josh beckett is exactly the guy they want to have on the mound tonight.tchup for him. a.j. burnett is no slouch. i think sox players acknowledge and understand this is a big game for them. >> now, david ortiz is scheduled a news conference to possibly discuss details surrounding his positive drug test for 2003. that set for tomorrow. you're around this team every day, amelie. do you expect this news conference to relieve some of the pressure on big papi? >> i think he is hoping that it will relieve some of the pressure. you know, i was talking to him today. he just told me... in fact, we were having a conversation today, and he seemed a little bit more upbeat than he has over the last couple days, which maybe he sort of sees a light at the end of the tunnel. he a.o.l. have this news conference tomorrow, he'll feel better, maybe he'll stop getting some of these questions. whether or not he'll do that is what we're going to have to see tomorrow. we don't know exactly what he's going to say. we don't know how he's going to address this. so it will be interes

♪ ♪ >> now on espnews, red sox ace josh beckett seeking to be the first with 14 wins facing a.j.nett and the yankees. >> and john smoltz, well, he is released by boston. more details. tigers woods remains at par. and phil mickelson finds an eagle at the wbc. >> ♪

. >> josh beckett going for win number four as they continue to play in the bronx. and tiger woods is right where he wants to be at the bridgestone invitational. how far back is the world's number one? let's start right now . [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.]

we all know how good josh beckett is.ates for what happened last night when mark hit dustin pedroia. that could be interesting. there could be fireworks as well tonight. beating beckett, any time you beat beckett, that's big. they have a pretty good pitcher going for them in burnett. >> things have changed drastically in this series. andrew marchand 1050 espn radio in new york city, thank you. >> sometimes you can't go home again. less than a year into his return to the a's giambi is out released by oakland. the 38-year-old had been on the disabled list since july 20th. >> look at me. i am skinny as well. does it look like i take steroids? that was a direct quote from rashard lewis who apologized for failing an nba drug test. he accepted his 10 game suspension and he is hope thawing accept his reasoning: it was an honest mistake. he said it was an over-the-counter supplement that contained a steroids from a chinese yam. he will miss the first 10 games. he put out this release: >> is what happened to tiger at the open cham

josh beckett. he freezes aubrey huff.th win of the year a the red sox shut out the orioles 4-0. >>> the buick open's ratings should double for today's final round. that's because tiger is at the top of the leaderboard. let's not forget he's nearly perfect when leading after three rounds. a ridaunkulus third roub. tiger and stevy feeling pretty good in grand blanc, michigan. why shouldn't they? they're both millionaires. proekt could have hit it this close with a putter. instead he chooses an 8 or 59-iron, snuggles it up nice and close for a birdie. # 3 feet away. and dare i say bird is the word for mr. woods. one of eight birdies in the round for tiger. he has a one-stroke lead up in michigan. he's at 17nder par. let's go to indiana. it's the u.s. senior open. takoma park native fred funk decides to get this one nice and tight on number 9. that sets up a birdie. funk still looking for his first major championship. then funk putting for bird on 16, and the former interpret golf coach reaches this perfectly. good pace, good

east, they need josh beckett to be the 2007 postseason beckett.er. >> the pressure is building on the red sox. they have clay buchholz going on saturday against cc sabathia. they've lost 11 of their last 18, eduardo. >> it's not going to be an easy task. a.j. burnett is 5-1 lifetime against boston, 0-1, but beckett, you've got to love it, after losses he's been phenomenal, 7-1 with a 2.29 e.r.a. >> we'll have it for you twice on "baseball tonight." >> it's like phillies g.m. rubeen amaro jr. is playing fantasy baseball. the world series champs almost landed roy halladay. that didn't work out. instead they acquired reigning cy young award winner cliff lee in a deal that might have had other team owners emailing the commissioner to veto the trade. thursday fans got to see him up close and personal in his home debut. there is mr. lee, taking them out for the first time ats bank park. lee pitching well. his manager, charlie manuel said "he keeps good composure out there." chris iannetta, clint barmes down. he struck out nine. bottom five, game tied at

new york tagged ace josh beckett with five homers, including two by hideki matsui, to beat the sox 8-4. boston now trails new york by 7 1/2 games in the a.l. east. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and a former military prosecutor at guantanamo speaks out about the alleged uptith he onund.fo want faster pain relief? get advil® liqui-gels. they're faster and stronger on tough pain... than tylenol® rapid release gels®. advil® liqui-gels rush real liquid relief... wherever you hurt. advil® liqui-gels. liquid fast. advil strong. now i'm the mom. and i know... 80% of us don't get enough calcium from food. our bodies can steal it from our bones. give yourself some tlc. tender loving caltrate. and give tlc to somebody you love. what makes a hershey's bar with almonds pure? pure happiness. ♪ i'll stop the world and melt with you... ♪ pure delight. pure delicious chocolate with almonds. pure hershey's. >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. afternoon thunderstorms are likely across the northern plains. a few late day storms are also possi

this time, he would have to go up against 12-4 josh beckett. trouble for hernandez in the first inning. caught up with the fastball, hits it out to left field. boston up 1-0. but david is unfazed. next batter gets a strike out. he would go four innings and give up only two runs. that second run, he he'd give up, would be to kevin youkilis, who had a four-hit game including his 19th home run and yes, they were up 2-0. now, in the sixth inning, jones beats out a hit to single then. markakis would get a single. nobody would be out, but they get a double play and no run. pt very next inning, the first two batters get on. beckett then goes to wieters and double play ball. the red sox go on to win. score was 4-0. >>> earlier in the week it was the super swimsuit that beat michael phelps, but michael said nothing wrong with my suit. after his opponent offered to buy him one of his own so he didn't have any excuses, would michael's suit be fine in the 100 meter butterfly? let's find out. >> we thought michael would be 23.5, he was 23.3, and here he com

and that was more than enough for boston starter josh beckett, one of the best pchers in all of baseball. here in the second. freezes aubrey huff. he struck out five in seven innings of work. beckett gets his 13th win as the red sox shut out the owes 4-0. the buick open's rating should double for tomorrow's final round because tiger is an top the leader board, nearly perfect when leading after three rounds. 35-1 on the pga tour when he has the outright lead going into sunday tiger woods and his caddie stevie williams feeling it in grand blanc michigan. here's tiger teeing off on number 3 from 170 yards out. probably used like a pitching wedge and snuggle it up there nice and close. that's what we call precision sets up a birdie. tiger from 33 feet away. bird is the word. we left the bug up there this time. you can see the reaction. he has a one-stroke lead at 17 under par. let's go to indiana for the senior u.s. open. takoma park native, former maryland golf coach fred funk was feeling it here on 9 chipping e green. funk looking to win his first major. ben funk putting for bird on 16. an

>> was that something about josh beckett? no, okay. look, i think we just had michael in from l.i.n.e. i say no to yours, i say l.i.n.e., we've already done the homework. michael in maryland. >> caller: jim. >> michael. >> caller: happy dow jones friday boo ya to from you annapolis. >> i'm loving that. go navy! >> caller: my question is about water transportation, general maritime. i know you like nordic american. >> a lot of people didn't like that quarter. i liked it. they still have no debt. i have to side with that over general maritime. i'm sorry. how about steve in texas? typhoon. >> caller: yes! >> steve. >> caller: big old texas how wide howdy boo-yah to you. >> caller: what's your take on lp, el paso? >> i saw that quarter come out. i've got to recommend. that one is going up big. it's headed up higher. you played the game right. mike in indiana. >> caller: big hoosier boo-yah, skee-daddy. >> how much fun did we have to see the hooziers. what's on your mind? >> caller: pbct. >> i like it. they have a balance sheet that is a ma

. >> reporter: >>> and then josh beckett, one of the best in all of major league baseball, and he freezesn seven innings of work. gets his 13th win of the year. and the red sox shutout the or annu orioles. >>> tiger is nearly perfect when leading after three rounds. and 35-1 on the pga tour. tiger and his caddie, feeling good in michigan. why shouldn't they? they are both multimillionaires, and playing well. and tiger from 170 yards out, probably could have hit it this close with a putter, instead an 8 or 9 iron, and then sets up a birdie. and then from 33 feet away, and dare i say bird is the word for mr. woods. he has a 1-stroke lead in michigan. 17 under par. >>> and indiana, the senior open. he would like to get this one nice and tight on number nine. that sets up a birdie. and funk still looking for his first major championship. and then funk putting for bird. and then good pace. good line. good birdie. one of six birde eeiesbirdies. >>> a bad start just killed dc united last night. diynamo fans. first half, 2-on, dynamo. and then the pass to brian cheng, and he scores. he does a nic

just ask josh beckett who came from the florida marlins to the red sox. year for the beckett in his first year. he didn't realize how talented the american league east was. obviously after the first year, he had a very effective transition. >> jim: 2-2 to mora, fouled back. that's one of the other things that, as players are coming through the respective farm systems, the player development people have to recognize, what's the make-up of this guy and can you envision him pitching at yankee stadium for a contending team, trying to beat the yankees? can you envision him at fenway park? this year, the orioles have had a tough year on the road. they have won only 18 games and lost 38. >> buck: how many times have we seen the yankees sign free agents who could not take it. many players signed could not handle t dave trem plea loves the character of these young players and even though they get hit around at times, they just bounce right back. another 2-2 to mora is poked foul. >> jim: i would guess that andy mcphail is already trying to recognize a top of the l

went -- he had a chance to tie josh beckett for the major league win in wins on monday. he gave up six hits in the first including that lead-off home run to brian roberts. struck out eight over the next seven innings. >> big series. cain looking for win number 13. his 3,000th base hit, one of the most memorable minutes in minute maid park. matsui off of cain, astros go up 3-2. hits the foul pole. grounds out to third, jose picks up the save. astros win 4-3. they are now 4 1/2 games behind the cubs, and cardinals' mike hampton picks up the win. he goes six. allowed one earned. 16-4 lifetime against san francisco. matt cain allowed two runs. only one over his six previous starts. >> lynch, the team's work horse for the last two seasons. find out why his pre-season game will be his biggest highlight for a while. we'll tell you why miles is a huge fan of his gator huge fan of his gator counterpart's announcer: welcome to the now network. currently, thousands of people are enjoying the new palm pre from sprint. its revolutionary web os allows multiple applications to run at t

josh beckett gets his major league leading 13th win of the season.10-2 against baltimore this year. >> how about the ray. >> they love playing the royals. then again, who doesn't? bottom eight, rays have 3-1. karl proffer. reaches out and touch someone. how about all the bases? two-run home run. rays win 7-1. crawford's 11th of the year. he's been on fire. jeff chen takes the win. crawford is hitting .400 during the stretch. you might not have noticed but jeff neiman has made the case as the best rookie pitcher in the a.l. league. his ten wins are the most and he has shored up a braves rotation that hasn't always been steady. neiman has the most wins and bet e.r.a. of all tampa bay starters this season. dodgers and braves. joe torre and his squad bottom sixth tiedor at 3-3. randy wolf deals to norton. manny ramirez not known for his arms. and that's why. hernandez beats the throw. braves go on to win fow-3. derek lowe is making his first start against his former squad. randy wolf takes the loss. he is 4-12? his career against the braves. adam laroche

josh beckett, a.j.he bullpen picking up where the the starters lefstarters off. >> coming up at 11:00 eastern. jonathan coachman has you covered. we'll keep you up to date with the bronx duel. angels and rangers, a

josh beckett bailed out by papelbon and his offense.innings, five earned runs, not to mention he walked five batters -- an e.r.a. over the last three starts 9.82. >> the twins getting loose before facing the rangers at the metrodome. bottom first, joe mauer facing tommy hunter, one out, mauer finishes to left scoring denard span from third, 1-0 twins. bottom sixth, rangers trailing 3-1, tommy hunter facing justin morneau. morno hits a liner back up the middle. hunter recovers and throws morno out at first. -- and morneau out -- throws morneau out at first. a painful loss for texas in the a.l. wild card race, minnesota victorious in six of their last seven games. duensing got the win. >> matt garza on the hill, bottom four, bases loaded, gerald laird to right field, gabe gross can't come up with it. that would score two. detroit scored five times in the fourth inning thanks to back-to-back-to-back doubles -- the rookie rick porcello gets the win. he's now allowed one or two earned runs in five of his six august starts, matt garza falls t

. >> josh beckett going for win number four as they continue to play in the bronx. and tiger woods is right where he wants to be at the bridgestone invitational. how far back is the world's number one? let's start right now . [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] >> all right, they are still playing in the bronx. 0-0. going into the bottom of the 11th. derek jeter was up with the winning run at third. struck out by jonathan papelbon. they continued to play. and we'll continue to monitor as we move on. with that, what's up and welcome into my house. i am the coach. a busy weekend straight ahead as the dog days have turned into training camp, enshrinement ceremonys and unsigned extensions, we start in the american league central. tigers and twins. miguel cabrera. tigers playing at home. and they like it there. cabrera. at the three-run shot. his 22nd of the year. tigers go on to win 10-8 is your final. tigers win their third straight in four or five. armando galaraga picks up his first career win against the twins. not good. seven runs on eight hits in one inning

josh beckett had the third shortest outing this season for him.d since joining the red sox in 06. so he still has 14 wins. and here's some info about beckett, even if the bluejays weren't the best team, the days of consistently knocking it around in his career, and the 15 long balls he's given up, two of them, that was the most against any team. they allowed three home runs tonight, the first time all season. >> mark will on the hill for the mariners, taking on the tigers. 3-2, bases loaded for miguel cabrera. a single to center brings in santiago and plas copolanco as well. cabrera, 3 for 4 with those two rbis, and detroit would get the win. porsello returned last tuesday. the rookie went 5 and #/3. gave up one hit, one run, struck out 8. but it was a no decision for him. ichiro got his 34th career hit. >> atlanta's alive in the nl east hunt. trailing philadelphia by five and a half games and is three behind colorado for the wildcard lead. runners on the corner for sheffield. he brings home a couple of runs, cuts the lead to two. later in the inn

and josh beckett, first man  make it to 13 games, a lucky number at this point. s belliard, he was at plate when josh willingham surprised us by getting thrn out trying to steal, and bor up the middle for delwyn yo nationals have only managed three singles off maholm, and now this year, maholm in 10 innings has given washington on run on 7 hits. here's alberto gonzales who bounced a grounder in front of the shortstop last time. 2-0. >> rob: give a how the shout ou to a command -- a shout out to some nationals fans, ken and maria are here from dc. >> bob: i notice you didn't get lost today. >> rob: i have to give credo debbi taylor. she helped me leave bread crumb on the way home. >> bob: this might be the o downtown with no pigeons them. >> rob: they followed me al way back. >> bob: my favorite thing is the guy on 6th street over there who sells pizza slices for $2 just grab one on the way backo the hotel, and there's your late-night snack. >> rob: i like the guy on

have sent really good players elsewhere, one of their other starters, hanley ramirez came in the josh beckettmike lowell trade with the red sox. they wouldn't be where they are without making some fantastic evaluations on their trade. >> bob: i was told the marlins don't make -- said to the red sox we don't make this deal unless we get hanley ramirezment he was the deal maker or breaker in this case. >> rob: and even cliff lee. that was four players for one guy. and justin masterson from the red sox, who i think could be a stud in this league, he was sent in the victor martinez trade to maybe just wait. not this year, maybe not even next year, but a couple years from now, you may see a guy like masterson just dominating at this level and you'll look back and say that was the victor martinez trade. a know a lot of people are down on the indians now, but they picked up a lot of great players for two players. >> bob: 1-1, to left center and he is going to drop one. it bounces to willingham and chris coghlan is 3-5 in the lead-off spot tonight. coming into this game as the lead-off hitter in # 48

josh beckett started that game. he has been tagged for three outings in a row.iven up 10 home run miss . the last three games. that is just unheard of. aaron hill hit his 31. >> gary: he got him on the inside corner. berken is rocking along right now. that is his fourth strikeout. he has retired five straight and another comebacker. the two-seam fastball. we have talked about a new wrinkle he is starting to utilize. very effective left-handed hitters. he catches that inside corner. >> gary: he only retired 62% of lead-off batters in an inning that will get you in real trouble. he has allowed only one on in this ballgame. it was one of the innings where cleveland got a run. cabrera watching that one throat away. outside, 2-1. cabrera and choo both come on the top ten in averages on the road. cabrera is a .324 hitter, seventh best in the league in road games. mora. the ball is a couple f rows deep. cabrera, we talked about him choking up on the bat. the bat handle, about three inches, and he sti has ough bat control and he doesn't need that big powerful swing from

during the red sox/orioles game josh beckett distracted rookie george, john smoltz placed bubble gumcap. he never knew the difference, trying to fit in, gain knowledge from the guys in the dugout. all they could do was laugh behind his back. after a few more minutes, he realized what was going on. all i can say, george, don't let them steal your suitcase. that reminds me of the time i put salt in willie's coffee. let's just say he spit it out. his computer screen never the same. you guys have a good monday. >> that was a good laugh, fred. those red sox. coming up next, news you can't use. why is vladimir putin leering through the port hole of a submarine? small business specialist, tom. now, i know the catering business but when i walked in here i wasn't sure what i needed. i'm not sure what i need. tom showed me how to use mifi to get my whole team working online, on location. i was like, "woah". woah ! only verizon wireless has small business specialists in every store to help you do business better. you're like my secret ingredient. come in today and connect up to five devices on

. >> dave: what a great pitching performance by josh beckett. 12:40 pm eastern time the game ends.d in the east semantic arts pirates game in pittsburgh garrett joseph of follow down the baseline watch. fan goes over there and hits the ground face first. >> clayton: watch that. >> dave: albert pujols calls immediately for medical attention. they eventually bring on a stretcher. fortunately as he was wheeled off the fan does give neil comes up. cards when the game. footnote there, six-for the final. >> clayton: another footnote, don't climb over there to catch a foul ball to one and all that one. >> clayton: go to dick's sporting goods and buy one of those balls. >> is a question for you. more and more people are taking in marriage their wife's name, the female in a relationship, the last name, instead of the man's last name. we asked for your e-mail sistani. people writing and whether they would do it. candace on twitter says absolutely not, my husband would never take my last name. >> alysin: it's unorthodox but mrs. flood from south korea says i was proud to take my husband's las