. >> bob: we know kenny rosenthal, he's a very good reporter.t have some source he feels is strong enough to go sub with such a report. at the same time, he evidently knows more than any of us who are with the ball club every day. >> rob: exactly. >> bob: i'll tell you right now, i like manny acta, i think manny acta is an excellent manager and he's not been given enough horses to win. you've got four rookie pitchers out there. your most veteran pitcher has 50 career starts under his belt. >> bob: to me the big perplexing thing about this ball club is the bad defense by veteran players. these aren't kids. guzman, nick johnson, very shaky defensively lately. and of course as a team very shaky all year. averaging an error per game. is that the manager's responsibility? probably, is it his fault? no. >> rob: no, he can't execute for the players on the field. >> bob: guzman hacks a one hopper to evan longoria. >> rob: as far as preparation, getting these players ready, all the coaching and manny acta have done since i've been here. yes, we talked ab

and kenny always trusted the umpire to know the strike zone.off the plate, it from your traits him, but that is reali. some guys have bigger strike zones than others. >> gary: markakis has one grand slam this year, 2 for 7. that's a borderline strike. once he established that, it is more difficult to hit. >> gary: orioles with a chance to get to hernandez. bull pens is stirring for the mets. 0-1. markakis will take that one y outside. 1-1. hernandez will continue to do the same thing with the bases loaded that he's done with nobody on. same kind of at-ease pitching, trying to get hitters to chase. >> jim: as we look at jerry manuel, hoping that somehow livan can extricate him from e situation, adam jones plays an important part. he needs to break up the double play. or the potential double play. john shelby is telling him that. don't get doubled up. get a good primary lead, secondary lead. murphy playing behind him at first. >> gary: nick has grounded ino tour double plays this year -- four double pl

our next caller is kenny on the democrats' line from grundy, virginia. caller: good morning. what i would like to say is that the history of tobacco is that sir walter raleigh brought tobacco to the united states of america and it became a marketable product. of course, that made money. i just want to tell everybody that everybody's body has the gene that allows sleep. you do not have to be a smoker. you do not have to go out and lay in the sun. i have an uncle that is dying of cancer, but he never would wear a short sleeve shirt or go without a shirt in the sunshine, and he would never smoke cigarettes. and yet he is dying of cancer. host: kenny, being from virginia -- phil morris and austri-- phip morris and poultry are there -- there is a concern that this will have a negative economic impact. john is calling us now from the independent line. he is calling from denton, texas. good morning, you are on the air. caller: thanks. yeah, when they came for the spot smokers -- when they came for the pot smokers i did not say anything because i was not a pipe smoker. yet, bend over

after flirting with the 50s in yesterday's first round, kenny perry was dodging raindrops in connecticutke the rest of us. we'll tell you if he's still leading. would you like to see our new menu? look at this! (laughing) - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! yo, those things are so-o good. mmm, amazing. you think anybody can eat that whole thing by themselves? it's like i hit the lottery in food. now get big meals, like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. - here's your check! - look at that! (laughing) - small price! - we just feasted for 5 bucks! the big eat tiny price menu. now you're eating america's favorite pizza. pizza hut. >> espnews is presented by -- >> cardinals here, albert pujols a chance to tie it in the ninth. a nasty, nasty slider from joe nathan who strikes out el hombre. twins win 3-1. joe mauer, by the way, 1 for 2 on the night. jason kubel had an rbi among his two hits. cuddyer, another rbi for the twins. glenn perkins pitched well, gets his third win on the season. seven wins, cardinals have lost fo

jay harris, brian kenny. top stories right now. tiger woods today at the u.s.s round but not the way he would have like. he was one over through six. ended up shooting four over 74 today. checking your scores. mike weir looking for his ninth pga tour win. he's up top. defending champion tiger woods 10 shots back. no player has ever come back from 10 shots back to win the u.s. open. continuing corge of the second and third round to have the u.s. open saturday, tomorrow, on the espn family of networks. "sportscenter" live from 7:00 a.m. eastern. we'll bring you continuing coverage. 8:00 a.m. "sportscenter" from bethpage black. live updates on espn news starting at 7:30 a.m. latest on the tickets from thursday's rainout. the usga saying tickets can can be used for any playoff, including monday. if none, they'll be eligible for a 50% refund. >> pedro martinez has made it plain that he wants to get back out and play and pitch this season but teams with ballinging at his normal pay level. he did pitch well in the world baseball classic this spring. red sox came up wi

there's been more attention paid to this, way too much attentiony kenny perry won the travelers.ou youmpressed? >> everce since he dedicated thg year to getting to the ryder cup, he's done well the pirates ian snell struck out seven in nevifirst start in triple l a. >> if he strikes out 17 wearing a pittsburgh uniform, there won't be any negativity. the islanders took tarvaris first and then said he's notl oebron.s t t >> shaq tried to trade last yeay and they deny it.ie? who do you believe? >> i believe shaq. steve kerr came to shaq and shaq said no i knew that at the timee last one, roy halladay off the d.l. and goes for win number 11n tonight against the rays.iggain will he get it?wiill >> seven innings pitched, five hits, one earned run. he's going to get it. i >> you got the swami hat on. >> i love roy halladay. we're out of time. thanks for watching. i'm bob ryan. >> i'm mike wilbon. same time tomorrow, knuckle hda heads. check out the "p.t.i." podcastp" on itunes.t fo let's go back the bristol.." >> "p.t.i.." >> guys, thanks. another miracle on grass. captain carlos bocanegra on

kenny perry your leader at 11 under. >> twins and cardinals meeting for the first time since 2001. pujols, a chance to tie the game. joe nathan gets him swinging. the twins go on to win it by the final of 3-1. >> friday st. joe's dedicated the ramsey center, a 20,000-square-foot addition to the fieldhouse named after former coach and current espn basketball analyst jack ramsay. shaq will wear

host: kenny walker's through the process you went through in deciding not to take a third term as governor? guest: it is simple. we do not have term limits in this state. but we do have good sense and common judgment. the judgment is that you do not over-state your turn. it is time to give someone else a chance. the record under my term is very good. we have kept a lid on taxes and spending and try to bring fiscal discipline to the state. we have reformed their schools. we moved it to performance pay. we've done new energy policy. fattah fattait was a great recom retrospectives. host: if you were to seek the presidency in 2012 what questions would you ask yourself? how determine whether you would run or not? guest: i do not know what the future holds for me and have not gone through an exercise that would determine whether i would consider running for president then. the country is going through great change on all fronts. it is a challenge for republicans of any sort. as you look ford, how do we take our principles -- a how do apply them to the emerging issues of our time as opposed to 60

. >> jim: kenny singleton is earnly one of them. >> bob: a good breaking ball to josh willingham whothe ball for a base hit and scored washington's only run. >> jim: how about mike epstein? did he hit 200 home runs? i don't think so. >> bob: this has been like dump the band week. they have been killing us on these. >> rob: well, because they opened up an orioles' media guide and just like they were picking them out of the red sox media guide at our park. >> bob: what do they have against you guys? >> bob: it is a vast truck conspirator is what it is. josh willingham, by the way, his batting average is is up in the .260 range now and it took him most of the month of april to get off the interstate. he has really been swinging the bat well. he got jammed by that one, up the middle to brian roberts. that's how the fourth inning gets underway. the next two hitters, dukes and bard hitting safely so far. >> jim: there the a gad eye -- good adjustment. he guilty ahead of willingham. the last time he got behind him and hit a single into left and part of that one-run inning, which should have

. >>> and kenny perry led well in this round. and then on the par 3 11th, how about another bird for the leader. working the par 4 12th, once again putting for bird and once again going to get it to go. however, at this point at minus 15, he was trailing. paul goydos on the par 4 7th from the fringe, then from the fringe on 16, up the hill eventually finds the bottom of the cup, moves to 16 under after the birdie. play with us suspended shortly after due to the threat of thunderstorms. perry now trailing by one. >>> well, in case you didn't know, albert pujols has power. once again, it was on display. where today's long ball speed puts him on the cardinals history. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. come on. there for you... ( car starts ) and life's daily miracles. ♪ who's the best? this guy is. ♪ ( clapping )

kenny give me assurances this either withdraw our-- will be involved in making every effort to secure the release of the five hostages and the four bodyguards? >> i understand the concerns my honorable friend has expressed in she has been very vigilant in asking about the welfare of the five hostages. this is something i have talked about the prime minister maliki on a number of different occasions. i have preston to take an interest in this matter directly and he has, so we are determined to secure the safe release of the hostages. it is permanently on our desk is an issue that has got to be dealt with in something that for the safety of these five people were doing everything in our power to make sure they can come home. >> mer remind the prime minister he is yet to into the question on oath. in his presentation of the operation charts, one could be forgiven for believing it's something to do with the preparation and planning of that operation. when the truth of the matter is it took place in a british responsibility without notice to less and it was the most graphic demonstration t