it's also the home of the negro league cincinnati tighters from 1934 to 1937, and it was in cincinnati that the first night baseball game was played in 1935. mr. speaker, baseball has long been considered the great american past time. it was part of our culture. it reflects the values of team work, competition, fair play and the pursuit of excellence. baseball was once segregated, as was most of the rest of the country, until branch rickey signed jackie robinson to player in dodgers in 1947. the rest of the nation would follow in time but thovense die mnd we made the most important steps toward ending jim crow. as mr. rickey said, prejudice has no place in sports and baseball must recognize that truth if it's to maintain its sfalstature as a national game. mr. speaker, i'm joined -- i'm pleased to join my colleague from ohio in honoring the baseball civil rights game. i urge my colleagues to support this important resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i yiel

tonight in the top of the fifth against cincinnati. a swing and a miss.   . >> rob: just got such great stuff. you can throw three pitches for strikes and go through the lineup three times you're gonna win a lot of ball games. ross can do it. he has that inner fire that i love about pitchers. going to start attacking these guys, the more confidence he gains, the sorier i feel for the lineups he is going to be facing. >> johnny: here is the '0-2. >> rob: watch how he elevates fastballs like that. you were sitting here talking to ray knight. he said "i know against ryan nolan, i got to hit him early in the count because he is going to elevate the fastball." so the better he gets and he is more confident. he and zimmerman are changing eye levels, the more success they are gonna have. >> johnny: it isn't enough for the catcher to keep him on track and keep him away from -- >> rob: it is. but nieves is a young guy, our main catcher has been hurt for two months. it's difficult. you sometimes need an old kind of veteran catc

tavares and hairston in a 1-0 cincinnati lead. ross detwiler started four at home this year.  and the pitch inside ca corner for a strike. take it for a ball. for  a 6'5", 175-pounder only gi up one home run this year.  that ball is inside.  . >> rob: as i said in the scouting report just keep making adjustments because he is being heavily doubted right now. every time we're playing a new series he has been scouted. they have probably seen two starts from detwiler. he has to prepare himself. they know my stuff pretty well. they know my habits i have right now, they know 2-1 i might throw a breaking ball. so he has to be making mental adjustments and apply. that's what's going to make him a good big league pitcher. >> johnny: rob, it doesn't take the scouts long to pick up on tendencies. >> johnny: no it doesn't. the key word here is technology, word gets around quicker. in my day the guy would have to see you, s

a call to the cincinnati bullpen. coming up tomorrow nights the nats are on the road -- tomorrow night, the nats are on the road to tampa. an outstanding rookie right-hander and rookie starters for the nats, 6.4 e.r.a. matt garza will oppose him. coverage begin at 7:00 with nats xtra hosted by ray knight and yours truly. laynce nix has moved to left field in place of jonny gomes for cincinnati. and herrera. >> rob: 24-year-old out of, oh december that -- odessa, texas. odessa -- odessa, texas. they can run these guys out there. almost all of them have 25 plus appearances. this is his 26th of the year with a 1.5 e.r.a. >> johnny: daniel ray making his first appearance in this series. left-hander. ball hit that ver taveras. he is hurt. >> rob: right here, herrera -- oh. last night, the 1st baseman charges and it hits him on the instep or ankle of that right leg. he is a tough guy. he is not coming out of game. >> johnny: yeah. herrera stays. anderson hernandez hitting for the pitcher. man on, nobody out, bottom of the 8

they've had success against cincinnati. they've won six out of the last seven meetings aside from last night. johnson, a line drive to right. one down. we'll take a look at that time cincinnati defense tonight. hairston at 3rd. gonzalez at short. phillips at 2nd. hernandez 1st. ryan behind the plate catching. bruce in the out field. >> . the corner out fielders will cover the most ground. >> johnny: harang had good days in oakland didn't he? >> rob: yes, he did. >> johnny: came over in 03. since he's joined the reds ball club, he leads in almost every statistical category. 68 wins. >> rob: he didn't pitch an awful lot in oakland. he was one of their top process ticket if -- prospects. definitely worth the trade. that pitch there, that should be a strike, used to be a strike. now you've got to make them bring it in another six inches. >> johnny: it's tough to stand up there and take a 3-2 pitch these days. >> rob: absolutely. that was the one thing fletcher had last night. as a former pitcher, can you -- i can work with that

into that cincinnati bullpen. up the fans that have come out to watch this ball game tonight in a rain- storm that delayed the start of it for almost two hours. nick johnson, ryan zimmerman, adam dunn the heart of the national's order up now. nobody out in the bottom of the eighth, the nationals up 1-in. it's two balls and no strikes to nick johnson. nick bounced into a double play in the first. flied out to willie tavares and then walked in the sixth. >> rob: he was hurt the whole year with the mariners in '07 and they let him go in october. >> johnny: johnson takes a called third strike on the outside part of the plate.   ryan zimmerman heads to  plate now. and, in the past, some pretty good selections here, rob, of buys that the nationals drafted leading with detwiler just two years ago, jordan zimmermann two years ago, ryan was first in '05, lannan, stammen and bergmann also draft picks by this ball game club. >> rob: now zimmerman, jordan zimmermann was the compensatio

back to the top of the cincinnati lineup. hairston, phillips.n the first inning, they went one, two, three. >> rob: both pitchers threw two inning, 29 pitches, 19 strikes each. martis one more pitch strike. that's pretty consistent for both men. other than the home run. >> johnny: think about martis, he's had 12 starts. this is his 12th. he's had 11 excellent performances. >> rob: he's so young. once they get 50 to 75 starts underrer their belt, you'll see such a change in all of them. >> johnny: you see shairon has not lost a game at home. overall era 5.31. leads the staff in wins with those five. >> rob: i was just talking to someone about holiday. he's got 10 wins already. 4-0 on the road. on the road his era is more than a run better. >> johnny: willingham had a hold on it and couldn't hold on. first start for josh. the error will be charged to josh willingham. >> rob: he comes in, he closes his glove a little earlier or hit the heel of his glove. the ball is going to do different things when you're coming in off the right side. it's got a d

two down in the bottom of the 5 5th. 2-0 cincinnati lead. take the series with this win tonight. one game coming up tomorrow and a rare thursday afternoon encounter. >> rob: 59 pitches. 38 strikes. only one bad pitch to bruce, the home run. that's the difference in the ballgame. >> johnny: washington out hitting cincinnati 4-2. two hitters so far. johnson 0-2. .320. >> rob: we could use a double here from nick. >> johnny: out field play, johnson straight away. 1-1. aaron harang has racked up over 1000 strikeouts against the nationals career wise, against the franchise. he's only faced them one time here in montreal back in 03. he lost the ballgame. 5 inning, 9 hits six years ago. 1-1 to johnson. >> rob: i think he threw enough off speed where he had nick thinking off speed and speeds it up a little with 91. just a little tardy for that one. >> johnny: when you came in as a closer when you were pitching, i'm sure the batter is expecting nothing but fastball after fastball after fastball. nick almost took one to the right side. did you have to

he drew in the only cincinnati runs way back.ive hours 4 minutes ago. >> rob: 9 scoreless innings by martis at that time. >> johnny: bruce with a two run shot. seemed like only moments ago. >> rob: that's a good spot for most lefties. bruce lights it in. that was his 14th home run after last season. >> johnny: one of the interesting things about this guy from new jersey, he's an all conference tight end. >> rob: built like a brick house. he's looked like that since i met him down in 94 in puerto rico. we worked out together. 1994. >> rob: i was looking for a job. we were on strike. i was a free agent. i used to run the beach every morning. >> johnny: staying in shape just in case. >> rob: i had to prove i was healthy. the white sox gave me a contct it was worth while. i made great friends down ere. johnnyalex gonzalez now 1 hive 1 -- 1-4 double in the 2nd. nobody out. bruce at 1st. the runner is safe. slipped on the t right in front of the mound. >> rob: ryan tried to make a dn t the chance . ck it up. you're going toh him throw

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hope there's going to be baseball against the cincinnati reds. if, . >> had him anin tucson and near offered him the job the replace lute olson. is i would not be shocked if he resurfaced somewhere around chicago again because his former assistant and his good friend is the general manager of the chicago bulls. so i mean, this is obviously a long reach, but that's where i can see maybe a life preserver being thrown out the tim whereas, you know, there's an opportunity maybe in scouting or something to wring him back into the nba. i just think in a coaching aspect, it's going to be very hard for him to get back at this point. >> he's considered one of the best xs and os guy, no doubt thanks in both the college and program. andy katz, we appreciate your time on this breaking news. thanks so much. >> all right. thanks, ryan. >> still to come, phil jackson, stan van gundy both heading to the podium in mere minutes to discuss tonight's game three of the nba finals. stay with us. >> with the first selection in the 2009 first-year player draft, the wash

we will take a look at that cincinnati defense this afternoon.hernandez behind the plate catching, owings, hairston, gonzalez at subpoena and phillips at second. rosales at first, bruce, taveras and gomes in the reds outfield. cincinnati 31-27 coming into the ballgame today. 17-13 on the road. >> rob: play very well on the road. not playing so well at home. >> johnny: gonzalez with a lead off first and ryan zimmerman. >> rob: they should be taking advantage of great american ballpark. they are not playing so well. they are not generating the same offense. you miss one big hammer in the middle of the line-up and it gives the other teams an opportunity to pitch to you. >> johnny: zimmerman looking for his first base hit off micah owings. he has faced him six times. ryan in the series 3-9. top of the nats order with guzman and gonzalez and zimmerman, all three batting over.300. you toss adam dunn behind that and elijah dukes, it is a pretty good five somsome to look at. >> rob: -- five some to look at. count is 1-1 to zimmerman. 75 hits and 16 doubl

guzman phillips one to hernandez and that's it for cincinnati. so we go to the bottom of the seventh here at national's park. the nationals' bats been flat. they need a couple to tie this ball game. local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken? i want to eat some chicken. one of the coolest things you can do with fios... ...is stream your music and your photos from your computer to your tv. slideshows look and sound better than ever. and now is the best time to upgrade to fios all the time. want to tell them why? i do not. because you'll get up to $150 dollars back and over 100 hd channels when you upgrade to verizon fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v i will now return you to your program and unfortunately for some of you, to cable. yeah! wait,

owings strikes out but cincinnati get as run. they lead 1-0 as we go to the bottom of the second in washington. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> johnny: our hats and or salutes to those in the u.s. they're. if i had a hat, i would tip my hat. bottom of the second we go with a 1-0 lead for the

. >> johnny: runners in scoring position for cincinnati, 2-7. the nationals 0-6. shot down the right field line, a foul by about 5 feet. >> rob: they were pitching him to pull. he hit it down the right field line, johnny. come on nick. put it in play here. >> johnny: johnson checks his bat. two balls and two strikes to nick. and the reds with a 2-0 lead, we are in the last of the 6th inning. jared burton delivers. foul off the 1st base line. burton certainly not in the class of rhodes or cordero or weathers. but still, pretty impressive outings. >> rob: he is a nice bridge to the bridge for the closer. very solid bullpen. something that has been lacking in cincinnati for many years. >> johnny: johnson base hit to right! willingham around third. here comes the throw to the plate. and he goes back to third. >> rob: now, that was a great stop. >> johnny: you are not kidding. looked like he had a full head of steam and less listach wisely held him up. >> rob: nick johnson smokes this into right. bruce comes up throwing. short hop. still, willingham probably would have

that's the fourth for cincinnati cincinnati. chris dickerson will be the bench hitter.es a pitch outside for a ball ball. >> rob: we're not getting that pitch. 1 inning, 2 runs for cordero. >> rob: first save of the year. what would you say 29 straight going back to last year? that's a positive for the nationals just a little deeper sometimes. that's probably david weathers if they get the lead. >> johnny: dickerson just misses outside again. last 23 games and 12 starts hitting .308. 0-1 last night. 3-1 to dickerson. 2, 7, 1 for the nationals. >> rob: nice. >> johnny: 3-2 to dickerson. >> rob: it always annoyed me when i was pitching and a guy stood there with a bat in his hand. 3-2 count, same spot. >> johnny: jerry hairston on deck now for the reds. strike on the inside corner. nice pitch for macdougal. all the way back from 3-0. >> rob: very nice by macdougal. they love it. >> johnny: macdougal ringing up dickerson in the top of the line up. jerry hairston, jr. stepping stepping in now. 10 th inning, 2-2 ballgame. [cheering and applause] i was going to say, i didn't

cincinnati takes a 1-0 lead, because it does. bruce all the way around from second to score, gonzalez winds up at third, and hand eye gan with a base hit to right and it's a 1-0 reds lead. >> rob: some great two-out hitting here for the reds. a nice pitcher's pitch, hand eye gan goes away, hits it to right field, doesn't get a lot on it, enough to score a run.  . >> johnny: so cincinnati with a 1-0 advantage here in the ton of the second. that will bring up johnny cueto. he reminds me of some of the guys i played with in high school baseball, 4 for 23. >> rob: not like march visit. he likes to take some cuts. >> rob: he does. >> johnny: detwiler, gets a base hit, gets him and out of there and that takes care of the inning. but not before cincinnati gets an r.b.i. from ryan hanigan and they take a 1-0 lead after 1 1/2. at pnc, taking the long view is how we help you take the right path. even to change it when conditions demand. keeping you on the road to achieving your goals. it's something we

right behind the nationals dugout, cincinnati one error.ingham misplayed a ball in right field. got to give him a break there. it was his first time ever in that right field area. >> rob: there's a lead off walk. very nice. that's using the old melon. at the plate right now. you've got to find a way to get willingham in however he can get on base. [cheering and applause] >> johnny: i'd love to see josh get a hold of one now. he takes a strike from cordero. 13 of the hits were extra bases, 5 doubles, 8 home runs. fouled off. 0-2. [cheering and applause] >> johnny: going back to last season, cordero converted 29 -- takes the pitch low. 14-14 this year. the 1st base umpire -- the announcer will bring the tarp on here in the bottom of the 9th. a rain delay here at nationals park. >> rob: just a passing shower. they're not going to melt. >> johnny: it appeared to me, we

the washington nationals e back to defeat the cincinnati reds. they finally get one on get away day as they head off to tampa bay and puts smiles on the faces of everybody. >> ray: everybody. >> byron: byron kerr with ray knight. we are getting ready for nats xtra minutes away. >> ray: it was a fielder's choice that gets the win. important contact. phillips tried to and had to chance. the great thing was the lead-off pinch hit by harris and another pinch hit by hernandez to get it started. >> byron: in the 9th, joe beimel got the job done. debbi taylor is stand by with him right now. >> debbi: thank you. the bullpen has been fantastic the last 17 games. your third save overall. e.r.a. under 3. and your first save here as a national. >> we have kind of turned it around from where we were earlier in the year. got some new guys in here. everybody has been pitching well. and for our team to come back like they did today and get a win, you want to go out there and throw a scoreless inninging and help them. >> debbi: this team clawed and scratched its

adam dunn's coming over here from cincinnati. they all try the do as much as they can off the field. ryan zimmerman. not going to meet a nicer kid than zimm. >> johnny: ball bounces off the bat. and a foul ball. i think it all starts at the top. when you look at the great philanthropic activities of the lerner family and what they do in this community, what they have done over the years. you and bob emceed the national gala. wonderful presentations that they had with mark lerner and his dad and his family. wife in charge. and nieves takes the ballight f tip. ounce dw tsend hitatter of s ballgame. >> rob: well, he damaged nieves last time up. so, he is really threeing to get there and right there. you see a curve ball slip off the tips of the fingers. micah owingss not goi to blow you away with 95. he doesn't have the best curve ball or fastball runs a bit. big, strong guy. has fantastic stuff. >> johnny: so, let's see if lannan can advance the runners. squares up to bunt. lays a nice one down. the throw to third and they g

. >>> there is rain coming down as we try to get game number 1 under way between the cincinnati reds and the washington nationals, they are wrapping up a home stand with three against the reds. welcome to nats extra pregame brought to you by byron kerr, ray knight. moment ago the nationals made the selection everybody thought they would, bud selig making the selection announcement from the draft. the nationals going with steven strasberg as the number 1 overall selection from san diego state.  steven strasberg there, there  is the right-hander from san diego state, and he has everything, all the tools you would expect, ray. 103 miles per hour fastball, the best prospect to come down in 30 years. >> yeah, i want to share a story. rod data who is the tremendous coach there at usc, he had tom seaver, then later on he watched prior pitch and he told me at the college world series, and in i believe it was '91, that prior was a better pitcher in college than was receiver. now, everybody says that this kid was better than mark prior. i got to see mark prior

above that cincinnati bullpen. this is in there for a called third strike and the ball game is over.  kearns takes the call strike, manny acta quickly out. van deer veen and here is rick, he can't believe that pitch. rick eckstein to the left. >> rob: the last pitch right here, that pitch is way low and that's the reaction from the bench.   . >> johnny: he couldn't be it when he was called out on strikes, neither could austin kearn, that is the ball game. the nationals can't get a run in the bottom of the ninth inning and cincinnati holds on to win this ball game. and they are still barking at andy fletcher from that national's budget. well for rob dibble and debbie taylor i'm johnny holiday, the nationals and reds continue this series tomorrow. nats extra, visit nats for all the news from the nationals. this has been a presentation of masn. hangs on to beat washington 3- 2. stay tuned for nats extra postgame coming up right now. 

we're finally happy to get the first of three under way against the cincinnati reds.wiler's first pitch in for a strike.  64 degrees, chance of  rain, yes. andy fletcher, angel hernandez at second and scott barry umpiring at second, scott mclellan down at third, 29-27 on the road, 15-13. haven't won a game in this park. 0-3 here in rfk stadium.  there's one quick out  first inning. >> rob: you bring up a great point. there was one year we went to san francisco, that's when you played the same team in your division 18 times, a nice play by ryan zimmerman, tough hop off the dirt in front of home plate, plenty of time. >> johnny: boy, zimmerman just having another tremendous year. especially that hitting streak he had where nobody could get him out. >> rob: 30 straight games is just a phenomenal hitting streak, and it wasn't just a cheapy, 1 for 4 every night, the last 10 games he raised his batting average 60 points and he was hitting the heck out of the ball right at the end. and getting

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. >> 2-0 lead for cincinnati early on. defense stepping up as both teams did throughout the game to keep it a tight ball game. >> it started with zimm. he made a tremendous play and guzman made a shot in the second inning. i don't know how he made that play. he makes the play. i don't know how he makes that ball. this kid can flat out fly. he stays down and then nineth play going hard to the wall catching up getting the ball back in. i'd like to be able to tell you. what is that, four, three, four, six. nice job and then he comes in. gets the base hit. >> good old play from the oakland a's. you ever think that cincinnati was watching that second baseman, watch that shortstop, let's go for home? >> you have plays for all that and you get a good enough lead, you take off if you have speed because you can beat the shortstop there. not too many catchers want to throw in all that traffic. zimmerman vacated if as if he was in a wheel play and then guzman stayed at second. everything went wrong. the ball got away and zimm is up t

alex gonzalez with the leadoff double to start the fifth inning for cincinnati.  . >> rob: we

cincinnati has a 2-0 lead. we'll take you right back now to espn news. >> right now on "espnews" big poppy and the red sox have their eyes on the prize, unbeaten, 6-0, so far against the yankees, game seven tonight. the phillies have been struggling as of late. cole hamels takes on the mets going for his fifth win in a row. an emotional phil mickelson prepares to rejoin the pga tour as he and his family prepare to

he traveled over the cincinnati. he was minor league pitcher of the year for the ngers actually minor league pitcher of the month in july 05. he was very high on their prospect list and made the team out of spring training in 2007. >> johnny: he signed with the ball club this year. 3-0 to adam dunn. they're trying to get a runner on base now in this bottom of the 10th inning. 6', 235 ou st. florida. nobody on, one out here inthe bottom of the 10th. >> rob: adam dunn probably has the green lighto try to win this. >> johnny: it would be nice to talk about adam's th home run of the year. [cheering and applause] nice recovery by brandon phillips ththe nationals first run, will come upswinging again. 0-3 tonight. .264 average. nick masset retiring the first two here's in the 10th. >> b: used to say to our guys late in the ballgame, right man, right time. go up there thinking, two outs -- >> johnny: right back. easy toss to 1st base. it's a one, two, three 10th inning for masset. we go to the top of the 11th. we are tied

he is just some guy from cincinnati. the next morning, this talk show host bill cunningham was on the today show saying what does he mean he has never met me? i met him three or four times. they told me to warm up the crowd. i knew it. i knew that the machine had developed some serious operating efficiencies. the conservative movement works in a very integrated way. people knew what was being set off stage. suddenly, you have to talk about trust. the power of people testing each other, and being able to struggle and sacrifice together, and maybe even be willing to step aside cannot put aside one's ego for the sake of a greater cause. conservatives don't have that anymore. this guy, bill cunningham, was no longer willing to fall on his sword and take a bullet on behalf of the cause that he believes to be greater than himself. we see the machine that has ground down in a way that is quite extraordinary. let me conclude with something i find amazing. grover norquist, we all know is the conservative movement's old dog, one o

host: cincinnati, you are on the democrats' line. caller: not only is obama doing the right thing to stay out of the situation, but for him to support the opposition, that would be the kiss of death to the opposition leader. if obama were to support him he would be seen as nothing more than a puppet of the united states. that would be the wrong thing. the other thing -- this points up the problem with the iraq policy from the beginning. democratic movements need to be organic to the country in which they're born. they cannot be imposed from the outside. in order for them to succeed they have to come from the people. if the people want democracy this is what they do. host: i appreciate your thoughts. lots more viewpoints in the papers today. the right that to the extent the obama administration could be faulted for its response so far, it is perhaps a cycle or two too slow to express support for democratic values. just below this is the piece, a further write up by senator john mccain who of course ran against the president last year.

we'll continue previewing the cincinnati reds on a nice night in june. stay there. how far can you see? at pnc, taking the long view is how we help you take the right path. even to change it when conditions demand. keeping you on the road to achieving your goals. it's something we've been doing for over 150 years. let our strength and stability be the basis for yours. pnc. leading the way. he led the league the next year. this year he's 5-6. he's got a good fastball. he's 8th in the national leag in strikeouts over the last five years. the last two years he dropped off a little in strikeouts. he doesn't walk anybody either. he's pitched really well of late. we know shairon martis got of to that blissful start. he's 5-1. i'd like to see him hit pitches with a fastball. he throws an awful lot with t change up. he has a little bit of difficulty. he can't walk 27 people and strikeout 27. he's got to have better command. he has to get more pitches economical. he throws too many to get t out. >> you look at harang. he's had an impressive ye

we're going to step out in the 9 9th inning, 2- 0 cincinnati lead. we're going off to espn news. we'll be back at you in hopefully a few moments. @yanke seven tonight. @yanke the phillies have been struggling as of late. cole hamels takes on the mets going for his fifth win in a row. an emotional phil mickelson prepares to rejoin the pga tour as he and their family prepare to face their toughest test yet. brad childress speaks at last about the brett favre situation. he now says there was never a deadline. >> welcome to "espnews," your home for staying current with the very latest breaking news, scores, and highlights all in hd. along with mark morgan, i'm michelle lafontaine, and several key matchups, divisional rivalries, mets-phillies. but first? >> we started in fenway park, a wild one, game two of a three-game set between the yankees and the red sox. the two teams began tied for first in the american league east. look at him. boston led virtually throughout this game, but now the yankees have pulled within one run. johnny damon a solo shot, his 13th, and mark teixeira went y

they picked him up from the dodgers, cincinnati did, then turned right around and shipped him here no florida. he played only two games for the reds. >> buck: you see what he's doing here in florida finally getting an opportunity to play every dame. he was -- day. he was originally signed by the tigers. tigers had him for a while. he made it to the big leagues in 2003. you know, he hit fairly well throughout the minor leagues. always showed some pop. always had double digit home runs in the minor league system. then, kind of bounced from there over to the dodgers for a limited time for parts of two seasons. >> jim: ground ball towards the middle. it's a base hit pass the dive of andino. so, back-to-back hits here in the eighth inning. cody ross has a two-hit night. don't forget orioles are hosting a series of baseball camps all designed for boys and girls ages 7-16. tutorial baseball summer camp will feature a four-day instructional program with player appearance by current around former orioles plus professional instructors and you get autographs and -- autograph and photo tiewpts an

he was acquired in may of 2006 from cincinnati. last year he hit a career high 22 home runs. you see the first 32 games very slow, but the last he's coming on strong. grabow misses low. is ---1-1 the count. >> buck: the interesting thing about cody ross. you mentioned the home runs. he has 12 home runs, be but three of the home runs are grand slams. timing is everything! >> jim: yes. that will pad your rbi total in a hurry. high pop-up. it is in foul ground. he appears to have a play and aubrey huff has it for the out. the marlins down in the second. a bis hit and a man left. hey, let's head to the beach! we're in plim t-birds have a 1- 0 lead. -- we're in miami. the birds have a 1-0 lead. ? ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >> jim: orioles baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by pnc, pnc leading the way. and by honda, you can depend on y

the toronto blue jays won tonight beating cincinnati 8-2. blue jays had a five-run first inning. aaron hill, two-run homer. his 16th. wells, a solo his seventh. tampa bay won. burrell second for the team he used to play for. that was a solo, his 13th a that's a complete look at the interleague games from tonight. when we come back, we'll take a look at rich hill who gets the starting nod as the orioles complete the three-game set on masn. commute. ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> reminder the battle of thebeltways continues this week. friday, saturday at camden yards. friday evening and saturday

before walt got to cincinnati, and there is a base hit by willingham who has been on fire since comingm bereavement lead, he would not listen to his coaches. didn't want to take instruction. and so now he gets it because a zenfaiingfour, five times he has come up to the major leagues. he goes back to triple-a, he has a 0.50 earned run average. he comes up and has an 8.00 in the major leagues. he is going to start listening to his coaches. you have to start listening to the teachers and make adjustments. >> jim: and they know more than you and i don't think that is ever going to with be a case with brad bergesen. my only suggestion to him is as you progress, for the orioles and the nationals, you want both teams to be better at the end of the year than theyare now even in june or april and may. there is your good breaking ball. so i said about feel. he pitched a game and he has pitched in philadelphia, pitched very well there were some balls misplayed as we look at elijah dukes, jim, and what i was saying is he gave autopsy two-run home run to alex rodriguez and you shut them out f

. >> meantime, in cleveland, the reds, facing the cincinnati. ryan -- facing the indians.ko's, seventh home run of the year, harang winless in his last six starts. they've dropped 7 of their last road games to cleveland. trady sizemore, four straight games with an rbi. >> nascar rolling into new hampshire this week. how tony stewart won the poll without taking a lap. after flirting with the 50s in yesterday's first round, kenny perry was dodging raindrops in connecticut. like the rest of us. we'll tell you if he's still leading. would you like to see our new menu? look at this! (laughing) - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! yo, those things are so-o good. mmm, amazing. you think anybody can eat that whole thing by themselves? it's like i hit the lottery in food. now get big meals, like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. - here's your check! - look at that! (laughing) - small price! - we just feasted for 5 bucks! the big eat tiny price menu. now you're eating america's favorite pizza. pizza hut. >> espn

now a walk to adam lind brings up rios, two up, two onment the blue jays are going home to play cincinnati, the phillies, and tampa bay. the blue jays have not been to yankee stadium yet. they're in the american league east, and they've only played 15 games in their division. they're 6-9. no balls and two strikes. joel hanrahan with a count of 1- 2. rios hanging tough. white sox won, baltimore scoring late to win at philadelphia, phillies losing six in a row now. how about that? detroit at home beat milwaukee 3-2. not a good day for the national league. that includes right here. tampa 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 i

his 17th start and first since june 10 against cincinnati. the rest of the nationals line- up tonight will go this way. cristian guzman will be the dh. in the number two hole tonight, ryan zimmerman at third, then adam dunn, then willingham. belliard will be at second, and austin kearns goes to right tonight. ronny belliard's first start since june 10. now for the orioles who clobbered the nationals last night 11-1, leading off will be brian roberts, hitless the last couple ballgames, after a six- game hitting streak, leads the american league in doubles, he's knocked out 25 doubles this year, he drove in a season high four runs against the phillies one week ago. the birds line-up goes this way, roberts leads off at second with a .288 batting average, then comes adam jones, he had three hits last night, as did nick markakis, aubrey huff at first base batting in the cleanup spot. nolan reimold also three hits last night. luke scott will be the dh for the o's, gregg zaun will be catching and robert andino will be batting ninth. the nationals tr

before that, against cincinnati on the 10th an inning of work. nothing after that. so, really 31 pitches in the last week. >> bob: being hittable has been the big thing. .29 329 opponent's average. he's given up 40 hits in 20 innings. strikeout to walk numbers, not that bad. 32 over 12. here is barajas, corner infield even with their bags. middle infielders, double play depth. a badly-needed strike one. ground ball, zimmerman home for one. that's a great decision. safe, first base! and the nats cannot buy a close call and manny acta wants to talk about it with just james hoye. >> rob: i think we got the dude at first. we got barajas. i think that's a makeup call even though he got the call right earlier on cristian guzman this is a great play right here by ryan zimmerman. he noas knows the play is to home. cutoff the go-ahead run. yeah. this is pretty close. i think we got him at first. great play by zim. great throw. >> bob: ryan knew that ball was hit too softly to turn a double play the conventional way. >> rob: yes, so he took the sure out at home to at least cu

all three runs against cincinnati were scored with two outs. >> bob: here's b.j. upton the lead off. do the numbers mean he's tipping too much early in the game? they're seeing everything he's got in the 1st round? >> rob: not necessarily. he needs to finish strong with the catcher before he follows through. as the game goes o he -- goes on, he gets tired and lazy. that arm lacks and gets him behind in the down. gallon. >> bob: b.j. upton 2-8 in this series. th always huge when you can keep him off base. this is detwiler warming up today. >> rob: notice he throws across his body. see where he lands over here on the side. he should be landing over toward this is side. he lands over that side. then he delivers the ball. as long as he stays over the top of that foot while he's throwing towards the catcher, he's fine. we've talked about this. they've tried to break him of that in the minor leagues. they couldn't do it. he still throws 97 miles per hour. he's got to be conscious of throwing it towards the catcher first then recoiling. >> bob: a changeup, getting a foul

host: we have a call from cincinnati on the republican line. caller: i have a question on the recent supreme court case you mentioned a few seconds ago. the actual case was northwestern utility district vsersus holder. i read the transcript of the oral argument. i thought the chief justice asked interesting questions in the case. i wanted to get your comment on that. at one point, he asked the deputy solicitor general -- he said it was a really sort of business with race. he asked about a logical stopping point for having the voting rights act and having things like affirmative action to correct discrimination and the lingering effects. we have an african-american president now. at what point is raised not going to be as much of a factor as it is now in our society? i will hang on and listen to the answer. guest: i hope it will over be a factor in terms of acknowledging that people have different racial and cultural backgrounds that we will all respect. as far as making decisions about employment and things of that kind, i think the obama presi

dave martinez was on my team in cincinnati for many years, actually a former montreal expo that was a pain in my neck when he was hitting. excellent centerfielder, good hitter. they have some guys and then don zimmer. >> bob: he is still a senior baseball advisor to this ball club in his 64th year, 51st in the major league. so this is not just a bunch of people running around without a plan down here. 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

he was with cincinnati last year, the orioles two years before that and six years before that with thebs. interesting left-handed bat with some power and some speed. to serve as a fourth or fifth outfielder right now. gabe gross the hitter, struck out swinging first time up. so the nats bench got a little older and a little more experienced here. bases empty, two outs. beauty. 95 on our gun. but -- >> rob: it's so difficult for a guy that's hitting. you also have to look for a slider, breaking ball and change-up that jordan has been featuring tonight also, throwing them all for strikes. >> bob: the nationals had to make another move, too. because putting josh willingham on the bereavement list an bringing up corey patterson necessitated removing somebody off of one dl to the other on the 40 man roster, so terrell young goes from the 15 day to the 60-day dl. you can only have so many players on that 15-day disabled list. two balls and two strikes to gabe gross. we've seen a lot of emergency hacks in the first four innings. >> rob: they've been keeping the rays off balance, soft stuff, n

big come back victory, the 11th of the season for the national s s today as they beat cincinnati.-2. we will see you in tampa bay next for the nats. >> we're going to send you out to toronto right now. usain bolt running the 100. >> next to him, in lane two is henry of nearby pickerring ontario. he ran for canada in the 4 by 10100 meter relay in the beijing olympics. he's 30 years old. >> in lane three, ivory williams from jefferson county, texas. his personal best is sub10. he's a 27-year-old. and of course next to him is usain bolt. fans are lined ten deep outside this stadium to see the jamaican hero. they have turned out in droves to see the world's fastest man. >> sean crawford of the united states has been overshadowed by bolt over the last 18 months. he was a silver medalist in beijing in the 200 meters. >> jared of charlotte town pei carries canadian hopes. he won silver with the canadian 4 by 100 meter relay team. he, too competed in beijing. and in lane 8 is bernard williams of the united states. he was second to sean crawford in a 200 meters in the athens olympics. so a

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cincinnati is calling. on the democrat line. caller: the morning. a question is how the media has portrayed this struggle. it seems like there is a tendency in this country to view issues in black-and-white, good and evil. it is not clear to me that there is clear evidence that the regime is oppressive and is unpopular. could not it be true that there is support for this regime in general? if not, can you talk to that? guest: the media does like a heroic story and is willing to simplify to create heroes and villains. what is important in iran is to see the three generations in a vault -- there is an older generation that grew up and fought for the 1979 islamic revolution. they want the principles of that revolution including its popular support, republican forms of government, part of the system along with the clerical role. they want to see an ironic that is integrated with the world. -- c. and iran that is integrated with the world. then there is the generation that fought in the world with iraq. there were famous for their sacrifice during that t

cincinnati has a 2-0 lead. we'll take you right back now to espn news. >> right now on "espnews" big poppy and the red sox have their eyes on the prize, unbeaten, 6-0, so far against the yankees, game seven tonight. the phillies have been struggling as of late. cole hamels takes on the mets going for his fifth win in a row. an emotional phil mickelson prepares to rejoin the pga tour as he and his family prepare to face their toughest test yet. brad childress speaks at least about the brett favre situation. he now says there was never a deadline. >> good evening, welcome to "espnews" where we keep you current with the latest breaking news, scores, highlights, everything, all in hd. along with mark morgan, i'm michelle lafontaine. mark, is it over? red sox-yankees? >> not yet. it almost is. game two of a three-game set between the yankees and red sox, tied for the lead in the a.l. east, the yankees 0 for the season against their arch rivals. let's set the scene. posada at the plate, runner on second, top nine, pa

cincinnati just a game out of first place in the al central.e been trying to tell people, don't sleep on the reds, and they're not. >> reds up 2-0 ; but, 2-1 in the eighth. ryan zimmerman did walk twice. doesn't get all of this. but phillips, and the nats get two runs out of it, and win the game 3-2. look at that! your washington nationals. and people are dancing in the nation's capitol. >> washington now 15 wins on the season. no other baseball team has less than 25. they're in tampa tomorrow. the reds are in kansas city. >> let's update you on the games that are currently in progress. >> yankees-red sox. that's 1-0 on. zach greinke pitching a gem for the royals. they're up 2-1 in the eighth in cleveland. and the mets and phillies now all tied up at 3. >> you saw it earlier on espnews. usain bolt, running in his first race of 2009. starts off, and says, kid, i'm the fastest one out here. standing room only. went for $25, no problem. bolt wins in 10 flat. let's look at the world record that usain bolt currently holds he had a field day at the b