he deals with mike trout who singled into center his first time up against r.a. dickey. allow an earned run his first 29 innings. that one goes to 101 and carlos ruiz through his shoulder out trying to catch it, reaching for it.-one percent of the time he gets a swing and miss, which is the highest rate in baseball. 98. the count 2-1. the cuban-born left-hander. the reds unloaded on him contract-wise and it's finally all come together. there's the strike. their outstanding general manager, walt jockty, who for the longest time was with tony la russa in st. louis, sat chapman down on his way out at the end of last year and said, look, time to step up, get serious and go about your business. now as he hits 101, he is the late-inning hammer for dusty baker and the reds. >> tim: two pitches, fastball, slider. >> joe: trout 1 for 1 tonight. the 2-2 pitch is high. full count. if trout gets on, it will be trumbo. at this point now la russa is just trying to get guys into the game, not worrying about the match-up, left-hander, right-hander, whatever. full count. pitch is high. a

he deals with mike trout who singled into center his first time up against r.a. dickey. allow an earned run his first 29 innings. that one goes to 101 and carlos ruiz through his shoulder out trying to catch it, reaching for it. forty-one percent of the time he gets a swing and miss, which is the highest rate in baseball. 98. the count 2-1. the cuban-born left-hande the reds unloaded on him contract-wise and it's finally all come together. there's the strike. their outstanding general manager, walt jockty, who for the longest time was with tony la russa in st. louis, sat chapman down on his way out at the end of last year and said, look, time to step up, get serious and go about your business. now as he hits 101, he is the late-inning hammer for dusty baker and the reds. >> tim: two pitches, fastball, slider. >> joe: trout 1 for 1 tonight. the 2-2 pitch is high. full count. if trout gets on, it will be trumbo. at this point now la russa is just trying to get guys into the game, not worrying about the match-up, left-hander, right-hander, whatever. full count. pitch is hig

matt cain will start over r.a. dickey in kansas city.ur giants players will be on the field. actually in the starting lineup. bob redell is live with more on how this first for san francisco giants could be controversial. good morning. >> reporter: controversial if you live on the east coast. the giants will have the first time in an all-star game they have four players starting and the first time that the starters are pitcher and catcher. buster posey behind the plate and matt cain on the mound. the manager of the national league team he is from the bay area. they are both from this area and he has been able to become familiar. he wanted to extend him the invitation to congratulate him on what has been an excellent career so far. he threw a perfect game not long ago. they are happy as clams to play while r.a. dickey not so much. he's the pitcher for the new york mets. you saw him taking the mound tonight. >> i'm not going to break down in tears but at the same time i'm a competitor. i want to pitch, i want to start. i feel like i had a

r.a. dickey, the husband and father and this year a dream season.city field, the pitcher emerges from the dugout. the man of the moment with that ten-game winning streak. >> great to meet you in person. the only knuckle baller in the major leagues right now. >> you said it best. i'm just trying to be in the moment with it as much as possible. >> it's been a long and trying journey. the mets pitcher famous for his knuckle ball is a survivor in every sense of the word. abused as a young boy, he would get through it. >> i don't know. if i had to go back, i think i would wrap my arms around it. >> he reveals that struggle in the new book, the boy who kept it all a secret, even from his wife who he met in the seventh grade, first break in baseball t major league contract for nearly a million and the team taking back the offer. >> the rangers reduced the bonus to $75,000. he took it around determined to prove himself, for years playing for the rangers t brewers, the twins, back to the minors in between. his time now if f with the mets and perfection of th

r.a. dickey in the midst of a dream season.ow much mets representation will be on tony la russa's national league all-star squad? squad? >> kevin: r.a. dickey might be starting. you still have to look at johan santana. he has done a great job. he is 67-4, obviously, doing what he has done. listen, they could potentially have the three guys no doubt about it. >> matt: dodgers, maybe clayton kershaw. matt kemp leads the national league outfielders though he has been hurt most of the first half. >> kevin: ethier and kemp, they hurt. we don't know how bad the ethier situation is. this is a team that gets interesting because who goes? >> matt: reminder next saturday, last week of primetime baseball. baseball night in america big game of the week. yankees and red sox. braves-phillies. twins-rangers. also in action. starts at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. coming um next except for the west coast, your late local news. for kevin millar, matt vasgersian. good night. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >>> another very hot and hum

tomorrow night, justin verlander for the american league, san francisco's matt cain over r.a. dickeynal league. >> the one edge that i thought would make sense, we have buster posey catching and matt cain is legit as far as getting the honor, and then we will play the game. >> going to be huge for me and cool for me to -- my third one, but this is the first one to be able to start the game, it will be a huge honor for me and i am excited. >> the giants will have four starters in the game tomorrow night but the story remains tim lincecum. right now, no joke, he is statistically the worst pitcher in baseball. a lot of people calling for tim lincecum to go to the minor leagues. his next start is saturday at home worse the astros. reggie jackson will not be hanging around the yankees for a while. he is a special assistant, signs autographs, shows up at events, the club said don't come around for a while after reggie jackson made statements that alex rodriguez's number were tainted. the yankees insist reggie jackson will remain but right now he is not to come around the club. a shocker fo

r.a. dickey picked up. >>> braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants, two of them homers. the other an rbi triple. >>> british open scott was your leader after the opening round. tied the course with a 6 under 64. tyinger starts the day three strokes behalf. >>> rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. he said he was not in condition to compete. >>> team usa basketball red to go may not be as good as the 1992 dream team but they can play defense with the best of them. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the mernls up 19 at the half. anthony davis the latest at the team but he's fitting in nicely. usa won it by 14, 81-78. two more exhibitions before the olympics. >>> finally when you think the dream team couldn't get any better, lebron james reveals his secret weapon. he spins, fakes, switches hands, and there it is, yes, unstoppable. probably so. will he do it in a game? well, we can only hope. who needs agent 86 when you've about got agent number 6. just another reason why you'd never want to p

r.a. dickey not so much.e pitcher for the mets who thought he would take the mound first tonight. >> not in tears over it but at the same time i'm a competitor, i want to pitch, i want to start. i feel like i had a good enough first half to be considered and you know, but i'm not the boss and i don't have to necessarily agree with it but i have to respect it. >> so again, matt cain starting at pitching, buster posey catching, pablo sandoval on third base and melky cabrera taking left field. the game tonight in kansas city. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> always a fun one to watch. >> a lot of giants flavor. should be great to see our local guys. out here nice to watch a little weather. >> indeed it will be nice to stay indoors and watch that game with your air conditioner kicking. it's going to be a hot day. tomorrow, peak warmth so getting even warmer as we head through tomorrow. but let's get to it this morning. lots to talk about starting with the embarcadero. the micro climates are goin

r.a. dickey picked up his 13th win, and the mets won it, 9-5. >>> braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants and two of them were homers, the other an rbi triple. braves did just enough to win it, 3-2. >>> british open, australian adam scott was your leader after the opening round. tied a course record with a 6 under 64. tiger starts the day three strokes back. >>> rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. the running gold medalist has released a statement that he said he was not in condition to compete. >>> team usa basketball ready to go, routed great britain, may not be as good as the 1992 dream team, but they can play defense with the best of them. chris paul forced a turnover, sparked a fast break. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the americans up 19 at the half. anthony davis, a late addition to the team, but the kid is fitting in nicely. usa won it by 40, 118-78. two more exhibitions before the olympics. >>> and, finally, just when you t

r.a. dickeyked up his 13th win and the mets won it, 9-5. >>> braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants, two of them homers. the other an rbi triple. >>> british open scott was your leader after the opening round. tied a course record with 6 under 64. tiger starts today three strokes back. >>> rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. he released a statement that said he was not in condition to compete. >>> team usa basketball ready to go may not be as good as the 1992 dreemt team, but they can play defense with the best of them. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the americans up 19 at the half. anthony davis the latest at the team but he's fitting in nicely. usa won it by 14, 81-78. two more exhibitions before the olympics. >>> finally when you think the dream team couldn't get any better, lebron james unveils his top secret weapon. no it's not a shoe phone but maxwell smart would have enjoyed this. he spins, fakes, switches hands, and there it

they go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon, it will be gio against r.a. dickey tied for the major league lead with two a piece. the os in action. crushes this pitch. and upper deck job. two-run shot, jones said his hand is still hurting him. 22nd home run of the year, os out front, 2-0, they needed a win december pretsly. bottom of the eighth -- desperately needed a win. bottom of the eighth. patton, uh oh, gets out of the jam, the shift was on and it worked. the twins leave the bags full and the os break their three-game losing streak with a 2-1 win. >>> robert griffin, iii ready to get itt itty -- getting it goin. he has all his contract money fully guaranteed and just over $13 million will be his signing bonus. >> sweet. >> yeah, skins have an option for a third year. getting him in before training camp was crucial, although hold outs will be more rare because of this new rookie wage scale, regardless of the reason, rg-3 is here and his teammates know how important it is to have qb 1 in camp on time so there's no excuses and the expectations will be high. tra

two of the league's best pitchers, two all-stars today, the surprising r.a. dickeyed a jewel early on this afternoon, but the nationals' gio gonzalez wasn't nearly as successful. mets up 2-1 in the 2nd. ike davis, he 0 another. gio -- he adds another. gio got rocked today. craig salmon not much better in relief. david wright send a three-run shot over the center field wall. it's now 9-1 mets in the 4th. drew storen finally getting some action today after a long stint on the dl. pitched the 9th inning keeping the mets from tacking on any more runs. the nats tried to rally, but the deficit was just too big to overcome. the mets win this one 9-5. >> a lot of good things happened in that ballgame. when you're nine runs down, you come back and a couple times, of -- every time running on deck it's not just a complete bad day. there were a lot of good things there. >>> team usa facing great britain in london today, darren williams starting in place of chris paul responded well with 19 points. williams 5-6 from downtown helping the u.s. pull away from britain, 118-78 the fi

it was supposed to be a pitcher's duel between r.a. dickeythe mets and cole hamels and the phillies. instead, david wright would ruin all that. hamels, 5-10, in 19 year starts with the mets. mets up three. jimmy rollins, taking dickey to the corner. hamels had a nice night. bottom nine. mets down one. and they give to jonathan papelbon, literally. that's daniel murphy. next batter, david wright. a little flare into shallow right. still looks like a laser in the box score. and the mets come back to win, 6-5, in queens. >>> elsewhere, in the n.l. east, you have the giants wearing the throwbacks, taking on the nats in the nation's capital. angel pagan, to right center. pablo sandoval. he's big. but he can hustle. giants, down one. bottom seven, danny espinosa, let the come back begin. not off mr. perfect. it's matt cain. later in the inning, bases loaded. adam laroche. it's the walkoff fielder's choice. nats win, 6-5. >>> sunday night, yankees/red sox, as they wrap up a four-game set. 8:00 p.m. on espn, espn3 and the watch espn app. >>> and we h

. >>> the game was the first allstar appearance for the mets 37-year-old knuckleballer r.a. dickey.as the 8th for chipper jones. got a hit in. in his one plate appearance. he's retiring at the end of the season. >>> the major leaguers weren't the only ones having fun. minor leaguers in redding, pennsylvania, held a different kind of home run derby. lots of differences. how about targets for hitters. like a guy in a flag outfit bouncing on a trampoline. a kid perched in a dunk tank in the outfield. another suspended from center field from a crane. plus pink flamingos. all for laughs with the more than 8,000 fans that turn out. that's the event you don't stay sober at very long. >>> still on the subject of baseball, an ohio man made an allstar discovery. hundreds of baseball cards that hadn't seen the light of day in decades, an expert say the collection is worthy of the hall of fame. >> jen steck has the story. >>> carl kissner took a step back in time as he was cleaning out the old house that his aunt and grandparents once lived in. digging through boxes of hats, dresses and knickkn

. >>> i go 0 gonzalez and r.a. dickey both tied with 12 wins apiece today.ot rocked today going just three and a third innings giving up six runs, including two homers and only striking out two batters. good news on the pitching front with the return of closer drew storen. he pitched a scoreless 9th inning looking pretty sharp but the nats were in too deep a hole to climb out of. the mets avoid the sweep 1-5. nats open a four-game series with atlanta tomorrow night. >>> finally on the hole, phil mickelson shot from the bunker. watch this. it disappears. that's a deep bunker. it disappears into the lip of the bunker. the worst part is it took seven people, look at that almost two minutes to find his ball in the grass. he took an unplayable lie, bow geed the hole. >> the rest is history. >> he's tied for 99th. >> he's going to have to shoot well tomorrow or miss the cut. >> she's rubbing that in. ñ'

bottom one, here's r.a. dickeyably the best pitcher in baseball, takes the knuckleballer and zim's 11th of the season. 2-1 mets on top. top of the four, gio yanked after 3 1/3, his worst outing as a national. 6-1 mets, david wright doing it one more time of the how about a three-run shot? he had five rbis in the game. the mets are up at this point, 9-1 in the fourth inning. fast forward to the top of the ninth, 9-4 mets, drew store store ren is back. he went three up and three down in his first action of the season. it's good to have him back. bottom nine now, mets lead is down to four. nationals trying to rally but par nell says no, national s fal 9-4. the braves come to town tomorrow. as for today, gio just didn't have it. >> kind of got to roll with the pitches, you can't pitch great every time. he gave us his best and the bull pen gave us their best. we didn't score enough runs. >> i was trying to get a couple of innings in and save the bull pen but unfortunately that's not what happened so next time it's how y

the surprising r.a. dickey pitched a jewel but gio gonzalez wasn't nearly as successful. nationals going for the sweep in the matinee. mets already up 2-1 in the 2nd. ike davis adds another run to that. gio got rocked, his worst outing since becoming a national. six runs done after three and a third. david wright's shot make it is 9-1. drew storen finally getting some action after a long stint on the dl, pitched a scoreless 9th inning keeping the mets from attacking on any more runs but the deficit was too big to overcome the mets avoid the sweep 9 -5. >> a lot of good things happened in that ballgame. when you're nine runs down and come back and a couple times had a tying run on deck, it's not always just a complete bad day. it was really a lot of good things that happened there that i'm proud to see. >> the glass is half full. team u.s.a. facing great britain in london yesterday. daren williams starting in place of chris paul, responded well with 19 points. williams five of 16 from downtown helping the u.s. pull away from britain's 118-78 the final. the team will face a

out the players that are going to be in it and the best story in the major league all-star game, r.a. dickeycher, 37 years old and 10th year in the major leagues and served a knuckle ball. the ball goes 80 miles per hour tops usually and he's making his first all-star appearance and might star in the all-star game. >> only a sports guy would say 80 miles per hour is not fast. >> that's nothing, harris, and at least 90 or-- >> i can drive fast. so we have a new member, a special member of our fox sports team. >> a new member, erin andrews is making a move to fox sports, investigating big in college football and erin andrews the studio anchor and big hire and big fox is going to be airing college football games every night during the season and erin andrews one of the most talented talents in the entire world, a great edition. >> harris: her contacts and her knowledge of college sports-- >> every coach, every player respectser and her work, i'm excite today work with her. >> harris: we have her, we have you, who would want anything more? >> we're loaded. >> harris: thank you. >> thank you. >>

r.a. dickey pitched a jewel but gio gonzalez not nearly as successful. ike davis adds a run.is worst outing since becoming a national. drew soren finally getting some action after a long stint on the dl. pitch add scoreless 9th inning keeping the mets from attacking on any more runs. the mets avoid the sweep 9-5. >> a lot of good things happened in that ballgame. when you're nine runs down and come back and have a tying run on deck, it's not always just a complete bad day. it was really a lot of good things that happened there that i'm really proud to see. >> the glass is half full. >>> team u.s.a. facing great britain in london yesterday. daryl williams starting in place of chris paul. responded well with 19 points. williams 5 of 16 from downtown helping the u.s. pull away from britain's 118-78 the final. the team will face argentina this sunday in spain. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristen berset. have a great friday. >>> embattled mayor d.c. gray responds now to a "washington post" poll which suggests most city residents want him to resign. >>> coming u

. >> what about r.a. dickey? should he be starting? >> he should be.e's a great story, he's a great guy. >> wait a minute. did you prep for that? >> no. >> i think a little bird got her in her ear with that one. >> i got to talk to alex. >> coming up, the new issue of fortune next. [ male announcer ] you sprayed them. thought they were dead. huh? [ male announcer ] should've used roundup. it kills weeds to the root, so they don't come back. roundup. no root. no weed. no problem. ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk, but i do. [ female announcer ] and you've earned a say. get the facts and make your voice heard on medicare and social security at earnedasay.org. >>> it's a good time to take a look at the new issue of "fortune" magazine, "the death of cas