what does that mean for the padres and their cy younger? >> unless he has a miracle recovery, it will kill the trademark the for them. the padres wanted to move his contract, but let's face it, we're 50 days away until the trade deadline. he will not get healthy before that trade deadline enough so that any team would be willing to take a risk on his contract at this point, would be willing to give up prospects. so the padres will have to hope that he pitches well enough at the end of the year so he can re-establish his trade value so they can deal him in the wintertime. this is in keeping with what you are hearing from g.m.s. they don't think it will be a robust trade period because teams are not willing to take on money. even if jake peavy had been healthy, they hey have had a tough time trying to find a team to take him. roy halladay had to leave after three innings with a sore groin. what are you hearing? >> it's a mild groin injury. if they miss halladay at all, it's goes to hurt them. he's a hard worker. had a streak of goodness and i

right now trailing at home to the padres 3-1.nd an rbi single for the padres and 0-5 at dodgers stadium, a 3-1 lead in the top of the forth and we will keep you posted. >> he may have said it best, when i was dead broke i couldn't picture this. to be in college. mark sanchez, the college quarterback playing quarterback at u.s.c. he was an nfl player drafted fifth overall by the jets. wednesday he game a very wealthy man. sanchez agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million. $28 of it guaranteed. the quarterback with a record-setting performance in a rose bowl win over penn state completing with clemmen to be the starting quarterback. and he doesn't have a ton of experience. and sanchez hasn't thrown a pass in an nfl game yet and kellen has a passer rating below 60. >>> and ed reported that the vikings gave brett farve a deadline to report this week if he wanted to play for minnesota. and wednesday brad childress said unless his wife wants him out of the house the vikings did not stet a deadline. >> was there a deadline set on thi

the padres in town for three. bottom four, rangers up 9-1. hank blalock, get outta here. his 14th of the season. texas goes on to win 12-3. padres have lost 13 of their last 15 interleague road games. >>> nhl draft, the islanders took center john tavares with the first pick friday. tavares led the ontario hockey league with 58 goals this season. he also broke the ohl's record for career goals. he's the isles fourth overall number 1 pick. pick >> the flyers have acquired defenseman chris pronger from the ducks. in 2007 he won a stanley cup as a member of the ducks. >>> straight ahead on espnews, she's got the last name, but what about the game. tiger woods' niece trying to make the cut in her lpga tour debut. >>> after taking the weekend off, roger federer will face a familiar opponent as he continues his quest for history i hear what you're saying, i just don't do commercials, it's not my thing. conan, this is different. it's a ton of money, and it's only going to be seen in sweden. only in sweden? all the hollywood guys do this. guess one commercial couldn't hurt. ♪ ( wh

>> the padres weren't that impressed by a couple scouts behind home plate. he lost velocity as the game went on, with yo but with myersy need others to step up. >> what's your thoughts? >> phillies 7-3 over the last 10 games. best record in baseball. and so you've got the best in the east against the best in the west. the dodgers by far are the class of the national league west, and the phillies the best in the east. it's a great matchup. >> l.a.'s pitching has gotten better. their offense has come back to earth a little bit. how do you remain positive in light of what's gone on with the closer? >> it's tough. they lost two devastating games on friday and saturday. interesting tonight, how charlie emanuel will utilize his bullpen. will he use madsen to close? a lot of people in philadelphia are calling for madsen to close. i don't think the team is, but fans are. >> we look ahead to that game. >> world cup soccer qualifying. the u.s. looking to bounce back from a terrible 3-1 loss to costa rica this week in the final round. hosting team honduras at soldiers

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. >> padres in town for three with the rangers. 9-1 texas. hank blalock likes what he sees. his 14th of the year. texas wins its third straight. kevin millwood gets career win number 150 for the rangers. >> a.l. central-leading tigers putting their seven-game win streak on the line against the astros. top nine, tigers down 5-4. latroy hawkins gets the ground out. astros hang on to win 5-4, and s detroit's seven-game win streak is over. >> nhl draft.ft, the islanders took center john to tavares with the first pick tavares tavares led the o ontario hocke. league with 54 goals. he's the isles first overall fo pick.vrall four of the top five picks were centers. rounding out the top 10, three defensemen and two wingers. >> the flyers have acquireduire defenseman chris pronger from the ducks. pronger was the league mvp in the 1999-2000 season with the blues. in 2007, he won a stanley cup as a member of the ducks. >> straight ahead on espnews,pn, she's got the last name, butnam, what about t bhe game?e. tiger woods' niece trying toingt make the cut in her lpga tour debut. taking th

expected to return to the big leagues on july 3rd and he will join the dodgers when they face the padrese phillies are yet to beat the blue jays in four chance this is season. and werth knows it and wants to change it. and a scoreless game but you can add two on the board. crushing that one to left field and an upper-deck shot for werth. check out how the ball carries. he had two home runs in the game and was 4-4. his sixth career multi-home run game. and the phillies win the second time in the last 11. 9 -- the 10-0 win is the largest since 1994. and j.a. happ's first shutout. >> and andy roddick facing met met -- jurgen melzer. and roddick's feet are going into business for himself. stumbles and falls and he loses his footing and that set. and his wife, brooklyn decker, watching. soaking in the rays. as her hubbie continues playing. and roddick all over it with the forehand winner. and he had 33 ace as and 9-0 against melzer and 22-3 this year in tie-breakers. >> considering the way he serve ed the first two sets, i was glad to get through with a two-set lead. you know, i was having tr

trailing at home right now to the padres 2-1.nd ethier who is outstanding in manny's absence with an rbi single in the first for l.a. and the seventh rbi in the last games. and they have catching up to do and we will keep you posted here on "espnews." >> might have said it best when i was dead broke i couldn't picture this, works to be in college. and the college student playing quarterback at usc. and an nfl player drafted by the jets and wednesday he game a very wealthy man. sanchez has agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million. $28 guaranteed. and a rose bowl win over penn state and competing to be the team's starting quarterback. and look now at the jets' quarterback situation, doesn't have a ton of experience. sanchez, and he hasn't thrown a pass in an nfl game yet and clemens with a passer rating below 60. >> and tuesday, ed reported that the vikings gave brett farve a head line to report this week if he wanted to play this season. and yesterday, they said unless his wife wants it out of the house, he says the team did n

padres scoring the least and up wouldn't know it today leading 7-3 in the top of the ninth.ein with an r.b.i. double. and again a single in the sixth. and davis with the second home run in the last three games. >> and the best interleague performer this season, trying to keep it going against the d-backs. davis 1-5 at tomorrow. and the angels down 1-0. and aybar drops it down and it looks pretty routine and they throw it away. aybar heads to second and the double is nice. and aybar safe. and the throw, that sails out of town and aybar scores easily. and the second most errors in the majors. and the angels 13-4 in interleague play. and going 3-4 and .500 in the last seven games. >>> updating you on the giants and brewers now tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth. the giants are doing their best to give the game away. brian wilson on the mound, the bottom of the ninth. prince fielder coming out to the dish. brian braun struck out and another two outs in this one. and the giants are definitely trying to hang onto this one. and prince fielder, a three-run home run. >>> and ente

keith fell gets his 18th save, top in the majors and the padres get their first win at dodger stadiumyear. >> biggie as small as might have said it best. "when i was dead broke, i couldn't picture this." ah, to be in college. a few months back mark sanchez was a college student playing quarterback at u.s.c. on april 25th he became an nfl player, drafted fifth overall by the new york jets. on wednesday, he became a very wealthy man. sanchez according to chris mortensen has agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million, 28 of it guaranteed, the quarterback with a record-setting performance. in the rose bowl. >> tuesday espn's ed werder reported the vikings gave brett favre a deadline to report to off-season workouts this week if he wanted to play for minnesota this season. wednesday, coach brad childress said unless favre's wife wants him out of the house, the team did not set a deadline. >> was there a deadline or not placed on brett favre to report this week to practice? >> absolutely not. maybe by deanna or somebody like that, but certainly not from me, not even close. don't where tha

. >> continuing our coverage of the major league draft, we can tell you the padres have taken donovanthree. much more coverage from the nan

manny of course rescheduled to join the dodgers on the field july 3rd when they face the padres in san diego, the firsts game after his suspension comess to an end. >> all right. so the dodgers with one eye onnt albuquerque,e,e,eye on chicago and the white sox on tuesday. region. inflicting suffering of its own people and many others. to be sure i am aware and international affairs old wounds do not heal easily. however if we look closely at iraq political economics potential is clearly in the gulf nations' strategic interest to support the government and people of iraq. iraq neighbors should lend support with intelligence sharing and increase border control efforts. especially those nations that have thus far failed to live up to pledges to tighten border crossings. iraq moreover should be considered for membership and a regional forum such as the gulf cooperation council. agreed security progress has been made in iraq over the past two years. there remain those that wish to see the new iraq feel and who will continue to kill innocent civilians to further this goal. as we have seen in

he told me today that he credits former orioles and his former padres hitting coach for giving him the proper mindset with runners on base. >> jim h.: thank you very much. >> when nobody's on, you feel like you have to hit a double or drive a ball. but he says like when guys are in runners are in scoring position, just hit a single. don't try to do too much and i think that that's helped me to really zone pitches up. the pressure's on them, it's not on me. so a lot of it's just mindset. >> debbi: bard is hitting .400 for the month of june and he said it's his work with rick that's helped him. rick said he's got a great routine, he simplified his approach at the plate and he shortened his swing which is very difficult to do at the big league level. >> jim h.: all right, debbi, thank you. >> rob: the more he catches, the more reps he gets at the plate, we really see the offense coming out of the bard now. but he's also, like i said, last night calling better games, defensively he's gotten better, throwing people out. so every part of his game has gotten better the more he's behind the pl

hit a home run against nick schmidt, the first-round draft pick of the padres in 2007. then in his second plate appearance, manny walked with a man on. manny expected to play long enough to get four at-bats. manny taking the first pitch low. ramirez declined to talk to reporters today. came about 2 1/2 hours before the game. fly balls and took cuts in the batting page for the 66ers of the california league. two balls to manny. and because of california league was on its all-star game break monday through wednesday, the start of ramirez's stint with inland empire he went to albuquerque, new mexico where he went hitless in three at-bats and stepping in and ramirez takes the cut. and it appears that manny flew out in his third at-bat nowhere, it actually dropped in for a single. so manny ramirez 2-3 with the walk. now this is what is awaiting manny in the coming days. he will be facing rancho cucamonga on sunday, monday and tuesday. and he is scheduled to return to the dodgers on july 3rd against san diego. of course, "espnews" will have highlights of all of these games an

tate was scheduled to go to north carolina for next three years, and he's picked number three by the padresna probably loses the present and the future in the second and third picks of the draft. tony sanchez a reach pick by the pirates for signability. a catcher out of boston college goes number four. interesting after that. the first high school to go by the orioles. pick a name out of here, five, six, seven or eight, that you can see being a bona fide player in the major leagues. >> i love zack wheeler. i love a couple guys on this list, but zack wheeler, right-hander, a swerve, it's usually a negative thing. he has a sharp pitch, good depth and angle on it, really good delivery. i like the athleticism, like the body. he projects as a number two, maybe a chance to be a number-one starter. >> how about signability? >> he's signable because he was signed to a division one school that just transferred out of division two, but it's in the a tough-time school. >> let's go nine through 12 now and take a look at the latest picks from the major league baseball draft. keith law and we see jacob t