articles that is making the rounds on capitol hill was written in the "new yorker" magazine on union 1 bay boston surgeon and he went to mcallen, texas, and tried to understand why the cost per medicare patient there at $15,000 a year was so high, dramatically higher than many of the comparable cities in the state of texas and around the nation. well, what he found to his surprise and disappointment was that the doctors and hospitals in those areas were really bundling up and charging people as much as possible, ordering procedures that were unnecessary, doing things that weren't called for. the reason was obvious: there was money to be made. as long as they kept piling on the medical bills onto patients through medicare, they received more reimbursement. they didn't have healthier people. they didn't have an outcome that justified it. but they made a lot more money in the process. what the president has said to us is, with all of this money in the system, we have to find ways to bring in more efficiency. it's one thing to say that 48 million americans currently uninsured will receive protection.

they love bay in boston. >> bob: well, he is at times more lovable. kemp against -- camp against zimmerman. ryan hits the ball hard but right at the centerfielder, vernon wells. we go to the top of the 9th inning. it's going to be another one of those kinds of games. 3-3. we build fish finders. we build battery chargers. we build base camps. we build transporters. we build sanctuaries. we build the technologically advanced jeep grand cherokee. come see what we've built for you. . >> bob: bottom of the order  for the blue jays, top of the 9th in a 3-3 game. they have outhit the nats 9-8. it's always nice to know that our fans are paying attention on what's going on in other parks. what do you think about peter's question from mac lean? >> rob: i don't think it would fit the evolution of the young staff that we have here but in boston, the reason why they thought about going to a six- man rotation is because they brought in smoltz, brought in penny and figured one of those guys comes back, it's good. but daisuke matsuzaka has been so bad they're goi

tampa bay six back of boston. these blue jays are five back. yankees three out. the red sox in first at 41 and 27 kearns is next. runner in scoring position with one out here in the fifth. they play adam dunn pretty deep. they don't play as dramatic a shift now. the blue jays are the one ball club that really changes defenses against adam dunn based on man on base or not. they want to leave the shortstop at home to stay right behind nick and keep him close to second base. >> i think regardless of whether adam is on a hot streak or cold streak, he picks so carefully, especially with a base open, and kearns has to make them pay if they walk him. >> interesting, i was listening to a report yesterday about hillman who manages the royals. he went into their series against st. louis and said we're not going to let albert beat us. he's driven in about five runs in the series. just because you say and don't want him to beat you, your pitchers still have to execute something here and there. sometimes there are men on base and you have to pitch to a guy. dad's a hero today

tampa bay, new york, toronto and boston. then a series to follow at baltimore. that ball into left. dukes is back. can't get it up against the wall. hernandez scores. upton scores. it's 8-2. >> rob: this is just a hanging breaking ball by colome. when you drop down to try to help the ball, sometimes it flattens out. it helps longoria, doesn't get all of it. great effort by elijah dukes and b.j. upton breaking it down there at the end. that is one of the fastest humans i've ever seen. >> bob: elijah dukes did not get all the way back to the wall when he jumped. i would say the nationals does not have an outfielder that goes back on balls as well. the rays lead 8-2. >> rob: in defense of elijah, he's been playing right, center, and left. he hasn't really been in one field for more than a day or two this the last couple of weeks. >> bob: seems like he's still looking back trying to check exactly how far away that wall is. probably taking some heat from the tampa bay tans out there. -- fans out there. >> rob: they've been standing around. >> bob: see, elijah is starting to turn around a

bay 4- 0. atlanta, 6-0 at boston. josh bard down the line. what do you think?s just to the left of the foul pole. at the .336 mark, he was flirting with his second home run of the year. >> rob: carlson tried to get this ball down broadway. it's a ball down and in to the sweet spot. josh bard swing. he just got lucky with that one. did he go? yes, he did. james hoye punches him out from first. one out here in the sixth. let's see what the guys behind the plate called it. >> rob: very good 3 2-ball. the dorks behind home plate, yep, they rung him up. >> bob: oh, my gosh. >> rob: thought it was funny when the yankees were playing blue jays newspaper toronto. now you're starting to follow the blue jays around with those outfits? >> bob: i'm not laughing at them. i'm laughing at you watching them. >> rob: what? because i'm getting irritated? >> bob: i love this. >> rob: i wouldn't mind if they were ringing up the other team. now they're ringing up our guys. look, now they even have -- they have ball bags. the guy pulled a ball out of his bag and going to throw it on

carried late into the game night agthe ngers >> gary: boston beat texas 8-1. tampa bay beat new york 9-7 and toronto beaten by kansas city 6- 2. swung on and!missed. jones struckout first time up. adam has an 0-4 going so far in this series. and the 1-1 delivery. cahill got it i that one ripped to the co. that is a fair ball. it will take a hop. and holliday on his way to 2nd base is jones. he has a one out double here in the 4th inning for the orioles second hit. speaking of the man out there time's running out for your chance to win orioles.com possible head sweep stakes. will receive vip seats and parking. it will be against the mets. watch batting practice from the field. hope you'll get in on the contest. it ends at midnight wednesday. enter today at orioles.com. 16 two baggers on the year. scott struck out his first time up. pitch away for a ball. batting in the clean up spot in the shuffle as the d.h. .250 lifetime average against oakland with one career home run against the a's. and ahead on the count. 2-0. >> buck: pretty good change up right there by cahill. m

bay, 8-5 lead at the mets. atlanta five hey five in the ninth at boston, 5-5. houston about to win at minnesota 4-1, st. louis 12-5 at kansas city. american league ruling on this day so far. 3-2, 2 minute board. there's a base hit. he had retired the first two batters. the next three all make it aboard, and it's 7-2 toronto. when you're pitching in the ninth inning and down four, your manager wants to see the effort that you might give when it's a 1-run game in the 9th inning. joe has not been able to close it out. >> it looked like a change-up, which you don't want to really throw a lot of those to right- handers because it breaks down and into them. that's what that was. as you said, you want to get the three outs and give your team an opportunity to bat in the ninth, but you just gave them an extra insurance run. >> nats were within grand slam range, but not now. 3-0. >> 27 pitches it will be a 3-2 count now as overbay rips one foul. that ball will be two more runs. overbay will have a five rbi day, and the blue jays lead 9-2. manny does not want to have to get up another pitcher here. lyle overbay,

the tampa bay rays can win the american league pennant playing in the same division with boston, the yankees, toronto. >> rob: by the way. >> bob: there is not a. >> rob: the same year, the toronto blue jays are the best pitching staff. they won 86, 84 games. they have the best pitching staff in the american league league. a ridiculously tough division. >> bob: they have done it with draft and trades. ground ball to zimmerman, he brings the glove up, makes a dan dandy play -- makes a dandy play. nearly throw it is away but nick johnson makes the play. nick johnson saved a disaster right there. i mean, you are looking at maybe a run throwing if that ball goes down the line. >> rob: there is a look right there. the base runner is going on contact. you see zim looking at the runner and then nick. nick, with his foot on the bag at the end there. >> bob: that will bring up crawford. >> rob: if that. >> bob: if that ball gets away from johnson, bringing yak might score. >> rob: and a runner out third. >> bob: at the barrier and he must have lost the ball in the lights or something. he flin

the boston red sox winning 11-3 tonight with the red sox and jason bay hitting a sew lore home run.shut out the yankees 4- 0. garrett anderson a two-run double. scott rolen, a home run and the phillies beat tampa bay 10-1. phillies with a six-run first, four-run fourth. chase utley with a two-run double. that's a look at our interleague scoreboard. when we come back, we'll preview tomorrow night's game in florida with jason were kin on the mound that is the story after the orioles lose to florida 7-6. (announcer) you do have health insurance don't you? if you don't, now you're in luck. carefirst bluecross blueshield can cover you for as little as $75 a month. depending on the plan you choose. just call us at the number on your screen for the plan that's right for you. carefirst bluecross blueshield lets you customize coverage so you have an individual plan that suits you best. select a ppo or an hmo, add vision or dental-- you can design a plan that fits your budget and protects you even as your life changes. call us at the number on your screen and get this free information kit. wh

you go to tampa bay tonight and then to the yankees for a series, back them against toronto and back home again the bostoned sox and nice way to go on the road, ray, with a big come-from-behind win over your former ball club, the cincinnati reds, 3-1. >> yeah, buddy. >> it was a great comeback win. >> it was a great comeback win. we threatened a lot. we came back after the rain delay. still, we talked about having character. after the harris pinch hit and hernandez pinch hit, and zimmerman grounds and phillips throws the ball away. but look at the takeout fly at second base by gonzalez. we talk about little things win ball games, as well as the big thing. the pressure he put on that second base man is key. then joe beimel comes and puts the side back out. we have not been able to board too many leaps this year and feel real good about the flight. >> uh-huh. >> how about beimel, only throwing eight pitches and gets his first save of the year. you know, lost in that 8th inning was the fact that zimmerman really hustled down the line to get to first base and keep the inning going, too. >> and manny said -- t

bay by, somewhere in 1988. the thing about jordan zimmermann that is impressive, if you read the boston globe with the red sox coming in, is he struck out pedroia who was the m.v.p., and he said that's the only second time in almost 400 games that pedroia has ever struck out twice in one game. and the bullpen for the yankees, phil hughes, is now the other guy. >> jim: two outs and none on following the melvin mora ground out. as the orioles continue this stretch of left-handed starters against them. so the switch hitter is getting a lot of at-bats from the right side. now, that is high. ball three. detwiler averages about 3.5 walks per nine innings and striking out about six. no decision last saturday against the blue jays. he pitched very well. the comments that we have heard, and, rob, your perspective would be the opposite of this, as the orioles have gone through the n.l. east, the n.l. east teams commenting on how well top to bottom the american league east teams hit because that's what you have to do in this condition as matt wieters draw as two-out walk. if you're trying to even come close to compete well the

bay-new york, the yankees never got started. rain on the east coast. red sox took a loss. texas almost shut them out late in the ballgame before boston got a run. texas beat them 5-1. toronto got a nice win 9-3 over kansas city. fouled away. orioles started 8 games out. >> buck: texas will maintain their 3 1-2 games lead over the angels of anaheim as they beat detroit 2-1 in a very well pitched game, santana against verlander. i. >> gary: way outside. the yanks will move into first place in light of the red sox's loss. they have identical record, 32- 22, starting today. boston with a four-game win streak and yankees have been rained out. 3 balls 2 strikes count. toronto with a victory today. here is the 3-2 delivery and that will be fouled away again. >> buck: seattle and minnesota, a pitcher's duel there. in the 7th inning, it's 1-1. franciscolyliriano against felix hernandez. obviously this day was scheduled for number 1 starters. as cc sabathia was scheduled to go for the yankees. >> gary: teams on june 1 that are in first place since division play started, 66% of them go on to the post-season. 66% of teams in playoff positions. swung on and

boston at home, a rain dela. marlins have a 2-1 lead. a final in -- because jays out homer the phillies. final in colorado, tampa bayagain, beat the white sox, and minnesota at home bes pittsburgh. here at oriole park, camden yards, a thriller, birds get e in the 8th and 2 in the 9th. and rowers win it. -- and orioles win it 5-4. ♪ ♪ 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. >> berken breedsed through the -- breezed through the first 5 innings. >> i thought he had good st, and was able to locate and sty down for the most part. and he really gave us the shot to win. and -- [ indiscernible ] >> last night's homer, tonighs double, how much does it boost you up? >> baseball is a game of stre. you always have to be prepared for the lows and prepare for e highs. you just have to try to ride t wh

bay defense isn't the best in baseball. that will be to center field for b.j. upton. [cheering and applause] >> bob: nick johnson next then ryan zimmermann. the grand slam flex plan. don't forget the boston series is getting closer and closer. you can get in on that as part of your grand slam flex plan. pick four games, get one free. call or www.nationals.com. nick johnson, base hit first time. stranded there when zimmermann and dunn struck out in the top of the 1st. >> rob: nick was getting so many lits the first two months of the season. now they're starting to pitch him in. first at bat, he pulled to the right side for a single. >> bob: former yankees, nick will be the subject of a lot of attention when we get to the bronx tuesday. [cheering and applause] got jammed. over to zobrist. two outs. despite the ball being in on his trademark, nick got pretty good wood on it. >> rob: got good wood on it, little bit of damage. just enough slow down for zobrist to do a nice play on the turf. >> bob: evidently he stepped on a dime out there. it's loose, but it's sticky loose. there's like this black rubber next to the green rubber. >> rob: strange infield. >> bob: somebody developed that with t

boston especially early on in the season. they have to go play the new york yankees and the toronto blue jays. they have not done well. as of late year dash last year, tampa bay is starting to give the orioles a lot of trouble. the orioles fundamentally are not a good team while they're on the road either. they don't play good defense in other teams' ballparks whichmeans they should take more time taking ground balls, cutting the man off. they're not good at that on the road to. explain that, i really can't. you go to seattle, they usually in the past have played very well against seattle. this year, seattle pot little better offense against them than they did and you go to oakland. absolutely no excuse for playing well in oakland. i think they ran into a buzzsaw with their young guys with their staff that pitched a lot better. there's no excuses for some of it. some of it is explainable by look at the numbers on defense. >> most teams have luis gonzalezing -- losing records on the road. for more on tonight's game, back to south florida and check in with amber theoharis. amber? >> hi, tom. we'll have an update on koji uehara. we've known for a couple days now