hanley ramirez fouling one off his foot. he wept down in a hurry. >> buck: he uses that exaggerated leg kick. gets the foot down. it hit right on the inside of his instep of that left foot. >> jim: count holding 0-2 on ramirez. none out, one on. curves outside. hanley ramirez acquired in november 2005. he had mays made his big league debut that september with the red sox just outside, 2-2. above theever boston was look to go shore up their starting rotation and they were able to get josh beckett away from the florida marlins and the marlins insisted they take mike luol. i'm sure the red sox all knees -- mike lowell. i'm sure the red sox all these years later were blad they -- glad they did. hanley ramirez hanley ramirez was their top prospal tekt and -- prospect and came to florida and he rips one down to second base for a double. down in the count and he's still able to extend the arms and pull -- pull it for a one- out double. >> buck: again, they are able to sit back and look breaking ball. there's the step. keeps his han

here is hanley ramirez. two outs. if albers gets ramirez, no harm done.e'll see what bonifacio does at first. will he try to steal second? he is running. pitch in the deet. wieters' throw into center field! bonifacio gets to third. pie must get the ball in. bonifacio coming towards the plate! here is the throw! he is safe at the plate! what a mental mistake by felix pie. he held the baseball! bonifacio looked up. he saw that pie still had it and he -- and he runs all the way to the plate. >> buck: boy, what a mistake. matt wieters digs the ball out of the dirt. never got a good grip on the baseball and throws it into center. look at bonifacio watch this play. he turns around to see what pie is going to do and never stops. pie through the ball -- threw the ball to second and that's costly. look at the indecisive -- he didn't know what to do. last thing you do is hold it. first thing do you is get it back to the infield as quick as possible. credit bonifacio for running with his head up. he had an idea before he ever touched third base that he could score o

hanley ramirez grand slam breaks it open. ninth inning coming up.  >> jim: orioles baseball masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com and by honda. you can depend on your honda dealer for great leases and low financing. nighttime in miami. this one has been all marlins. ross gload stays in the game at first base. it means that the new pitcher will go into jorge cantu's spot and there's the new pitcher christopher leroux just called back from the minor leagues to take the place of lindstrom on the roster. >> buck: he was at double-a jacksonville. leroux is not -- has not had much experience much like tim wood. this is leroux's second stint with the ball club. he came up early in the season. made an appearance in one game. pitched two innings and then got sent back down. this is just his second major league appearance here. >> jim: wieters will lead off. andino on deck and then the pitcher's spot. wieters takes a ball. matt is 0--- 0-3 on the night and 4-18 on the trip. mention

he'll keep ramirez close. ramirez has 10 steams steals on the year. he has been caught five times. two hits in the inning. the double to get the rally going and single to drive in chris coghlan. strike taken by cantu. >> buck: they're going to have to use a few more fastballs and changeups here in the middle of the order just to put a different thought into the hitters mind. he's hitting breaking ball pretty consistently. even that swing right there, he was looking breaking ball. this is just a product of studying some video looking at rich hill's good outing seeing how he utilized that curve ball. he has enough confidence to throw at any time. right now, the marlins are looking for it with two strikes and they're doing a pretty good job of staying back. >> jim: 0-2 on jorge cantu. ramirez runs. taken inside. throw to second base goes into center field. i think it hit ramirez! adam jones quickly gets in on it and flips it back in. that will be a stolen base and another throwing error on matt wieters. >> buck: kind of tied up with the hitter cantu. never made contact. watch the brea

but once they got hanley ramirez, his shortstop days were over. gip hanley ramirez on the mound.rtstop signaled to the bench for the trainer to come out and the marlins' trainer and manager fredi gonzalez are coming out to check on nunez. >> buck: this is not a good sign anytime you bring the trainer with you and nunez is obviously feeling some discomfort. he is not sure where it is, obviously, but fredi gonzalez is going to take him out of the game. >> jim: so nunez will leave. he has faced two batters. the home run by wieters and a line drive single by robert andino. and a pitching change here because of injury in the eighth inning so wieters gets it started, the orioles batting in the eighth.

hanley ramirez fouls it back. ramirez had another good night at the plate. rbi single and a run scored in the third then a double and a run scored in the fifth. he's having a heck of a home stand. now 9-21 with a couple of home runs and nine rbi's. slider for a strike, good pitch. >> buck: he's had seven rbi's against the orioles including the grand slam jim mentioned then a two-run base hit in the first inning in last night's game against jason berken. probably going to be the starting shortstop in the all- star game coming up in st. louis. >> jim: by the way, i saw the rosters were announced today, buck, for the futures game and the orioles once again have a couple of prospects heading to that game and they're both pitchers. >> buck: yeah, that's great news for the organization. both brian matusz and chris tilghman will represent the orioles at the futures all-star game sunday july 12 in st. louis as part of the all-star festivities. tilghman is 5-4 with a .259 -- 2.59 e.r.a. in 12 starts for the norfolk tithes tides and brian matusz between a-ball and dou

bonifacio and ramirez.they have a couple of jackrabbits who bat ahead of hanley ramirez who is now the number three hitter here after several years of leading off. stammen batting average .265 trying to get that 9.45 e.r.a. down. he has a 3-2 strikeout to walk ratio. in his first -- actually, 2-1, 20 over 10, in his first major league innings. that will help a bouncer to the right side. alberto gonzalez very versatile playing second base tonight. >> rob: give you the pnc bank breakdown on am craig stammen. he has a great road e.r.a. he's amongst the rookie leaders in that category. finishes strong especially against the red sox. three perfect innings. he's got to pitch a little more consistently like the new york yankees and keep the beat. olsen following lannan. it would be nice to see stammen follow those two guys and throw another gem. >> bob: emilio bonifacio with a seven-game hitting streak had a bill big triple last night and a sac fly. continues to hurt the nationals while hurting few other teams in

and manny ramirez in the first and manny ramirez in the first a.b. hits a home run. - ( cheerful tune playing ) - learned how to change my own oil. think i did something wrong! but you know how pricey these german cars are to maintain. right? max: actually, volkswagen has no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. even the cc. ( chuckles ) ...no charge. even on the cc. bus: you know what they say about the best things in life, amigo. that's awesome... for volkswagen owners. ( cheerful tune playing ) ( "big mac chant" plays ) ♪ ( "big mac chant" plays ) big mac. you so want one. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> welcome back to "espnews." live coverage of every manny ramirez at-bat. and ramirez suiting up for the 66ers, of the california league. manny batting lead-off. the first time up, had a home run against nick schmidt. introduced a smattering of boozing with some cheers, and some fans with dread locks and blue bandanas. and the sell out crowd. the only available tickets sold for $6 allowing the fans to sit in a grassy berm of the chosy stadium. there is manny,

hanley ramirez has one thing on his mind.rying to get under a ball and drive it which he does, but it's off the end of his bat. that will be a double down the left-field line once adam dunn retrieves it. he's going to go for three, and now stop. he was first pitch swinging with a home run on his mind. >> rob: when you're seeing the ball real well, then it's a hanging breaking ball right there. he was trying to throw in there for an easy strike one. with his speed he easily gets a double. looks like he's limping a little bit. >> bob: hanley ramirez three more hits tonight. starting the night the leader with miguel tejada with 97. tavarez cannot give up another run here. the nationals bullpen has had an absolute nightmare against florida this year. that ball skipped and it was picked up in nifty fashion by wil nieves.   >> bob: front door breaking ball, well off the plate inside. 2-0. the nats in the ninth, guzman, johnson and zimmerman. crucial to keep this a one run game. any one of those guys

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he went too far on that pitch that dipped down and away and strike one to ramirez. >> buck: hanley ramirez, the marlins shortstop leads the national league in batting average runners in scoring position in season. he's hit .329 for the year, 10 homers, 40 rbi's, 85 hits and he leads the national league in voting at the shortstop position. it's the 0-1. check swing. >> jim: the pitch in there. 1-1 the count. ps been -- it has been ruled an error on the throw i would guess as the ball did hit huff's glove, but it was not at the bag. for mora, his fifth error on the year.  >> buck: pretty good right there. he tied up hanley ramirez with that sinking fastball down and in. what you have to do right now is you can't think about savingboth of these runs. you have to look for -- to take it one batter at a time. here is the sinking fastball down and in. really ties up hanley ramirez. pretty good location. a lot of movement. >> jim: northrop grumman, the information systems powerhouse bringing you the pitch strikes. ramirez down in the count 1-2. and a bloop

and ramirez suiting up with the 66ers. in his first at-bat he was batting lead-off and went deep. that one off nick schmidt. and introduced to a smattering of boos mixes with cheers as well. in his second at-bat, manny gets walked. and sweltering heat, 106 degrees. and here is the schedule for man ram coming up, sunday, monday and tuesday he is playing against rancho cucamonga. and expected to return to the dodgers on july 3rd and that game will be in san diego. >> cardinals matching up against the minnesota twins. albert pujols got a new teammate and we get that you news in a second. the third inning and the cardinals gou 3-2 and he crush it is to left field. and leading the bigs in long balls. top of the 7th and jason kubel thinks he gets a hit and he is robbed by pujols making the great diving stops. and a gold glove award winner who took home the hardware and a two home run game. and the cardinals had a three-game losing streak and they ray announced this evening they acquired an infield-outfielder. and he is tied in t

ramirez towards second.there's two and there's the inning, 6-4-3 ends the inning and the walk does not hurt. so markakis bounces into the twin killing. the bottom of the sixth coming wi up s mca1-1 game. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> jim: join us for more ac tomorrow. coverage on masn begins at 6:30 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t and game coverage beginning at 7:00. we have all of the access you need here on masn. around there's the pitching match-up. were kin against nolasco acouple of right-handers. >> buck: ricky nolasco is off to a disappointing start. he is just 3-6 with a 7.00 e.r.a. jason bier kin has bounced back after a couple of shaky starts. he is anxious to get back on track here in tomorrow night's game. >> jim: hanley ramirez. he went too far says chad fairchild that is a strike and it is 0-1. they will continue to monitor here. this has been the danger part for koji uehara, the third time through the lin

so does hanley ramirez. who has hit two in the last week and a half. >> rob: sometimes you don't have to tell everything. >> bob: but if tavarez doesn't throw any strikes, a bases loaded walk will be a dagger as well. >> rob: wil nieves goes out for a little chitchat. manny acta will go out and have a little chitchat. what's going on. one of the biggest outs of the game right here, julian. >> bob: rain starting to fall again.   >> bob: this guy's almost unstoppable when a count gets to this point. >> rob: i don't think he's ever been put out at 2-0 and bases loaded. >> bob: that's ball three. julian tavarez has been in the big leagues for almost 20 years. he knows nibbling in the late innings gets you in trouble. the marlins always find different ways to beat the nats. not even close. four hitters ago there were two outs and the bases were empty. and now the marlins get a huge insurance run and lead 4-2. there's just no excuse for what manny acta has to watch here i

. >> rob: hanley ramirez? >> bob: it was uggla. >> rob: didn't ramirez win? >> rob: ramirez, ryan zimmerman was fourth, fifth? >> bob: he was third. no, zimmerman was second, uggla was third. that thing was a marlin-fest. and a 1-1 to nick johnson. >> rob: no, leo nunez was a rook any 07. >> bob: yeah, he wasn't one of them. maybe ross gload. i think he was with the whosm at that time -- the white sox at that time. hermida only played 23 games in 05, so he was a rookie. but he was hurt a lot. he's probably not one of them. >> rob: what about willingham? >> bob: nick johnson, high fly ball, left field. this ball slicing toward the corner, and over there to grab it, chris coghlan. boy, they've got some interesting plays in that part of this ballpark. josh willingham played 12 games in 04, 16 in 05, so he was one of those guys in 06. so 12 of the last 13 nats batters retired by ricky nolasco. here's zimmerman who took him way deep leading off the second. ryan takes his first pitch of the night. he'd only seen two pitches. homered on one, popped up on the other.

hanley ramirez is hot, he's fourth in the league at .333. and so hanley ramirez is thriving in that number three spot after wearing out the nats for years as the lead-off man. scott olsen has pitched against his former team twice this year. it hasn't gone well. two starts, 0-1 with a 9 e.r.a. but he's healthy this time around, rob, and it will always be fascinating to watch a pitcher coming off the d.l. for the first time. actually coming off rehab. part of being on the disabled list, he last pitched wednesday for syracuse, at scranton wilkes-barre, two runs on eight hits. and that ball hacked to the right side, nick johnson way off the line. it's race to the bag and he wins it as olsen was slow getting over. >> rob: give you the pnc scouting report. obviously he's going fall towards third base. welcome back, former marlins traded up to the washington nationals. avoid the big inning. .405 opponents batting average with runners on base. 20/20 vision. he's looking for his 20th win in the miami area code. >> bob: 32-41 overall career, and 109 s

not so. >> jim: here is hanley ramirez. a dangerous hitter.o tries to steal second base, if he is successful, that would take the bat out of the hands of rairmentdz because they would simply walk ramirez. we'll see what fredi gonzalez does. >> buck: if he can steal it, he'll steal it. they're not going to stop him if he thinks he has a jump and run. >> jim: hanley ramirez looking down to his third base coach porter. >> buck: bass is good at shutting the running game down. a big lead for bonifacio. >> jim: he doesn't go. bonifacio goes to second base on the breaking ball in the dirt. so the winning run is at second and no one down here in the 12th. >> buck: a couple of missteps here to start the bottom of the 12th. that ball just snuck under the glove of gregg zaun. he had pretty good position and he just didn't get the glove down the final couple ofisms. so now they have to check with the signs with the runner at second base to make sure they're on the same page. >> jim: the official scorer ruled that a wild pitch. >> buck: they're going to pu

ramirez takes too much time. it's a hotshot to his left. watch ramirez.axed he is, takes his time and now he looks up and reimold is there. he had to force the throw. nolan reimold has caught more middle infielders flat footed because of his speed. >> jim: so he hustles and he's on with one down, and that breaks the streak of 13 in a

ramirez thinks about going to third. luke scott will play it back in. back-to-back hits and two on and still nobody out. >> buck: well, berken kind of created the situation for himself walking the first batter. then the defense made an error. melvin mora's fifth of the season. luke scott makes his 12th start in left field tonight. felix pie gives adam jones the night o his eighth start in center. nick markakis in right. mora, andino, roberts and huff, third to first on the infield and matt wieters is behind the plate for jason berken here. not a good start for the skipper. >> jim: jeremy hermida now, first and second. still nobody out. fastball is outside. 1-0. hanley ramirez at second. cantu at first with a left- hander up. you see huff playing behind the runner at first. ground ball slowly at short. andino back to first. double play! just gom him. nice pivot by roberts. two men down. now, if berken can get an out, he's out of it with only the two runs. >> buck: not that sharply hit. andino shovels quickly to brian roberts. gets around to second base t

manny ramirez, this is kind of the manny ramirez network, if you will. we show you all of his at-bats for the isotopes. live right here. we've done that tonight. manny, 0 for 1. he walked and grounded out as manny continues to work his way back to the big leagues. july 3rd, he's currently on that 50-game suspension for performance enhancing drugs. manny running out on the field, or should i say, jogging out on the field. his first at bat. manny would jog to first with a four-pitch walk. second at bat, routine groundball to the shortstop. and manny's night would be over. two at-bats, a walk, and a ground out. manny, exhausted. and he'll play again tomorrow. is so it's the dodgers and the white sox. manny's team, the dodgers, ten games over .500 while he's serving the suspension. but the dodgeers getting shellacked tonight. 10-3 the final. the long ball working well for the white sox. and alexei ramirez, jermaine dye, josh fields, not once, but twice. all have gone deep. first time since 06. the white sox have done that. the yankees and braves have gone fi

ramirez with his 10 home runs. that is more than any other shortstop in the minor leagues. -- major leagues. it's there's a strike on a breaking ball, 3-2. >> buck: backup breaking ball kind of confused hanley ramirez as it broke kind of in at him instead of breaking away. he got underneath the breaking ball and spun back towards the hitter. not exactly what you want to throw every time. those often end up in the seats. >> jim: here is the 3-2 swept foul. >> buck: that's a better breaking ball. he mid a quick adjustment. threw one down in a very good spot. just his sixth start of his young career. i think it's interesting that berken has made some pretty good adjustments. there's the adjustment on the slider as ramirez is out in front. just got the top half of the ball. >> jim: high fly ball on a hang breaking ball. there's pie charging in and the center fielder takes control and the inning is over. so, a second three up, three down inning for jason berken. we're halfway through. five innings complete now in florid

alexei ramirez, yikes, right in the nothing in. jermaine dye, man, that was close to his face.d it. rays, two helicopter batsmen, first year, would have been a 3-6-3 double play. white sox, get it done, 6-3. gavin floyd, pitched really well, again, no earned runs, 7 2/3. his last card, 3.28 e.r.a. he has had five straight starts with one earned run or less. beckham, career high three hits, garko, third homer in five games for cleveland who has lost 11 of 13. >> up ahead on espnews, we'll tell you how manny is doing in his final minor league rehab game. the suspended slugger request rejoin the dodgers later this week. 6 there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> spj haespnews, presented by sprint. the now network. and in part by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> manny ramirez, playi

keep it here to check out manny ramirez. >> that's right. we'll have more on the celtics' trade rumors. chris broussard will lend us his insight next on espnews. >> trades and trade rumors permeate the nba on this eve of the eve of the nba draft. we welcome in espn "the magazine's" senior writer chris broussard to help us sort through it all. now, espn.com is reporting, chris, a blockbuster trade that has been agreed to today between the bucks and the spurs. let's start with san antonio. what do they stand to gain with richard jefferson? >> yeah, i still don't think they win the west. i think the lakers the clear favorite out there. and houston and denver are still, you know, right there beneath them, but it makes the spurs a lot better, and if they can stay healthy, then you have to give them a decent chance at causing some trouble in the playoffs. you know, richard jefferson gives them now four solid players who can score the basketball. if manu ginobili and tony parker and tim duncan can be healthy, then i think this improves them a great

hanley ramirez a grand slam that first game.atches one up in the strike zone off of chris ray. this one he didn't catch quite as well, but he got enough of it to get it up there in that first section above the wall. that's another grand slam late in the game. the game was pretty much out of control by that time. orioles were already losing 6- 0. >> how about the three-game sweep. .462 average, two home runs, 11 rbi's, four runs scored and a couple of doubles. i've had many people tell mel -- tell me now that hanley ramirez is one of the top 10 players in the game today. >> there's no doubt in my mind the way he puts that bat on the ball. he hit everything. fastballs in object hi -- in on his hands, sirch sinkers in on his hands. what tells you a guy has a good swing is when he doesn't hit it on the good part of the bat he still gets a base hit. that tells me the guy has a great swing. >> one thing we want to do is apologize for some problems that we had in the ninth inning in south florida with electrical problems where jim and

manny ramirez has lit up the minor leagues with his presence. we find out if he lit it up with his bat. the toronto blue jays should be happy to have halladay back. roger federer on a date with destiny. number 15 is now within sight. let's start right now. >> what's up? what do we have to keep you current. alongside mark morgan, i'm the coach. why don't we start with two of the best national league teams playing out west. >> as the dodgers await the return of ramirez later in the week, l.a. opened against the rockies. dodgers have won eight of nine games between these two teams this season. bottom of the seventh inning, we're tied at 2-2. spilborghs has two home runs. wolf out of the game as you see, but wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fifth tying the game at 2-2. as soon as this one goes final, highlights right here on espnews. >> monday night manny ramirez made his final minor league appearance. manny, dhg for class a inland empire. there is a single in his first at-bat. he then struggled throughout the rest of the night

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it started with hanley ramirez trying to steal third. >> rob: just second. then you think you're going to run over to third. he gets dund gunned down by wil nieves. dan uggla thinks he'll take extra base on elijah dukes and elijah guns him down. cristian guzman quickly beat. great slow throw, but nick johnson on the other end that's good job squeezing that out of the dirt. a great 1-2-3 inning last inning. most it it -- most of it by the defense. >> bob: that ball is coming back fair. zimmerman on the run. he throws out john baker proving you never gup on a foul ball. if it comes back fair before it reaches the bag, it's flaibl. how about the english on this thing. oops. >> rob: looks like he fell coming out of the box. great job by zim on the throw. >> bob: sean west, the pitcher up thee. left-handed pitcher, right- handed hitter. he's 0-10 with eight strikeouts. >> rob: a rare combination. >> bob: thanks to that quick out, stammen could be facing the top of the order here very quickly in the third. and the pitcher helps out on ball two by neig

hanley ramirez now has 10 home runs. uggla has 13 -- excuse me, 14.e has one tonight and cody ross batting seventh has 12. high fly ball, left center field. luke scott was playing deep, but he hustles in and he has it for the out. and we are going to the 11th. so a three up, three down 10th for st an jim johnson. jim johnson. tuesday night in miami in a

shortstop hanley ramirez, four home runs over his last seven games. he's hit in 28 of his last 35, 50 of his last 62. his 12 home runs leads all major league shortstops and ramirez will be batting third as you see in that florida line- up tonight. chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has had major success against the nationals, he'll be on the mound tonight. ramirez the guy you've got to keep off the bases. i think you just mentioned, pitch around him. don't even pitch to this guy. >> you've got to pitch one guy tough in the line-up and he's good night that when you look at all the charts, he's just hammered us with 37 rbi's, 15 home runs, steals bases. so you can afford to, with two outs, pitch him tough, let him get on. i'd much rather have a guy on second base with two outs or have him on second base with nobody out. he's a guy i would pick in

hanley ramirez then drove in two. ball one to jeremy hermida. hermida bounced into a double play his first at-bat. -- at-bat. he's now 0-10. this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting average, buck, against berken the second time, .225. it was .279 the first time. then, it jumps up to .417 the third time. >> buck: i think the first time through drd -- the first time through the order, he's trying to get con troafl his emotion. you have to remember these younger pitchers are just getting their first taste of big league babe. there will be all kinds of emotional hills and valleys they have to deal with. we've seen all of them. none are intimidated by the big leagues by any means. they've been very good in their composure. you have to control your emotions and get some experience. nothing more than that. >> jim

hanley ramirez finishes second with 13% and andrew miller who held the orioles to just one hit, 7% of the vote. that is a look at our a. the 57b. the player of the game. 12 innings, 7-6 loss to the florida marlins, that's when we continue here on masn. commute. ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> wieters auto high fly ball to left field and coghlan and that ball is gone. matt wieters is going the opposite way. there's a second big league home run and the orioles are trying to chip back here in the eighth. >> matt wieters with a pretty good time over the last 10 games. 13 hits in 37 trip0s the plate. he has hit .351 during that period acouple of home runs, six rbi's, six runs scored and three doubles. when you look back at wieters, it looks like he has finally gotten into a groove. >> it is safe to say that swing has shortened up like to when he was in the minors. at first his swing got real long and as of now he is showing a lot

blake entering play .342 hitter since manny ramirez was suspended. ichiro 1 for 2 reaching base safely in 53 of his last 54 games. >> angels and d'backs, angels put up an eight-spot in the second inning, most runs they've scored in any inning this season. now lead arizona 9-3. billy buckner gave up eight earned and 7 hits in 1 2/3 innings. the angels right now in good shape, up 9-3 in the fifth inning. torii hunter a two-run home run for the angels. >> start of a nine-game home stand for the rangers. 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

up next -- a funny thing happened as manny ramirez was finishing his 50-game ban. he showed up in a minor league uniform. >> this is jeff norman. he doesn't get health insurance from an employer, so he's been buying it himself for years. he's healthy, so he wonders why his rates keep going up. liz sloan wants health insurance but doesn't think she can afford it. we're assurant health, and we've been customizing plans to meet the needs of individuals for over 110 years. for instance, with our two-year rate guarantee and healthy discount, jeff will get 15% off his rate and lock in that rate for two years. for liz, we offer plans that allow people like her to pay for only the benefits they need, saving them money. in fact, liz could get up to $2 million of coverage for less than $100 per month. unlike other health insurance companies that focus on corporations and treat everyone the same, assurant health is there for the individual. so if you need health insurance, call the number on your screen, visit our website or contact your local agent. >> manny ramirez will ret

an >> well, the fly in the ointment an anth manny ramirez and paying t.o watch him for the 15,000 orne so people that he did is hene. doesn't do much of anything.ne. he showed up.. ankstill had the dreadlock, but he didn't hit. >> new york he didn't hit.eryo unfortunately for the people inv anevquerque, the ticket prices aren't nearly as much as they'd been in yankee stadium, but manny ramirez will have a couple more nights there. the key for him in this game was to see some pitch, get the timing down. you can take a whole lot of b.p. in the cage, on the field, but there is nothing like game speed. you see him take a couple pitches, trying to get the timing. there's a good swing he took, the best one of the night. he fouls it straight back. you'd rather see a guy get jammed than be out front. that one ran in under his hands. manny parra is trying to get back to the big leagues. he takes the second pitch at his an, ev at-bat, probably wanting to do something to tease the anevd and maybe go deep. he rolls over it.er. the front foot got down but the , hands

hanley ramirez 2 for 2 with a singular approach tonight. he's taken the ball up the middle twice, once for an rbi. >> rob: last time we saw him, he was struggling. >> bob: when you see a guy

after danys baez had started the seventh inning, and he allowed four runs on the grand slam by hanley ramirez. actually, five runs because there was a single that got that inning going by cody ross, and then ray came on and got the final two outs in the seventh and then did not allow a run in the eighth. 1 2/3 to get back at it. orioles sent them back down to triple-a to get his mechanics straightened out. it was sock saysful trip. breaking ball is inside. >> buck: sure was. chris ray had the right attitude when he went down to pitch in norfolk. he went down there with one thing in his mind is to get handle on his mechanics. get the ball down in the zone and make the better quality pitch. so far, we've seen that. >> jim: low, 3-2 ton bonifacio. ground ball, base hit, left field.

coghlan, bonifacio and ramirez.appenry ramirez leading the marlins, 83 hits, 42 runs scored and 21 doubles. jorge cantu, jeremy hermida, cody ross, john baker and andrew miller. >> buck: now it is time for the pnc scouting report for uehara. a fastball leads the way. he has a variety of pitches, but it is all about the fastball. he doesn't give up any walks. he has four walk-free starts in 11 starts this year. a cool night here in miami. it might be good results for koji uehara. everybody is a little anxious whenever that thermometer gets up over 90 degrees. it is a cool night relative to what it has been down here in south florida. >> jim: yesterday it got up to 98 degrees in miami. the sun was out the ma majority of the day and there's why it got that warm an was very muggy. when the front went through here about three hours ago, it took some of that weather with it. coghlan, 24 years old. he is a rookie. koji misses inside, 2-1. there is the game-time temperatures, buck, for koji uehara's starts. >> buck: he had

anytime do you, that you set table for hanley ramirez who took full advantage driving in two with his first at-bat, a flare into right field. every aspect of the game as keen as the orioles played in philadelphia, this was as forgettable a game as i have seen for a while now from this ball club. >> marlins win it 5-2. let's send it back to you in and rick in the studios. >> as always, thanks to jim and buck. obviously, rick, they're talking a little bit about the mishaps tonight. i guess the one that glared out the most is on the stolen base that bonifacio was able to run from first to the plate. >> he went from first base on a stolen base and it's up to felix pie to pick that ball up and get it back into the infield scwix you can. you learn that in class a ball. he helped on to the ball, hopped, skipped and jumped and stood flatfootedded. he could have run it in quicker than he threw it. you can't give that much time -- that much time to bonifacio because he's too fast. all he needed was one-half a step extra out there and he got and he scored easily on the play. there's no way that

here is ramirez with the field in. he takes inside.eading hitter in the national league run withers in scoring position. he comp with a man at @hird. >> buck: that average is elevated in this situation with the infield drawn in. you really limit the infield arrests range. i understand the strategies eadown by two. >> jim: there's a strike. good pitch opt hitting with runners in scoring position, you play the infield back, he'll play pepper with the middle infielders and pickup the rbi. now you have to force him to hit a base hit or hit one to the outfield. >> jim: off the glove of hill through the middle into center field there's a base hit. coghlan scores. 3-0, florida. ramirez comes through again driving in frthird his 43rd rbi. it's 3-0. florida. >> buck: he stays up the middle in this situation. watch how he keeps his hands inside the baseball not thinkiut too much baseball. he really kiofjammed onside fastball because he's got a good approach here atúúúúúth ppp hnkigúaoteeiñg8txe8ball he g part of the field, pp

. >> bob: bottom of the 10t josh bard, willie harris, hanley ramirez. nats were swept three at tampa bay, lost 2-3 in this ballpark earlier in the month to the orioles. batting average not good. runs per game, not good. e.r.a., good. a lot of tight ballgames. here is brandon league. league is a resident of honolulu from nick johnson's neighborhood in sacramento. 26 years of age, 6'2", 205. off and on career for the blue jays over the last five years. up and down, up and down. only averaging about 20 games a year. he's been back and forth between toronto and triple-a so much. brand new pitcher, first-pitch swinging. >> rob: you remember he took three strikes -- three strikes his last time, so he wanted to make sure he got a good hack in. figured league would try to get ahead with a fastball. he did and just missed it. >> bob: willie harris has had a fantastic night. 1-3, a double, a walk and a spectacular running catch on vernon wells to end the top of the ninth. nats would go on to get a leadoff man aboard and would never get the man off first base. >>

hanley ramirez didn't try to hit a home run or anything. when you recognize that the pitcher is having trouble with his breaking ball, you know he's going to try to get across a couple of fastballs. you have to be able to pull on the top of those breaking balls and get them down below the hitting zone. >> bob: power to burn her for cantu. >> rob: he's got to make them a little bit more uncomfortable. he's got to get ahead an coming up around the letters and knock them off the plate. this is what happened in the first game against the orals. they got -- against the orioles. they got so comfortable, they just stood in there and took badding practice. batting practice. 16 hits, # 1 runs? 11 runs. >> bob: that ball popped up to left for adam dunn. the marlins tie the game in the third. @@púxx our 737s fly to over 65 cities across the country every day. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th,

plus, manny ramirez still serving the 50-game suspension.ear what the outfielder had to say. >> tim floyd resigned as the head coach of usc. he was accused of giving $1,000 to the map 'to steer o.j. mayo to the trojans. baseball now, manny ramirez suspended for 50 games for violating baseball's drug policy. he is practicing in anticipation of his return to the field. the suspension of course ended july 3rd. before he went down he had six homeruns and was batting .348. he tolls the los angeles times, that is in the past. whatever happened is in the past, and i'm coming to play my fame and move on. i don't want to be a distraction for the team. i'm happy they have supported he. i come back and make up and we move on. that's all i can do. >> the first round of the mlb draft is in the books. insider keith law has been falling it closely and we know that stephen strasburg's the no-brainer of the draft. why were gms drooling over this guy. >> you don't see a package like that in a college or high school starter like that very frequently. i saw him

rays win 7-3, as florida's five-game win streak comes to an end. >> ramirez homered in the loss.went homerless in a span of 26 games, but bounced back with a vengeance. now has four home runs and 15 rbis in his last five games. >> giants-brewers, the lone interleague game on the ledger on friday. j.j. hardy, his seventh of the year. kean, not 1 of his better starts of the season. later in the game, sausage race. bengie molina, look out for the wienerschnitzel! >> that never gets old. >> tony stewart crashed during practice, and will drive his backup car sunday in new hampshire. >> meet the tigress. cheyennewoods making her pro debut in rochester. second-round action, that's ms. woods out of the bunker on to the green. she would par on the par 5 fourth. this is woods' fourth shot. she sticks it to within 2 feet. she says her goal is to make the cut. she's at one over after 10 holes in round two when play was suspended due to darkness. >> rumor has it amare is going to the warriors, and the suns want curry. hear what don nelson had to say about that. >> and in the subway series, c.

hanley ramirez, he has a grand slam. and matt wieters or an dry miller who went seven innings and allowed just one run on one hit. text in your vote to 51862. >> buck: dan myers comes on here and that will allow him to make as many pitches necessary to get loose. he has been a good pitcher for fredi gonzalez in this bullpen. he came out of the o's -- a's organization and they picked him up on wafers as they needed to add depth to the left-hand said of their bullpen and he fit the bill. >> jim: oscar sal la star is going do pitch pinch hit for felix pie. because of the pitching change, pie will be lifted for sal la star as the orioles are run out of time here trying to get back in here. >> buck: what a good pinch hitter sal la star has been with andino at first base. he'll come here and try to keep this rally going a lead-off home run, base hit, nobody out. salazar will pinch hit for felix pie who technically took over defensively in the second inning. >> jim: so salazar will bat and andino is on at first base and still n

. >> rob: hanley ramirez scuffled in april, johnny, and he has come back in the last six weeks and has just been phenomenal. got to be one of the hottest hitters in baseball. >> johnny: yeah, in fact early games we were playing him the year before, last year in florida, you could see this guy, the tremendous potential he has. >> rob: no. and he is the type of player i now consider an all-star, a perennial all-star. >> johnny: how long is he locked in for there now? >> rob: he just signed an extension so he in there for 6 years. >> johnny: good hustle by zimmerman. phillipss to to gonzalez. watch ryan hustle down that first base line. >> johnny: line.johnny. >> rob: let's see those 24-year- old legs run. good job by ryan zimmerman not being turned over in a double play.  . >> johnny: so zimmerman, johnson erased as a force at second and zimmerman on at first. there's one down in the bottom of the sixth. and a adam dunn with cincinnati, led in home runs in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. in fact when ken griffey, jr. had 35 in '05 adam dunn had 40 with 101 runs dr

hanley ramirez is usually in the middle of everything. >> jim p.: he had two grand slams.d the adam dunn impression against the orioles. >> bob: a couple of good breaking balls. sometimes -- will try to pull one -- sometimes wil will try to pull a couple of pitches. he's in emergency mode here. and he got him on three in a row.   >>> back at the yard. time to check in on the minor leagues. brian matusz has done very well since being promoted to double- a bowie. last game he had a good outing. he left at 5 1/3 innings, gave up just one earned runs, three hits and struck out five. he has a 1.96 e.r.a. overall in the minor leagues this season. >> bob: thank you, amber. bottom of the sixth coming up. wigginton, markakis and huff. john lannan giving up only one run on three hits, all of that came early. he has retired eight of the last nine. pretty good off-speed pitch there. zimmerman to johnson. >> jim p.: the impressive thing is that when you give up a walk, a double and a single and they only get one run, you have first and third, nobo

and reminding manny ramirez that he is not allowed in the clubhouse for the remainder of the suspensionhrough july 2nd. and joe torre with the pros and cons. >> i would like to have him here on a regular basis. again, i'm all for whatever makes him comfortable. as long as he's working out that's the most important thing much i told him next week we would talk about his rehab and, you know, when he's going to go and where he's going to go. and we have to look at the schedule on that. but that's my number one concern. and i pretty much think everybody in here, i don't think they need to see him every day. i'm just more concerned with manny and what makes him comfortable at this point. >> at 40-20 the dodgers with the best record in baseball continue to chug along without manny. trailing at home right now to the padres 2-1. and 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 pi

grand slam to hanley ramirez, one of the best hitters in the national league and a couple of years ago the m.v.p., ryan howard with the three-run home run on saturday night. >> bob: we know all about those two guys. >> jim: who doesn't if you're playing in the n.l. >> bob: we have the pleasure of seeing them both 18 time as year. top of the seventh, bard, harris and hernandez for the nationals. they haven't had a hit since ryan zimmerman's opposite field sing until the third. so brad bergesen gives up a run on four hits through six. two walks, five strikeouts. he hit a batter, and a slow roller right side and under the glove of brian roberts. we'll see if they give josh bard a base hit. >> jim: i imagine they would. we talked to brian, because they speed the infield up here a little bit, you have to take an angle to get to the ball. because you go back, watch it hit on the grass, and it stays down. yep. again probably a couple of months ago he would have got ton that easily. but, as you said, it is the same for both teams. the orioles have certainly taken advantage of the 14 hits. >> b

you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio. brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right from and melvin mora with a ways hit -- base hit to left field. orioles are -- orioles are tightening up the score right here. nick markakis around. orioles pull to within one run of the marlins with this base hit to left. >> marlins get another run in the seventh inning. emilio bonifacio. matt wieters throws the ball into center field and bonifacio is going to score all the way from second. >> felix pie kind of goes to leap sleep a little out there in the outfield. right away, bonifacio takes advantage of it. gets that one extra step that allows him to score and marlins go on to win this game 5-2. >> five runs, 11 base hits for the marlins. nolasco gets the victory. he came into the game with a 7.15 e.r.a. save goes to mier. berken one win and four losses. he deser

until manny ramirez gets back on july 3rd. when you think about it, their top home run hitter at the moment is casey blake. not what they expect when they broke camp. >> you mentioned manny ramirez, and the team misses him. but what is the talk in the clubhouse about the outfielder right now. >> the players say he's the only way they can make it to the postseason. as you would expect, they believe they can go quite the distance without him and play good ball. actually they've shown that since the suspension started. they were not quite as strong as they were when they first broke camp. but they're still pretty good. >> on the other hand, they find a lot of the discussion about manny to be a moot point. it's not like he has an injury where it's all speculative as to when he'll return and how good he'll be. because they know they're going to get him back. they find a lot of the questions sort of beside the point. >> jim, good enough to stop by with us here on espnews. thanks so much. >> you're welcome,. >> still to come, roger f