southwest.com lineup for the marlins and chris coghlan has been a rel revelation for them. in the middle of a long hitting streak when they were in town last weekend. in fact, coghlan in the three- game series against the nationals, two more hits on sunday. he went 7-15. he's had .308 on-base percentage of .384 and j.d. martin takes the mound for his 11th start. he has a 2-1 lead to face the a very difficult lineup. martin marlins tied for second in batting average at .269 for the mets. dodgers at .272. they're third in runs behind the rockies and phillies and seventh in home runs. tough matchup in this ballpark. especially when their right- handers get in there because of that short porch over there in left field. >> rob: notice the up tempo. he has a nice tempo working already getting the ball and flowing it. oh, nice pitch. remember, work uptempo, defense stays on their toes. numbers on him. >> bob: coghlan, nick johnson and hanley ramirez here in the bottom of the first. marlins start tonight five back of the phillies. florida won three in a row. and j.d. martin slips i

no to chris coghlan who is 0-2. -- now to chris coghlan who is 0-2. >> rob: st. louis as you said.n, they got cincinnati. then they go to philly, new york and atlanta. >> bob: guzman to his left! he he got a nice hop. he gets him on a very close play it at first. >> rob: beautiful play. you want to try to rest some of these guys down the stretch. bring you back a couple of years to the red sox. when they rested josh beckett down the stretch, they rested curt schilling down the stretch. those two players alone got them a championship. they were 7-0 in the postseason maybe seeing that's the strategy you're hoping for a playoff birt and hoping for -- birt and hoping for well rested pitching. >> bob: that's what st. louis will have in the next weir week or two. they're 11 games up on the cubs. >> rob: you still have to watch chris carpenter. he was injured this year. you've got to watch guys like that. >> bob: nick johnson hit. he's on for the second time tonight. nick johnson came into this game as a marlin with a ridiculous on-base percentage of .517. >> rob: going to be on the inner

and chris coghlan. retired to lead off the bottom of the 5th. they have got the lead off man off base 2 out of three times. here is nick johnson. lannan 66 pitches. 40 strikes in the first four innings. first pitch breaking ball. stayed inside for a ball. >> bob: in his 26th game as a marlin, came in hitting .348. drive that to right field. dukes is back. warning track. 2 outs. letting out an exhale there. not as many ground ball outs as he gets. >> rob: he is holding down a potent offense. he is keeping the pitch count respectable. he can get to the 6th or 7th inning. a test here. >> bob: 2nd out of three times. the bases empty. forces you to do so many things opposing him. there is cantu next. two outs, bases empty. orr was charging. he thought may lay down a bunt. or a line drive by you. he is versatile as a hit weir speed and power. up the middle. guzman picks it off. he didn't hurry the throw and ramirez steal as base hit. you cannot take a couple of hits. look at that. >> rob: guzman goes to the left. he takes his time and target. >> bob:

chris coghlan leads off in left field. nick johnson at first. hanley ramirez at third.l be at third. john baker catching. dan uggla at second base. cody ross in right. cameron maybin in center field and josh johnson on the mound tonight for the marlins. who says you can't go home? livan hernandez started with the nationalities, went to the fish, came back. who says you can't come back and be productive once you leave a ball club. phil wood with diamond dust. >> the winner livan hernandez was the first in a washington uniform since august 1, 2006 when he beat the giants. livan was traded to arizona a week after that and returned to the club this year after stints with the diamondbacks, the twins, the rockies and the mets. the old expression you can't go home again never hasn't always applied to baseball. the senators did it with great regularity in the old days. players like mickey vernon, george cayce, seaver, all left washington only to return sometimes to finish their careers. vernon actually returned a third time to manage the club in 1961. going back further, lucky

first i think father coghlan was objecting to f.d. rmp -- chris: he was far right. >> he was far right. the white house understands you have 10% on the left and 10% on the right. that's not what they pay attention to and they're not going to pay attention to it and they're sticking with the independents and what the health care bill is leaning towards the center. the main danger of all this, the glen and rush, they're not taking over the country but they are taking over the republican party. so if the republican party is sane, they will say no to these people but every elected leader in the republican party is afraid to take on rush and glen beck. chris: we ask 12 of our regulars is the anti-american passion out there more about him personally or the suspicion of his policies? the meter was split down the middle. some were inspired by his policies. you and david both say it's really things like health care, they don'tike the sound of it. >> i go back to january and the 70% approval rating but i would say it's half and half, half personality and pr