albert pujols gave another reason for that nickname. we'll show you. >> he never seems to stop. manny ramirez -- he hopes he doesn't have to stop any more this season. he's back from a 50-game suspension. plenty more coming up from san diego. you know what i like about tennis are the rankings. i like to know exactly where you stand at all times. yeah, it works for us. yeah. hey, if they ranked "sportscenter" anchors, where do you think i'd be ranked? - i don't know. - come on. i'd rather not get into it. come on, pick a number between one and 10. well... i'm not sure you'll be in the top 10. i'm in the top 10, roger. >> it was a much-ballyhooed return, manny ramirez back from his 50-game suspension friday night in a 6-3 win, went 0-3 with a walk, but the excitement surrounding the dodgers certainly was back for this. we welcome in now colleen dominguez, who has been following this manny ramirez saga. colleen, tell us what the atmosphere was like friday night in san diego. >> good evening, jonathan. even though this was an away game for the dodgers, most of the fans at petco park

tonight, albert pujols home run derby, made it a heck of a show. pujols, man of the hour in the first round. feeling the pressure, no doubt, from that crowd. he gets some help. look at that. jacks one to right center field. yep. he makes it look so easy. was it really? check this out. a fan actually leans over, grabs it before it hits the wall. pujols finished the first round in a three-way tie. look at those kids. to a swing-off. pujols needed two home runs to kick off pena. he already has one. here is the second. crushes it out to left. check out pena's reaction when albert hit it. he says, okay, buddy. look, i'm done. no way. so now we'll move to the final round. nelson cruz of the rangers against prince fielder of the brewers. tied at five. fielder drives it deep to center. look, the kids securkids scurry. fielder, 2009 home run champion. what a night for fielder. wizards open up summer league play tomorrow night in vegas. today, final tune-up at verizon center. wrapping up mini camp downtown. tomorrow night, five-game summer league schedule ag

albert pujols gave another reason for that nickname. we'll show you. >> he never seems to stop.anny ramirez -- he hopes he doesn't have to stop any more this season. he's back from a 50-game suspension. plenty more coming up from san diego. >> it was a much-ballyhooed return, manny ramirez back from his 50-game suspension friday night in a 6-3 win, went 0-3 with a walk, but the excitement surrounding the dodgers certainly was back for this. we welcome in now colleen dominguez, who has been following this manny ramirez saga. colleen, tell us what the atmosphere was like friday night in san diego. >> good evening, jonathan. even though this was an away game for the dodgers, most of the fans at petco park gave manny ramirez a standing ovation when he took the field. he said the entire night was a relief for him. he didn't get a hit, he said, but it felt like getting 200 pounds off his back and the reception from the san diego fans and the dodger fans that drove down to see him had to help. there were clearly more cheers than boos. >> it was great, man. it was the best. i want to th

albert pujols, the fan to start the all-star game.d as the top vote getter sunday. he leads the majors with 31 homers and 82 rbi. third time elected to start he was once as an outfielder. chase utley fourth straight time he goes. david wright third time elected to started. only met third base man ever selected. manny -- hanley ramirez for the second straight year. molina is behind the plate. first cardinal catcher since 1979. carlos beltran in center field. >>> day three of manny's return is on deck. dodgers, padres wrapping up their series in san diego. the latest on manny. >>> temperature hit 104 degrees today in day two of the tour de france. how that affected lance armstrong's ride when espn albert pujols starting at third base. chris fielder, gonzalez and ryan howard combined for 65 homers this season could bring them into a pimpbl hit role. national league all-star game pitching staff. 13 pitches total. combined 25 appearances in the all-star games. less than two per player. only a pair of nl players, k. rod and santana have as

albert pujols pads his numbing numbers, but hurts the cards with his glove.e night after the red sox and royals combined for 24 runs, i josh beckett delivers a tasty masterpiece. as lance armstrong battles the pyrenees in the field why his own teammate may be his biggest challenger. and what tune are the jazz singing with respect to carlos boozer? find out next on espnews. >> thanks for joining us on espnews. we're keeping you current. when a royal fan probably opened the newspaper this morning, saw the pitching matchup, bruce chen against josh beckett. game was probably won and lost right there. >> you're saying advantage red sox? >> off the bat. >> beckett looking to join his teammate tim wakefield for most wins in the american league at the all-star break with 11. he was sharp throughout, getting mark teahen in the second inning. top three, john buck swinging. beckett retired the first nine batters he faced. five on strikeouts. top seven, little 4-6-3 double play. beckett gets out of a jam. in the ninth inning, billy butler to end it. takes just 94 pitches

last 6 padres so he faced adrian gonzalez and. >> kevin: inguzman off his thing. >> you think albert pujolshappy having matt holliday hitting there? >> bob: i would think so. >> rob: i would think so. >> bob: they have pujols hitting third, holiday fourth, ludwick fifth. and i'm sure they are not happy about it in chicago. even though the cubs won they bet the reds 8-5. adrian gonzalez, if you could pick one guy before the season who would probably lead the league in walks it would be him because at least pujols and ryan howard and some of those guys -- >> rob: right. >> -- do have some major league hitters battingen hiewnd them. now if guzman is hitting. gonzalez is gone, 0-1 with a sac fly and now kouzmanoff comes up who struck out first time. the padres are a little puzzled about what's going on with adrian gonzalez hitting under .250, he hit almost .280 last year with 36 homers and 119 r.b.i.s. he is on the homer pace, no problem, but only on a pace for about 90 to 95 runs batted in. here is bud black, good pitcher he was. a very popular guy around baseball.   . >> rob: and a

you see that's the effort from albert pujols. the president very thankful there.arming it. here he is practicing. campbell. looks good here. here he is passing in the battle cages. the president missed. he talked about it with joe buck in the broadcast booth right after that pitch. >> did you have any practice before? did you forget the baseline moves for a while and put the basketball down and pick up the baseball? >> i tell you what, we did all of the practicing in the rose garden. but what is true, i'm a great baseball plan, i did not play organized baseball when i was a kid. so, i think some of these natural moves aren't so natural to me. >> all right. all right. i get it. not really his thing. i know we're having a little fun with it. some of his critics have been frankly pretty harsh about this. >> they've been pretty brutsal. as i mentioned, the jeans. let's get right to that. late night talk show host jimmy kimmel keying off on the president. let's listen. >> obama looks weird in jeans, doesn't he? he looks like my aunt linda in jeans. >> crease down the m

. >>> the nationals hope firing manager manny acta will make a change and albert pujols ready to flexis muscles tonight in the home run derby. and the wizards get set to open up sagmelelar p "ueas4 y ws :0 6onater c0"tinues. axax ( rock music playing ) this is about a new, more efficient luxury hybrid continuing to produce 70% fewer smog-forming emissions while delivering greater power. a fact not lost on the world around us. the all-new 2010 lexus rx hybrid. woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! kobak. mr. miller (announcer) everyone's heading to arby's for the official $5 combo of summer. featuring arby's new bbq bacon cheddar roastburger with curly fries and a drink for only $5. big on bbq taste, it's the $5 combo done better. >>> a look at stories making headlines tonight. >>> a female sailor found dead in her room at ft. myer. that's the military base next to arlington national cemetery. the cause of death is under investigation but a senior defense official tells nbc news there was "definitely foul play involved." >>> confirmation hearings are under way for supreme cou

albert pujols gave another reason for that nickname. we'll show you. >> he never seems to stop.ramirez -- he hopes he doesn't have to stop any more this season. he's back from a 50-game suspension. plenty more coming up from san diego. >> travis ishikawa, giants hosting houston, travis ishikawa, two runs come in to score, the depdrive to right center bounces high off the wall. bruce bochy argues, and the first replay this season at at&t park, and bounced above the railing back into the field. it was a homer. giants win big 13-0. they scored all 13 runs in the first three innings. a feat they hadn't done since july 9, 1983 in philadelphia. ryan sadoufki becomes the first pitcher to win two games -- the first two games of his career as a starter without giving up an earned run in either. >> cardinals opening up a road trip with a three-game set in cincinnati, albert pujols facing david weathers. bases loaded. you almost knew what was coming. he has been rock solid with the bases loaded this season. that put the cardinals up 4-3. they go on to win 7-4. for pujols, his fourth grand

the left-hander delivered without a pounce to albert pujols. then mr.t to the booth and explained why he wore a chicago white sox jacket. >> everybody knows i'm a white sox fan. my wife thinks i look cute in this jacket. between those two things, why not? >> great reason. it was the fifth time a president has thrown out the first pitch of an all-star game. whether we return, unveiling a major health care bill. later, a towering celebration on bastille day. >>> on the cbs morning news, here's a look at today's weather. thunderstorms will be found from the great lakes to the lower mississippi valley. it'll remain very hot from the southern plains to the california valleys. and it'll be beautiful across the northeast. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. judge sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearings resume this morning. yesterday, facing tough questioning, she repeatedly said that her personal bias does not influence her rulings. >>> and florida police say they are close to arresting an eighth suspect in the murder of a florida couple kno

louis albert pujols came up in the bottom of the fifth inning with two on and two out and lined the gameer the head of dodger center fielder matt kemp. the cards beat l.a. 3-2. >>> in boston oakland's davis cleared the bases with a three-run double off the green monster to put the a's up 5-0 in the first inning. oakland won 8-6. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and growing concern among americans on revamping health care. >>> on the kws cbs morning news" here's a look at weather. thunderstorms continue to rumble across much of the south. more storms over the ohio valley, and it's another scorcher along the northwest coast. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. a baby taken from its murdered mother's womb has been found alive. darlene haynes' body was found in her massachusetts home monday. another woman and the baby were found in new hampshire yesterday. >>> a panel of experts recommends that the first vaccinations for the h1n1 flu be given to pregnant women, health care workers and children. it will be available by fall. >>> plans to overha

he hit albert pujols on the fly. a lot of pressure there. adam jones, the lone oriole all-star. bottom of the eighth, two on, two out. the philly slugger goes down swinging. the nasty pitch from joe nathan. mariano rivera got a 1, 2, 3 given the third-straight all-star win 4-3. >>> we'll here more on the long-term deal given to terrell. plus kristin previews the second half of the season for the o's. it's all coming up at 10:50 on sports unlimited. >>> there's rain on the way. let's look at the sky watch forecast. >> we could see some showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. but today it looks pretty good out there. mainly some sunshine, just a few fair weather cumulus clouds. we'll get more clearing as we get into the overnight. sky cam can looking towards the inner harbor. a very nice afternoon, evening. 85 degrees, a few clouds scattered in the area, winds out of the south southwest at 9 and humidity levels at 40%. as far as what's going on on hd radar, back to the west a few popup showers offer the mountains of west virginia down towards charleston and south of clarks

albert pujols with the honor of catching for the commander in chief. as for the game, the n.l. up 3-2 in the fifth. but joe bower doubles to left, teeter scores. the game tied at three. the n.l. had a chance to snap a 13-year-old winless streak. brad hawpe sends one deep to left but carl crawford makes the leaping catch robbing hawpe of a possible home run. a huge play by crawford who earns the all-star mvp. american league wins 4-3 on a sac fly and picks up home field advantage in the world series. >> this being my third time coming here, it definitely feels good to win the mvp award. you know, i'm just so happy i don't know really what to say. but, you know, i just hope i can come back and try to win it again. >> one more baseball note, according to reports, phillies have agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract for pedro martin martinez. the official announcement could be made today. finally, after taking monday off, tour de france picked up with stage 10, a 120-mile track that saw competitors running without earpieces. lance armstrong not pleased with the new rule but not

louis, randy johnson giving up not one but two home runs to albert pujols. he had a solo jack in the fourth, two-run shot in the sixth. pujols came in hitting .409 against the "big unit." gets his fifth career home run off of him. carpenter, the other former cy young award winner knocked out of the game. five innings pitched, six earned runs on the day. >> the cathedral of tennis. wimbledon centre court awaits the men's quarterfinals. wimbledon day nine features the strongest, deepest field of eight ever. five grand slam champs, four former number ones. great matchups. >> there are. starting off with hewitt and roddick, should be a real, real contest. both know each other well. roddick has dominated recently, won the last four. i love the way roddick played in the win over berdych. hewitt has that look in his eye again. it could go the distance. >> it could. hewitt is one of the best competitors. but roddick is serving well. he'll get free points. i think because he is fitter, faster, he will able to scramble in the base line rallies. expect this would be to

i i albert pujols has been ridiculous. >> bob: he is on another planet. >> rob: he is like michael jordann that space jam. but hanley ramirez started so slow he was scuffling last time we saw him but he has been on fire ever since. last 10 games, 22 rbis, 33 in the month of june. >> bob: rob, the thing i noticed about him in the series, when he gets a chance to just hit a ground ball for a base hit, he does, it up the middle right field. bonifacio took it away. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe th

next batter, albert pujols. runners on first and second. he rakes one to center. matt kemp comes in. ball sails over his head. julio lugo scores. the cards take it. 3-2, is your final. >>> john chamberlain on the bump for the yankees against the race. novarro, a rocket. mark teixeira, it's in the glove. five ks. no earned runs allowed in eight innings of work. teixeira going deep, top nine. his 26th home run of the year. the yankees win it. your final, 6-2. >>> and now, let's go back to jeremy and vinita, in the studio. >>> well, golfers may be hard-pressed to find a caddie who doesn't critique their swing. but not in north carolina. >> that's because the caddies are llamas. and they can carry clubs just as welz as any human. llamas are known to be very docile, very friendly. the entrepreneur who rents them out says, with a little training, they make ideal caddies. >> can they tell you what club to use? >> i doubt it. >>> now, a dog in portland, oregon. >> jennie the pug pushes her stroller around. looks like jenny as a bright future ahead of her, as well. the fam

albert pujols, the logical crowd favorite. eliminateded in the second round. despite his early departure, the crowd still witnessing a great show. in fact, they had to love this shot by milwaukee's prince fielder. the ball sails 503 feet. the longest of the night. fielder advancing to the finals against rangers' nelson cruz. the texas outfielder hitting five home runs in the last round. fielder surpasses that with ease. the brewers' first baseman sends the winning homer deep to center. at the age of 25, fielder captures his first home run derby crowd, leading all hitters with twoe bombs. >>> roy hal day and tim lincecum will be tonight's starters. the national league has not won since '96. but the players know it's all about having a good time. >> it's a tremendous honor to be among some of the best players in the game. something to have a good time with and i enjoy. i try to learn as much as i can while i'm here. >> the game is the most fun for all of us. things are hectic early on. once you get here, you have the media. you have to work out. you have the par

the left-hander delivered without a pounce to albert pujols. then mr.t to the booth and explained why he wore a chicago white sox jacket. >> everybody knows i'm a white sox fan. my wife thinks i look cute in this jacket. between those two things, why not? >> great reason. it was the fifth time a president has thrown out the first pitch of an all-star game. whether we return, unveiling a major health care bill. later, a towering celebration on bastille day. don't say that. that's not true. left-handed people are a little bit more creative. [laughter] i'm gonna say nothing. [telephone ringing] mom: you left-handed people are smart. they are, mom! do we have to eat that? dad, do you want me to get the phone? mom: no. announcer: if you're ignoring your mortgage issues, things will only get worse. call 1-888-995-hope. because nothing is worse than doing nothing. >>> on the cbs morning news, here's a look at today's weather. thunderstorms will be found from the great lakes to the lower mississippi valley. it'll remain very hot from the southern plains to the

albert pujols, the machine, has not one but two home runs.has five career home runs off of randy johnson. his 30th career multi-home run game. elsewhere, the brewers are beating the mets 6-2 in the bottom of the seventh. santana, you see his numbers, he was knocked out of the game, 6 innings pitched, 9 hits, 5 earned runs and four ks. prince fielder, home run in the seventh, three home runs in the last six games. >> our cy young parade continues. john smoltz won the award with the braves in 1996. tonight smoltz making the second start for the red sox. boston looking to beat the orioles for the ninth straight time. last thursday, smoltz allowed four runs in a 3 who-pitch first inning, took the loss a 9-3 defeat in washington. so smoltz, only goes four innings, despite all that run support. he had a long rain delay in baltimore. red sox up by a score of 10-1. and cliff lee got banged around by the indians, gave up four first inning runs, three innings pitched for lee, the shortest start since may 29 of 2006. twins, justin morneau with a home ru

we have late word a white house source tells john the president will warm up with albert pujols before tomorrow's game. that's not bad in and of itself. that's "world news" for this monday i'm charlie gibson. hope you had a good day for all monday i'm charlie gibson. hope you had a good day for all of us have a good night. captions by vitac

louis cardinals star albert pujols helped him out to scoop the toss. last night the president met or adam jones, joe madden, derek jeter and ryan howard before the game in the locker room. the american league took the victory 4-3. >>> as for the game played in two hours and 31 minutes, it came down to the catch from tampa bay's carl crawford. in the eighth after a triple from curtis granderson it turned out that our adam jones sends the fly to the right. for the winning run. and again, american league wins 4-3 >>> turns out in maryland you can dive further into debt, even after your dead. huh? anyone who rents a home should be aware of this. as investigator joce sterman reports a rental contract lives on in maryland even when you don't. >> reporter: at 94 years old erna ann still had the vibrant smile of a teen and was nearly as active. >> she organized social events, card groups. she went to the pool daily. >> reporter: and her granddaughter karen says she was a model tenant in the baltimore county complex she lived in for nearly 20 years. when she pa

we have late word a white house source tells john the president will warm up with albert pujols before tomorrow's game. that's not bad in and of itself. that's "world news" for this monday i'm charlie gibson. hope you had a good day for all monday i'm charlie gibson. hope you had a good day for all of us have a good night. captions by vitac they think, "oh, i want to lower my costs." we do what we call an "on your side review" and we can consult with them about how they can do things to save money by taking advantage of discounts. we try to save them money, i mean, we really do. get the "on your side review" and save call nationwide insurance today. my name is sandy garza and i'm on your side. this is "jeopardy!"

if albert pujols doesn't strike out, that thing is bouncing. so i like president obama. i'm a fan.ut the film never lies. he would have bounced that thing. >> yeah, he was just happy to make it. >> just get it there. i know. >> he said he practiced in the rose garden. >> yeah, well. >> it showed! >> 65,000 watching. [ laughter ] >> all right. we'll be right back. >>> i'm megan pringle. all the news that happened while you were sleeping, plus up-to-the-minute weather and traffic. that's ahead tomorrow on "good morning maryland." we'll see you thursday morn. kim pruett, salina, kansas. zipline-- terrifying. my husband, robert, robert made me come. he dragged me up here. i'm scared. i don't want to take my feet off the platform. hey, this isn't bad! you look down and you're like, ooh that's a lot farther than i thought it was going to be. well that wasn't bad at all, that was fun. >>> more clouds and sun tomorrow, and possibly a few scattered showers. best chance of rain, though, is saturday. >> all right. thanks. that's all for us tonight. thank you for watching. remember, you can fo

the national league will be represented by ryan howard, albert pujols, prince fielder and adrian gonzagal first basemen. >>> tony is back to work this week. the towson lacrosse coach is running a summer camp for kids ages 6 to 16. some of his towson players are helping coach. seeman is hoping the kids learn something new every day. >> ultimately they're doing something that maybe somebody on their team is note doing right now and not getting better or improving their skills. and hopefully they're going to be a little better in whatever league or level they play at when they walk out of here. >> nice touch there by tony seeman. but i am still having a hard time -- >> steve mcnair. >> it's shocking to me to think she dead. >> people loved him here. >> loved him everywhere. great in the community. you never whoa what happens in people's personal lives. a sad story. >> very sad, and many questions still remain. >>> but to tony seeman's camp, there are many camps this summer around town. here is another one, very different, but one that will be familiar to you. 7th grade freres sisters academ

the pitch didn't quite make it to the plate, but albert pujols reaches out and grabs it. it doesn't bounce. it doesn't hit the ground and everybody is happy. >> i gotta think that it got, as much as an athlete as barack obama. the guy plays hoop, doesn't throw like a girl. with all respect to you, ladies. on a beautiful warm light, he has to be pulling up a bulletproof vest with a sox jacket. he was on the broadcast, the mccarver and buck later on, had a jacket open and a shirt on underneath it. you'd have to assume. first president since gerald ford to throw out the pitch at an all-star game. went down, 0-and-2 in the count. kept bailing off pitches close to the plate. trove to the opposite field. comes. in adam jones a hero. >>> let's look at the forecast for the day. high of 89 degrees. sunny, 89 today. kind of a humid afternoon. low 60s. now you're smiling, what's up? >> when chris vermin does the highlight on adam jones, is he going to say "and along came jones?" [laughter] >> going to say back back back back back. >> it was the coasters wasn't it? >> unbelievable, w

albert pujols 34, but nobody else has more than 25. >> rob: albert's in his own club. >> bob: they had him leaning. he'll get another talking to from his manager if he gets picked off down seven runs. nice to show off the speed and be aggressive, but you could -- you get picked off, that's just as dumb as what you did the first time. >> rob: that was tight. that was very close. >> bob: it was. >> rob: and i'm sure that jim riggleman has told all the pitchers, especially after they did the fielding practice today, about holding runners on, too. >> bob: nicely done. >> rob: like you said, you shouldn't even have to remind players at this level to do certain things, keeping them close is one. but that's a great curveball. >> bob: gonzalez bounced out to second first time up. only kouzmanoff has hit into more double plays. kouzmanoff 16, gonzalez a dozen.   >> bob: and that's low, 2-2. and we've got a 1500 umpires that are pretty hacked off right now. >> rob: i don't know what wally bell's thinking there. with sitting around for three hours waiting to restart.

albert pujols saved him with the launch forward. he said it was a huge thrill. >> i think major league baseball and the cardinals for giving me the opportunity -- i think major league baseball and the cartels for giving me the opportunity. that is one of my best experiences. >> after the ceremonial first pitch, the president joined joe buck and tim mccarver and the broadcast booth, and then he took a shot at the washington nationals. >> what is interesting about baseball this year is that there is a lot of parity, which is terrific, because that means everybody around the country has hope for their team, with maybe the exception of the nationals. >> come on, mr. obama, we have hope. i am telling you, the team will be good. >> he lives here in washington. they have to do what they can to get him to wear a nationals jacket. >> he is a white sox fan. >> big ups to the president. >> i don't know about big ups. >>> coming up -- you have to pay up, so why don't they? >> some say there is a double [ sniffs ] an olive. [ sniffs ] green, wit

when i saw the kids meet albert pujols, and awe awe-struck they were to meet him, was ten-times worseing to him. i held the ball out with a shaky hand. i went, that was it. that's the 1 person i wanted to meet for 12 years. and i didn't say a a word to hi. >> an honest answer. and i was hoping you'd lie to make ty feel better. >> i love you, ty. >> melissa, you did a great job. thanks for doing this for us. >> thank you. >>> it's 47 minutes past the hour now. when we come back, we'll give you some tips to make the new swiffer sweeper cleans so completely... you'll never go back to your old broom again. and now a song for mary... from a mr. broom. ♪ don't you want me, baby ♪ don't you want me, ohhhh new swiffer sweeper is redesigned... to clean deeper into corners. dry cloths trap and lock 50% more dirt, dust and hair than a broom... with a new dirt grabbing texture. the all new swiffer sweeper... cleans better or your money back, guaranteed. >>> well. summer is here. and now is the best time to search for deals at flea markets and yard sales and garage sales and tag sales. it's a grea

when i saw the kids meet albert pujols, and awe awe-struck they were to meet him, was ten-times worseing to him. i held the ball out with a shaky hand. i went, that was it. that's the 1 person i wanted to meet for 12 years. and i didn't say a word to him. >> an honest answer. and i was hoping you'd lie to make ty feel better. >> i love you, ty. >> melissa, you did a great job. thanks for doing this for us. >> thank you. >>> it's 47 minutes past the hour hour (female narrator) from jennifer: a microfiber sofa bed for just $299, only at jennifer. $299. jennifer: the only place to buy a sofa bed. >>> well. summer is here. and now is the best time to search for deals at flea markets and yard sales and garage sales and tag sales. it's a great way for the family to have some fun. we're joined by sarah gray miller, editor in chief of "country living" magazine. and she's going to show us how to transform flea market finds. sarah great. you're from mississippi. we have mississippi covered here. >> the first one is show up late. most people will tell you to get there early for the best selectio

how important is it for baseball that a guy like albert pujols stays clean??s important that all of our players are clean, darren, and i think our fans recognize what commissioner selig has done to clean up the game. in 2003 when we did the survey testing, over 100 positive tests. now we're down to one or two a year. and so the commissioner continues to fund research to find the components, albert pujols is a wonderful role model and has been phenomenal throughout the process here in st. louis. we salute him for all he's done. >> thanks for joining us this morning. have fun tonight. >> thank you so much. sorry you're not here. >> darren, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> by the way, we've been telling you about this earnings news. johnson & johnson is the other big report of the morning. mike huckman is monitoring the health and consumer products giants from the earning conference call desk. he'll be checking in with us on any developments as they happen. it looks like he's busy listening and typing. >> or taking catalogue order. >> 411, information,

louis slugger albert pujols took center stage. pujols got a little help from the hometown fans, but it wasn't enough to get him into the finals. milwaukee's prince fielder outslugged enfor the home run title. the wi80th mlb all-star game is tonight. >>> tonight, the wizards open up a five-game summer league schedule in las vegas. 12 players, including nick young, say it's a chance to make a big impression on new head coach flip saunders. >>> that's your sports minute. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> another d.c. power player will be on the field during tonight's mlb all-star game. president barack obama will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. he'll also make a brief appearance in the broadcast booth. >> 5:21 is the time just about. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein up in storm center 4. good morning. >> good morning, stephanie -- excuse me. kimberly and joe. look at that moon. we've got a beautiful half moon in the southern sky. live picture this morning. it's smi

the most popular player at this part of the game is cardinals slugger, albert pujols. stadium is where they gather. and it's where adam jones of the orioles is taking in his first all-star game, among his temporary new teammates. he took in the home run derby last night. just his second full season in the big leagues. adam jones, with a highlight reel of catches. as a member of the visiting team, adam tells me he's especially proud to be wearing the baltimore jersey. >> i'm here to be representing the franchise, the team. by saying baltimore, i think it represents every baltimore fan in the city of baltimore. you know, so i'm pretty excited about that. >> he understands the responsibility that comes along with what he's doing and who he is and what he is. and being the center fielder here in baltimore. and what he represents. >> at age 23. i'm pretty happy. i didn't think i'd go this early. and hopefully it to can be the first of many. >>> jones reached an all-star break. 12 home runs, second only to luke scott. o's next game, friday at chicago. >>> american league unb

birds have been seeking a big bat in the regular lineup to -- lineup cocompliment super slugger albert pujols>>> coming up at 6:00, among other things, the ravens have signed up veteran wide receiver to help make up that void for an undecided derrick mason to the wide receiver position. we'll tell you who during eyewitness sports at 6:00. >>> of course, derek still trying to make up his mind whether or not he want toss unretire when he comes back. and i've got a feeling, now that he is being talked to and entertaining. the ravens -- >> they don't want him. >>> thanks a lot. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. >>> i'm alex demetrick, in washington county, where a helicopter goes down and kills four people in the middle of an interstate. that story as eyewitness news >>> coming up now on eyewitness news at 6:00. what went wrong. people killed in a helicopter crash. >>> a last-ditch effort to save towson catholic high school from closing. i'm jessica kartalija, here at circuit court in towson. the latest on the meeting and what they hold for the school the latest coming up in a liv

talk about respect, albert pujols got 650 votes from other players.e most with 670 peer votes. >> well, they know who is having the best year. >> jason by got 570. those are your peers voting you for. that's very impressive. >> bob: adam dunn 9 for 25 comein' coming into the game. he gets ahold of one, he'll be one of the few guys that's put one in the upper deck here. larry walker was the first hitter ever to go upper deck right field here, and that was -- >> rob: former montreal expo, by the way. >> bob: oh, yeah, yeah. >> rob: another one they traded away. new and this ballpark had been opened to for a couple of years before that happened. >> rob: there's the mile high line. >> bob: one row of purple 0úú seats actly one mile above sea level. >> rob  remember when i torun, i would try to run -@rou uhe back of mile h stdium, go up the ramps, that would go around the stadium, and by the time you got to the top, boy, it was the toughest think i've ever done. suck the wind right out of you. >> bob: target in -, ad a breaking ball

albert pujols is aurguably baseball's best player, he has influence over president obama. well, a little. jols will be on the receiving end of president obama's first pitch at tonight's all-star game in the saint louis -- and the st. louis slugger has advice for the president. >> i was going to tell him, throw as high as you can and make an arch. >> it appears the president got the message. >> i wanted to loosen up my arm a bit and keep it high. >> make sure you don't bounce it. may motorcycle give you a little boo or -- might give you a little boo or something. >> reporter: the all-star game will be a reunion or sorts for derek jeter . this will be the first on the field meeting between jeter and joe torre. >> it will be awkward to see him. >> it will be awkward because it's the first time i will see him, you know, he's doing a great job. >> and torre, he stays in touch with jeter and regularly watches yankees games. >> i watch them on tv. here in the west coast, you get games at 4:00 and watch a lot of baseball before you play your games. >> as you would suspect, securit

albert pujols of the cardinals going into yesterday. he had 32 home runs. >> yes he did. >> at the all-star break. >> keep that in mind. he is on a 64 home run trek. >> reporter: exactly. >> and more importantly, steroid-free. >> reporter: excellent point right there. >> yeah, for sure. >> reporter: all right. >> all right. >> reporter: we got a great group this morning and a buhl morning fells point. it is manic monday. yes it is. you know it. you love it. we will welcome to the microphones these young ladies, the charm city roller girls! yeah! when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. >>> coming up on a quarter past 6:00. marty. >> a few cloud in the area and i will show you in a second clouds and showers. 65 on tv hill. 72% humidity. winds calm and barometer at 29.92 and holding where it is. through the overnight we have showers passed down to the south right through southern maryland. and just skirting the delmarva. those high clouds we are looking at as we are now seeing the very end of this -- of this overnight weather if

the southpaw president delivered it a little bit short of the plate but all-star albert pujols steppedd a special pat on the back from the president. >> you know, tamron i'm impressed with your pronounciation of pujols. >> if i told you what the writer put as the pronunciation, albert would personally come and rough me up. >> i thought it was just because you know so much about baseball. >> it's america's pasttime. >> the all-star game was also the focus of the question for sonia sotomayor today. from minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar, watch. >> all these guys been asking about your baseball catch and talking about judges as umpires. did you have a chance to watch the all-star game last night? because most of america didn't watch the replay of your hearing. they might have been watching it. >> i haven't seen television for a very long time, i will admit that i turned it on for a little while. >> because i will say and maybe you didn't turn it on on this moment, but your yankee, derek jeter tied it up. you must know that he scored only because there was a hit by joe mauer of th

last night busch stadium hosted the annual home run derby, and the cardinals' albert pujols didn't makest the second round. he hit 11 home run falling in the semifinals. st. louis native ryan howard also didn't get past the second round. the phillies' slugger had 15 home runs, but that wasn't enough. in the final round it was milwaukee's prince fielder against nelson cruz of texas. fielder won 6-5 with the winning blast hit deep center. >>> baseball fan here at home were r still talking about manny acta. the team fired him monday. ryan zimmerman spoke about that. >> i think the manager is a lot of times the scapegoat. you know, he can't go out and play for us. a lot of the stuff this year has been the players. not playing up to their capabilities i think. and he's kind of taken the fall for it. you know, unfortunately this is what it takes to open some people's eyes. >> bench coach jim riggleman takes over the team. he went to richard montgomery high school in rockville and attended frostburg state. he inherits a team with a 26 -61 record. >>> it is 6:25. ahead, what the feds want metro

bush territory, but with the help of albert pujols behind the plate, acheeing the most important goal -- not throwing a duster. i know, i threw one once in a aa game up in connecticut and have made a point of not repeating the humiliation. the president did baseball chatter in the announcer's booth last night giving a shoutout to his home team, the chicago white sox. >> tell us about wearing the jacket. mark buehrle said that you said you were going to wear the white sox jacket and he thought you were kidding. >> listen, everybody knows i'm a white sox fan and my wife thinks i look cute in this jacket and my wife thinks i look cute in this jacket, so between those two things, why not? >> well, the president signed one. that's the american league, home of the white sox which beat the national league 4-3 during last night's game. now for tonight's big number, definitely the biggest number in "hardball" history. the story starts out simple. a guy in history, josh muszynski, used his debit card to buy a pack of cigarettes. a few hours later he checked his account online. how much did his

albert pujols picked up the shorter flow but enough about that witch. to know why are you wearing the white sox jacket. >> everybody knows i'm a white sox fan and my wife thinks i look cute in this jacket so between those two things, why not? >> why not? >> all right. later on, the president shared his opinion about the nats. >> i really enjoyed that interview. it was just great to see the president. went into the clubhouse an shook hands with every single player there. a lot of players said that to them was the highlight. >> it is also refreshing and we were talking about this earlier, having a president or any politician for that matter who clearly has his favorite teams and what have you because they don't want to upset anybody. we all have our favorite teams. >> we'll hear what they had to say about the nationals. one of the people did call hum out and say you're trying to give a politically correct we are. >> it was neat to see him sitting up there. >> not a bad throw. we've seen some prettier rant throw presidents. >>> , we are going to do the wea

got the sign from albert pujols from the cardinals, the wind and the delivery, the lefty -- >> and? it to the glove. we didn't see it, i don't want to be critical, but we could've had a little bit of camera work, just my opinion. and then afterward, we see him he pumps the fist. i don't know if we have that shot there. it's interesting to watch him in the locker room beforehand talking to some greats. i've had a chance to cover an all-star game and for the all stars to be star struck was something to see. jeter said he was a long time fan. one oriole asked him, you're a lefty and the president said if i did i wouldn't run for president. he was having some fun and the players were, obviously, as well. you see him shaking hands. >> okay. >> here comes the pump of the fist right here. >> so that was the arm in slow-mo. you know about this stuff, mike, does he have a good arm? >> not bad. not a lot of heat, but he threw a strike so we'll give him a thumb's up. >> cool video. mike galanos with us tonight, thanks very much for at

. >> he lobbed the ball toward home plate where albert pujols reached taught catch it.ust wanted to keep it from bouncing. >> the ball will probably be worth a lot of money someday. a baltimore man is paying close attention >> he's put together a collection of baseball memorabilia. espn mark swartz shows us why. e's some of the most valuable pieces of america's national pastime. his downtown baltimore penthouse is a veritable museum of memorabilia. he has george brett's jersey from the pine tar game. >> he's out! look at this! >> reporter: and just so happens to have the can. the lineup card from the night cal ripken broke lou gehrig's consecutive game streak. and the heart wrenching letters the original ireman wrote to his doctors about his failing health. streak. plus an original love letter from marilyn monroe to joe dimaggio, along with the wallet in which the yankee clipper kept it. but the 47-year-old owner of a general contracting firm says his most prized possession is the one of a kind collection it's taken him nearly two decades to create. >> i have everybody