bobby cox. >> bob: bobby cox is a great guess. i'm going to have to go with you on that one. coming into this season, cito was .753 and -- 753-687 total. they say if you copy somebody, it's called bridge rhythm. if you copy two people, it's called research [ laughter ]. >> rob: i like that. >> bob: scwoo willie harris puts that one away off the bat of vernon wells. just for that, i will look up my atlanta notes to see what it says about bobby cox. can you ask us a question. ask about the nats at masnsports.com. we are always eager to hear from you if you have your baseball questions about the nats. let's see. bobby cox, that might be a good one, rob, because it is four years in tron so. he won 78, 89, 89 and then 90 games. >> rob: he wasn't there long enough to have a bad winning percentage. >> bob: right. well hit. scott rolen has a ten-game hitting streak. he is now 19 for his last 41. adam lind will be hitting with one on, one out. >> rob: lind bounced out to alberto gonzalez first time up. >> bob: ross detwiler, first three innings, averaging 18 pitches per. 54 pitches, 3

. >> he mentioned bobby cox.as been with the atlanta braves now for 20 years, and this is a man looking for stability. stan kasten is looking for stability. when you start making changes with your manager, we've changed pitching coaches, all of the coaches last year, the one thing stable thing that i have seen in this ball club, not the one alot of stability, but -- is manny acta. you make a statement, and it creates stability for the organization. >> i don't know how he has done what he has done, but he has done wit smoke and mirrors. it is time for the stay in the game -- brought to you we our friends at just for men hair color. take a look at tyler cliffford. he comes in out of the bullpen last night a24-year-old reliever acquired by the nats from the yankees in 2007. his career with the nats is 1- 1, 5.11 e.r.a., zero career holds, but eight great saves and he is from syracuse. we come back in the moment. stay in the game, incidentally from just for men hair color. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's o

bobby cox doesn't like that. he throws his cap. >> that's asuch a weak throw.i see that. >> pittsburgh with the victory. the braves finish the homestand 4-5. the pirates back home hosting the tigers. >> all right, the san francisco giants looking for a sweep of the arizona diamondbacks. that's one of the few mistakes that jonathan sanchez made. cost him. d'backs win, 2-1. 7 and #/3. striking out six for a win. the win snaps a three-game home losing streak for the diamondbacks. jonathan sanchez continues to struggle on the road, falling to 0-6 away from home. >> the brett favre athon continues in minnesota. favre isn't there. he's still rehabbing his surgically repaired right shoulder. now there is a he said who said? going on between the media and brad childress who insists the team did not give favre a deadline to show up. espn is standing by the story that the team did exactly that. childress seemed to leave the door open for favre to come to town at some point. >> i think we're anxious to see favre throw the ball, is that where you're standing to see him thr

w baseball is a different animal, maybe a bobby cox, maybe a tony la russa. who is'st already in the hall of fame and has the hardware, and phil has both of those. we're mike and mike every morning on espn radio and espn 2. >> thanks, guys. espnews, by the way, when wimbledon is on, that's where it is. as for the nba draft, it's tomorrow night on espn. ricky rubio trying to become not just a successful european poi nt guard but the first successful teenage point guard to make the move. >> ricky rubio will be first player that will make everyone feel old first, player drafted born in the year 1990678 ricky, why are you ready to play in the nba? >> because when i am playing in the olympic games, i feel like i'm ready to play here during the season. i was playing and i did well. >> there's been a lot of chatter about teams trying the move up to get you. obviously there's interest in sacramento, memphis, oklahoma city, minnesota. have you had a chance to look at which team would be the best fit for you? >> i don't know yet. we are talking with all the teams and w

two days later i was on the phone with bobby cox, who unsolicited said the same thing to me. he had never seen ross detwiler pitch. he had watched him the night before and he called me to say stan, it is really happening. and the most recent guy who said that to me was just yesterday, who is starting tonight for the boston red sox, john smoltz, who again went through this himself. he sees that we are so much closer than our standings today would suggest, and that is what gives me even more encouragement. i feel pretty good about the way things are going myself, but to hear people i really respect like that see the same things i do again makes me more encouraged than i could be just standing on my own. so that is where i think the team is going and how far we have progressed. now let me talk about the customer experience, because this is something i am very, very proud of as well. you remember three years ago when i got here, we were playing at r.f.k., which was r.f.k. many of you loved it for your own emotional ties to it, but it clearly wasn't what modern day customers have

bobby cox and tony la russa are two of the four managers ahead of him.h 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 after rain forced a suspension in the sixth. brewers and reds waited 5:4

johnson doesn't believe it, and bobby cox is -- >> he's not as violent as he used to be.just dropped the hat right there. let's get this over with. he tells the guys ahead of time. >> the game below .500. >> san francisco giants looking for a sweep of the diamondbacks. on third, no score for justin upton! >> opposite field, number 12 on the year. diamondbacks win 2-1. 7 and 2/3 striking out six for the win. jonathan sanchez continues to struggle on the road. falling to 0-6 away from home. >> favre isn't actually there. he's still rehabbing his surgically repaired right shoulder. espn is standing by the story that the team did exactly that a. today, childress talked about favre, and seemed to leave the door wide open. >> i think we're anxious to see favre throw the ball. is that where you stand to see him throw before you make any concrete decision on that? >> no. i'm not that anxious. no, i'm not. but, you know you always want to see that. >> is the plan for you to see him throw at some point? does that leave the door open for you? >> i don't know. that's down the road st

two days later, on the thumb with bobby cox, the holophane manager, he unsolicited, said the same thing. he knew all our other guys from personal experience. he called me to say that it is really happening. we have people like that to feel that way. the most recent guy who said that to me was just yesterday the starting tonight for the boston red sox. he went through this himself. he was one of those people himself and sees that we are so much closer than our standing today would suggest. that is what gives me even more encouragement. i feel pretty good about the way things are going myself. but to hear people and willie -- i really respect, makes me more encouraged. that is where i think the team is going and how far we have progressed. let me talk about the -- this is something i'm very proud of. you remember three years ago we are playing at the rfk -- many of you loved it for your own emotional ties. it clearly was not what autumn -- what modern-day customers want or expect. the process was in place to design and build the stadium. as i travel around the country to all the new stadi

and two days later i was on the phone with bobby cox, the great hall of fame manager in atlanta who unsolicited said the same thing. he knew all about or other guys from personal experience and he then watched ross yy where that might or the night before and called to say stan, it's really happening. so we have people like that who feel that way. and the last most recent guy who said that to me was just yesterday starting tonight for the boston red sox, john smoltz, who again went through this himself. was one of those people himself. he sees we are so much closer than our standings today would suggest and that is what gives me even more encouragement. i feel pretty good about the way things are going myself but to hear people i really respect like that see the same things i do. again, it makes me more encouraged than i could be just standing on my own. so that's where i think the team is going and how far we've progressed. now let me talk about the customer experience because this is something i'm very proud of as well. you remember excuse me, three years ago i got here we were playing at rfk

the demeanor of bobby cox and others who've been successful. i had this great talk around the batting cage last night with the young possibly genius manager of the boston red sox, and we were talking -- i said terry, i remember when you were a dunce as the manager of the phillips and he said i promise you and still it daunts i just have better players. [laughter] it's so true and i have always been and continue to support manny. i can't predict whether it's going to work but i think it will and i think he's going to -- he has the potential to be a long-term manager here and that's my hope. >> you're first round pick in the draft this year stephen strous-berg has been called the one, the savior of the nationals. >> mostly by his agent. [laughter] >> and less dramatically, one of the greatest college prospects in the history of baseball. his agent, scott boras, is well aware of this. the largest contract ever given an amateur player is 10.5 million to mark pryor of the cubs in 2001. now people are throwing around numbers like 20, 30 and even 50 m