investigate that aspect of the case.
I hope the NFL adds a clause requiring players to exhibit some semblance of humanity to their code of conduct. No, I'm not holding my breath on that one.5725. wonkers2 - 8/26/2007 11:35:28 PM Thursday night beer can race 5726. wabbit - 8/27/2007 1:01:26 PM  When Street Sense hit the top of the stretch in the $1 million Travers Stakes, it looked like the race was over. It was just beginning. Instead of pulling away from his less-than accomplished rivals, Street Sense found himself hooked up in a stretchlong duel with Grasshopper before prevailing by a half-length on a hot and steamy Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The Kentucky Derby winner has lost his share of close calls -- the Preakness by a head, the Blue Grass by a nose -- but this time he came through after giving trainer Carl Nafzger a few anxious moments. Despite the absence of his toughest rivals -- Preakness winner Curlin, Haskell winner Any Given Saturday and Derby runner-up Hard Spun -- Street Sense needed his best effort to beat a horse running in his first stakes race. With the victory Street Sense becomes the 10th horse to win the "Run for the Roses" and the "Mid-Summer Derby" double. Thunder Gulch was the last to do it in 1995. Street Sense, trained by Carl Nafzger, was sent off as the 1-5 favorite in the seven horse field. Grasshopper set the pace around the first turn and into the backstretch followed by C P West, Street Sense and For You Reppo. The time for the 1 1/4 miles was 2:02.69. It was a much better race than most expected, including me.
In the supporting $250,000 King's Bishop Stakes, Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun also needed a full effort in defeating First Defence. Hard Spun, ridden by Mario Pino, posted a 1 1/2 length victory in the seven-furlong sprint. This was the first win for Hard Spun since the Lane's End Stakes in March.
Shadwell Stable’s homebred Shakis (Ire) rallied late along the hedge and closed resolutely for a three-quarter-length victory in the $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course to secure his first stakes victory. Shakis saved ground early on in fourth through an solid opening quarter in :23.10 and dropped back to sixth, more than 2-1/2 lengths off the pace, while Ballast (Ire) completed a half-mile in :47.10. The seven-year-old Machiavellian horse moved up along the inside, squeezed through a narrow opening in upper stretch, and quickly accelerated to the front with a furlong remaining. Under Alan Garcia, Shakis shook clear to complete 1 1/8 miles on firm turf in 1:45.33.
5727. wabbit - 8/27/2007 1:01:43 PM  The New York Yankees hit the ball hard Sunday. The Detroit Tigers just kept making all the plays. The Tigers used three early homers and three late defensive gems to beat the Yankees 5-4, and can win their first series since mid-July with a victory in the series finale Monday night. The Tigers moved within 5-1/2 games of the Seattle Mariners in the wild-card race. Detroit began the day 2-1/2 games behind Cleveland in the AL Central. New York fell 2-1/2 games behind Seattle, and seven behind Boston in the AL East.
David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, and J.D. Drew and Bobby Kielty ended long homerless droughts to back Julian Tavarez's first win since late June as the Boston Red Sox finished a four-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 11-1 victory Sunday. Strangely enough, Drew's last home run was in the same game as Tavarez's last win: June 20 at Atlanta. Kielty homered for the first time since last Sept. 19, when he was with Oakland. The Red Sox outscored Chicago 46-7 in the series, dropping the White Sox to 18 games under .500. Boston has won four in a row, improved baseball's best record to 80-51 and increased their lead over second-place New York to 71/2 games in the AL East. Tavarez (7-9), who has bounced between the rotation and the bullpen, was making just his second start since the beginning of August, but struck out seven and handcuffed the White Sox to two hits in six innings. He was 0-5 in his last seven starts, going back to June 25. Ortiz's 24th homer capped off a four-run fifth inning as the Red Sox ended Javier Vazquez's perfect month and sent the White Sox to their fifth straight loss and 13th in 15 games.
Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez singled home runs with two out in the 11th inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. The Indians, who scored a run in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, remained two games ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. The Tigers beat the Yankees 5-4. Hafner's single off John Bale, the sixth Royals pitcher, scored Franklin Gutierrez, who led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Grady Sizemore, who was hit by a Bale pitch, scored the second run of the inning on a Martinez single. Joel Peralta (1-3), the fifth Royals pitcher, walked Gutierrez and was charged with the loss. Rafael Betancourt (3-0), who threw 18 strikes out of 22 pitches, struck out three in two perfect innings to pick up the victory. Joe Boroswki got his 37th save in 42 chances.
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5728. wabbit - 8/27/2007 1:06:24 PM  Dalton Carriker said he couldn't feel his legs as he rounded the bases. His home run in the bottom of the eighth had just given Warner Robins, Ga., a thrilling 3-2 victory over Tokyo to win the 2007 Little League World Series title.
"I felt like I was flying, like Peter Pan," Carriker said. "I didn't know what I was doing."
Adrenaline took over from there, said the 12-year-old slugger with braces. His dramatic home run over the right-field wall off a 2-1 pitch from Japan's Junsho Kiuchi gave the United States three straight Little League championships.
5729. robertjayb - 8/27/2007 4:44:35 PM Michael Vick said in a press conference this morning that he has found Jesus and axed him for forgiveness. He accepts full responsibility for his actions. Amazing how Jesus turns up when the jailhouse threatens. 5730. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/28/2007 3:30:57 PM Dazzling!
Amazing Sports Acrobatics - The best video clips are right here 5731. wabbit - 8/28/2007 11:30:23 PM Amazing, but ... I'm sorry, there is just something unnatural about these kids. I see some serious knee problems in their future. Knees aren't meant to bend like that. And that one guy is going to have to kiss his cervical vertebrae goodbye by the time he is thirty. 5732. wabbit - 8/28/2007 11:31:51 PM Am I the only person who doesn't think Andy Rooney's recent column is in the same ballpark as Don Imus' remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team? Have people gotten so hypersensitive that they actually actively look for these kinds of things? In case anyone missed it, Rooney wrote a column in the Stamford Times about his lifelong dislike of baseball as it exists today. In the second paragraph he says, I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today’s baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me. They’re apparently very good but they haven’t caught my interest. How is that even close to "nappy-headed ho's"? Have I completely lost my sense of perspective? Perhaps this reveals Rooney to be a slightly ditzy old guy, but how exactly is it racist in the derogatory sense of the word? Suppose he had said 'Smith', or 'MacTavish', do you suppose the UK would be up in arms? Seriously, should he be tarred and feathered by the pitcher's union for saying in the same op-ed piece, "the player who starts the game as pitcher should have to play all nine innings without a substitution"? Rooney is backtracking now, no doubt at the behest of his employer. And I'm wondering when we'll see an apology from Manny Ramirez...for what, you ask? For saying, "Those Japanese guys know how to paint" in a recent comment about the Red Sox pitching staff. It's call op-ed for a reason. It's his OPINION. Sheesh. 5733. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/28/2007 11:35:04 PM Suckers for the Art, wabb. Whaddyagonnado? 5734. wabbit - 8/28/2007 11:52:35 PM True, true. 5735. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/29/2007 12:57:34 AM I loaded trucks to get through college and I'm still paying for it, every morning I awaken. Seven times down, eight times up, such is life. 5736. wabbit - 8/29/2007 1:07:49 AM I hear you, dahlink, and I feel your pain. I'm very lucky to have no major problems (minor scoliosis) with my back. But when it comes to knees, I know whereof I speak. 5737. robertjayb - 8/29/2007 1:11:15 AM 47th in health care but way up there in football...
AUSTIN — Mack Brown received a belated birthday gift on Tuesday.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a two-year contract extension that pushes Coach Brown's annual base salary to $2.91 million this season.
5738. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/29/2007 3:33:39 AM Yikes, wabb! That happened because your brain is so heavy. :?> 5739. wabbit - 8/29/2007 7:11:03 PM nnnnnyaaaahhhhh, I don't think so, lol! 5740. Max Macks - 8/30/2007 9:07:51 PM When was the Kentuckly Derby run this year?
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