last spring troy patton, the pitcher of the orioles, got in the me gel tejada trade. he elected to have the surgery.

is my grandfather who arrived on this speech six weeks after d-day and marched across europe and patton's army. it is my great uncle who was part of the first american division to reach and to liberate a nazi concentration camp. his name ispaine and i am proud he is with us today. -- his name is charles panie. for those of you who make it, there is nothing that can keep you away. one says veteran, a man named jim noreen, was a member of the 502nd infantry division of the 101st airborne. last night after visiting the cemetery one last time he passed away in his sleep. jim was gravely ill when he left his home and new he might not return. but just as he did 65 years ago, he came anyway. making the rest in peace with the boys he once led with. and made his family always find solace in the heroism he showed here. in the end, and jim came back to normandy for the same reason we'll come back. he came for the reason articulated by howard hubner, another. shubert here with us today. when asked why he made the trip, howard said it is important we tell our stories. it does not have to be something

they made possible patton's amazing advance across france. what do we have here? it is not advancing. >> when you have these types of wizards you are in trouble. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. and overall, what did the bombing do? it stiffened german resolve to continue the war, and strengthen the nazi regime. interestingly enough, exactly what the germans did to the english when they bombed england, they stood in the english resolve where production proved, the regime, much strengthened in their attempts to pursue the war. , but you will see that over and over again in the history of strategic bombing. in korea, right after world war ii, the bomber general really took over the air force, cut the fighters to almost nothing, force the most brilliant combat leader we had out of the air force because he was the bobber guy, still advocating fighters and tactical support. and we inherited a whirlwind when korea broke out, we had a small army taskforce totally overwhelmed by the north koreans, being pushed down the peninsula. what did the air force do? they saw -- t

last spring troy patton, the pitcher of the orioles, got in the me gel tejada trade. he elected to have the surgery. a base hit up the middle by gonzales. he rehabbed all of last year and now he's in triple a they're bringing him back slowly. it is interesting how two guys had similar-type shoulder issues, one hahway through the season it was diagnosed and the other in spring training and matt decided to go the rehab route and it has worked out with him. >> rob: and smoltz had the tear at his age and he had the surgery. i had a ruptured labrum that had to be removed and that's pretty much what ended my career. it is the cartilage on the inside of your shoulder. it is what the ball joint really goes on. the same thing, the cartilage in your knee. once that tears, if they can't repair it, they usually have to take it up or they have to staple it together and to rehab it is just amazing to me because it is just such -- you know how hard cartilage is. it is not going to heal up on it own. you to strengthen everything around it. >> jim: and if you have ever had a torn cart

red sox and the yankees and the tigers were some of our big opponents, and they traded for marty patton, and the late pat dobbson did a whole pan mime of pat pitching in fenway shake off signs. he never got to throw a pitch because he was so nervous. we had never seen him pitch there, but it is just there are certain ballparks that the bleachers are entirely too close. >> rob: did you have any ballparks that you didn't like the mound? >> jim: seattle. i just didn't like seattle. >> bob: that was a band box. and a fastball up in -- up and in that huff can't catch up with and the count go to 3-2. >> rob: so you weren't a big fan of arena baseball? >> jim: no. i'm trying to think where else. >> bob: minnesota maybe? >> jim: no, i liked -- they had some real good hitters there, but so did we. and it all kind of evened out on the teams i played for. >> bob: 3-2. we'll see if the o's do something with the runner a bouncing ball right side. hernandez wheels to guzman, and that's a nice-looking 4-6-3. the nationals turn their second double play of the night. willingham dunn, willingham and duke