nationals rookie right-hander jordan zimmerman is expected to have season-ending surgery on his rightow. 23-year-old jordan zimmerman really is considered one of the building blocks of the nationals' franchise. he will be sidelined at least a year after tommy johns surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow. the team will get results on a final opinion tomorrow. he's 3-5 currently with a 4. 3 e.r.a. in 16 starts. went on the disabled list last month with soreness. >>> moving now to baltimore. action tonight. orioles were hosting the a's. top of the second, no score. jeremy guthrie facing mark ellis. two on, one out. sends it to center. comes around to make it 1-0 oakland and that was just the beginning for ellis. now we move you to the top of the fifth inning. 3-0, a's. mark ellis up again. this time he's got the bases loaded. ellis trying to make it happen. sends it into left. jack cuts, scores and take a look. here comes kurt suzuki. ellis, tremendous night, 5 for 5 with 4 rbis. a's win big, 9-1 the final. >>> redskins are back on the field for two a days tomorrow preparin

rookie right-hander jordan zimmerman. the 23-year-old rookie needs reconstructive elbow surgery which will side line him for at least a year. mewhile deloib hair cuts. hair cuts. the veterans took the rookies to the barber shots and got them some of the best. the rookieish tanger got one of the worst deals, the difference between a good and bad haircut is about a month. >> coming in i was told i was going to get a haircut. i didn't quite understand what the veterans meant by that but as you see now i completely understand. >> explain that to your mom. have a great day, everybody. >> that's too funny. >> that's cruel. >> that is. the initiation, though. >> exactly. all right 5:26 is your time the latest headlines in business news. >> michelle joins us live from new york. good morning. >> hey, alison and pamela. good morning, everybody. the federal reserve today in focus because they are kicking off the economy and interest rates, one thing the fed's open market committee may be looking at today is whether the fed should co

jordan zimmerman is said to be devastated. the play of the day comes from colorado, the cubs and rockies. the center fielder dexter fowler, straight back, he left the game with a bruised knee, but it willie mays-type catch. tiger woods will take tomorrow off, and his first round will be on thursday at the pga championship. today, when he met theedia, he wanted to talk about bridgestone and what happened on sunday. the tournament said he won, how he was put on the clock, and how it affected the play of patrick carrington. >> we were enjoying that battle. that is why patty feels the way he does and why i said what i said. we were having such a great battle going head-to-head like that. he got influence from outside. >> it was reported that tiger woods was fine for the comment that he made about the official john perrot more. he says he was not fined by the pga. he did not criticize anybody, but he did say that it changed the great battle they had at bridgestone. >> i hate to see tiger have to shell out $5,000. >> devastating. >>

. >>> for the nationals three times was not the charm they were looking for when they sent jordan zimmerman for a third opinion regarding his elbow. reconstructive surgery is necessary. it will happen next wednesday. the loss of zimmerman means other guys have to step up and tonight craig stamon did. garrett anderson solo blast in the 2nd. only two mistakes. gave up four hits and two runs. nats down 2-1 in the 7th. two on for ronnie belliard. knocking it through the infield. dukes in from second. tied at 2-2. but nats bull pen has left something to be desired all season and tonight no different. the nats lose 6-2. >>> athletics and orioles a one- run game. 8th runner on third and pitch by mark hendrickson. baltimore losing this one 6-3. >>> any gm will tell you their job is never done but with the signing today of a center, the off-season roster tinkering should be complete. the 6'10" center from argentina made it through the halls in the verizon center being introduced this afternoon. alberto gets he hopes another trip to the post season. >> in the playoffs it is interesting. work hard and

the nats announcing tonight that the rookie jordan zimmerman will have tommy john surgery on his pitchingiss the next 18 months. he consulted with a famed orthopedist who confirmed the original diagnosis of the team's doctor. there is an 85-90% success rate in returning pitchers to their original condition after tommy john surgery and he expects zimmerman to be 100% by spring 2011. nats off tonight. o's hosting the a's. birds down 3-0 in the fifth and it's about to get worse. mark ellis with the bases loaded. two runs come across after a rain delay in the 7th, they come back and the o's lose 9-1. out at redskins camp, so much talk about offensive line man mike williams losing 100 pounds to get ready for this season. after two practices in today's heat, he could have lost two more. the unofficial reading, and we just bought this at the hardware store, but it says 106 degrees. the ice tubs and the water stations were the most popular spots on the ground. the only one to seem to not be sweating were, look at that, those were the kickers. because the kickers sit around and when they're not ki

the nationals pot a third opinion on pitcher jordan zimmerman and they -- turned out exactly like you expected. zimmerman will have reconstructive elbow surgery next week and will miss at least a year with zimmerman out, nationals try to start a new winning streak in atlanta tonight. the o's hosting the a's. got a sneak peek. a look at it for real right here. for fourth inning, a's up 1-0. powell sends a shot to right field. that's gone. two-run blast. the a's score four runs in the inning. bottom four now. he sends the shot here to center field. davis coming in and making just a tremendous catch p robs the o's of a run and orioles lose 6-3. finally, major league baseball served up punish many for last night's brawl between the tigers and red sox. the pitcher plungs uk list. uk list throwing him to the ground. take another look at it. port-au-prince sell owe misses the helmet and whips him to the ground here. both of those guys get suspended for five games apiece. and it is something like you said earlier, can you never see too many times. it is one of those train wrecks on tv. what's

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nationals rookie right-hander jordan zimmerman is expected to have season-ending surgery on his right elbow. the 23-year-old is considered one of the building blocks of the nationals franchise. he will beside lined at least a year with tommy john surgery to repair that torn ligament. >>> orioles hosting the athletics. mark ell had a career night with five hits and four rbis. oakland wins big. the a's have won five straight games against the orioles. >>> to redskins news. they're back on the field preparing for thursday's preseason game against the ravens. the redskins are beginning to see some signs of relief, not really from the heat but from the injury bug. wide receiver devin thomas is making progress after being out of practice with a sore hamstring. also, guard randy thomas, who had been sidelined with a sore knee, was also back on the field yeerday. >>> in nascar, tony stewart gets his third win of the season, winning at watkins glen. stewart's seventh road course victory, the sixth at the road course. that's your sports minute. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> when it

finding out that their pitcher, their rookie pitcher phenom, jordan zimmerman, may need and most likelyill need season ending surgery on his elbow. tommy johns surgery as it is called. it is a huge blow for the nationals. i think we were talking about it before. it is like 85% to 88% of pitchers that have the procedure come back to the shape they were before they get this done. if that's the case getting a third opinion, it could be huge for that team. >> lot of guys that come back better, disappointing he will be out for at least 18 months. not only going to miss the rest of this season but all of next season. of course, that brings us to the things coming up a week fm now. that's the deadline to sign your top overall draft pick. nationals, you would think, have to sign strasburg. >> you are exactly right. that means next monday, by midnight, they have to get a deal done. moving to college football. maryland may open their camp yesterday and i have to tell you if you are out there looking for coach friedgen you may not recognize him. that's because he drop ad significant amount of weig

jordan zimmerman underwent tommy john surgery in california with dr.ed by the nationals team doctor. mike said everything went as expected and jordan will return to washington tomorrow. he will be in a print for 7 days and after that begin range of motion exercise. austin kearns should be able to grip and swing in a couple weeks. flores threw today for the first time. next up for him he will head to from had after this home stand the resume baseball activity and get at bats in the visual league and he will head to winter ball in venezuela. >> a base hit. leads of the top of the 3rd. barmes out the left center digging for 2. the throw not in time. well-played by josh in the gap. clint barmes continues his good hitting. so he has a homer and a double in his last 3abs. saul river heir hangs a breaking ball. tries to get it

zimmerman, .257 versus left-handers. .305 versus righties. >> bob: that is a serious jam job there and the pop-up. one out. we mentioned jordan zimmermann, and debbi taylor has an update. >> he pitched for potomac against the frederick keys in frederick, maryland, the orioles' amill yours truly, and he had six strikeouts in three and a third innings. he gave up two hits, two runs, one was a home run, an earned run, but six strikeouts and nick is back in his outing tonight. >> thanks for the update, and jim riggleman said in pittsburgh they're looking for him to pitch in the four-inning range a couple of times before they bring him back up here. >> rob: and the stats really don't matter. it is how does that elbow feel tomorrow when he comes and shows up at the training room. you're not worried about how many pitches he threw. how many hits they had, how many k's. how does that elbow feel? because you don't want him to come back here with anything that doesn't make him think he's 100% healthy to go out there and face major league hitters because he is on -- the adrenaline level up here is night and day. you don't want that kid