a short foolproof way that the job had of getting me out of a funk. and the way was to leave my office behind, shut the door, and go someplace where there a lot of students. it is the students that make this place great. it is the students to provide it with its dynamism and energy, and they demonstrate every day the passion for ideas. when they walk, i hope and pray when they walk out its graduates they are so committed to making a difference in the world. it is an incredible statistic. and it is maybe-measure i can give, although not the only measure, of how special the students of harvard law school are, and i miss you. [applause] i know that some of you may have thought sometime in this last year or so that you and this class drew the short straw. i do not think there's been a class for many many years that has had the difficulties that this class has had in terms of jobs, financial security, all of these things. of course, you are still much more low-key than most people in the world, and the difficulties you have had do not compare with most of

two hits and four at bats last night looking to get out of the funk he'd been in tonight not able tore's the 0-1 delivery. that is taken for a strike. now here in june has had only two hits and 20 at bats. 0-2 deliverly. fouled off outside a third. stay at two strikes. >> buck: so much of the offense revolved around roberts and his ability to get on base. that's what was so good about the first two months of the season. >> gary: that one to left center field. great feet. boy does he coffer some ground. two down. updating you with the at&t player of the game voting so far cahill the starter on top. cabrera had a big night at the play with three hits, two rbis and giambi bases loaded double. text in your vote. the results on o's extra on the post game with jim and rick coming up. two down. nick markakis will stand in. double single, 2-4. starter. jason berken will take the loss here and be 1-2. cahill will get his third win against five losses and get out of the streak of four games without a win. three losses and a no decision. jumping up to get that one. >> buck: this will be the fif

kennedy currently in his own funk, 0 for his last 14 as part of the seer brings chicago.nd came away with three wins. they are on a three-game win streak taking three out of four against the white sox. kennedy will lift that down the line and that will be a foul ball. >> buck: the strength of this team right now is certainly the starting pitching. they have pitched well and they continue to have offensive problems. but the average for the year for adam kennedy is not that bad. >> gary: he has been hitting down in the order but now back up to where they want him n that number 2 spot. guthrie, kennedy lifts one. he has a base hit. over to get it is markakis. heading to third is cabrera. here is the throw all the way through, not in time. so kennedy gets out of an 0-for- 14 and the two of the top of the order, both had not been hitting, get the hit. >> buck: jeremy guthrie tries to get the fastball away, leaves it out over the plate. kennedy hooks it. markakis has a shot at cabrera going from first to third but it's to the home plate side of third base. >> gary: this is a ve

. >> gary unfortunately for the orioles, the funk has been up and down the line-up except for this guy, luke scott. the breaking ball is in there for a strike. since coming off the d l, he has gone 11-for-29, hitting in the .390 clip. of course, he is pounding out the homeruns. fouled back. he needs a little help in that line-up. the other concern is that the orioles on the road have a tremendous differential between here and what they do. >> buck: you can see kansas city and oakland, they are first and second. >> gary: right down the middle. and that's seven strikeouts that braden already picked up in the ballgame ant orioles trail it 6-0. you don't do laundry at the beach. you salt-wash everything and let it breeze dry. knit, delicate, permanent press... the ocean doesn't care. so grab your bag. 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. . >> gary

he did get out of the rbi funk.or the orioles this season, two out rbi's initially they found a lot of them. that has dropped down a bit. orioles .241 with runners in scoring position and two away. it had been up around the .280 mark. mora will try and get one here. markakis on for the single, he's at second, huff on at first. orioles up by just one. a very light drizzle continues to fall, but the clouds are just ripping on by. >> jim: and they really put a shift on melvin mora. >> gary: grounded towards the middle and he's got a base hit. markakis will score, huff at second gets back and the orioles have a 4-2 lead on a two out rbi base hit. >> jim: melvin has done a nice job of hitting the ball all over the field. this is the 14th hit up the middle and 11 to right. the infield has been speeded up a little bit here at camden yards. that ball gets lou the infield easily. >> gary: that is very big run. >> jim: they chose to pitch around huff once the count got to 2-0. you're just trying to play your percentages. jerr

that has the effect of creating districts that are more compact which most people funk is a good thing. there's really no percentage of minority voters that you have to put in there in order to create this opportunity under the voting rights act. it varies depending on how much political cohesion there is among minority voters and it depends on how much white bloc voting happens. the supreme court decision last week upheld the constitutionality of the voting act. it leaves the status quo in play. the supreme court seemed to signal that the case comes back down the road it could invalidate the pre-clearance process. that would require redistricting in about 16 states. caller: thank you for taking my call this is my first time. this is an important topic. i live in new jersey, democratic governor, who is spending. there is a time when there were many school budgets that were defeated, especially in this difficult time. . they spent $17,000 per student with poor results. the other average district spend about $13,000. what is the constitutionality of the present situation and how does he

that's one guy that everybody is in a collective, little funk. that hit him. >> jim: that hit melvin mora. john hirschbeck calls it immediately. so, orioles get two on with none down on a walk and a hit batsman. >> buck: it's just the second time tonight that back-to-back oriole hitters have reached base. melvin trying to hang in there and that ball brushed his forearm. that's going to bring pitching coach mark wily out to talk to his young hitter. sean west just 23 years old make his seventh major league start up from double-a. you're going to have peaks and valleys with young guys. they are going to have their control and command come and go during the course of a ballgame. mark wiley out trying to remind sean of the good delivery, using all your pitches, pitching ahead. you have a six-run cushion now. there's no reason to be real conservative with your approach. that's tim wood who is loosening up down in that bullpen. this is a depleted bullpen. they have taken some lumps. they have lost their closer matt lindstrom to the d. l. leo nunez prob

got out of the funk he was in 0- 17 picking up the two hits in the ball game last night. so he's hoping that little spree is over. 43 runs, still leads the o's and right now tonight third in the american league in runs scored. still very hefty .287 on the season. that one will be hit high in the air. center field. davis has it. roberts retired. one away. >> buck: in the outfield it's matt holliday, jack hannahan a very slick fielding third baseman. adam ken dui and jason jam by on the right side. in my estimation he's the reason these young pitchers have been able to perform to well here in oakland because of his leadership behind the plate. >> gary: this team is hot. oakland now won four in a row for this season. markakis will take a slider inside. for the first time this year markakis moves up to the number two spot in the lineup. nick still ninth in the league for rbis. that's a fair ball. holliday coming to get it. he was close. markakis will have to stay at 1st base. and nick gets his first hit of the series after an 0-3 last night. >> buck: that was a great swing on

step up as hitters and get out of this funk we're in. >> one thing about baseball a series of ups and downs. downs the last few games. four rbis. four extra bases. last home run made against the new york yankees. what do you see is his major problem? >> he's starting to swing at pitches out of his strike zone. this happens to every single hitter in major league baseball. anybody that knows about slump, when the food for thought comes in your mind, instead of just seeing and hit the ball you start to guess up there at home plait. the pitch that you're looking for or guessing for isn't right in the little box you're looking for, you have a tendency to swing at the ball out of the strike zone. he's getting jammed more than i've ever seen him get jammed. swings at pitches that are high and out of the strike zone. he's not in a bit of a groove right now. i saw this young man go half a season without hitting the ball worth a darn. he was one game away from getting sent back to the minor leagues. had one break out game. he ended up hitting over .290 his first year. he will make up for all of

. >> bob: vernon wells is coming out of his funk 8-18 last. batting average on its way over .250 now. >> rob: gets the fastball where he likes it. he drives it right up the dish. see, when you're trying to come out of a slump though, that's the way do you t you don't try to hit home runs. you try to hit singles. >> bob: this is dangerous with scott rolen stepping in. he flied to center with wells aboard back in the first. he has two men on now. now the hits as i mentioned are coming for rolen, but his power numbers still well down. only four homers this year. 276 in his career. he's 20 behind adam dunn, 13th year in the big leagues. 7 1/2 with the phillies. 4 1/2 st. louis in his second year with the blue jays. >> bob:'d well-publicized falling out with tony la russa that led to his departure with st. louis. >> rob: i thought it started with nick's uncle, larish. didn't he have -- larry bowa? didn't he have problems with the phillies -- >> bob: i don't know, but i know he had problems complaining one year. >> rob: didn't he have a bad shoulder

. >> in your last start -- you had said in your last start a couple days you felt you were in a funkl that was pass you? >> absolutely. ball coming out of my hands. made adjustments on the slider. felt that was a better pitch with the exception of the one to sheffield left up in the zone. it was coming out much, much better. fastball overall was ex coups cuted very well for me tonight as well. >> so, guthrie takes the loss. he goes 6 1/3, middle game of a three-game series tomorrow. here is the pitching matchup. >> koji uehara looking for a better effort than his last one against the mariners. he gave up four runs on seven hits. he'll be looking for his third win of the season. again, he'll be up against tim redding struggling all seasoning lon -- season long 06789-2 on the year with a 6.18 e.r.a. he's looking for his first win of the year. >> a lot -- a lot to join us for tomorrow. al, steve will be here for "o's xtra" on the pregame show as we highlight a future oriole. steven bumbry. just signed by the orioles and then the matchup tim redding against koji uehara. get out to have t

. >> jim: hardless of the funk u- do have five hits on the trip over the first four games. it seems to me like really all you need is one of those breakout games and you become your old self again. >> right. hopefully, if i get an opportunity tonight, i can start it the tonight. get a one or howfer how many ever times i get up to bat, get a couple knocks and take it into tomorrow's game. >> jim: adam, we appreciate the visit. enjoy how many ever of these innings you get off tonight. best of luck. get back at them. >> thank you. >> thanks, adam. >> that's adam jones. he looks so relaxed on the bench. he's bored. >> yeah, he's an every day player. >> buck: every day players don't like to sit out games. he'll be back in there and get it going again. it was good to hear his perspective because heunderstands what's causing him trouble. swiking -- swinging at pitcher's pitches and using only half the heeled. -- field. when he was hot early in the season, he was hitting tough pitches, using the whole field foul line to foul line. >> jim: that yogi reference is very appropriate bec

after a pretty good start in his major league debut and his second ballgame, he had gone into a funkuns in 14 innings. he's 0-2 in june so far with a 10.60 e.r.a. that's not like him at all. one thing i've noticed is that sinker was much better in his last game against the new york mets. 6 2/3 innings, he strowktd struck out eight batters. you heard him talk to rick kranitz about how he felt like his windup was just starting to fall into place and he delivered every pitch with the same delivery. i agree with him totally because he had some great sink on that fastball. that's what i'd love to see. >> how about the start of ricky nolasco for the florida marlins? >> well, nolasco is a little bit different. he was getting hard and has been getting hitting hard all season long. 82 hits in 61 2/3 innings. that is a lot of getting banged around a little bit. he was shaking early in april, may. he had a 2-5 record, 6.09 e.r.a. in april, 12.02 in may. in june, he's been a different pitcher now. he's backing a little now n three starts so far in june, he had a 2.50 e.r.a. and seems to be get b

trillion in additional spending would be $257 billion increase in taxes which would essentially be a funk of people no longer having tax-exempt insurance. so this letter which is a fair arbiter says that on the three issues that are at the core of our concern here which is insuring the uninsured, increasing quality and reducing costs on two of those issues, the insuring the uninsured and the cost issue, it doesn't comment on quality, of course, because that's not their role, that the -- as an umpire, they're calling box, the bill box on those two issues and the advance or at least the number of uninsured advances and the cost to the taxpayer advances. there is a second letter which they've sent out which i would also ask to be included. >> can i inquire? >> there are a lot of people that want to be heard. i don't want to cut you off, but i want to get to them. >> understand that, but this is the most significant issue. >> understand that. >> we'd like everybody to be heard. >> i presume opening statements will go on for a while on all sides, and i've got a few more comments i want to make