so, really important job by a guy who is not expected to be, a guy who is going to help carry them down the stretch. >> boston was the team to claim wagner. what could he provide for them. >> well, if he throwes like he did the other night, 95-miles-per-hour, and slider, he can help a lot of teams with that. the question is, are the red sox going to be able to arrange a deal? are they willing to take on the money? 3.5 million this year, and buy university for next year. so, there's some financial concerns. but, we don't know if he can pitch back-to-back days, and keep his velocity. but, what the heck, i would try it. always use another lefty. >> rangers and rays got a bit of a break, in what the yankees did to boston. not today. so, back up again, on that standing. so, rangers and rays are out there.

and angels and bluejays going at it. and angels, watching what ta*erbgsdz is doing. trying to avoid their first three-game losing-streak, and izturis, and lind, going for the catch, and oh, just drops the ball. two runners come in. turning point in the game. >> one of the real keys to the angels. they get production, 1-9 in the order and they don't have an out. they can all hit. >> the thing turned lind made up for it. hits this three-run homerun. and that's vlad, the impaleler, launching that one, 11th of the year. >> he's back over .300. 11 homeruns, and someone asked me if he's a hall of hall of famer? >> hello, he's a hall of famer. >> a homerun.

doesn't fall, and angels go on to win, 7-3. good look at the red sox and yankees. they always overshadow everything that the angels do. what do you make have them? they have a great offensive-team. they're on pace to score about 200 more runs than they did last year. hitting well over .300. with runners in scoring position. and their pitching is coming back. saunders will start next week, and another good game today. i like that team way more than i liked them last year. >> cubs are in every series. but, in one with the dodgers, and here they are, here's ted lilly, looking to win ten high games. and kemp.d way back >> watch where this ball lands. over the hedges? follow that's over everything. a i'm not sure how many times i

have seen a ball hit that far. 449 feet.dly into thain and how about sam fuld?ment making the catch of the day.cenl >> anytime you have to contend with the fences, that makes the catch, harder. that was fabulous.3-2 >> 2-0 dodgers. a and last chance for theriot, and they make the play, and dodgers did it again. cubs' offense goes away on them. they could not score. >> right. and they're on a pace to score about 140 fewer runs than last year. they're in the low 240s with runners in scoring position. they are not a good offensive-team, and they were a great offennive team. >> it came out that the family, that started the online brokerage t.d. amara trade, are

the buyer. are they going to get this team? >> yes, this is a good thing for the cubs. they've been waiting for a long time for this to happen, and now that they have some stability, they can start to move. i have asked a few times, what are they going to do? well, we'll have to see about ownership of the team. now, we know that the team is going to be in good hands. >> they'll have some decisions to make, when the process comes. but, lou came out and said he expects to be the manager. will he be the manager? there and i think he will be. knowing lou, he came there to win a world series with the cubs. and wants to get in the hall of fame as a manager. if he walks away, after this season some, they don't make the playoffs, and at this point they won't, i just can't imagine him walking out of this situation, after this. i think they have to take a long, hard look at that club, and ask is this good enough for next year?

no. but he won't give up until he does something better than what they have done this year. >> that's looking way ahead to next year. how about tomorrow? john smoltz likely to make his first start as a cardinal. is this going to work out better than in boston. >> well, it can't work out worse. league hit .343 against him. he'll do much better, i believe, because he's back in the national league. and it's an easier league in which to pitch and he's working with dave duncan, and he's the master of taking a guy, figuring out what's wrong, and fixing it. i'm not saying he will be the john smoltz of old. but better than the fifth-starter they've been using and as good a competitor, and as smart as any pitcher today, and i think he can pitch five innings and give up three runs, and that's all fifth starters give anybody today, anyway. >> he's one of the few players, that would have firsthand

experience about being a professional, about the next topic. he was in the majors when the 20th anniversary of the ban of pete rose took place. we know the whole story here. mike schmidt wrote a piece today, taking the stance it is time to reinstate him. he always bet on his team to win. so there was no shift there and if the steroid error greats are in consideration for the hall, who shamed the game more. >> i have to disagree with him, because he bet on his team to win, doesn't necessarily get him out of this. the days he didn't bet on them to win, he probably thought they were going to lose. that's a very unsavory subject. i don't think he'll be reinstated anytime soon. there was no indication, from

bud, that he had changed his stance on that. me, on pete rose, i think he should be up for the hall of fame. i think people should vote for him, on the hall of fame. and if he got the option, he would not be voted in. i don't think the veterans committee would do it. if they if they gave the writers a chance, i don't think he would. i don't think he'll be reinstated to the game, to be a coach or manager. i'm not sure that's that's going to happen. with bud selig, i'm not sure, it's in the cards with him coming back. >> hank aaron and mike schmidt and joe morgan. there are some that are, powerful names in the sport, are saying take a look at this. >> bud selig does listen to people, and he listens to hank aaron. but, i don't sense, that even though people came out, and supported him and mike schmidt, but, i didn't sense, in the middle of july, that anything

was going to change. and i still don't. >> i can't believe it's 20 years. >> amazing. tim kurkjian, thank you.fect e >> thank you, bram.maica >> bolt, and team looking for gold, in berlin.lin second leg.the hands off the batten, to bolt.p. and, hands the baton, to powell, streaks towards the finish, and would cross the line first. but, would it be enough for aghr world record? no. no 37.31, just off the world record, of 37.10 that they set, last year. take another look. some trouble on the second baton exchange. no issues there, with the third exchange. powell sprints to the finish-line. team jamaica, celebrates thewi win. and, the gold medal, in berlin.

so, bolt, golden once again, in the 100, and 200 and, now in the 400-meter relay.n. but, they set a worldt awo championship record, they fellfl seort of their own world record sett a year ago. >> whether we'll see him run the 400 anytime soon? >> i think he will. he ran 45 seconds mid, terrific world class time as a 16 yeard. old. you know the ability is there. he's having fun with the 100,ing and 200. and it's a little easier to train for the 100, and 200.s a t more pain, and longer training sessions, and harder work for to the 400. a i believe he'll break michael

johnson's world record, when hee attacks that event. but he's a few more years off. he's having too much fun.f he can train hard, and he stilld likes to dance., and he he hits those nightclubs.se and i think he'll be content fol a number of years, before hee e moves up to the 400.00. >> to get a better idea of just how fast bolt is, let's compare his time to one of the fastest humans, carl lewis. >> coming up, 50-year-old mark martin gets the pole, can he stay ahead of the pack? nascar is next. debut of vick, in a eagles' jersey, up next, sal paolantonio brings up the latest on how the brings up the latest on how the birds plan to unvei - ( "super freak" by rick james playing ) - it's pretty amazing

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>> just getting started at bristol motors speedway. just three races left until the chase for the cup. mark martin, on pole. let's take you out to espn's coverage, in boys to, tennessee. here's the live look-in. >> elect to go start on the bottom of the racetrack. biffle said, earlier today, he said that's what i expect him to do, because he runs so well down there. >> early on, last night, we saw the first couple of race starts, it worked, being on the inside. but, after the racetrack, and the groove had widened out,

david ragan won on a final re-start from the outside. >> races within races and, plots within plots, drivers, hanging onto the cuke of the top 12. drivers that want to crack into the the "elite eight" group. and drivers that want to get a win. and right now, all of those storylines, coming into play, as martin, and biffle are necessary selled up behind the pace car. >> the light is off, the pace car. that means, as the sign board said, it is time to rock. 43 drivers now. >> pull those seatbelts up tight. they're two by two, in bristol, tennessee, thunder valley, and we'll turn them loose, for the green flag.

>> biffle. >> speed on the inside. >> looks like martin was fighting hard, trying to get that lead. and got into biffle. >> that will tell us where they line up, when it comes time for restart. >> so, biffle will lead the first lap. and get the first five points. and martin under attack from matt ken seth. >> he's battling a loose racecar. >> got shoved there from problem. >> he catches a wall there. >> trying to get back in line, and almost took david out. three times it was a leader that had trouble, and he has damage. and joey, also caught a piece of that wall.

>> just trying to get out of the way. that's hard to do. when you have a line of cars coming. nowhere to go. high in the corner, you have to come back straight. >> and you see sparks flying off there. >> still there? >> across the top of your screen, we'll have a running order in the green. we'll explain those that are in the chase, and those that are "on the bubble," and get in the chase, and white are outside, and could not have a possibility of being a chase contender in 2009. >> looked like martin, did get it sorted out now, and pulled it back out, and moving in on scott, in second. >> i think he had a loose racecar. >> extremely loose. >> biffle is excited about his car. even before he qualified. he was excited. he wants to run well and win. this is early. but, looks like he has a car

capable of doing that tonight. >> biffle, one of six drivers, has yet to win. and there's stewart, the points leader, he's in the chase. but, struggling here, and jamie. >> that's right. he's having radio malfunction. he can hear his spotter, and the crew, just fine, but he has to go to ryan newman, his teammate's backup radio. you can see, on the right-side, they brought over a backup radio. watch thelma a radio change on the first pit-stop. >> thank you, and mark martin, has gotten settled in and back on a move. takes over the second spot. >> he -- trouble. joey, into the wall, in turn one. >> you can roll. >> come on. come on. let's go. >> we saw -- >> get caught up, if you don't have a flat tire. >> he's got a flat left front

tire. >> you have to wonder, if the contact -- >> flat tire here. >> that, yeah, when he got into dave, that got into the sidewall and blew out. >> looks like -- he has some damage. he has a lot of damage on the right-side. we can watch as he's sailing into the corner here. >> just looking. loose. >> he got a little help on that one, too. >> a lot of contact. >> hold it up there. >> the majority of these guys, riding along with -- >> so, bad news for joey, track so prone to accidents. taking a look, at the standings, with three races left, jeff gordon and johnson can lock up

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