tweeted he'd been cleared by doctors to start playing in rehab games, but a day earlier, yankees gm brian cashman said doctors had not cleared a-rod yet. and last night, an agitated cashman gave an interview saying, quote, when the yankees want to announce something, we

the message from yankees' gm brian cashman comes after the injured third baseman tweeted visit from dry over the weekend who gave me the best news, the green light to play games again. cashman told espn new york "when the yankees want to announce something, we will. alex should just shut the [ bleep ] up. i'm going to all alex now. >>." >> he's dealing with the performance enhancing drug investigation. cashman says he has no idea when he'll be ready for game action. a-rod by the way turns 38 next week. on to action on the field, texas ace hugh darvish facing hiroki kir row da. kiroda looking for his eighth win. skin to the bottom of the ninth, ichiro, two outs. that would be a walkoff. the yankees take the 4-3 lead snapping the rangers five-game winning streak. the bruins winning streak cut short on monday. and drew ference posted this video. pretty cool. just take the eraser, all done. handsome man. pretty cool. i'm going to try that tomorrow although it might take me longer to get the beard. to tennis where roger federer will be sporting a different look later this morning. he won't

yankees gm, brian cashman, didn't appreciate the announcement.nterview, he responded saying, you know what, when the yankees want to announce something, we will. alex should just shut the blank up. that's it. i'm going to call alex now. clearly, the relationship between threes two guys, not very good. >> it is all about the control, who controls that message coming out of yankee stadium. >> when you think about the fact that you have big personalities, big egos, a plan and a p.r. move that the g.m. wants to control and those two things are not meeting. i can kind of see his perspective. >> this relationship is becoming a little strained over the last few years. a-rod's production has been on the decline. the yankees still owe him over $100 million over the next few years. >> take this from the corrupt pro baseball to pure college baseball. >>> world series wrapping up. ucla beat mississippi state 8-0. they claim their first-ever world series title. the guy they did it with, pitching and defense. the pitching staff for the bruins allowed four runs

also, we're hearing from the general manager brian cashman commenting on the f-bomb earlier, he's sayingow that he regrets the choice of words that he used yesterday. he said that he wants alex back that's notten issue. new york post saying, hip flop, starting with his hip injury, according to a source to the new york post, alex rodriguez said that he's not ready. >> if he sits it out, he still gets his salary. >> that's what the source is saying. also with the insurance money that the team itself will also get 80% of that money. >> everybody gets money. >> everybody's happy. >> hard to feel sorry for him. >> i want those agents. >>> dylan kids in boston, snow days aren't free after all. >> you look forward to the snow days during the wintertime, now as we get to the end of summer -- beginning of summer, remember at the end of school year, because of all of the snow in february and the boston marathon bombing, they are still in school right now and they have record-breaking heat on monday, 95 degrees. tuesday was in the 90s. it will be cooler today. i went to school in new jersey with no

if i'm brian cashman i have no idea where to go, what direction.it might be the toughest july trade deadline season. the orioles are ta team, what's going to happen is they will be there for the world series. this team offensively and defensively, they are athletic. it's a good ball club. >> other games in progress on this saturday include the rays hosting the tigers. tigers got three homeruns and a run. austin jackson gets the scoring today. >> it's not easy to hit an on oh sit field homerun. >> verlander getting out of a jam with a double play bowl. doubling up young will myers. they would get to verlander later with the rays. luke scott bottom of the eighth with one away. tie ball game. >> change up right there. if you asked verlander he wants that pitch back. 84 miles per hour. luke scott tied the game. >> keep folk miss the a.l. east. >> he's a fastball launcher. i will use that lingo. >> that was his 200th career. his 201st would come later. a part of a 6-2 jays win snapping boston's four game winning streak. in the senior circuit this aftern

yankees general manager brian cashman meanwhile commenting on his f-bomb, saying he regrets the choice of words used yesterday and added, we want alex back. that's not an issue. >>> the brewers aramis ramirez reached 2,000 hits and the home run into the cap of the relief pitcher. hats off to the cubs, they win 5-4. >>> one, two, three, four, five amazing half court shots. the prize, season tickets for the sacramento kings. watch the right part of your screen. the jockey falls off your horse. downtown hottie keeps on running at the belmont track. comes in first but officially not listed as finishing the race but fun to watch. >>> four of the five most powerful celebrities in the world are women, can you name them? >>> it's 86 in phoenix. 88 in phoenix, 86 in las vegas. you know it's going to be a hot day. and it certainly is. we do have heat advisories and warnings in areas across the southwest. temperatures today will be above 110. it is extremely hot. some relief showers in the northwest. 76 in seattle. tomorrow the sunshine is back, 83 for a high. 87 in portland. even medford, oregon

gm brian cashman said that he expects alex rodriguez back this season, although there's no projectedetable for his return he continues to rehab in tampa. >>> world cup qualifying match between the u.s. and honduras. scoreless until the 73rd minute. jozy altidore scored four goals in five games. he's on fire, so is the team. the u.s. will make the world cup in brazil next summer. >>> so, listen, if you're not huge soccer fans world cup is fun and you can't have a good successful national program if you don't get in the world cup. >> you have to get into the world cup. >> we got to go. we should be the "morning joe" correspondents in brazil. >> i'll go. sign me up. i won't be doing any coverage, i'll be on the beach. >>> the weather, yesterday, the deluge all day long from d.c. to philadelphia, new york city had rain, thunderstorms pretty much everywhere on the east coast, what's left of that is starting to exit areas of the outer banks. pretty nice day today. temperatures will be in the 70s from new york city northward. look at that refreshing 70 in buffalo. leave the umbrellas at hom

tweeted he'd been cleared by doctors to start playing in rehab games, but a day earlier, yankees gm brian cashman said doctors had not cleared a-rod yet. and last night, an agitated cashman gave an interview saying, quote, when the yankees want to announce something, we will, adding alex should just shut the [ bleep ] up. that's it. i'm going to call alex now. uh-oh. >>> day two, serena williams easily advanced to the second round 6-1 and 6-3. on the men's side, djokovic also advanced in winning in three straight sets. >> announcer: "early today" sports brought to you by touch of gray. >>> a first for ozzy osbourne, that's next. >>> good morning, it is already hot in the southwest. temperatures well into the 80s right now in phoenix, we should top out well above 100 degrees. it's pretty cool up in seattle and portland, we'll tap out in the lower 70s with off and on rain showers. los angeles, topping out around 82 degrees today. tomorrow, we are still looking at scattered showers in seattle, but portland should start to warm back close to 80 degrees and even medford, oregon, temperatures should ge

. >>> yankees gm brian cashman walking back his comments yesterday when he told a-rod to shut the blankp in an interview, he said, quote, i regret the choice of words i used. i popped. reality tv at its best. later adding we want alex back that's not an issue. ca cashman had more than just a-rod to worry about. yankees announced mark teixeria will undergo surgery on on his wrist and will be done for the season. despite all the injuries last night, andy pettitte gave up four runs. rangers won 8-5. and this could be the dunk of the year. check it out. going to be the guy in the red shorts. christian terrell. that was pretty. are you kidding? i don't even know how tall he is. he's actually 6'2", a shooting guard from providence high school. if you're the defender there, you wish you had that one back. >> how tall is everybody else? >> that has to be wrong. by the way, you're a great meteorologist and you're good at scale, right? >> yes. that's all i know about basketball, taller players are better. because, why you, someone of my stature should never play basketball. we're looking at a fog

a day earlier brian cashman said team doctors had not cleared a-rod yesterday and last night he gaveinterview saying "you know what? when the yankees want to announce something we will. adding alex should shut expletive up. that's it, i'm going to call alex now. i would like to be on that phone call to hear what went down. speaking of fireworks, that must not have been very pretty. >>> day two of the wimbledon tennis tournament. serene nap williams easily advanced over mandy manila. taup seed jokevich also advanced by winning in three straight sets to the florrian mayor. get this over 8 million viewers tuned in to watch the chicago blackhawks win the stanley cup monday night right here on nbc. were you one of them? >> no. >> me neither. that is almost two-thirds more viewers than last year's final game and the 2013 finals series was actually seen by the most viewers since records started being kept back in 1994. so quite a win. >> you know, dylan was not happy we brought up that game because her boston bruins, right, lost. >> so mara is happy. dylan is not. >> we can't always win. >>

. >> brian cashman and alex rodriguez, working out their difference.e yankees got more bad news on wednesday. mark teixeira is done for the season. yankees hosting the rangers. a man on. nelson cruz off joba chamberlain. two-run shot for cruz. three, four, five, six hitters for texas. cruz's 20th. rangers win it, 8-5. >>> it's time for dodger baseball. kershaw/lincecum match-up in this game. and a.j. ellis, picking on lincecum. andre ethier would score. the dodgers win their fifth in a row, 4-2. kershaw gets the win. >>> let's kick it to brazil and uruguay. brazil with a corner kick. and paulino heads it in. the home team into the final. they face spain or italy. >> that does it for us. hope you have a great thursday. >> indeed. >>> no matter what happens today at wimbledon, it will be nothing like yesterday. first of all, defending men's champ, roger federer, he was sent packing. that ended his streak of reaching 36-straight grand slam quarterfinals. at the very least. >> on the women's side, two of the top three seeds, including maria sharapova, lost

brian cashman regrets the words he used in an angry response to a tweet to his own third baseman alexodriguez. a rod was giving update on hip injury. his tweet last night read: visit from dr. kelly over the weekend who gave me the best news. the green light to play games again. cashman told a sports web site today that the team should have made that announcement. saying rodriguez should shut the [bleep] up. meantime, the yankees' first baseman mark tashera got awful news today. out for the season because of lingering injury to his wrist. his wrist has not healed properly after he hurt it hitting off a t back in march. quite the scene at the texas state capital last night where a sweeping bill to limit abortions failed at the last minute. after screaming protesters helped one lawmaker with her 12-hour plus filibuster. and now the texas governor rick perry says the fight is not yet over. plus, growing turmoil, again, in egypt. new today, the muslim brotherhood president now says the first year in office has been far from perfect. how he is vowing to fix the problems and reaction from hi

a-rod back in the news. >> yankees gm brian cashman, that's basically what he said in response to injuredhird baseman alex rodriguez tweeting, visit from dr. kelly over the weekend who gave me the best news. the green light to play games again. cashman told espn new york "when the yankees want to announce something, we will. alex should just shut the [ bleep ] up. that's it. i'm going to call alex now." a-rod hasn't play this had season dealing with a hip surgery, cashman says he has no idea when he'll be ready fur game action. a-rod turns 38. >> these guys make a lot of money talk this way. >> action on the field, the yankees hosting the rakers. facing kuroda. darvish leading the league in strikeouts. bottom of the ninth. another japanese import ichiro, two outs. that would be a walk-off win. rangers snap the rangers five-game winning streak. to boston, pedro dishing out some ice cream. he was all over boston playing ice cream man. a treat at the ballpark. good day for boston. red sox fans, 20 hits. pedroia knocked in four. they trounced the rockies 11-4. how about the mets in chicago fi

. ♪ stuart: new york yankees general manager brian cashman taking a swing at alex rodriguez.on had cleared him to play. the yankees are paying rodriguez almost $30 million. this season, he has yet to play a game. the 16 he is a typical prima donna, $30 million sports men out there. a terrible mistake. i know the yankees wish they could get rid of a rod right now. >> i have been a fan for a long time. cheryl: air rod is a vast disappointment. surely the yankees want to get rid of him. >> absolutely. he upset the chain of command. you are not supposed to go above the chain of command. they are paying him $30 million a year. the best cashman can say about him is he is above average. stuart: hold on a second. ryan wheeler somewhat apologized yesterday after he referred to a justice as uncle,. he did not understand at term. charles: i get this a lot. uncle, back is the version of the "n" word. we all buy into the same notions. martin luther king fought for the right for us to be individuals. not to be one group that thinks in the same light. i do not agree with everything that cle

brian cashman expects to have a-rod back this season. a lot of people doubt that. no projected rehab for his return. >> they're not going to try to get rid of a-rod? >> they can't get rid of him, but they can politely suggest he retire or get a doctor to say that he can't play anymore because of his injuries, and they're insured, jim cramer. >> so smart. >> they're insured on that deal. >> what about the roids? >> isn't that a problem? >> he hasn't tested positive. these are still accusations and scribbling in notebooks in florida. >> trying to bring down all the iconic athletes in this country. we need some heroes. >> nothing iconic about that. >> is obesity a disease? the american medical association says so as we've been talking about. dr. nancy snyderman going to join us for today's doctor's orders. before that, mika's must read opinion pages is next. hey. they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words... scarecrow in the wind... a baboon... monkey? hot stew saturday!? ronny: hey jimmy, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to

. >> yankees gm brian cashman by the way maybe a little less morbid story but one that's making headlinesll. walking back his comments from yesterday when he told a-rod to shut the blank up. well in an interview with reporter cashman said, quote, i regret the choice of words i used. i popped. >> you know what else he said? he borrowed from paula deen and said you know what, i -- >> regret. >> i didn't know baseball players didn't like to be told to shut the blank up. >> yeah. >> he's not throwing any stones. >> yeah. >> not throwing any stones. of course not. >> the best line i heard, he doesn't have to like them but he still has to pay him. he's got to deal with that. he basically had more than that to worry about. the yankees lost mark teixeira for a year. he got hurt in the world baseball classic. didn't get hurt working for the yankees. they are doubly mad about that one. >> just his wrist injury. new york media, they've been saying since, you know, april, it's going to be three weeks, four weeks top and now lost this guy, one of their biggest sluggers, for the year. the yankees have