i think david mccollough's john adams has been not only a service to john adams, but to all of us. john adams was the least known of all of the founding fathers until mccollough's books. there were few biographies of adams, but mccollough's book brought him to attention and since that time, there have been a couple of television programs as you know and so forth, so it was a very wonderful book and he gets john adams spot on from the first paragraph, where he has john adams on a horse, in a snowstorm, riding from quincy, mis, to boston, talking and talking, and talking, and that to me is john adams spot on. the mouth talking in every circumstance. inventively, creatively. mccollough also likes abigail a great deal, but she's a subordinate figure in the book. she shows up only as it compliments john adams, and he doesn't give her what i call agency. that is, she reacts throughout the book. she doesn't -- you don't see here as an innovator. for instance, this passage that i just read you about remember the ladies, he does nothing with it. he does absolutely nothing. he wrote the lett

was a adams. and so that made him very angry. this man of great passion. and then jefferson did write a couple of letters that got published in the journals of the time, which were critical of adams. and adam saw that as a betrayal. he did things that we expect politicians to do in our age, but which we don't think our founding fathers and mothers engaged in that kind of politics. the second component to your question was what was abigail's role. in campaigning for the presidency. abigail was not happy that john either took the vice presidency or the presidency, but like everything else she went along with it because he had a duty to serve and she had a duty to serve as well. so it was that sense of duty that really compelled her to go along with this and not prevent him from taking losses. did they campaign in a way that modern politicians, no. they didn't believe in campaigning. they didn't believe political parties even existed. there were differences of opinion, but they thought all of us are

adams letters in their. and i am wondering how much of the duplication is there in your book compared to about one with of the letters? >> good. how do white differ from david mccullough? my emphasis-- i think david mccullough's john adams has been not only a service to john adams but to all of us. john adams was the least known of all of the founding fathers until mccauliffe's book. there were a few biography of adams but mccullough's book brought him to attention and since that time-- there have been a couple of television programs as you note and so forth, so it is a very wonderful book. and he gets john adams bob on from the first paragraph where he has john adams on a horse in a snowstorm writing from quincy, massachusetts to boston talking and talking and talking and that to me is john adams spot on. the mouth talking in every circumstance, inventively, creatively. mcculloch also likes abigail a great deal, but she is a subordinative figure in the book. she shows up only as a complement to john adams,

john adams is someone we can get to know as a human being. john adams what his feelings show. john adams wrote about his feelings then did not throw out either his letters or his diary. he rode a dire bree from a very young age from the time he was in college until the end of his life and he wrote autobiography is also then it just hundreds of letters and all of the time he would and his writing and take his temperature and say am i too ambitious? am i two nds? and the consequence of him exploring his own feelings is that historians had all of this in addition to say he was too ambitious or envious. and no other founding father has left the kind of records that john adams did. they burned their letters to their wives. washington's letters to martha was burned so there is no correspondence between either of them. in fact, martha only leaves us three letters in her lifetime. thomas jefferson burned his correspondence with his wife so we don't even know anything about his wife, traces of these women have been lost. but not only do they e raise their wives from history but also th

adam dunn, yeah! it's a fair ball and the game is over! adam's got to touch first. he does and the nationals win it 2-1 exactly four hours after the first pitch! that ball was scorched  >> rob: three straight wi the nationals. >> bob: rob dibble, they found out the last two days you stick around as long as you haveto get a w. >> rob: absolutely. you stick around to get that curly w. >> bob: how do you win despite three errors? >> rob: very carefully. adam dunn, seat swing, head down, making contact. mashes it by overbay at first. >> bob: he think so far it did not have time to hook foul. adam dunn's 48th rbi of the year. nationals win it improving their interleague record to 4- 6. their third consecutive win as you said. those three wins against high quality american league east clubs. >> rob: what about that extra inning record that we had? see you. bye-bye! all right. debbi taylor and adam dunn. >> debbi: ok. we talked before the game about carrying the momentum from new york into this series and you get the win tonight and your patience at the plate

it is a great story how she met adam. tell us the story. >> we actually met when i was in college and a mutual friend introduced us. it is a guy that adam still plays with, it is austin kearns. >> what has it been like for you living in d.c.? >> it has been fun. thts a great city. there's so much history here and adam and i are both history buffs. we have been enjoyed being here and getting to do a little sightseeing. it has been fun. it is a change. >> of course you have your son, brady on your lap. and you are expecting another one. congratulations. now, tell us a little bit about adam as a dad. is he strict or is he easy going? >> he is a very fun dad. he always wants brady to mind but they have a ball together. it is fun to see them both grow and change and brady's just now at the age where he loves his daddy and he misses him when he is gone. it is both good and bad. >> adam played football before you met him in college before he went to college excuse me. have you ever thought about what it would have been like if h

adam's dad said he coached all three of his sons and adam, who was the middle child wasn't always easycoaching adam was hard as anybody could imagine because he always thought he knew

slide by adam jones. you can see he is all over adam kennedy. good, clean slide. it is no problem whatsoever, sliding on top of the bag. the umpire at second base has a good look, gary darling and that's how you turn things around and that's how you snap four game losing streaks. >> now you have a runner in scoring position and maybe the teammates now will be sparked by that hard slide by adam jones as markakis has a chance to get the orioles on the board. the orioles have not led in either game in this series and losing both. markakis takes it to 1-0. >> that's a good sign early on. and a little bit of a wakeup call for oakland to send the message saying we're not going to roll over for you here and adam jones set the tone early. >> 2-0 on markakis. who is tied for 9th in the american league in rbis. he has 40. even though he's gone seven con tech sieve games without driving in a run, he's still in the top ten in rbis. >> a bloop to shallow left centerfield and two men are down. reimold holds at second b

adam dunn back in left field.he told debbi taylor he really enjoyed dhing a couple of days ago in new york. here is aaron hill perhaps their purest hitter. he has 90 hits to lead the american league tied with miguel tejada for the american league lead -- major league lead and has 28 multihit games woirt. >> rob: you would think scutaro wouldn't walk as much, but scutaro has 47 walks on the season, bob. it's the guy in front of him you want to get around him to get to this guy. i wouldn't think so. >> bob: aaron hill is a former sec player of the year and all american from lsu in his fifth year with the blue jays. 27 years of age a really good second baseman and a 13th overall draft pick back in the first round. there's a swing and a foul tip and zimmerman strikes -- zimmermann strikes him out. blue jays and the nats have not met since 2007 and the jays haven't been in the district since 2006. vls is -- vernon wells is really having a buzzing season. the blue jays, more hits than anybody. nats at home, 22-17 in int

adam dunn really got it -- well -- didn't last night. let's see if the boys can go to the hop again tonight. >> rob: happy i left the game when i did because now you get a beating to get a hero. you get the winning hit and everybody beats the heck out of you. i don't understand that ritual but that's what the kids are doing. >> reporter: these kids. >> rob: hey, let me pound on the top of your head. that's not football. >> bob: lyle overbay stays to play first now. on the double switch, millar is out. ryan zimmerman has had a frustrating series, 0-for-4 tonight. last night, 0-for-5. he is 0- for-9 with a walk and three strikeouts. >> rob: scott richmond is now in the game, so. >> bob: 29-year-old starter from north vancouver, canada. >> rob: an extra inning affair out of the bullpen. >> bob: that's a good pitch. boy, i tell you, if i'm sitting behind those guys. >> rob: they were just down there, and don't give them any more time than they need or deserve. they have the little brooms out, they are sweeping off behind there. i mean i have

adam dunn rumble around third.t listach will send him and the nationals have a big crooked number here in the top of the 1st, the number 3. dukes now has 29 rbis. welcome home. >> rob: who says you can't go home, elijah? he probably has a lot to prove. the 91 mile-per-hour on his hand. you mean they don't have a scouting report on elijah? he can turn on that pitch. you see that, rumbling, numberrable around and he scores. >> bob: i saw him check out where the ball was as he was approached third base. i think he knew he was going to score here is josh willingham. good to see josh back healthy in the last couple of days of the hope stand. by the way, just to mention elijah dukes one more time, hillsboro high school in tampa produced doc gooden, gary sheffield, carl everett, mike heath and nationals prospects michael burgess. burgess. of course, a lot of other major leaguers have come out of high schools in and around tampa. garza falling behind most of his hitters here with the exception of adam dunn, had him 0-2. wi

in john quincy adams a career and he spent 17 years here in the house of representatives after having served as president and had a very distinguished career and was an out spoken opponent of slavery. and, many ways, was somebody who foresaw the disunion that was going to occur over that great subject and he was just a stalwart on the subject and was a fierce defender of the constitution and american rights, and, of course, defended the black slaves who had been on the famous incident of the amistad, and john quincy adams actually took the case to the supreme court and prevailed in an era when nobody thought he could, and it is a fascinating story of john quincy adams and his time, post presidential and i think it is one of the few books written about that period of time in his life and i book i finished reading when i got to the house, is the house historian's book, robert remini's book "the house" which is a short history, of the house of representatives itself. which is a great institution, and had lots of interesting characters and of course, great history swirling around this pla

i think adam dunn had a great comment earlier. he said, to him father's day is not about him being a dad, it's about his dad. i think a lot of us think that way. we love our kids to death and love our families, but it's our dads we're thinking about, especially when they're no longer here with us. that's a fair ball. nick, a great safe, an amazing weekend for him. just put it in play. look at the head down. >> she did make a nice little hop over the ball at the end there. >> don't touch it. >> here's ryan zimmerman. we said this a couple of times today. the nationals are long from being done in this game. and i guarantee you, there's not one guy in the first base dugout who doesn't think they're going to come back and sweep the series. >> talking to some of the guys yesterday, they expect to win now. they think they're good enough to win every game, and that's what you want out of this ball club. >> zimmerman right to the shortstop, one out. ryan zero for his last 15. here's adam dunn, a base hit last time. >> he goes up hacking.

this is a shot past the shift by adam dunn. they will pinch run for adam dunn. (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartphone users have chosen at&t. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only from at&t.  >> bob: adam dunn keeps the nationals alive. right-hander leo nunez looking for his third save, and he's facing josh willingham, the nats hottest hitter. 2 for 3 tonight. tying run is at first base with alberto gonzalez. >> rob: high home e.r.a., 6.27 for nunez, road 1.2. >> bob: willingham, nine home runs, 16 rbi's this year. nick johnson singled with one out. then scampered to third on the base hit by dunn. gonzalez running for adam. an extra-base hit could tie the game. willingham foul tips it. and it's come down to the final

that's the same thing with adam dunn. if zimmermann is not hitting well or dukes, if i'm on the hill, if the last guy is dunn on your lineup, he's not beating me tonight. >> johnny: adam, look at the numbers here. he forced 14 batters to hit fly balls. >> rob: i played with tom browning who went five consecutive years, he never threw harder than 8 85, 86. he'd give up 33 to 35 homers a year. most of them were singular. he didn't walk anybody. it's the little things we talk about hopefully our pitchers are absorbing this information and saying, hey the more strikes i throw and more contact i pitch, i'm going to give up a home run here or there. i can't start to pitch away from contact and give up a two run home run. that kills you. >> johnny: eric had one game april 12th 12th 12th shutting out pittsburg. ronny belliard is waiting. no activity needs at this moment. he is sitting back waiting for something to happen as they did last night. full count to josh willingham. eight home run, 9 rbi, at the time last 25 games he's.

nothing else as he got a goulet off the ballot of adam jones. -- bat of adam jones. >> jim: roberts willd off here. he takes the strike. adam jones comes out to pinch- hit for pie and then markakis. brian a-good game. a single, a double, a luna scored. he's know scored a run in five straight games and has a six- game hitting streak. there's adam on deck to pinch- hit for felix pie. 1-1 on roberts. renyel pinto who is now on and nolasco who start were picked up that trade from the cubs. when juan pierre was sent to chicago. that was in december of 2005 3-1 the count. 005 seas it was a very good trade for florida. they got pinto, nolasco and sergio meet ray all for juan pierre who eventually lept left chicago and went to the dodgers as a free agent. 3-1 on roberts. he walks. leadoff walk. the tying run can come to the plate. that's not what fredi gonzalez wanted to see. time now for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are the candidates for tonight. brian roberts, melvin mora or emilio bonifacio. text in your vote now and have your voice heard a much, b or c, 518

get back at them. >> thank you. >> thanks, adam. >> that's adam jones. he looks so relaxed on the bench. he's bored. >> yeah, he's an every day player. >> buck: every day players don't like to sit out games. he'll be back in there and get it going again. it was good to hear his perspective because heunderstands what's causing him trouble. swiking -- swinging at pitcher's pitches and using only half the heeled. -- field. when he was hot early in the season, he was hitting tough pitches, using the whole field foul line to foul line. >> jim: that yogi reference is very appropriate because he said it. you can't think and hit at the same time as andino is called out on strikes a three-pitch strikeout. so, after the leadoff single by melvin mora, three consecutive outs, timing to sailing on the ocean and marlins have a 3-0 lead. traffic is chaotic, so be careful when you go out. ♪ from the degree men absolute protection line... comes new degree men v12 special edition. protection for the ride of your life. ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best cov

adam jones had 35% and vin mazzaro with 22%. and he is just really tough on the orioles all day today. but let's give credit to brian bass who has been magnific sent after the first couple of times out. so that's a look at at&t player of the game. and we'll be back with more as we continue on after the oakland a's shut out the orioles in oakland today. it's the bold espresso beans. ♪ the silky smooth chocolate. ♪ the real steamed milk... and dreamy whipped cream... swirled with delight. in cafe mochas, cappuccinos and lattes... rich taste is everything. especially when you don't have to be rich to enjoy one. mccafé at mcdonald's. i'm lovin' it. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> and just a reminder, to meet adam jones, the star centerfielder on wednesday june 10th, from noon to 1:00 at the wendys at 1589 west nursery road in lincecum, just in front of the hoist cinema. visit orioles.com for more information. >>> and the orioles have started with a struggle in the series. 0-3. they pitched four and two thirds and look at this line. 18 earned ru

now for the nationals, how about adam dunn?d few minutes ago, phil and imp talking 224 home runs the last six speans. -- and i were talking 224 home runs the last six seasons. 296 career home runs. he'll be in the cleanup spot. here is the rest of the washington lineup tonight. cristian guzman leads off at short. then comes nick johnson. ryan zimmerman down at third. adam dunn in left with a .265 average. elijah dukes in right. josh bard will be catching tonight, willie harris in center, hanley ramirez at second and jordan zimmermann on the mound for the nationals -- anderson hernandez at second and jordan zimmermann on the mound for the nationals. they've won 8-10 ballgames and a three-game winning streak. >> there are two guys that kind of jump up aaron hill and adam lind. hill has 15 home runs. this is where their power is coming. from neither one of these guys have done a whole lot in terms of home runs previously. hill's career high with 17 home runs two years ago. lind's previous five was 11 the same year. these guys are

. >> that play with adam dund at second plaices. we're going to talk about that as we come back to break. the reds win this one. that's two in a row for them as the third game will be laterred to at 4:30. we'll talk more about that play at second base, next. you're at home if you're having great food and you need a great beer, boston lager is the beer that i use. sam adams with great food-- there's nothing better. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. >> i he catches the ball a that was the play. ends up going in. they have the infield back giving us the run and we can't hit the ball out of the infield. they walk zimmerman and after that dunn pops up right in our line up, not being able to get the ball out of the infield. i don't kno

adam drives the ball to left but it's right at adam lind. that's it for the nats. leadoff hit.randed. no score after 1. beautiful night here. s of tomorrow. they're all around us. which is why pnc created grow up great. a $100 million program that prepares young children for school. and the world they'll inherit.... sooner than you think. pnc. leading the way. at dodge, we build mechanical bulls. we build freight trains. we build toolboxes. we build field offices. we build fan clubs. we build the all-new, award winning dodge ram. come see what we've built for you. blue jays here and tomorrow and then a day off on monday. the red sox for three. for more, we commute to baltimore. and shairon martis, ricky romero tomorrow. ross detwiler back to work, 16 pitches, 9 strikes in the 1st inning. adam lind leads off. >> rob: do we stay at a hotel there or is it a day trip? >> bob: we have been treating that as commuter day trip in the last few years. >> rob: we don't get per diem or anything? >> bob: you know what? i don't know that. it's within a 50-mile radius, i know, unless you

adam dunn reached .300 on this home stand.ur away. -- of course, it's off to a home run park 40 miles northeast of here. nats will play the blunls three, red sox three and then on to baltimore. >> rob: the house that cal built. >> bob: that will conclude interleague play from sunday. adam over 700 rbi that barrier surpassed this year. 2-2. >> rob: with that off-speed breaking ball and changeup, he's a sneaky, quick kind of pitcher for a big guy. got kind of a slow and deliberate windup and then hekind of explodes with that 88- 91-mile-per-hour fastball. >> bob: 2-2. nick johnson, 1-2 running this year actually. you're not looking to take the bat out of this guy's hands. >> rob: no, and you also don't want him leading off next inning. >> bob: adam dunn a bouncer right where scott rolen played. ball came up on him for a momentary possibly. that's it. nats strand four runners. no score. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on th

adam dunn has now walked 89 times this year. those are the major league leaders. well, a blogger to be nameless said that he is not a-did does not have a good batting eye. he is just picky. [ laughter ]. >> rob: i don't know what that means but the guy has a lifetime .380 onbase percentage. >> bob: uh-huh. picky is good. >> rob: picky's good when you're going to have 300 homeruns in five homeruns? >> rob: please. the guy, 40 homeruns three straight years. >> bob: mark it down. >> rob: six straight years, he will be ahead of babe ruth all time in that department. >> bob: and he's going to strike out 170 to 190 times. >> rob: oh, yeah. >> bob: you just live with that. >> bob: what are you going to do, turn adam dunn into a singles hitter? >> rob: pretty big singles guy that adam dunn. and he barely gets them out of the infield. no, i want this guy swinging and trying to hit it as far as he can. >> bob: and he is smart enough to get a base hit when he needs to like he did in the 1st inning because the count was 0- 2. you can't be in homerun mode all the time. only ji

not too good of an argument for adam here. it looks like it hit the ground and hit the catcher's chest protector. >> wants to know why won't you ask the third base umpire if you're not sure. >> i know. >> buckner must be saying i'm sure he missed it. now manny's getting a little more an mated here. that bat missed the ball. >> we know that, but we don't have to let manny and adam know that. it's a good argument. >> i think the right thing would be to ask the third base umpire for some help. >> romper row has gotten the last two hitters without throwing a strike on a two strike count. he got zimmerman fishing, dunn fishing, obviously the first time the nationals have seen this pitcher, and here's austin kearns zero for two in the series as a pinch hitter. kearns has been on 15 rbis for six weeks. he needs a 2-out hit here in the worst way for his ball club. that ball right-field line, nope. >> rios has it. >> turns into a ruffining for the nats. they're down by 4. but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owni

across the adam dunn and there's one down. nice to have you with us today afternoon game at nationals park, johnny holliday along with ron dibble. happy to have you along on masn. hope the weather will stay nice as it is now. and you guys hit a plane and fly down to florida for the big weekend series against tampa, beginning tomorrow night. and that saturday night game will be joined in progress after 7 p.m. because of major league baseball rules and regulations. jay bruce the right fielder. he leads the ball club with 15 rbi -- 15 homeruns with 32 rbis far guy that only hits .218. gonzalez on to dunn and two quick outs. >> rob: 14 homeruns off right-handed pitchers. detwiler had a good night against him two nights ago. shy ron martis. airon martis. >> johnny: the key is how you bounce back after that. >> rob: he was fantastic. steve mccatty and manny acta could tell you it is what he learns after that. it is not easy to be up here in less than 10 career starts. martis. and think you have it all figured out. you never have it

adam has it for the out. let's welcome in amber. >> the orioles minor league catching coordinator has been up with the club. i was talking with him about matt wieters. he said overall he's very impressed of the way matt has been handling all aspects of the major leagues. but the one area he wants to see improvement on is matt throwing out runners on the base pads. right now 12 runners have attempted to steal, he's only thrown out one, don said he thinks it's because he's rushing a little bit. up here he feels like the ball exchange is too quick, he's not getting a good grip on the ball and he's noticed his footwork is off. he wants to see those changes, but he's pretty confident that matt will get back to the guy he was throwing runners out in the minor leagues. >> jim h.: thank you very much. that's a good point, because what wieters has gone through now, uh-oh, i'm in the big leagues, so everything that comes at me is new. he has to feel as if he belongs and remember it's the same game. >> jim p.: well, it

adam duoff the stretch.b: i know who is going to be hitting four tomorrow night. >> jim p.: manny acta said i need it play my best players. and they kind of have the a team in today other than josh w he ge a high striall. >> jim p.: real high. >> bob: compared to the rest of the day. >> jim p.: you really don't want to be there, but you'll take it if you're david ndez. belt high, maybe shoulder high, over the plate. >> bob: he got the top of it. >> jim p.: i think the difficulty, we talked about it, you the young battery- mate, so you've got all the scouting reports. every team has their advanced scouting reports. adam dunn, you want to stay up and in, crowd him, stay out of the middle of the plate, get him to swing at breaking balls down in the strike zone. then of course the pitcher has to say, well, is that my strength or do i have to go to something that i don't really do. we've seen over the afternoon, what's his best pitch? fastball. then you have matt wieters. what can my pitcher do. can the guy that

adam jones gets ahead. the roberts' double. reimold reached on a throwing error by hanley ramirez in the fifth and roberts' one-out walk in the sixth. that's it. three runners. the ball towards third. bonifacio has it. he turns and he fires and he got it. so another hard smash by jones to third. last time it was a line drive. this time a one-hopper. >> buck: adam gets the barrel out and hits it down the line. bonifacio make as fine play. he has strong arm. he has enough time to right himself and take aim across the diamond and throw out adam jones, the first out of the inning. bonifacio who has committed 12 errors on the year is playing a fine game defensively. a curve ball for a strike. aubrey is looking to extend the hitting streak to nine in a rojas twice grounded out to first base. ground ball towards third. wide to the bag is bonifacio and he gets up and two men down. >> buck: the complexion of the defense chains dramatically when your pitcher is pounding the strike zone and that is -- this is a team that has committed 29

. >> jim: the appeal to first and adam fairchild says adam checked in time. in his first at- bat, one of two strikeouts by andrew miller. >> buck: this is a breaking ball in the dirt and he chased the one the last time and he got real close to chasing one right there. a hard hit ball that is foul down the left field line. 1-1 the count on adam jones. >> buck: adam had a big hit on sunday afternoon as he singled into center to tie up the game and that set the tone later on for brian roberts and his game winner. adam jones had an rbi sing toll right in the sixth inning and that made it 1-1. >> jim: one out, none on and the orioles have a 1-0 lead. hard hit and right to bonifacio. it nearly knocked him over. he held on for the out and two down. >> buck: adam won't be pleased about making another out, but he hit a bullet right at the third baseman. take a look at the location of this 1-1 pitch from miller. it looked like a fastball out over the plate and he stroked it right at the third baseman who catches it in self defense. and that is why it is a hot corner. a

that pitch, if he makes a mistake with dunn could leave the building. >> bob: adam dunn, 1-3, a single and an intentional walk. first pitch changeup outside.  >> bob: pitcher spo then, alberto gonzalez would hit nor joel hanrahan -- for joel hanrahan. absolutely perfect as a pinch- hitter and those five hits have resulted in four rbi's which is really impressive.  a 1-2 to adam dunn. he went off-speed again missing away 2-2.  that was a fastball he trying to paint. >> rob: from our vantage point, that's a foot outside. on tv, camera is off center in center field. from where we're standing, we've got a good view of it. it was a ball. >> bob: adam dunn to the left side out of play. >> rob: vernon wells was laying not only no doubles. i think he's playing no triples. he's way out in center field. >> bob: he's probably 370 feet away. runner goes. dunn squirts it foul. manny acta may be surprising the blue jays there, but thinking dunn would make contact and sending ni

hi to you. >> bob: we'll call it "have adam adam. "how about this? there's dukes, it is beyond the reach of upton. dunn will stop at 3rd 3rd. elijah dukes is putting on a power display today. >> rob: how do you like me now? looks like a hanging curveball. it is. 85 miles per hour north on the pitch track. it's a double off the wall. second one of the day. >> bob: the ball got out there so quickly. adam dunn who could see off the bat it wasn't going to be caught couldn't get beyond 3rd

adam dunn goes to third. carl crawford had a hard time digging that ball out of his mit. >> rob: i think he was shocked. >> bob: that was a great-base- running play but adam dunn. >> rob: i don't think they know that dunn has 64 stolen bases. >> bob: well, he also scored from first tonight on a double. see what happens to crawford. >> rob: no, he looked up to see what dunn was going to do and on the transfer, he did not pull it out of his glove. >> bob: now, alberto gonzalez becomes the dh of all things by running for adam dunn. so you put a very fast runner at third base. the infield is in. >> rob: is that the designated half the size of adam dunn?

sam adams summer ale. it just totally reminds you of summer, yeah. >>> tomorrow, middle game  the three-game series. come out and join us. here is the big time collectible that everybody has been anticipating. first 25,000 fans 15 and over take home this adam jones possiblyhead. not only unique, he's going up over the wall to rob a home run and he's blowing a bubble at the same time. so, that is tomorrow night. 888-848-bird for your tickets. it is adam jones bobblehead night tomorrow night. welcome back in jim hunter, rick dempsey. it's "o's xtra" presented by verizon fios. one good sign in this loss is nick markakis finally got the elusive home run he had been looking for since may 21. his two-run shot at the time made it 4-2. really nice to scenic break the home run drought and rbi drought. >> you have to go back to the new york yankee series when the orioles played in new york. this is when markakis hit that last home run. pretty good shot to almost straightaway center field at yankee stadium. it's

adam dunn leaves a couple of men aboard. 7 inning stretch time. from tampa bay st. peters bay, god bless america.  (singing god bless america) ú ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >>> we are all tied up here tropicana field. 4-4. coming up, the senior collegiate all stars will host. come out and catch where the stars of tomorrow where they launched their careers. game time 7:05 p.m. come out early. the admission is free. log on to www.ripkinseniorbaseball.org or call for more information. >> bob: number 29, the appearance for tavarez. detwiler, 48 strikes in 6 inning, gave up 4 runs. he walked 5. interesting he did not strike out a batter today. that's okay pitching to most of the day. you've got to look at the big picture, another step in his development against a very good lineup. he held them down for the most part. tavarez and the bullpen have to do the same thing

adam jones and nick markakis need your support. both are in the running for a starting position in the american league. so vote now for all of your favorite o's at orioles.com. plus, with vote orange, save green, you could receive an upper reserve seat to any non- prime o's game after the break when you vote the maximum 25 times. vote early, vote often. for all of the details, online orioles.com/vote orange. >> buck: de aza comes in to play center field. he'll bat in the pitcher's spot, number nine in the lineup. he'll be scheduled to bat second in the bottom of the 11th. badenhop comes on to work the top of the 11th. he has pitched in 16 games so far. he, too, is one of the players' acquired from the detroit tigers in the cabrera- willis trade. >> jim: luke scott fouls it off. so fredi gonzalez's book has gone through six of his seven relievers in the game. the closer had a three-run lead going to the ninth and couldn't close it out. >> buck: and dave trembley has four in his pen including the closer george cheryl. >> jim: luke sc

here is adam dunn.n retired the side in order in the first. >> rob: may 24 against the orioles is what adam dunn did a huge home run. >> jim: do i see a tear because game yea was really struggle -- struggling. it was game that brad bergesen had an early lead and dunn got them back in the lead with the first home run and then launched the home run with, what, a slider in the middle of the plate and he hit it about 450 to center. >> bob: 2-1 inside, ball three. >> rob: and of adam dunn, it was surprising to see that was a career high with six rbi's with all of the rbi's he's had this year. second in the national league in walks, and that's not surprising with his power. >> bob: this ball is hit towards the gap and markakis runs it down! so it hung up for him and one away. >> jim: let's take a look at brad bergesen and people are starting to call him the ace. there is your four-seamer and there is the two-seamer, fingers maybe a little bit farther than i held mine, but it certainly works for him. changeup,

. >> jim: let's take a look at adam jones coming in. he get as good pitch to hit down the left-field line the first time up. there is your x-mo here. again, the ground ball, and in his second at-bat, and the third one almost looks like a carbon core my so adam with a couple of grown outs and the double, is 1-3 tonight a chance to erase some of the bad numbers of june. i mean, the one thing about adam jones, he has just been so terrific, and he hit .359 his first month, .333, positive .203, home runs, four, seven and only one this month, 18-18 in rbi's and then seven. >> rob: as you said, every team the orioles are go dog play for the next two, three weeks are scouting jones tonight. >> jim: we talked about adjustments. >> rob: yes. >> jim: but i tell you what, he is a very likable kid, a terrific athlete and he will turn 24 in august. >> bob: he was oh-fer 11 in that series in florida, 5-13. and there is a swing and a miss. >> rob: and a back-up slider. >> bob: now determine is just beyond the second, third-base line. everyone else is a

jones takes charge and adams gets there and has it. two men down.d the rough sun, jones taking charge and he caught that ball side ways to get a better look at the sky and the baseball. >> buck: and we'd like to welcome those who are watching the wash nationals. mets beat the nats by 7-0. jim hunter with buck maine[ ane a amtheoharris sukikes a strike oakland sent 9 people the plate in the first inning. and brian bass has retired all six batters he's faced. broken bat ground ball. to first and brian bass has back to back, three up and three down innings. orioles coming to bat in the fourth. markakis, scott and mora are coming up. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t.

adam dunn was playing 100 feet off the line. he's not. that's -- if he's not, that's a double. >> rob: as bob said, defense was setup perfectly by the advance scouting or whoever was checking out blue jays. adam dunn only had to run a few steps to pickoff that line drive. >> bob: we understand that was wade taylor for the series. >> rob: very cool. >> bob: a birdie told us. >> rob: nice job. >> bob: yeah, he's pretty good white did he say about the pitching? how are we supposed to hit them? [ laughter ] i'm just beating -- >> bob: whoa. >> rob: that's not good. >> bob: that's up and in to vernon wells. >> rob: vernon wells. >> bob: who had two hits tonight and down he went. that was not a breaking ball. >> rob: this is just some chin music here. >> bob: wells has not been hit by a pitch this year. he's into the guy normally out there diving. unless nobody in the american league wants to throw inside anymore. >> rob: he does have a couple of hits tonight. he has not been swinging the bat really well. we don't want to wake vernon up. >> bob

you can always play adam dunn at first or you trade adam dunn. i don't know what they are thinking.to acquire, especially a team like the red sox who feels like with big papi struggling, they don't need a defensive player. they need a bat and we have a couple of real good left field handed bats. >> byron: joe beimel getting the final out as we head to another timeout. beimel certainly done the job for the nationals in the last few weeks as he tries to climb back into a nice role in the bullpen. mike macdougal the night before and austin kearns making the final play there. tampa bay is coming up. man in acta coming up. we will talk more after this. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, onl

that ball driven to left by adam lind. 2 on, one out. blue jays have tripled their hit total here in the 4th. >> rob: they have seen him for the second time now and they know what ross detwiler features. and if you are not walking ahead, if you are behind the hitter, you give them an advantage. he smacks that ball into left field. >> bob: alex rios. grounded out to zimmerman tonight. he is 1-for-5 with a walk in the first two games of this series. tampa bay just beat the mets 3- 1 in new york. double play ball. gonzalez, guzman and well done. manny acta earlier this inning talked about defense and the pitching. there you have it. aflac! you really need it these days. how come? well if you're hurt and can't work it pays you cash... yeah to help with everyday bills like gas, the mortgage... ...and groceries. it's like insurance for daily living. so...what's it called? uhhhhh aflaaac!!!! oh yeah! that's it! aflac. we've got you under our wing. a-a-a-aflaaac! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drink

when martis pitched against the orioles, adam jones hit a home run in washington. he is better tonight than he was back then. i know he struggled, but that's what i think you want to see in a 22-year-old pitcher. are you better as the season progresses even though you're going to struggle. that's part of learning the game. that's what steve mccaddie who has come on as a pitching coach said. >> rob: you have to make mistakes on your own to learn at this level. we have so many guys, he's got less than 20 starts in the big leagues. he's still got to go out there not knowing these hitters so well. >> jim p.: brian roberts last night in a game the orioles win 11-1, went 0-4, tonight they've been able to keep him off the bases. >> bob: martis came in bottom of the fifth with right around 80 pitches, so this ballgame based on pitch counts will be decided by the bullpens eventually. washington leads 3-1. fastball up and away, and there is alberto gonzalez. >> rob: well, just like we saw with melvin mora, athleticism. this is just a reaction, almost like a third baseman rig

look at adam jones. he knows he has plenty of room. takes just a stride on to the warning track and paulino hit it good. look at adam jones. you've got to believe he loves playing in this spacious outfield with plenty of room to roam. >> jim: we see it every game. it still amazes me concentrating running back on a fly ball he can still blow a bubble. >> buck: he's an athlete. >> jim: unbelievable. >> buck: it's not that difficult. >> jim: i think it is. i don't know that i could do that. >> buck: i'm sure you could if you had a little practice. >> jim: adam joined us last night on wired wednesday and he told us sitting out of the game he was bored. he likes to get in there and play. curve ball for a strike to cody ross. >> buck: cody ross has been wearing out the orioles on this trip. last night he had three big hits including two doubles and should have had an extra rbi. he ended up with two. ground-ruled double cost him one. >> jim: fastball rode in on him. now it's 0-2. all right. let's analyze this,

elijah and adam come in to score easily. shields can't believe it. >> bob: beautifully swung by gonzalez. 3-0 washington. josh bard swung at the first pitch first time up and hit that ball hard right at the center fielder. >> rob: the nationals have been hitting hard all day off shields. >> bob: that's seven hits now. and bard rips it to the corner. >> rob: that will be another one. >> bob: alberto will score. bard digging for two. this year he has 16 hits and 7 of them have gone for extra bases. 4-0 washington. nothing cheap about these hits. >> rob: that's a breaking ball down in the zone. it looks like a change up that hangs in the zone. the pitching coach is out trying to find out what's going on. still only one out in this inning by the way. anderson hernandez singled his first time up. four out of five base hitters here in the 4th. the rays pitching as well as anybody in major league baseball. >> rob: look at that stat. not 2.95 anymore. >> bob: hernandez goes up hacking. this is usually a ball club that works the coun

phil, adam dunn did it last night in a 3-3 ballgame. can he do it again tonight? >> phil: it will be great if he does it. i hope he does it much quicker. we won't be here all evening. a tough one for ross detwiler not to get his first big league win. he obviously around another start. another amazing evening from willie harris. >> johnny: we don't want to go into extra innings although the nats got their first extra inning win last night. let's see if they can get do that in the bottom of the 9th. >> bob: we call that getting off the schnide. we did see from sean camp last night, he has some serious swing back action to his fastball so he can really move that thing away from left handers. adam is 0-for-3 tonight. second in the lead with 54 walks. you have to throw him strikes. ball 2. 1:30 tomorrow. martis-romero. will it be a deciding game or will someone in a home uniform be going for a sweep. masn 2 tomorrow. he goes soft and gets a strike. 2-11. 1. 2--1. >> way out ahead of that one. >> rob: that was a big pitch by camp. he was supposed to be going outside and

on the first pitch of that at- bat, adam read it right and got a base hit. when we talk about pitch recognition, you look for the top spin or a little dot on the ball for a breaking ball. the pot on the ball means the hard slider. the over-the-top rotation means a curve ball. >> bob: elijah dukes has had quite a night so far, two-run double, should have had a runner thrown out at home plate. 2-1 to dunn. that's low and away. ball 3. >> rob: ted williams said he could see the seams on the baseball as they came towards him. >> bob: i do believe that ted williams could read the commissioner's signature on the baseball or, back in those days, it was the president of the american league signature. >> rob: scary thought. there were good arms like rapid rob feller. >> bob: second walk of the night for garza. let's go back to the 1st inning and see what the rbi guys did, the d & d boys in the middle of the line-up. >> rob: that was breaking ball, great pitch recognition and adam dunn gets the first rbi of the ballgame. >> bob: and then the dukes boy, those dukes of

i think the nats really would like to leave adam dunn in left. with austin kearns slumping, he's going to get a chance to play over there when he gets back into form. he will also get in an at bat because it's a double switch. facing aaron hill, one for four and two for 15 in the series. two balls, one strike. field lights on here at the ballpark. it's been cloudy for a while, but comfortable for our fans. well played. guzman to his left. better hurry. close play, one out. our buddies would like you to join the party, thursday lady night and spectacular post game fireworks on saturday. this year also new, the solute to service tuesdays. all military first responders and teachers get free tickets. it's uncle slam's stimulus package. our potomac nationals.com, real baseball, real close. here's vernon wells, over the dugout. >> nice catch. little sister, look at her. sweet. probably dad's little one, nice. he was a young-looking dad there. off-speed pitch. another change-up, nice. >> guzman, two outs. nice circle change-up he throws. when you're loo

adam dunn, mr. pujols, the prince, lance bergmann in houston and then the little guy who leads off for the blue jay, marco scutaro. >> bob: i know when we looked at the walk statistics, we are like, why are they walking marco scutaro to get to aaron hill who has 90-plus hits? atestimony dunn 0-for-2, a drive to left and a swinging swowt. he may have been guessing correctly, first pitch breaking ball, but he could not get it. >> rob: i'm thinking they are not going to give adam a lot to hit with first base open. >> bob: it is a lefty-lefty match-up so let's see how much they want to pitch. brett cecil has pitched a good