anderson as a pinch hitter, 222- for-5. when he plays, it's usually a starting role. that's a breaking ball in there. started outside, came right back in on the inner half. >> rob: see the movement of this side winder curve ball right here. all right. now, you have to be protecting. >> bob: the swing, close enough, based on the strike 3 called to adam dunn. the nationals leave two. they stranded 5. oh, yeah, extra innings again. p it's on. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. . >> bob: top of the 10th inning. toronto blue jays are 4-4 in extra inning games and nats are 1-8 after last my. because he threw only nine pitches in the 9th, no problem for him coming back out in the 10th. >> rob: and jesus colome, because he pitched so well, they did not have to use mike macdougal. and if it goes late, that puts pressure on cito gaston. >> bob: baltimore got 3 in philadelphia in the 9th to make it 6-5. and josh beckett polished a five-hitter against derek lowe

here is anderson hernandez batting .263 overall. tallet cannot wait to get this inning over with so he can step in for his third career at-bat here leading off the third. with everything rolled together in interleague, rob, it was so embarrassing the way the american league pitchers kept out hitting the guys in our league the last couple of years. at least now the national leaguers have the lead in that department. >> bob: maybe they're working hard for -- >> rob: maybe they're work hard for those interleague at-bats. i know when we were in tampa bay -- i was watching the tampa bay hitters take batting practice. i thought a little strange. they're taking batting practice at home. usually you do it on the road. i thought they have interleague coming up they have against us. once thence -- once they have to go to a national league park, they have to hit. they'll hit this weekend. i think they're playing the mets, aren't they? >> bob: that sounds right and the red sox will be hitting -- their pitchers will be hitting here next tuesday,

chugging back to first, anderson hernandez, one away.tomorrow the red sox will be here at orioles park beginning a three game series with the birds, tickets still available. they start as low as $15. always a lot of atmosphere here. jon lester is on the mound tomorrow for boston. >> rob: come out and beat back that red sox nation. >> jim p.: second best record in baseball. only the dodgers with a better winning percentage. >> rob: their fans travel well. they show up and bring their orange and black. >> jim p.: which is terrific. >> rob: i thanked them on twitter. i said, thanks for coming up, they set attendance records in d.c. three straight days. very nice. >> jim p.: the red sox set the benchmark i think to me for all major league teams, because they set the standard. it's a good way to judge, good yard stoic judge your own ball club. now, to do that of course, this 0-4 has got to stop. >> rob: you've got to beat the club. >> jim h.: they have that dreaded series. the 11 am game on monday morning. willie harris grounded out his first

you can see matt wieters throw out anderson hernandez.as to slide out to the right-handed batter's box. then in the fifth inning, the pitch is a little lower, same result though. perfect throw to second base. tagged a little off by ty wigginton in the fifth. i think we've shown today that matt wieters is doing an exceptional job getting away from the left-handed hitter, getting out and throwing the ball to second base. >> bob: top of the 7th. willie harris, been a pretty good lead-off man today. good defense in center field as usual. a fastball by ray who has come out and is looking very sharp. he struck out nieves looking on three and he's been locating well. so five consecutive strikes here. >> jim p.: when you pitch an inning and 2/3 and give up five runs and seven hits, dave trembley talked about it, i watched the game, but the velocity was 96. he just made one real bad pitch. but they brought him out for the second inning after, and that just was a little too much. again, they were way behind in the ballgame. but this was a guy that

anderson hernandez 2 for 3 tonight.it's a pretty good muscle for a guy who bunted for a base hit first time. >> rob: you're going to see him try to roll this curveball over. he hangs it in the zone. you're swinging hard early in the count. connects for a double. top off the order guzman. >> rob: remember he tried to do basically a slap hit, like a hockey slap shot and failed. but i like the idea. >> bob: you cocall that three quality at-bats tonight. >> rob: absolutely. having an idea, having a great approach. watch -- i watch rick work with these guys every day. he wants them to have the same approach when they go up but get a productive out. you can't put it in play, you can't get a base hit. that's wh >> bob: guzman will have to walk that one off. left-hander randy choate throwing for the rays. they have five different relievers in their bullpen who have saves. >> rob: a lball off your instep. that was off sh. i had a pitching coach that would rip ground balls back at us when we were on mod, we'd call those shin

anderson hernandez has been fantastic tonight. tried to slap a hit by the pitcher. knowing what your role is will definitely help this organization move forward. >> bob: corey put all those things together for baltimore back in 06 when he hit .276 and it 45 stolen bases. and he still hit 16 home runs. jason isringhausen totally lost the handle on that ball and he's hurt himself. he just told them in the dugout to come and get him and i don't know what happened, maybe with his hand there. but something is very wrong. >> rob: i think it's his elbow. >> bob: he is right off the mound here with the count of 1- 2. now the rays will have to warm up somebody, and this could take a while. >> rob: you're going to watch the ball take a right turn here when it leaves his hand. means it's the arm. immediately he calls the team out. you never want to see anybody get injured out here. >> bob: lance cormier will get up. they'll just bring him right out to the mound and we'll just see how long it takes him to get ready. >> rob: after an injury you get as many warmups as you want, b

anderson hernandez, 1-for-2 with a base hit to left. dan wheeler throwing. >> rob: dan wheeler played with houston, atlanta. now helped them go to the world series. >> bob: this is a bullpen by committee. randy cate, howell, the lefty had two. troy percival had 6 early. that's a fastball outside. 2-2. on the field here in st. pete. >> rob: talking about public health care, i'm sure, nuclear problems in north korea. >> bob: anderson hernandez hits it off the end of the bat and pops it up. serious bullpen questions. they will solve all of our problems down there, i promise you. ♪ ♪ 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. . >> bob: how is your fi start at the major league level going right now? i i will craig stammen has been amazing, again

anderson hernandez used to play in queens, but when the nats went to the bronx, he had a really niceies. >> rob: yeah, he had that three- run home run off c.c. sabathia that almost got the nationals a win in game one of the series. he was treemd yuls in a fill-in role. ronnie belliard, late scratch yesterday. check out the defense there. >> bob: one of the two double plays mcdougal made for saves. >> rob: tremendous eferts effort by our players. >> bob: anderson hernandez, a runner with speed. it's a left-handed pitcher. willie harris has stolen four bases in career -- this year without being caught. he swiped 13-16 for the nationals last year. pitcher's spot due next. there's a pinch-hitter they're the -- near the on-deck circle. willie started then stopped. ball one to hernandez who walked and been in -- rather singled tonight. there's austin kearns. rick eckstein told me austin kearns is so close to getting hits. he's really pleased with some of his at-bats this past road trip. he hit that ball last night 405 feet that brent gardener caught up against the wall injuring himself. so

anderson with great speed from that left side of the box. brings did nothing wrong there on the fielder's choice. >> rob: we saw the takeout yesterday by gonzalez helping us to win the ballgame. right now, great hustle down the line. >> bob: one more exclamation point on the longoria story, they signed themh tim to 17.5 six-year deal which could be world -- that 17.5, that's an area that many feel that the nationals and scott boras may end up in, at least in that neighborhood between 15 and 20 million for stephen strasburg, not 40 or 50. >> i don't know how you can equate a guy who throws once every five days to a kid that plays a gold glove third base and wins rookie of the year and did what he did for his ball club last year and say, my guy's better than that. he is a pitcher. >> bob: agreed. >> rob: you can't compare an everyday guy to a pitcher and can't athat one out of -- can't say that one out of every five day player is better than an everyday player. >> bob: you can, you are an agents. you can spin it anywhere you want. cristian guz

anderson, please accept our thanks for coming here this afternoon. you deserve a round of applause. [applause] >> martin anderson was formerly an economic policy adviser in the reagan administration. he is currently a fellow at the hoover institution and co-author with annelise anderson of reagan's path to victory, reagan in his own hand and reagan:a life in lenders. annelise anderson was an adviser to the presidential campaign of president reagan and soviet director of president reagan's office of management and budget and is a fellow at the hoover institution. the ronald reagan presidential library in california hosted this event. for more information, visit reaganlibrary.com. >> book expo america in new york city, 2009, publisher of basic books, what does a publisher do? >> the publisher is the title i have. i run the imprint of basic books, we have editorial marketing and publicity, design, and the final decision on things, i say a lot of yes or no. >> what do you say yes or no to? >> whether we are going to acquire a book, how much we're going to pay for it, what resources we p

zimmerman, that that was across the bag for anderson hernandez.acrifice, 5-4. >> rob: remember earlier in the year when it went right by him. ryan zimmerman comes in, throws it quickly, gets away from him, starts to run and tail on anderson. he comes across the bag, which if this was a bang-bang play, he might be taking anderson out of here on a gurney, but thankfully it wasn't. >> bob: that ball barely missed the runner. here's bonifacio. they've got great speed. they could squeeze a run home here even with the infield in. that's how fast these two guys are. bonifacio swinging at a pitch away and fouling it straight back. he is hard to strike out, or at least he should be. his numbers this year indicate otherwise, as rob mentioned earlier, more strikeouts. 64, than anybody on the marlins. so unless he gets himself out of control here, he should put the ball in play. and you have to play the infield in. that's good fastball, outside corner. that's one of the best fastballs ron villone's thrown this year. >> rob: looked even harder with the good of

anderson hitting at .266 but he's only 6 for his last 29. 3 for 4 with an rbi yesterday.ball around camden yards. nolasco buried it on him. ricky never looked at the runner going to third. willingham is over there with two outs. >> rob: that's severe damage. >> bob: look at the bat. >> rob: it sheared all the way up the center to the top. this is when a guy's getting in your kitchen. and the bat comes up to ricky nolasco. he takes it, throws it to first base. >> bob: maybe that's why ricky didn't bother looking at the runner. he had to worry about the ball and the bat. here is wil nieves. >> rob: i'm sure anderson's hands kind of reverb rated after that hit. they'll be numb a little bit. >> bob: breaking ball away. if it gets by the mound, there's a chance. nieves is safe and the nationals pick up a two out run. it was do or die for uggla with the glove. and the nats get a break on an infield chopper, 2-0. >> rob: we saw this happen to us up in baltimore. they were going over the infield. this one, perfect. >> bob: wil has good speed for a catcher. >> rob: and he's gettin

watch how he just gets up, doesn't try to shake off the mask, just throw it, great tag by anderson hernandez, right down on the bag. >> bob: two outs, bonifacio shows bunt once again. >> rob: they teach catchers to throw from the ear. you don't reach behind you like a pitcher. you have to come right up to your ear and just fire. as quick motion as you can possibly do. olsen got him the ball really

that's an anderson hernandez, he can go both ways, offense, defense. >> and these days for the nats, you don't have a veteran pitching staff, so you're not sure when you come to the ballpark every day what exactly is going to happen. ross detweiller tomorrow. i guess we'll wait and see and see how things shape up tomorrow afternoon. >> enjoy that concert. we'll see you guys tomorrow. >> o. yeah. we're rappers, baby. >> i understand that. ludacris getting set to perform. that's can the game started tonight at 6:00. because of a concert later on. that's why we couldn't pick up the game until after 7:00. >> that might be why their attendance doubled tonight. >> one thing i think we do know, is these guys have terrific talent and terrific potential, and it is going to take a little time to finally get where every time they step on the mound it's going to be a successful outing. >> well, you don't have success unless the other part of the equation cooperates. that's defense and hitting. i couldn't be more happy than i am about the way that our young pitchers have pitched. especially the l

>> martin anderson was formerly a policy advisor in the reagan administration. he's currently a fellow at the hoover institution and co-author with annelis anderson of reagan's path to victory. reagan in his own hand and reagan a life in letters. annelise anderson was a reagan advisor to the presidential campaign and a director of president reagan's office of management and budget. she's currently a fellow at the hoover institution. the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, hosted this event. for more information, visit reaganlibrary.com. ♪ >> this summer, book tv is asking, what are you reading? >> what are you reading this summer? >> well, elmore leonard has a new novel out and george pelecanos has a new novel out so i'm reading some new novels. i'm listening on recorded books driving over here and will listen going back to the history of jacksonion called waking giant. >> there's predictions books might go the way of news and that is all digital. >> well, the kindles are out there. i tend to like a great thump and a feel of a book in my hand

[applause] >> martin anderson was formerly an economic policy adviser in the reagan adminstration isrently a fellow at the hoover institution and co-author with annelise anderson of "reagan's path to victory," reagan in his own hand in "reagan, a life in letters." annelise anderson was a senior policy adviser to the reagan presidential campaign and a cizik director of president reagan's office of management and budget. she is currently a fellow at the hoover institution. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. for more information visit reagan library.com. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> i and several books, that i am reading and i intend to read over the next several weeks. but, right now i am just about completed with with wings of eagles i michael korda, which is the battle of britain actually from both sides of the english channel, the raf on one hand and the german lufafa on the other en

a sweet stroke by anderson right back up the middle.really hard, he's out at the plate. wieters drops the ball as adam jones threw a seed there. don't throw it. fastball moving right back to the middle of the plate. see ya. for his fourth home run of the year. he has that short, quick stroke. >> third home run the last nine games for willie, too. hard to keep him off the bases. >> when he gets it rolling. we saw that last year. a guy that had maybe four home runs in his career, ends up hitting 14. >> you got to keep him in the lead, at the lead-off numbers he's got today. willingham, we talked about in our pregame show, goes 3 for 4, anderson hernandez goes 3 for 4 in this win. >> i'm not managing and i didn't have that much success when i did, but i do know this. he is our best centerfielder, we're only going to be as good as our defense is with these young pitchers. he makes us better defensively. leading off he can fill a base, he can swing a bat. he has some pop. he has a better on-base percentage than guzman when you look at compar

anderson and he takes a fastball up and in. coming into this inning, brad bergesen, 70 pitches in four innings of work. he has stopped washington. one run on four hits. neither of the walks has hurt him. and hernandez went down and golfed that breaking ball and a very good play by aubrey huff. that is not the first time aubrey huff has splashed the leather against the national this is year. a very underrated iman. >> jim: we saw him mostly at third last year. i thought he played third well. plenty of time here, get in important of it and there are the soft hands. big glove. >> rob: and he got his body in important of it and he is going to take some pain. he knows he has time to make the play. >> bob: here is christian guzman. bergesen has retired him twice which not many have done. he has had at least two hits in 7-8 games. he'll be oh-fer three now on an easy ground ball to roberts. >> rob: he just got a couple more runs. he has the lead. and he will throw a big goose egg up there. >> jim: one of the shut down innings they tal

do you remember anderson? >> rob: he was their top pick. >> jim: he threw a fastball so late, he looked like he was 50 years old. the next pitch he hit it up -- it it in the upper deck. were you surprised? oh, no, after he got that fastball by me, if he throws his curve ball, his pitching coach is all over them. i had to prove to him i could catch up to it. i was stunned. >> jim: when you throw 103 metropolitan like matt anderson, you're always hitting off of the fastball. you threw that hard. you were thereupon in the 100- mile-per-hour zone. >> rob: but how many hitters would try to set you up? >> jim: 3-2 runner goes and the swing and a miss as adam dunn goes down. the one-out hit. bob carpenter joins the gang. we'll eel see you later agood one, 1-1 game! ♪ once you've dealt with the things that come between you... don't let erectile dysfunction get in the way. ♪ viva ♪ viagra! viagra...america's most prescribed ed treatment... can help you enjoy a more satisfying sexual experience. to learn more, spend som

anderson hernandez is in a very interesting position. if you threw a line to home plate to him, 2 wouldn't miss nick johnson by much. there is still a wide gap between hernandez and cristian guzman. he was all locked up there and that's strike 2. ron villone, total deception. and way ahead in the count. pretty good success against ron villone, .333. ron must have hung him a breaking ball somewhere. >> rob: much like aubrey huff. aubrey huff has his number. he tried to get him out with a breaking ball, cutter, fastball. >> bob: does he attack on 0-2? and a breaking ball away. bottom of the 7th inning. nats still have outhit the rays, 7-6. 3-3 game. washington has not scored since the 1st and the rays have chipped away with singles in the 2nd, 3rd and 6th. 2-2. >> rob: sometimes, managers with two out will send the runners in the hopes that the catcher will hole through. quickly time called by joe west. >> rob: you see there, the hole. longoria might take off. >> bob: big spot in this ballgame here, runners at the corners, tied contest. an

anderson hernandez hitting for the pitcher. man on, nobody out, bottom of the 8th, 2-1 lead. the nats trying to tie it up. did it last night in the bottom of the 9th. no reason they can't do it today. grounder to third past the 3rd baseman! hernandez will make the turn and stay at second. -- hernandez is on. 2-1, nobody out in the 8th. another golden opportunity, rob, coming up right now. anderson hernandez had gone 0-16 his last four games until that base hit. >> rob: dusty baker choosing to go with the other side of the bullpen today. pitcher herrera. he's got masset up in the bullpen now trying to rest his players as he goes to kansas city of this. >> johnny: now it is back to the nationals top of the line-up. cristian guzman is 1-3 for thehl ray herrera. 26th appearance of the year. 0-1 his record. with a 1.59 e.r.a. and guzman squares up to bunt and takes the pitch inside. >> rob: i love what steve mccatty said. if you come out the nex ng and don'tive up you own run. you areng the job proeperly. he is big -- properly, he is big like i am on inherited runners and keeping

anderson hernandez tries a little slug bunt. he dragged the bunt for a base hit first time up.t here in the fifth. byron, some speculation today because of media report regarding the status of manny acta. >> byron: yes fox sports.com saying that jim rig he willman would become the manager and manny acta would be fired sometime in the future. i spoke with the team president before the game, edsel not comment on media reports. he is perplexed by this bad start and he's looking for all solutions to try to figure this out. jim riggleman said before the game he hadn't even heard about this report. he fully trusts manny acta, he's a heck of a manager. >> bob: we know kenny rosenthal, he's a very good reporter. he must 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. you

this time, it is lane 6, marvin anderson. >> at least it appeared to be.eryone has to run his own race. this is not man-to-man. this is avoiding that and executing as best you can. so marvin anderson is out. because the first false start effects everyone. we now have a seven-man field. usain bolt is ready to run. next to him is sean crawford. he's said he too has his eye on the london olympics. down to a field of 7. set again for the men's 100 meters. >> bolt is off quickly. in lane 3, ivory williams trying to hold on. but here comes usain bolt. and the world's fastest man blazes through the finish. unofficially, the time is 9.25 seconds, and usain bolt does not disappoint in tront toe. >> so for sure, the clock has frozen early. that would be beyond a world record. so it is 10 seconds flat for usain bolt. so the timing misfires, but the official time is now 10 seconds for usain bolt. ivory williams second. bernard williams his third. foresight finishes fourth. >> you see the bolt pull up. will we ever see him go all out in a 100 meters? is. >> i think onl

crawford bounced tout anderson hernandez up the middle, first time. upton holding.nse against that, getting ahead in the count. strikes 1. so these two have combined for 53 steals and they only have been caught eight times. >> that total is probably more than 24 teams in baseball. >> quick release, safe at second is b. j. upton. josh bard got rid of that ball in a hurry and that's number 19 for b. j. >> you want your catcher, you see that josh bard getting ready to fire the ball, does a great job, great throw up there. you can't teach speed. b. j. upton is one of the fastest players in the big league. >> once they get some technique to go with that speed, look out. 1-1 to crawford. >> rob: looking at the bag from the umpire's view. >> bob: he is there. >> rob: he is banging the bag with his heel. had him reaching on 1-2. >> rob: nice pitch. don't concentrate so much on b. j. upton. carl crawford has stolen 39. quite a weapon in that number 2 spot. and that hits him. now, you have two speedy runners aboard and a double steal is not out of the question here. >> rob: n

of the ninth, two outs, matt capps gets norton to fly out to end the game and the danger, garrett anderson had the two-out homer that brought atlanta within one. pittsburgh starter charlie morton left after pitching just one inning due to tightness in his right hammy. the braves see their winning stream come to an end. the braves have seen their winning streak come to an end. >> the vikings have backed off their pursuit of brett favre after favre failed to report to organized team activities this week. brad childress hit the radio air waves with his version of what was expected this week. >> was there a deadline or not placed on brett favre to report this week to practice? >> absolutely not. maybe by deanna or somebody like that, but certainly not from me, not even close. don't know where that would have dropped out of the sky from. >> would it be safe to say that there will be a later date where this will resume in a more serious manner? >> i don't know. i'm not into predicting the future. we'll just have to see what's around the corner tomorrow. he was a great player. he obviously had a

anderson fouls it off down to the left. for andnd if you look at his innings pitched this year, rob, unbelievable the entire month of april, he never went less than 7 innings.  and against the cardinals on  wednesday he went 6 1/3 and gave up seven hits. well, tonight he has given up three. zimmerman has got one, dukes has got that home run. but the count is full to hernandez. fringes hernandez. if nats on your phone and i pod. bat 2009 featuring play-by- play, video highlights and live audio broadcast. visit national's.com on your eye phone or ipod, touch to purchase. so it's quickly two up and two down in the seventh. and will nieves looking for his first base hit of the night. we'll see what he can do gents johnny quelt oh. >> rob: josh going to be starting in right field tomorrow. >> johnny: you know how anxious he is to get back in this lineup. >> rob: i think the lack of production from austin kearns, if josh willingham gets back to swinging the bat as hot as he was, that gives him t

anderson hernandez at first. infield obviously in and we'll see if jordan zimmermann can make some kind of contact here and get himself and his team the go-ahead run. >> rob: well, some kind of good contact. you don't want to night a double play right here and kill the rally. >> bob: ball one. falling behind in the count might help that. >> rob: maybe try to slap one between first and second. there's a huge gap between hill and overbay. >> bob: overbay is playing well off the line because of that. right side, zimmermann is really going to have to hurry. he is safe! >> rob: great job. >> bob: gets the rbi and the nationals take the lead! good hustle by the rookie pitcher. he hit it softly enough. >> rob: well, maybe hitting it to the right side is what the doctor ordered right here. he does hit a two-hopper to hill. hill makes a great flip over to scutaro, but that's just great hustle by a young jordan zimmermann out of the box gets himself an rbi and his team the lead. >> bob: he showed some athletic ability righ

booktv.org. >> martin enn ilyse anderson used formerly classified documents to contend that ronald reagan believed the destruction of nuclear weapons was tantamount in achieving his goal to bring an end to the soviet union. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. it is 25 minutes. >> hello. i was just thinking it has now been about 34 years since we first met ronald reagan, and we always liked it when we first met him and we still like him. and, as is and said we worked with him for quite a long time. in 1988 i wrote one book explaining what reagan was like and i thought i really knew about him. but when people left come a lot ofeople talk to me about he was kind of silly and did not know what he was doing. all kinds of things. they call them names. the thing that i could not understand is telling god's name did he get all of that work done? how was he able to do it? and, that idea held up with a lot of people. for example, who was actually doing his work? he was pulling the strings? and, starting six or seven years ago, we began to understand w

. >> absolutely, sparky anderson taught me that he was pretty much my mentor, davey johnson a lull bitky anderson said, you can tell the metle of a young man when he goes out there and everything goes wrong and he does not lose his composure and he is still able to make his pitches. craig stammen has been able to do that. his numbers have not that impressive because he has given up five runs in the 1st inning but he shouldshut them down after that although he gave up a couple of hits, he was about gassed, 90 pitches. he was go bassed. he had done his job. >> johnny: tampa bay does lead the american league in homeruns, runs scored, runs per game. it goes on and on and on. there were some interesting plays in this ballgame. i'm going to show you a couple of them right now going back to the 22nd inning. >> ray: this play right here, rocket to right field. we will show you this play in slow motion as dukethrows home but zobrist, i believe, is out. that's one of the plate where he is out there a tag on him and his foot is now just coming down on the plate. we get to that see that real slow.

here's anderson hernandez. >> jim p.: you get both alan dunn who has taken over for rick kranitz, he comes out, matt wieters already headed out to the mound. the one thing about most of the battery-mates that you will see, wieters has caught most of these guys in the minor leagues. but where you come to a different level, they both have to learn this level. >> rob: but the thing i've said about wieters and any young catcher, including our own, you have to learn the opposition. you've got one of the toughest divisions, the american league east. every team is full of bombers and just fantastic hitters. that's one of the toughest jobs for a catcher. learns the ins and outs of the opponents and how they hit. he's got to learn the opposition. >> bob: two on, one out. hernandez singled up the middle first time and was caught stealing. the measurement on the home run, 442 feet. >> rob: that's a bit low. >> jim p.: did it hit the warehouse? >> bob: i think it bounced, then hit it. >> jim p.: my first home run was off the top of dead center about 445 in chicago. and on the line. and it was, i

nationals take a -- anderson hernandez will score. nationals take a 7-0 lead.on alex rodriguez. he comes through with his 10th home run of the season to dead center field. this home run ties him with reggie jackson on the all-time list at 563. congratulations there to alex rodriguez. jon smoltz -- jiewn excuse me, that home run was by alex rodriguez. nationals beating the red sox 9- 3. nationals will be in baltimore starting tomorrow night. cristian guzman delivered a two- run single. new york yankees, 10-6 advantage in the top half of the seventh inning over the atlanta braves. johnny damon had a a throw-run triple and cody with a two-run double. other games in the american league east of concern, the toronto blue jays trailing the reds 7-5 or actually now at the final. red just won that game 7-5. jay bruce a-two-run double. a solo -- joey votto, a solo home run, rbi single. wells a two-run double. scott rolen a two-run double. tampa bay, 9-4 over the phillies. game in the bottom half of the seven pt -- seventh inning. ben zobrist had a two-run homer. willy ay

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 count patiently. they're smelling blood now. guys are swinging at the first good thing they see. for bard, that was his 8th rbi. gonzalez has 12. hernandez can't catch up to a pitch way upstairs. so the count is 0-2. the dh is looking a little eager isn't he? >> rob: a little. he's used to being on the field. >> bob: hernandez got a piece and fouled it into the dirt. navarro is claiming he caught the ball on a fly. the home plate umpire will ask for help. the umpire from 3rd 3rd base calls the hitter out. third strike out of the day for shields. >> rob: let's see if it hits the ground after the foul tip. it's into the glove. he caught it. >> bob: that's caught cleanly. willie harris chance to make it 5-0. he'll ground it. hits by dunn, dukes, gonzalez, bard. 4-0 nationals. are you insured? do you know

josh anderson, watch the fan, watch the fan. oh oh. jim leyland wants to argue. >> that hurts, who knows what happens in extra innings. but 4-3 finish. third homer in his last four games. he's ten home runs behind reggie jackson on the all times list. >> all right, twins ace minnesota trying to win three in a row on the road for the first time this season. adam kennedy, what a find he has been for the a's. two-run shot, ties the game at 3. bottom nine, tied at 3. davis the bloop hit to right, a's win 4-3. oakland starting to pick up steam. the a's won nine of 12 overall, which includes a 7-game win streak in that. >> ian stewart has been red hot. top four, continues that streak. number 12 on the year. rockies up 2-0. bottom 7, brewers down 3-1. bases loaded for ryan brawn. brewers scored. his fourth straight he fought only a half game ahead of st. louis. the rockies now won eight straight which is their longest win streak since 2007. >> all right, good one. cubs-astros. watch this. all right. at the plate, he gets all up on one. that t

maybe anderson tries to drop down a ball. i doubt longoria can come in to get a bunt. nats down 5-4. >> bob: guzman will be called out. [cheering and applause] the bow and arrow for the first out here. >> rob: he threw four breaking balls in a row then threw 87 in broadway. strike 3. too close to take. you've got to start swinging at some of the pitches. i think rob, one of the big moments is two on, two out, there are times when adam dunn is going to have to expand his strike zone. >> rob: i agree. >> bob: remember when he did it against the royals, grand slam. it was hard for the bullpen to watch their man take three fastballs for strikes. >> rob: screw the strikeouts, it doesn't matter. go in and drive in runs. the bullpen needs him to swing the stick. >> bob: hernandez takes a breaking ball. howell has good stuff doesn't he? >> rob: yeah good change and breaking ball. the fastball looks 93 because of the curveball. >> bob: he's one of the left handers. strikes out another. [cheering and applause] there's not too many guys in the national lead that throw like howell

.   >> bob: th will  out behind anderson hernandez and then dukes will come in to call him off. that ball took a while to come , wn. "nats xtra" all weekend long from here at the ballpark. a very good outing by jordan zimmermann 5 2/3 tonight. only a run on five hits. manny acta's post-game thoughts and a preview of game two featuring ross detwiler still hunting that first major league win. ross will make his seventh big league start tomorrow. here is alex rios. >> rob: took craig stammen five starts into his sixth start to get that first big league win against a very tough yankees offense. hopefully, ross detwiler can do the same now against the toronto blue jays. get up for the competition, so to speak. nice job last night. >> bob: last time a team pitched that well in new york against the yankees was the rangers at the end of june last year. they gave up three earned runs in a series winning one -- one run in each game and the nationals did just as well and took 2-3. no runs last night. two runs on wednesday. i think the nats also gave up two unearned runs in ga

. >> bob: hanley ramirez -- anderson hernandez, a base hit. he tried to bunt his way on. we got the answer on the next two pitches. >> rob: keep talking. talk this guy into about four walks and we can go home. >> bob: he looks great right now. wow. >> rob: i don't think i've ever seen such a great hawaiian pitcher in my life. >> bob: what about sid fernandez? >> rob: see there, you go. reverse psychology and you think i'm sear serious. let's try that again. [ laughter ] >> bob: that ball slapped out to short. out goes scutaro. we're going to the 11th inning. where has the second half runs gone lately. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. it's easy to identify the leaders 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 chrysler, we build viewmasters. we build motion detectors. we build troop transports. we buil

you have anderson. >> every ball club needs a willie harris to move around. he was outstanding before the bad luck ball hit the bag. >> great player right there early in the ballgame: right here he starts a great double play. what a feed. you're never playing 3rd base. he's throwing these balls like he's been there for years. willie harris gets a bad break here. they get the go ahead winning run. that's pretty much everything going on for the nationals. they come to the ball park yesterday and learn that josh willingham's brother dies in a car wreck. it's been one thing after another. >> i know ray played at the old stadium. our young players cannot go in there tuesday and be intimidated by that place. >> bob and rob, have a safe trip. we'll talk to you tuesday. bob and rob set off to the yankees stadium. let's take a look today and see what happened with detwiler's performance. good enough to win a ballgame. >> he gave up five walks. he was effective early on. 93 miles per hour to burrell. 92 to gross. 92 to navarro. then throwing the changeup, breaks his ba

anderson has one foot beyond the cut of the grass which indicates a pretty good lead. lodge look by garza. long look by garza. and nick will take a fastball upstairs, 2-1. nick jan son one hit away from his 18th multi- hit of the year. came in tied with zimmerman at .316, second on the club to the .327 of guzman. just to show you what a designated hitter will do for you, there are only three teams in the national league that have 300 runs or more, the american league has seven. 2-2 target in. nasty breaking ball. strikeout number 4 for matt garza tonight and he gets three consecutive scoreless innings now after his 1st inning problems. 3-2 gnats. oof! i hope he has that insurance. 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! . >> bob: nationals on top o the rays, 3-2. this is and int

anderson hernandez charging, close play and out. the nats rescue the inning with some good defense. ú we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >> bob: the top of the sixt inning, nats lead 2-1. zimmermann could be around for another inning, we'll see. here sunday, off day monday, on to yankee stadium, we're back home against toronto friday night, 7:00. friday night fireworks and all that fun out there in the red porch as we come back home to play toronto and boston. ryan zimmerman will certainly be around for several more innings. he's 1-2 with a pair of rbi's tonight. >> rob: four hits, two runs, both rbi's by this man. this pitcher came in tonight with a 7

. >> bob: here's anderson hernandez who bounced back to the pitcher first time.when ricky nolasco took a buzz saw to his bat. >> rob: he dropped down on that one. he's got a lot of pitches this nolasco kid. when we saw him earlier in the year he was throwing like this. he's got some good stuff. i think we got to him later in the game. >> bob: well, six innings. the nats, remember, the nats were having their pitching nightmares with the bullpen. then he pitched in washington, and in four innings gave up seven hits but only two runs. the marlins eventually came from behind to win that game. one of those heartbreaking losses. the nats bullpen gave up that first weekend 3-2. and a fastball up. >> rob: we've talked to some people from the marlins. he fancies himself as a guy that has about 7 pitches. that's four too many. right now we've seen a few of them tonight. great breaking ball, great fastball, just learn to throw those consistently for strikes and you'll win a lot of games. you keep messing around with that fourth or fifth best pitch that you throw maybe five

anderson hernandez is 1-for-3 and he takes one upstairs.om the right side of the plate this year. 8-for-31, a .258 average. respecting his speed, evan longoria plays even with the bag at third as does carlos peqa, 120 feet across from him. >> rob: any way you can right here, get on base. that will push the bunt by the pitcher, lefty falling towards first and righty towards first. >> bob: this will be an interesting pitch. that will be a two-hopper right after the shortstop brignac. ,

you have to have something like guzman or anderson hernandez type hitter. but get this guy behind him and then if you had a leadoff guy who was a bona fide base stealer, nick johnson would be even more productive because he takes pitches. guys like lou brock who had sizemore hitting behind him, murray wills who had junior and -- will tell you how valuable it is to have a number 2 hitter who has the ability to make things develop and given time work in the count. base hit. 9 in a row. he set his own record. a new nationals record for nick johnson. 9 times in a row on base. 11 games in a row and 19 of his last 21. >> rob: as you talked about, bob, he got to a 3-2 count again. brett cecil having to work really hard to get to this count. to get back to what you were saying, for the 3, 4, 5 guys to get basically two leadoff hitters in front of them, they are seeing every pitch that cecil has in his repertoire. the more patient a guy like nick johnson is, zimmerman gets to sit there on deck and see what is going on and dunn gets to sit there in the hole and see w

anderson does gmac own part of the new gm board is gm's still own part of gmac financing? >> tm will own the shares in a gmac. we will own approximately 9.9% wants the other hampshires are in a trust because of our agreement we agreed we would not sell down our interest. >> mr. chairman i just want to pick up, but gmac part. but i have to find it. i have talked to a lot of folks in my district. one of their complaints with gmac, i had a dealers tell me after gmac got the government dollars the immediately raised the interest rate by 6%. they made the dealer paid $10,000 just to be able to stay on, nonrefundable. he had been with them 27 years, the last seven months they changed his contract 14 times always with the threat of curtail and micromanaging and manipulate the floor stock. they told him he had too many cars so he sent them to auction and then they said they had not had an inspection and the card numbers were inaccurate. he said i did what you ask and they said you should call us to tell us that he said it would be eliminated to have a congress man in the room. thi

scores brian anderson, and the white sox win it 4-3. jim thome, whrafts away for the third time in four games. ten behind reggie jackson on the all time list, and the white sox win. now 3-2 on an 11-game roadie. the white sox are also on the road in milwaukee. bottom 8, adam kennedy, down 3-1, no longer. tied at 3. bottom nine. same score, davis, the bloop into the right spot. chris score, and a's win, 4-3. twins are just 9-20 on the road this season. >> runs batted in, and luis castillo each time. phillies more balanced and all knotted up. as soon as this game ends, we'll have highlights for you. some interleague play, mets against the yankees. boston at phillie. >> all right, rockies, brewers. >> stewart has been awesome. >> rockies up early. that one off galliard owe. up 2-0. ryan brawn, bases loaded. two outs. oh oh. swings and missed. rockies escape with the 5-4 win. with the loss, only a half game ahead of st. louis now, who was able to win on thursday. >> hoff a. you know, he's been the source of controversy over the years. >> wh

that was said in anderson going back 100 years. so that when you look at a ballot, you look and determine whether or not it is substantially compliant. that is a classic law in our state. has never been changed. >> you said always. fitzgerald, 1963, we seem to have made a distinction between elections officials, where there is something outside of the control of the voter. and voters complying with the statute. if i am reading fitzgerald right, that is a case in 1963, the voters, it is mandatory, and they have to comply. >> if i may quote from fitzgerald, when a citizen makes a good-faith attempt to vote, it will not be held in valid except by unequivocal mandate of the law or fraud. >> the court goes on and bifurcates between an active election official and also, the act of love voter. if i may quote from your own party's brief, in the reply brief, december 16th, it talks about absentee voting being somewhat different in that it is a convenience afforded to the voters. as far as the duties of the voters are concerned they must be

but in talking with rick anderson, minnesota pitching coach, when he was out he went to ron gardenhire and said i know he's a good hitter, but i miss him because of the way he handles the pitching staff. so until he starts to break down physically, i don't think they'll consider that because of what he does behind the plate. >> special player in the american league. maybe the best in both leagues. cubs and astros, rubber match there. people stopped talking about this, but the hill in houston had issues with michael born todayful.ha >> michael borne, that is cow's hill, the executive named it. that is one of the best catches. he catches the ball on his rear end. >> never thought about evening it out? never thought of leveling it out. >> it's a quirky little part of the park. >> somebody breaks their ankle. >> troy hawkins in for the save. that's dramatic. and there he goes. sre derrek lee. >> good to see him hitting with power again since the firste month of the season. >> let's go to the 13th of the season. two men on. jeff, who? what is this, the world series? walkoff hit on wednesday

. >> sunday on book tv, former reagan advisers martin and emily anderson on why reagan believed destroying nuclear weapons would bring an end to the soviet union. and then nicholas talks about 2 years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters and for the holliday, 3 days of book tv, including historian and author john furling live sunday from george washington's mount vernon estate on in debt. the entire schedule is on line with great new features including streaming videos and easy to search archives. booktv.org. >> what are you reading? >> what are you reading this summer? >> frost/nixon by david frost. what i am reading this summer is mainly on holidays, i go from relaxing reading in terms of this and that sort of thing. i used to be robert low blow, i like holiday reading. the most serious reading i am doing, william safire's book of the great political speeches of all time. that is what i am reading for deal. >> how do you select the books you read? >> in the seconds i have, i race to the area. hopefully come out with the one i am in to. >> thank you. >> to see more summer reading l

joe torre one win away from passing sparky anderson for fifth place on the all-time wins list.ht now they are even at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth -- orlando hudson, the o dog, solo jack in the third. kurt suzuki an r.b.i. double for oakland. >> red sox and marlins have been in a rain delay at fenway since about 9:00 eastern time, 2:15 worth and the weather in boston now is not any better than what it was since then and it's not supposed to get any better but they continue to hold off on a decision. it is an official game, we're in the sixth inning. marlins up 2-1 on home runs by dan uggla and ronnie paulino. as soon as we know more, we'll pass it along to you here on espnews. >> the rain didn't just disrupt the u.s. open on thursday, it also kept the yankees and nationals from starting on time. scheduled it begin at one:05 p.m. eastern it didn't -- 1:05 eastern. you can run 2 1/2 new york marathons -- there is no official record of the longest rain delay in mlb history, but 5:26 certainly ranks up there with other wet games. we would tell you now, but then again, we don't w

here's anderson hernandez.e was tumbling out of the batter's box. >> rob: once again, when you look at nolasco's overall numbers career-wise, but 464 hits and 443 innings, i still think it's because he's goofing around with five, six, seven pitches instead of sticking to three, going through the line- up three, four times and trying to just get some w's for his ball club. >> bob: he has not walked a batter. struck out six. he has hernandez 0-2. >> rob: he's got great command. 110 walks in that 442 innings versus 358 strikeouts. >> bob: in his last three starts he has struck out 27 batters and walked just two. >> rob: very nice back door slider right there but about a foot outside. >> bob: that's similar to the pitch in the first inning that took hernandez bat apart. >> rob: batting average against .302, 18 walks, 67 strikeouts. it's hard to believe. just looking at this kid's stuff overall. >> bob: julienne tavarez. is scott olsen done. now, he might be warming up just in case the nats get a couple of guys aboa

currently tied with sparky anderson for fifth most coaching victories all time.by cox and tony la russa are two of the four managers ahead of him. both are still actively managing. >> jon lester and the a.l.-leading red sox going for a three-game sweep of the marlins, top of the second, dan uggla off lester and into the monster seats. 1-1 game. two batters later ronny paulino takes lester deep off the volvo sign for his 14th of the year, marlins win 2-1 in a rain-shortened game to avoid the sweep, ricky nolasco pitches a one-hitter for his first win since may 8. he entered the game 0-3 with a 9.64 e.r.a. in his previous four starts. >> the rain didn't just disrupt the u.s. open on thursday, it also kept the yankees and nationals from starting on time. scheduled to begin at 1:05 o'clock p.m. eastern, it didn't start until 6:31 p.m. eastern. what can you do in n.y.c.? you can run 2 1/2 new york city marathons. there is no record of the longest rain delay in mlb history but it ranks up there -- last season, game five of the world series was held up nearly two days a