joe morgan and ryne sandberg, but over the years not that many.ht-field line, brett carroll with the long run. and right at the bullpen barrier for the second out. willie harris still looking for contact. >> rob: 377 home runs, 1518 rbi's, lifetime .290 hitter, .356 on-base percentage over 17 years. won mvp back in 2000. he was special. eight times drove in over 100 runs. >> bob: and those were the numbers, the rbi numbers that evoked comparisons to the great raja as they called him, rogers hornsby. willie harris, two swinging strikeouts tonight. later debbi taylor will tell us about some nationals minor leaguers who have garnered some honors this week. good to know when your minor league guys are the best in their leagues at what they do for a certain period of time. the top three in the order, 0 for 6 tonight. that's high strike. >> bob: now, yesterday in baltimore, jim joyce didn't call a pitch like that a strike all day. so tonight you have a different umpire who is calling the high strike. he tries to stay up there, but he's too high. the nat

last midseason replacement to win 15 of his first 20 games, joe morgan with the 1988 boston red sox who. >> with u.s. open play resuming.

. >> buck: it really turned around, i guess you can say it started with joe morgan and carried on to jeff kent and ryne sandberg and morgan and sandberg, of course rhall of famers, but second base has become a pretty good, an important power position. >> jim: and that is a little low. >> buck: certainly aaron hill in front is one of those run producers when you think about what he can do toffly, but add in the power and the pop he has hitting as a second baseman. >> jim: uehara steps off. the infield is looking for a ground ball to turn two. and that splitter is low and he lays off, does baker, 2-2. >> buck: now the marlins are a little more patient with uehara the second time through the order making him throw more pitches. they really swung quickly the fist time through the order and basically allowed uehara to breeze through the first nine hitters. >> jim: from 0-2 to 2-2. foul ball. >> jim: this has been the marlins' inning on the year, 44 lunes scored and that is the most and best production of any inning ton year, and it comes right in the middle of the game. 2-2. it is hit to

penguins and red wings will state for a stanley cup final tonight at the joe in >> welcome back to espnews. john buccigross, mark morganretired from nfl. he's had enough. he wants to be a broadcaster. look out, morgan. he's coming from your job. >> oh, boy. >> i would start thinking about a new career. >> at least you gave me a heads up. >> that's what i'm here for. >> patrick ewing agrees to an extension with the magic. he's an assistant coach on the team, not a player. channing crowder calls for a truce with jets' head coach rex ryan. morgan, i am not calling for my truce with you, so you can just forget about it. >> our war of words continues? we'll have more of that after this quick break. meanwhile, our top stories on the way. after a stirring comeback, the lakers one win away from an nba title. plus michael vick has been released by the falcons. ♪ (guy) you know, the beer you choose says a lot about you. you want friendly, but not pretentious. classic, never trendy. you want a real american beauty. (woman) are you talking about the budweiser? or me? yes. ♪ i like to know exactly where you stand at all times. yeah