at his all- star best in the bronx, gave up 6 runs, couldn't get out of the fifth inning, curtis granderson takes the second deck. yankees up 5-2. down 3 in the ninth, loaded the bases against mariano rivera. jemile weeks scores, 7-5. that's the first run rivera has allowed at home. dave dejesus, are they going to win this thing? lined it, hit it on the money right at teixeira, you get a free. they teach you little league,

jeter has walked, curtis granderson blasts one. that's 24th on the year for granderson. got one more in the inning. but the a's stayed in it. matsui scores crisp. matsui5-5 in the day. it was 6-4. a's trailed 7-5 in the ninth and loaded the bases against rivera. and grabbed by mark texeria, he's able to step on the bags and double off ryan sweeney. the yankees survive the threat, the a's drop 2-3 to the yankees, head home for the first of four against tampa rro >>> misery continues for seattle. the red sox go on to win, the mariners add to their franchise worse losing streak which has now reached 15 games. baseball fans and hall of famers gathered in cooperstown new york. three new members were enshrined, two players and an executive. gillick was considered one of the best in his era. two toronto teams and one in philadelphia won championships. and alomar the 22nd baseman to be inducted. and the second is blivmelin. he possessed one of the all time curve balls played with both the pirates and twins. >> i started playing baseball when i was 9 years old. all i wanted to do

number 27 on the year for granderson. it's 5-2, the yankees got one more. a's didn't go away trailing 6-2 and matsui goes opposite field with a double to score crisp, dickerson having trouble with the footing, matsui with 5- 2 today. a's got two more in the inning and it was 6-4. they loaded with one out against rivera in the 9th but dejess had a line drive. it was grabbed by mark who stepped on first to double off sweeney. yankees win 7-5. they made it two out of three as the a's head home to face tampa in the first of four. >>> the hall of fame grew, pat gilleck, alomar and c, will emente, he is just the 22nd baseman and burt goes in. he had 287 career wins. >>> history is made in one of golf's major tournaments. we will tell you about that and a ride to paris for a cycling first timer. we will be right back. no the raid he . >> thomas was a raiders cornerback. he was the 7th round choice out of usc, part of the first super bowl championship in january of 1977. thomas had a massive heart attack early this morning in kansas city. he was 61. >>> evans was p

curtis granderson drills one to the deck and 5-2 yankees.matsui had a game, coco crisp, five hit game and now in the ninth, and to josh, he lines one to the left. it's 7-5, bases still loaded. david rips one straight. double play and comeback and a's fall two of three in new york, 7-5 your final. >> a trio of baseball greats, newest numbers. al alomar was second base and first deaf player ever to be enshrined. he makes the hall on his 14th try. >> paris, cyclist won the tour de france. on the final stage and congratulations started very early. getting mobbed. takes the final stage for the third straight year. the day belonged to the 34-year-old evans, the first australian to win the tour de france and oldest. >> be back at 6:00 hopefully with more highlights. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up in half an hour at 6:00, a dramatic rescue in china, a toddler pulled from the wreckage 24 hours after a deadly train crash. remembering an old friend of ours, a look back at the life of abc7's aviation consultant ron wilson. that does it for us her

curtis granderson made a grab. sent the ball halfway to tallahassee. that scored the go-ahead run. yanks with a comedy of errors in the seventh. the rays won it 3-2. look at this. a's and tigers. carlos, a shot down the line. martinez hustled from first. got the green light to go home. the throw to the plate in time. martinez slipped past the plate, faked out the catcher and was safe. great body control and it makes suzuki look like a fish out of water. tigers win it 8-3. over the last few weeks we've had several crashes in the tour de france but nothing on two wheels compares to this. motocross championships in minnesota. chad reed in first place. he was airborne. lost control of his bike and fell from 50 feet before hitting the ground. luckily, he was okay. in fact, he was good to go. got back on his bike, continued the race. another look at the crash. when asked what was going through his mind, he said he was just hoping not to land on his head. it's good to see chad has his priorities in line. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> as i pick up m

granderson drills one 5-23 yankees. it's 6:00 2-hideki matsui, what a game.crisp, he had 2nd career five hit game. a's down 6-3. now in the ninth, 7-4 and he lines one and it's 7-5 bases still loaded. rips one game ending double play. drop two out of three in new york. 7-5 the final. >> up state, for a trio of baseball greats. alomar and two others are the newest members of baseball's hall of fame. alomar won ten gold gloves and first dutch born player to be enshrined. >> evans along the eiffel tower and congratulations started very early. getting mobbed. he takes the final pitch for the third straight year but the day belongs to evans, the if you are australian to win the tour de france and oldest since world war ii. >> we heard the national anthem, for many it's not a dream come true for many italians but for everyone in our country, it's amazing. >> and final round of the british open. cochran out of his mind early on. approach on 8, gets a birdie. one five bird disand here is a 4 putt from 18 feet. he would finish two back. cochran could crews to the cham

the outfielders, bautista, granderson and hamilton. the game is a week from tuesday in phoenix. >> since 2003, either roger federer or rafael nadal has won the men's title at wimbledon. today djokovic took on nadal. by reaching the final, djokovic already assured him of a number one ranking. the serb came out strong. took the first set. in the second, djokovic was all over the court. gets this drop shot and comes back with one of his own. he was pumped up. nadal captured the third sed, but djokovic would not be deniesmed championship. and nadal's return is long and it's over. djokovic captures his first wimbledon title. it's his fifth straight victory over nadal this year. >>> the final round of the at&t national began with sacramento's nick watney and rickie fowler tied for the lead. on this fourth of july weekend, time to wear the red, white and blue. for fowler, it was this hideous orange he wears in honor of his alma mater, oklahoma state. fowler's game just as ugly. finished nine strokes back. k.j. choi was tied with watney. but w

at his all- star best in the bronx, gave up 6 runs, couldn't get out of the fifth inning, curtis grandersonakes the second deck. yankees up 5-2. down 3 in the ninth, loaded the bases against mariano rivera. jemile weeks scores, 7-5. that's the first run rivera has allowed at home. dave dejesus, are they going to win this thing? lined it, hit it on the money right at teixeira, you get a free. they teach you little league, freeze on a line drive. jesus a heartbreaker, they have lost 14 of the last 16 in new york. >>> row better to al a march, pat gillick, bert by lemon inducted into the hall of fame. he finally got the inaugurated after 14 years of eligibility. he recalled the first phone call he made after his big league debut in 1970. >> i remember my dad, who was a huge frank howard fan, we talked about the game a little bit and, finally, he asked me "well, son,," in his dutch accent,"how can frank howard do against you" i said "dad, 0-3 and i struck him out once. dad? dad?" he hung up on me. he wanted frank howard to take me deep. mid- ride. t >> 21st and final stage tour de france. large

curtis granderson coming in to pinch-hit. kyle farnsworth swings one into the dirt and the rays get away with a 2-1 victory. >>> nothing says the weekend like a brawl in soccer. this one courtesy of venezuela and the semi finals, things boiling over, oh, careful where you're backing up. venezuela lost, but they went down swinging. paraguay goes toe to toe with uraguay. you can imagine the spanish broadcasters, brawl! no? okay. >>> closer to a deficit deal with john boehner just in time for democrats to complain about the new plan. we're going to discuss whether a compromise is really possible. >>> also, when we come back, we're going to huddle around the water cooler where rahm emanuel takes his interview and goes home. what caused chicago's mayor to walk away when "way too early" returns. more than you think. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. e is soft and more durable so it holds up better. fewer pieces left behind. charmin ultra strong. you get nothing for driving safely. truth: at allstate, you get a check in the m

later in the fifth, more heat striking out curtis granderson to end inning.ernandez went seven innings with five strikeouts. these are awfully long highlights for the mariners game. seattle up 3-1, bases loaded. we know what happened. they won the game. long day for the yankees. mariners win 9-2 and break their losing streak of 17 games. what about the phillies barnicle? quick report. >> phillies. >> phillies win. and also front of the "new york post," you sign a deal with the mets and what do you do? >>> top of the hour on "morning joe," john boehner's new debt ceiling bill goes to vote, but they've said his plan is doa. where does that leave us and the president in all of this? >>> and when we come back, we'll huddle around the watercooler to check out the battle scars on alex trebek after he chased a burl letter out of his hotel room in california. "way too early" coming right back. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of int

curtis granderson scores the go-ahead run. yankees win it 5-4.e bo sox and o's went 16 innings scoring a single run. they were yawning in the seats. last night the bats came alive. game tied 7-7 in the eighth. dustin pedroia breaks it open, three runs would clear. bases loaded again now, same inning, carl crawford singles to right. 12-7 there. 25 runs in total scored in this one. the red sox would win the game, 15-10. a quick look at the a.l. east, boston on top by a game and a half over new york. >>> don't look but here come the pittsburgh pirates, last night taking on their nl central rivals, the cincinnati reds, pirates infielders, flashing some leather. miguel cairo hits a grounder. it will go to short. watch chase d 'arnaut. great stop. good pick-up, tight call, they'll give it to him. the ball got there ahead of the slide. the pirates beat the reds by a score of 2-. here's your nl central standings, your pittsburgh pirates as a diehard cub fan, hard to watch that happen. a game up on the cards and the brew crew. pittsburgh -- enjoy it while

curtis granderson made a grab. sent the ball halfway to tallahassee. that's the go-ahead run. a comedy of errors in the sept. the rays won it 3-2. look at this. as and tigers. carlos, a shot down the line. martinez hustled from first. got the green light to go home. the throw to the plate in time. martinez slipped past the plate, faked out the catcher and was safe. great body control and it makes suzuki look like a fish out of water. tigers win it 8-3. over the last few weeks we've had several crashes in the tour de france, but nothing on two wheels compares to this. motocross championships in minnesota. chad reed in first place. he was airborne. lost control of his bike and fell 50 feet before hitting the ground. luckily, he was okay. in fact, he was good to go. got back on his bike, continued the race. another look at the crash. when asked what was going through his mind, he said he was just hoping not to land on his head. it's good to see chad has his priorities in line. that's your first look at sports. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, here's bill. >> hen

end of 7, curtis granderson chasing a deep hit to center and drops the ball. three runs score.n in the ninth he loses another fly in the sun. mariners end a 17-game hit. 9-2 over the yanks. >>> some great "d" in atlanta. pedro alvarez tries to is score on a shallow hit to left but thrown out at the plate. and goes to the tenth where the braves david roth singles in the winning run and atlanta over pittsburgh 2-1. >>> so in case you didn't believe the nfl lockout was truly over check this out, the players are beginning to arrive at training camp. they have only three weeks to get in shape before the preseason games kick off. >>> when we return another look at this morning's top stories. >>> plus those annoying and costly red light cameras, why one big city has decided to turn them off. >>> sports, sponsored by touch of gray, gets rid of some gray, never all. gray, gets rid of some gray, never all. act my age? -why? -why? -why? [ female announcer ] we all age differently. roc® multi-correxion 4 zone moisturizer with roc®retinol and antioxidants. lines, wrinkles, and sun damage wi

grandy man, curtis granderson, one of two home runs, cc sabathia, 12th win of the season. >>> the redthere's jon lester as the red sox took on blue jays. lester strikes out adam lipid. he left with a no-no ink tact. blue jays down 3-0. jose bautista, deep into the night, 28th home run of the season. blue jays are down now. later in the inning john mcdonald and heads to home, mcdonald, the throw, nicely done. he may have beaten the tab but the red sox win it, 3-2. >>> albert pujols expected to miss up to six weeks with a small fracture had his left wrist, back after 15 days. activated tuesday but not in the lineup. holliday was. that leaves in a early. 16th multihome run game of his career. lance berkman gets every bit of that pitch, 350th career home run as the cards win it, 8-1. that'll do it for this espn news update. i'm will selva. >>> all right. well, police in the bay area are trying to track down a stolen picasso and the man would swiped it from the san francisco art gallery. >> a well-dressed man in dark glasses grabbed the pencil drawing and hopped into a waiting taxi. the 19

curtis granderson pokes one just over the left field wall. amazing.e's got 28 home run this season. after a little rain delay, we go to the top of the seventh inning, sabathia is still holding on to that perfect game, but seattle's brendan ryan, there it is, breaks it up with a line drive. seattle's only hit of the night, in fact. sabathia strikes out 14. yankees win, 4-1. that is the 17th now consecutive loss for seattle. meanwhile boston beat kansas city last night. that keeps the red sox two games up on the yankees in the a.l. east. coming up on the top of the hour on "morning joe" house speaker john boehner fights his own caucus. we'll kick it down to joe, mika, and the crew in washington to sort through all of this. >>> and we continue our celebration of the second anniversary of this program with a mystery caller. that is next. but first another stop on the "way too early" world tour last year of chicago and blago's barber shop. >> wow. this is the actual chair where blago gets his famous haircut and this is the man, mr. barber of chicago who cu

russell martin, no shot there and then curtis granderson, so long. shields, 7 2/3. an earned run. he struck out six. but the rays win it, 2-1. >>> well, the tigers visiting the twins. justin verlander is on the hill for detroit. for the top spot in the a.l. central. tim tomei, no shot. danny valencia, huh-uh. eight innings, five hits, one earned run. he struck out nine. tomei for the second time of the game, and verlander has nasty stuff. jhonny peralta leading off the eighth inning. that's what we call a nice little long ball. sesend deck. his 15th of the year. he was 3 for 4. tigers win it. >>> then the rangers and angels. bottom two here, mike trout to center, andy chavez, that would have been the third out of the inning. just his third error in the last five seasons, angels on top, 1-0. that's all they would need. when the bases loaded jam, weaver got some stuff there. seven innings, no earned runs. he struck out seven, bottom nine, chavez, yeah, he can't continue the game and how about this, the angels getting it done. they win it, 1-0. only two hits. doesn't m

curtis granderson it's a hard one. the yankees win 9-2. >> dave winfield? >> first one. >> give me some other names. >> yogi berra. roger maris. >> a career changing decision for the wife of jack johnson. >> i wife tries to sneak her husband out of prison. >> we have some scattered thunderstorms in the forecast. we will let you know what to expect over the weekend. >> getting kind of busy in the joppa road region. joppa road region. >> police want to know who is responsible for stabbing a man to death in the inner harbor. they do not know how boycott shot on the fourth of july. >> the verdict as to count one, with the jury found the defendant not guilty. >> a verdict that stunned many. casey anthony was acquitted. what is your reaction to the judgment of that is our water cooler question of the day. >> men with guns raid a baltimore home. there were not police. the real police respond to what is becoming a disturbing pattern. >> those stories plus your forecast as 11 news today continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group]

granderson heard major airlines might ban kids from first class and offer kids free flight, he cheeredhe cnn.com opinion page, l.z. says the rest of the world should not have to be subbed as he writes, bratty kids. define bratty for me, first, l.z. >> bratty kids. i think it would be any child in which the parent hasn't gotten in early on the discipline and so their behavior can't be modified and can't be regulated and it's really up to what the child feels like doing. >> you're saying the kid no no way, shape, or form could be brought up with a lot of splin and at the age of 2 or 3 or 4, boom, turn and become a nightmare? is that what you're saying? >> i'm not saying that. i have a son. i have been through every possible phase, you know, known to man when it comes to kids embarrassing you in the wrong places. but, you know, wrael the column talks about what parents should be doing in terms of understanding the rest of the world should not have to deal with the parenting or the discipline of their child. so if your kid starts freaking out in the movie theater in the middle of a movie,

coming up we will talk to our lz granderson who has some proceed v provocative thoughts on the mattere is the darling of the tea party movement. but is michele bachmann fit to be president? she is accused of numerous gaffed which remind us of howard dean. remember this moment when he got knocked out of the 2004 presidential race? >> going to south carolina, oregon and michigan and then we're going to washington, d.c. to take back the white house! yeah! >> weekly contributor lz granderson says bachmann is the new howard dean with far more gaffes and she is still a contender. lz, you say she is not fit for the white house but she has dominated the headlines, increased her popularity and is legitimately running for president. she has got a following. >> reporter: i know! i know! can you believe it? i mean, i really am confused by this, i really am. it reminds me of what happened here in michigan back in 1998 when we hadeverry figer who is famous for defending zach kevorkian. he ran for golf and like bachmann made serious erroneous statements and he was the contender. i said what is going

lz granderson talks about what has been going on but there has not been enough female voices. just preaching for the female choir here. i got pam with me and i got reba ka and my ep. they know how to battle for resources and they could get this debt deal done. >> i get they could. >> tell me why you're so pro woman. >> i'm pro woman because i feel that when you look at the numbers, the hard numbers in congress right now and nearly 85% are men and 230 plus years and only 260 women as congresswomen. i see it as untapped resource. the nation is presented about questions i think we need to take a conscious look how we are coming up with the answers. just on a vigil you look and you're going, well, the country's mostly is women. there are more women with degrees than men. maybe we should be looking at this intellectual resource and tapping into it. >> point well made. you point on the euro sentencie. i love that argument. >> it's not my argument. >> it's the fact. >> it's the fact. men over which i'm a proud member of, we're left brain dominant which means we are task oriented but

let's bring in now will cane and elsie granderson, senior writer for msnbc.com.z, cut, cap, and ballance all the rage among republicans. is this the key to getting a deal done by august 2? >> i don't think it's the key to getting a deal done, but it's a nice catch phrase they came up with. they have a great publicist. i'm really happy for them. i almost spilled my coffee this morning listening to lindsey graham talking about this is the real deal. we need to get away from this catch phrase rhetoric that speaks to the base and talk about real solutions that are tangible and not just kind of myst mystical. >> will, if you watch the shows this morning, that's all you heard. someone asked a question about news corp, and the guy responded by saying, we'll let that play out. but we have to get this cut, cap, and balance. >> my gosh, stick to the talking points. go ahead, will. >> well, i'm going to crucify talking point as quickly as the next guys. but this is the only plan on the table. you want to talk about tangible, this is the only tangible plan on the table. it w

the granderson, two-run home run. did it again in the fourth. second home run.eak. yankees went big 9-2. fenway the red sox hosting the bluejays. cheating. no other way to put it. >> bitter young man. >> john lester looked good early. no-hitter through four. pretty good. he threat game before the fifth inning because a strained muscle. red sox up 3-0. batista hits his league leading 20th homer. 3-2 top of the ninth, two outs, red sox lead, play at the plate. mcdonnell comes up. look at that play by the captain. the problem is it wasn't a forced play. >> he never touched the right foot of the bluejays, gets in clearly. he is out. >> there's the right foot. >> he didn't touch the plate. get over it. >> red sox win on a walk off throw, 3-2. can we see it one more time? >> don't have the right angle. >> here it is. >> where? >> right there. >> no. >> after he's tagged. >> after he's tagged. >> walking back to the dugout. >> here's the right foot. >> he's already tagged. >> boston propaganda. >> that must have been amaze took there. >> you two guys, cut it out. he's

the best political team on television is going to weigh in on that including will cane and lz granderson>>> also, fred, more on the tragic story we have been reporting. out of arlington, texas. a baseball fan falls to his death. i talked to the man -- you see that white baseball cap? >> trying to grab him? >> the man sitting next to him who tried to grab him. >> the first instinct is reach out and grab him. i tried to grab him. i couldn't catch him. as he went by me i tried to it looked like in slow motion as he was going to the ground. nothing i could do but watch him fall. >> his son was right there, too. >> his 6-year-old son. i talk eed to him about that, t. we'll also talk to a sports anchor who lives in the area and he's going to discuss the safety implications of this, what, if anything, are the rangers doing or planning to do or major league baseball. people who are in charge of stadiums. we'll get to the bottom of that. >>> also, you have to see this interview with this special person. do you understand that some people say things about that, they may be jealous. >> well, i feel

curtis granderson scores the go-ahead run and new york yankees win 5-4. a cubs fan and we got a red sox fan. >>> and a quick look at american league east. boston on top over new york by a game and a half. >> that's the way the world ought to be. >> we'll see. >> one thing is right, at least. >> boys of summer got plenty of time left. what else we got? >> guess who's going to be here tomorrow? the blues brother. >> john goodman right here on set. >>> up next, the best of "late night." [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the cc. and every volkswagen includes scheduled carefree maintenance. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the volkswagen cc sport for just $289 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, givin