the finale, it's after rob an are done in the booth. ryan's 2 for 3 today. batting average at .293. he is locked and loaded. rbi total now approaching 70. ryan, a chance to flirt with his career high. he'll need a great last two months. 110 in '06 when he was number 2 in the rookie of the year ballot. 2-0 pitch, ball 3. you know, the green lights praising here. if jesse chavez throws a getor fastball. >> rob: not even close, a 4-pitch walk. zimmerman on base for the third time today. i'd like a 2-out walk to ge the hammer. >> bob: willingham has been something. 17 home runs now, rbi totalr 40. and when he gets enough a, and it might take a couple moe weeks, he'll start showing n the league chart on the on-e percentage. he came in at 412. he's 2 230r 3 today, but he has about 100 fewer at-bats tha regular player who has played nearly every regular game. he'll start showing up on some league leaders if he keeps this up. i do

>> rob: no.st annoying ones like me. >> bob: maybe we should have you do personal appearances and put that money aside for some day. we'll call it a fine fund. [ laughter ] actually, in the national ague %% >rob: i was allowed to give the money to charity so it wasn't just -- okay, pay the national league. they aemployed to give the money to charity so they were cool. >> bob: what about the american league? >> rob: tthe money and give it to the dhs -- i can't remember. >> bob: stammen, 0 for 1 with a sacrifice bunt today. long ball game, especially if for the brewers. that's a pastball well inside. 2-2. 25-year-old villanueva originally sign with the giants and came over with willard and a franklin-estraya deal in 2004. he has been with milwaukee for a long time. stammen standing on a breaking ball outside. that's the first nat to strike out today. we had a suicide squeeze today, executed perfectly. >> rob: he doesn't give it away and at the last second, too late to change his delivery. you

yes. [ laughter ] >> bob: well done, rob. >> rob: that was with zero help. >> bob: tell him what he wonjohnny. >> rob: i have the stuffed duck at home. it. >> bob: it wasn't the 50s when frank howard and the yankees pardon me the dodgers were west. that the time the best team in the national league the brewers. they went to back to back in 57 and 58 with logan and burnett and spawn. matthews. those are great milwaukee clubs. bottom of the 5th. that was some series. 63 dominated. anything the dodgers touched was dominated by pitching. >> rob: i think that pat is in a jam. rivera is one of the best threats. >> the bullpen is quiet; you need them in there for offense. >> that takes a hop. belliard should get a base hit. he has the same evening going that mike cameron with a double, whommer and now a single. that was going to be tough. it came up on mcgehee. >> rob: this -- he hits this two hops. off the grass. >> bob: that almost got him in the face. that's a tough kid there. >> bob: that's a hot corner. dukes. the lead run on base here in the 5th inning. he is jamming the plate. target in

>> rob: he crushed it. >> rob: man that sounds good. i like the sound of 8-6 better than 8-2. >> bob: his r.b.i. total is up. there is dukes. showing the kids how it is done. ronny belliard he knew the pitcher wanted to get ahead. he never let him. >> rob: the increased playing time since they traded her nan dez and that man's game has woken up. gentleman that was a sleeping there. >> rob: i told you i watched them and the guy hits lasers all over the field. you know that you can still hit. >> bob: ronny belliard now, batting .386 over his last 17 games with 3 homeruns and 11 r.b.i.s. a new game. staying disciplined. he does and take that one. >> rob: they're in the third quarter of the steelers redskins game. 10-3. we're in the 3rd inning of our game it is 8-6. >> bob: that's way outside. dukes is gone. nationals on a ronny belliard grand slam a 4 spot in the bottom of the 3rd. on to the middle innings. what in the world is ahead on a night like this. @@xx  >> bob: 4 runs scoring to m it an 8-6. be a season ticket hold

it is. >> rob: good. i think jones got a glove on that. >> bob: and nyjer morgan is 3-4 as he takes a little chip shot that checked up nicely. >> rob: h this is a beautiful bunt here. if it gets down, bob said. pops it up and he deadens it up. watch karstens' throw. it hits his glove and gets him right in the ankle. he limps back to first base. >> bob: and the complexion of this game with the hitters the nats have coming up could change in a heart beat. down by four, guzman, zimmerman, and dunn. and those batters have five hits tonight. here is christian who is 1-3. you don't want to ground ball out somebody here. >> rob: and you don't want to get picked off. >> bob: nyjer morgan since coming to the nats, 14-18 in stolen bases, both teams pretty good with runners in scoring position, especially the pirates, but the nats a chance to add on to that here. a long look. the runner holds. guzman and fair ball! left field side. morgan to third. guzman, a double. it is 7-4. anderson hernandez in the dug out alrea

rob: oh, i'm too tall. >> bob: too tall, too heavy. >> rob: yeah.hat are jockeys, 119 pounds or something, 117. >> bob: the big ones. >> rob: yeah, the big ones. i think one of my legs weighs 117 pounds.   i've never told you horse stories, have i? >> bob: no. >> rob: horses, every time i get on a horse to go horse back riding the horse tries to bite me. "get off."   . >> bob: horses are smarter th i thought. >> rob: yeah, the horses are very -- >> bob: ha ha. oh, that's funny. >> rob: hamell looks like he may stay in. >> bob: a close watch on him in the bottom of the seventh. >> rob: ooh. >> bob: hit off an empty seat over there. right-hander matt daily. in this series we have only seen three different rocky relievers. street both nights, morales and betancourt last night.   and a little chopper that guzman can charge and he just simply droops the ball for his 14th, 15th error of the year. with a catcher running, i'm not sure he -- what the hurry was there. 

>> rob: great catch!ob: he was at full speed about 380 feet away, and that's one of the best plays we've ever seen elijah dukes make. he's got the speed to get back on a ball, rob, and he hasn't always been able to finish it off and he did this time. >> rob: the pitch not down and away enough, but elijah dukes, we have a deuce out there, like the morgan in center, a great play. and no fear hitting the wall. a little more -- one of the more talented young men in the game. if he puts it all together, he will stay for a long time. >> bob: here is ryan doumit. so three hits, and that long ball in the inning and the mats are still only down by one. doumit hit into a 4-6-3 double play the first time. home cooking. it is a good ballpark for right- handed batters. cozy down the line. a nice big right center field gap, left-hander. a nice big gap in left center. >> rob: he is a big kid, too. doumit is a big human, just like dunn. >> rob: someone told me that dunn splashed one. >> bob: that is a fair ball. stammen

look at the teal uniforms. >> rob: he was about 49. >> rob: good man though.th the white sox. >> rob: her issue higher on the hill. >> bob: they beat him that day. >> bob: they have 42,000. 334 and then joe rob bye stadium -- robbie stadium. scott pose led off. brett barberi. and then expo. >> rob: yes. >> bob: he was. and start. and dave madigan and conine wise. their starting line p. 67 pitches and strikes by volstad. >> rob: go back to work and get a few more. 2-2. morgan will slap it to the right. and by the way, teal was not a great color for a uniform. >> bob: well, our spring training ballpark is the era. and it is where the marlins trained and they did a paint job on that thing. it is three years ago to wipe out the teal and give it a navy blue and red motif and we were all very happy about that. ronnie belliard. one for two. >> bob: they had signed in 85 to expand by up to two teams to match the american league's 14 teams. >> rob: look at this. >> bob: ronnie is taking a chance here. ran ronny belliard turns into a hustler here. and bats and repetitio

. >> rob: terrible. i think he was below 3/4. >> bob: great. >> rob: hit him in the chest. that's big league picking action right there. >> bob: that was a nis pick. >> rob: we'll see him tomorrow? >> bob: we will. nick johnson is o-2 stolen bases with the marlins. >> rob: i thought no way i had to look it up. he is. o-2. >> bob: come on. come on, nick. >> rob: what are you trying to do down there. >> bob: tonight run on josh bard, buddy. swing and foul by young. the count is 2-2. a beautiful monday evening in pittsburgh, small crowd on hand. bottom of the 3rd. washington trying to win and break even on this series. ending the road trip. dukes will take it right at the edge of the track for. >> rob: a jam shot. >> bob: mock has retired 3 of the last 4. nats and riggleman would be very happy for him to just pitch off the full wind up for a while. >> bob: he only pitched off the wind up tonight. the batter has the lead off homerun then all the guys on base in the 2nd and 3rd. >> rob: why are you mocking him. >> bob: pining out the facts. oh, mocking. [ laughter ] you can stay

nats lead 5-3. >> rob: nice. >> rob: they were playing guzman way off the line. you knew that was three right off the bat. >> bob: speed makes the switcher not get as much behind the pitch. great one for guzman. a double down the line. it is off to the races for morgan. he scored easily over to third. guzman he is right up there. guzman with the fifth ininterestle of the year. 83rd career and zimmerman a chance to tack on another run. breaking ball he takes it. >> bob: 40th multihit game. 2nd in the league to that's 44. ichiro leads the majors. fastball to zimmerman. guz man now has 8 multihit games in the last 9. zimmerman down the middle. 1-2. hit by a pitch. scoring 76th run. this started with two outs when morgan bounced it off the middle. in. zimmerman turns on it. it has some carry. it is into the seats. nationals lead 7-3. they tried to pitch him in. 21st of the year. ryan has 70 r.b.i.s. what an explosion here in the 7th. dunn is coming in. they may not be done. >> rob: , rghh giving up the booty. zimmerman drops the head, goes into that short porch. >> b

. >> rob: a token. most guys this is a kid we're talking about. >> bob: that's an o-2. >> rob: if you go for the coaching staff. i don't know maybe call coors and get a couple of cases. i know the coaching staff. i don't know if it will take that much. they have watches. all the guys. >> bob: i would not want to negotiate. >> rob: me neither. >> bob: that was a mistake by martin. and 02. he gives up a base hit down the middle. the parch kerr bunt. and loop ser a good hitter. he has 9 hits. he has 9 sacrifice bunts. >> rob: it looks like trickery and try to shoot through the hole. you try to get him to 2nd base with no outs. >> bob: not a very good stab there. >> rob: you hit it. you don't stab you use your knees. stab it. >> bob: our camera behind the ump. on the screen. gives you a look here. missed another one. >> rob: let's see it here. you want it to be out front placing in the plate. see what he does here. here is the ball. comes in. waiting. waiting, waiting. the pitching finger there. have to let

you're on the stretch for the first time. >> rob: rob it will be awkward for the first two or threetches. but one thing we did, your odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, you would workout of the stretch in your warm up pitches. >> bob: oh. >> rob: to get you used to pitching from the stretch. i always liked it. i came out of the bullpen sometimes in the seventh and later on in my career for a little bit in the ninth, but it's always nice to do both, to practice both and get into a habit and i'm sure, you know, you warm up in the bullpen before the game, you do so from the stretch.   . >> bob: spilborghs, 9 stolen bases.   . >> rob: by the way, i had m rizzo on my radio show today after it was aannounced he was senior vice president in charge of development. drew storen got his fourth save now since being moved up a level and will probably see some action in the arizona fall league. and basically mike said that that's always a stepping stone or usually a stepping stone to either being put on the major league roster or g

a fun thing to have. >> rob: i never slice!line. >> rob: one of my favorite movies. i have millions of them. sinner ella moment. >> bob: is and that one is outside 1-1. >> rob: hit in the hole. glib like when rodney dangerfield comes in the room and looks at is judge's wife and said, hey, you must have been great before electricity. >> rob: wow. but that hat looks good on you. >> bob: yes. . >> rob: all right, back to baseball. >> bob: morse pound it on the ground. knocked down by counsell. everybody is safe and the brewers aren't able to squeeze the ball very well today. count will probably get his fifth error of the year. that will help because sam men gets to the plate. >> rob: counsell is more of a middle infielder but is versatile enough to play third base. morse hits the shot -- boom. another hop inbetween. can't pick it up. >> bob: brewer defense ninth in the national league and made 73 errors with their two today and craig stammen could really help his team to give himself a big legal lead here. he can whale away. six h

>> rob: dawson, king, mccovey. >> bob: andre dawson, former expo. >> rob: there's a question. really had nothing to do with the series between our team and the marlins. >> bob: lannan suddenly putting a quick inning to the top of the fourth inning. the kind of inning john needed. he'll bad third. days. how come? well if you're hurt and can't work it pays you cash... yeah to help with everyday bills like gas, the mortgage... ...and groceries. it's like insurance for daily living. so...what's it called? uhhhhh aflaaac!!!! oh yeah! that's it! aflac. we've got you under our wing. a-a-a-aflaaac!  >> bob: geico president's r teddy the early lead, but you can see what's happening. his only chance was to put abe into the wall and he passed on that opportunity. abe looks like a super hero came flying as he tickles the tape. belliard, nieves and lannan and on wired wednesday, more from the very shy nyjer morgan. >> the umpire just asked me who can shoot the [beep], and best believe nats town i told him t- plush on the ice can definitely shoot that burned biscuit a lot harder than

willingham's coming. >> rob: that's being green right there. you saved the wick that lights the first round and light the second round with the same one. this is just a hit off the fastball. there's no part of the park he can't reach with a baseball and bat in his hand. >> bob: 22 for zimmerman. 29 for dunn. look out. here comes josh. he doesn't get a first-pitch fastball, does he? >> rob: no. >> bob: willingham has hit 17. the nats have now hit 102. the same total the marlins have given up this year. >> rob: did you say zimmerman's last at-bat in pittsburgh he hit a home run? >> bob: well, the one after the hit batter. after that, he walked and scored. wait a minute. i'm looking at the wrong game. monday night. >> rob: he didn't play last night. >> bob: and josh willingham hits one a mile that goes foul. yeah, zimmerman was pinch-hit for -- actually, pinch-run. >> rob: really, his last two official at-bats he's gotten. >> bob: yeah, hit by a pitch, walk, homer. that's being hot. >> rob: yep. >> bob: that's the first time dunn and zimmerman hav

>> rob: on occasion.d say play ball, not work ball. >> bob: reaching out and hitting a little pop fly is cristian guzman. two outs. follow the nats give me another one. >> rob: trying to hit sandy koufax was like trying to drink coffee a fork. there's another one. throwing a knuck ball r stke is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox. >> bob: that would be tough. don't try thatat home. imagine the poor fool trying to catch it. >> rob: this is also said by ted williams and pete rose. q prod2t and throw you a round and tell you to think square. that is true. maybe stargell -- stargell suffered from kidney disease the last few years of died of l sort of blood cancer. wonderful man. >> bob: a true ader of men. breaking ball by bergma after the leadoff walk, he gets a couple of k's. to the ninth, harris, bard, gonzalez against matt capps. it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the m

ad. >> rob: you 250 pounds.your and 225. >>> my upper body and the 230, 235 range and be, you know very in shape and pitching. >>> what did you learn from tony. did he teach you. i learned from guys. ken griffey, senior. have you learned not only about pitching but hitting? >>> a lot of the things i learned from the coach was the game is mental. what hitters think, that was all the coach. and listening to him talking about hitting it. >> rob: for people who did not see the interviews. your grandmother was instrumental in your upbringing. >>> she would stir it up. she he had a good changeup that dependent me off balance. a whirlwind you want to get back to baseball. thanks for joining us. >>> thank you. >> rob: stephen strasburg. >> bob: thank you, rob. and the best to stephen t has been great getting to know him a bit today. dunn walks for the 91st time, 133 or 36 strikeouts go with that. the nats have the tying run here. an indication of how strong zimmerman is the fact that the ball got him near the trademark

>> rob: yep. don't know if he has one at the new -- i assume he has restaurant in the stadium there. >> bob: this is for the pitcher villanueva. he settled this game down for the brewers by pitching 2 2/3 scoreless baseball. nationals got a hit, walk, last night and he is what warming up again. not to be lost in all of this, rob dibble, craig stammen in his 7th inning of work, it's the first time he pitched more than six innings since july 22nd in a 3-1 win against the mets. >> rob: still plugging away. 93 pitches but that shouldn't matter. most of the starting rotation should be well rested. >> bob: it hasn't been a prolific week for starters. a pitch up. right center. morgan can't get there. that ball hops over for a ground-rule double. extremely well hit by iriribarren. that's only milwaukee's fifth hit today. >> rob: some of the pitchers put the ball up in if zone. burnett. >> bob: mike rivera, 0 for 2 with a pair of groundballs and hit taken away by zimmerman last time. >> rob: i think steve

definite improvement, rob dibble. >> rob: yes, definite improvement.hey've still had games where the errors have hurt them. >> bob: that is your definition of a slow roller. guzman gets nick johnson. >> rob: as long as you have the effort on a team that they know at this point they're not going to the playoffs. i think they're working harder now than maybe two months ago. i think mike rizzo has done a wonderful job trying to get together enough talent to be competitive in these ballgames and now coming down the stretch in the last 60, you become the spoiler. the one thing that i liked about this team a couple years ago, they knocked the mets out of the playoffs. now, that's how you can really build some character for next year. engage your talent level. it's a little easier to evaluate. >> bob: hanley ramirez did not have a hit in the series until his two at-bats tonight. >> rob: that guy. >> bob: an infield base hit and a clean single to left. jorge cantu is next. >> rob: not hard to evaluate his talent. that kid can play. >> bob: he came in batting .

>> rob: nice!> bob: that's one of the hardest balls i have ever seen ronnie belliard hit, and the nats have four consecutive hits. they're finally on the board. >> rob: i said he wouldn't get another fastball and he didn't. he got a breaking ball and ronnie belliard is all over that. that's when you go with the pitcher, know what is coming, wait on it perfectly and just crush. that man is very happy and so are we. nice job. that ball had that spin on it. it was a low liner and it carried almost to the bullpen before it hit. and the nats have knocked josh johnson out of this game. wow. now at chili's -- welcome to chili's. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. for a second course, choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, like our big mouth bites -- the mini burgers with giant layers of flavor. or a half-rack of our triple-basted baby back ribs. then save some room to share a decadent dessert. a lot of bold flavors, for a limited time only. chili's --  >> bob: the nat

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look at this. >> rob: not low.n. >> bob: that will be the nationals second error of the night. 97th of the year. two of the last three not making any for a week. top of the order. an true mccutchen. hmmm... town the left field line first time up. time to throw him away. they have led too much in the series. maybe needs to be updated. there is not much of a track record to go on. he has pulled the nats silly. in the series. the pitcher was slow getting started but go to 3rd -- 2nd. a wild pitch by mock. , you can tell by the sound of that crack of the bat. you don't make hitters comfortable. don't pitch inside enough. and hitting people talking about banging them uncomfortable. my goodness. bard stops it from being another wild one. 3-1 to mccutchen. well. >> rob: after a breaking ball he comes whatting to another in the dirt. and josh cannot corral it. a lot of back spin on it. >> bob: i'm glad that was in the dirt that was a breaking ball that may have ended up in the seats itself. a lot of frond door breaking bal

fans coming in for game 3 of this series, bob carpenter, rob dibble, rob it was four months ago when ryan zimmerman signed his contract, mike rizzo signed his today. >> rob: and folks who don't know mike rizzo, he has been around the game for an awful long long time, he has done it as a player, as a development guy, this is some of his stuff done with the washington nats, been a part of the last three drafts, so obviously signing the extension for the base of the franchise, the trades, and then revietnamping a lot of this team, a lot of guys that were left over from jim bowden's rein he has been able to trade or get rid of or send back somewhere else, hence they came. but i think you know you look at the bullpen, he has revamped the bullpen. manny acta was changed with jim wriggleman, so all the things he has done is positive. but i like listening to him. he wants to win. not just about developing for the future, stephen strasburg, etcetera, he wants to win right now and be competitive right now but his long-term goals are to win championships and i think kasten, the lerner family, t

>> rob: yes. it has a whatever you call that. >> bob: diamond drying. >> rob: that gums up your shoes. it is slippery, it's not like clay where you land wherever you lant you twist and turn you will not slide. you look right now it is nothing like it looked last night. you to a good job but it doesn't matter. it is still the moisture in the air. everything is moist. >> bob: and it is still raining t is getting -- getting with ther by the moment. o-2. and john misses low. >> rob: and wanted that high and threw it at his ankles. >> bob: rowe! >> rob: watch him stand up i about chest high. look where he hits it. almost in the dirt. >> bob: hmmm... lannan near the outside corner. ball 2. that's correct was a changeup. you want it now. a change up on the outer half 16789-2. geez gee is not biting on it. 22 pitches nobody out. it just seems late think starters are working hard to get few results. mock through 91 in five innings. >> bob: that is lined to center. morgan has 13 assists on the year. lannan

>> rob: that's understandable. most guys. >> bob: he didn't last there long. didn't stay in arizona long. a nice job for milwaukee. >> rob: they feel slighted within they are traded. >> bob: he was insulting to the whole atmosphere here. last year's team did only win 59 games. sometimes when you are on the team 59 you need to look in the mirror, too. we have talked about the accountability. >> bob: to center. morgan cannot reach it. and lopez is 4 out of 6 with 3 extra base hits. i'm not sure i would throw him any fastballs. right out over the plate. >> rob: he knows hit it well. a lot of motivation against the former club. >> bob: it is stuck. >> rob: stuck the bottom of the wall. some guys would have tried to get a double there. he kind of held up. >> bob: here is guy that will not hold fun that happens. mike cameron two singles, double and homer tonight. >> bob: a fastball hitter and he doesn't throw anything but fastballs. occasional slide piece. >> rob: 0 night like tonight. not that you want to give up any ru

now rob, i don't know if this is karma. was told the last home stand i need to up great my phone equipment to twitter. i think my phone died today. to enable you to tweet and twitter. >> bob: did you do something to my phone? >> rob: no. no. and if i did i wouldn't tell you. i'd blame it on joe [ chuckle ] >> bob: dunn walked his first time up and it was a race to the double play. that is outside for marquis. a pretty good pitch. marquis walked wunsch struck out 1, one, struck out one. i don't think marquis will mess with dunn too much. nibble after you get ahead. try to just nick the outside corner with some kind of back door slider, sinker.   9-1 in new york bottom of the 3rdthe braves over the mets. phillies are leading at home, the bottom of the fifth, 2-1 over arizona. chase utley hit his 25th home run, that's against dan haren. he almost found a hole and the ball is dropped by helton tulowitzki decided to float the throw rather than plant and throw. we'll see how they score it. >> rob: way think it's a

bob carpenter and rob dibble.els of what we would call a good road trip, 4-4. and a come of really nice comeback wins. >> rob: yes. and a lot of this was set up because of good defense and pitching performances from the bullpen. let's set it up with wil nieves behind whole plame with -- plate with a big throw-out. we come right back, josh willingham hit as go-ahead home run. so it came off of the great defense. you get great offense. last night bases loaded, no outs, 3-0. you get the comebacker. josh bard. you make sure you get one, two, and a big three-run home run puts us up for good against the pittsburgh pirates. so two of those wins were comeback wins but set up because of the defense and the pitching. and the nats have won six of their last 10. they're doing great as far as runs per game these days. elijah dukes is in here now and this offense is cooking. >> yeah alot of it has to do with niagaraer and christian at the top. he has to get settled into his position. we're going to miss ryan zimmerman, and we h

and rob drake took a good, log look.i think the contact is incidental. >> bob: this is being prolod by jim riggleman. >> trying to catch the bag  the back of your leg is not the easiest thing to do. watch nyjer, watch the play young. >> bob: he's safe. >> he's safe, but young, trying to make the tag. forces his foot off the bag. great replay, guys. >> bob: some of the same rules that applied for catchers ay for infielders, if they got guts to tangle with the base runner. >> rob: true. hard to argue when his leg  between you and the bag. >> bob: if he takes his hands and shoves you off the bag, then that's not going to work. but that was just, as rob sai inches accidental contact. drake got it right. >> rob: he got it right. and -- >> bob: guzman is gone, so are the nats.  very little offense today. morgan was trying to make something happen.  >> rob: collin balester but,  mistak

>> rob: i don't know.ill be a fun one. >> bob: fastball inside. >> rob: we nobel yard loves the ball middle of the plate, in. anything on that side of the plate, he is hacking >> bob: pagan hit a home run in that game. to belliard. outside. he gets the call. >> rob: ooh. >> bob: that's the second generous outside corner or near that chuck meriweather has given him at this at bat. >> rob: come on, chucky, this ball is out. >> bob: 2-2. >> rob: it's where it crosses the plate. >> bob: he will sit up out there again. and belliard knows he better be swinging. >> rob: now two strikes. you have to go in defensive mode or protection mode. ronnie has been great getting clutch hits to right field. >> bob: 2-2 to ronnie with two men aboard. belliard strokes one into right field. guzman home! zimmerman will score! and the nationals lead 3-0. [ cheers and applause ] belliard, six rbis in the last two games. that's a great at-bat, rob, because the umpyre set this whole thing up by calling everything out there a strike

bulb and rob are back next. -- bob and rob are back next. >> bob: byron, thank you, ray, josh willingham's two swings, the big blows of this game, and the first one was a after a zimmerman single in the 7th. and rob, he wasn't through. no he was not. zimmerman on first again. instead of a homer, he make double, and ryan runs around  score. hammer stops at second. your favorite hammer from alabama. and speaking of big men who can get it done, just for the fun it, you folk, this is a significant day in washington baseball history. tell but that in a moment a macdougal takes the mound, an is looking for save number 7. but he has to work through  and 6. >> rob: 4, 5 and 6, you don't have a lot of offense between the three of them. >> bob: on this day in 1907, a kid made his major league deb for the as far as by the name water johnson. the tigers beat him and first hit he gave up was a bunt singl by ty cob. and 20 years later, the tigers beat him on walter johnson , in washington, d.c. i 

>> rob: ouch!ball up, and nieves able to get around and absorb some of the shock of that one. >> rob: well, we hate to see this right here, but we do know our own wil nieves likes to dive and hit this ball the other way toward this first base side. that's to try to counteract that diving across the plate. >> bob: and along those lines, it was good to see david wright at citi field yesterday. he said she feeling much better and he is expecting to play again this year, when some thought his season might be over. two on, two out, and chance for craig stammen to get the nats back even here. >> rob: what shows you the mettle of a david wright is he says i'm ashamed to go on the disabled list, after taking 95 in the head. so he was not happy with the decision, but he did say that, you know, the medical staff, the mets, they say it's the best for me to not run back out there there, and take a couple of weeks off. but what a kid, huh? >> bob: i think david wright shares a lot of ryan zimmerman's traits. th

we go down to the field and rob burnett. >> rob: i'm down here with kelly gregg.t know is, how's your knee feeling? >> it's just great to be out here again. it feels brand-new. >> rob: we're talking about us being friends for 10 or 12 years. you used to be the young guy. how does it feel to be the old guys in the meetings now? >> i remember back in the day i had it play a whole game when you guys were over there chilling. >> rob: you're paying the price for it now, buddy. >> no doubt. that's all it is. >> gerry: so good to see kelly gregg. flags fly. throws the completion on first down out to the 46-yard line. b.j. hackett on the reexception, but let's see if the play will stand. preliminary signal is against the ravens. justin bannan may have been lined up in the neutral zone. >> referee: off sides on the nose guard, that penalty is declined. >> gerry: so the reception and the first down will stand. colt bran an getting his first playing time of this preseason. out of hawaii, set the ncaa touchdown record. he was impressive in the preseason last year. the redskin

>> i came to see rob zombie, but now i'm bellfuly flopping i gue. >> well, you can see rob and belly guess. come on in, christy. [ cheers and applause ] michael jackson's death now is reportedly being called a homicide. they had a search warrant, the lapd of the offices of michael's doctor, dr. conrad murray. it said he died after murray gave him the anesthetic called propofol and some sedatives and the affidavit revealed that 82 minutes passed between the time the doctor find michael not breathing and the time that someone dialled 911. 82 minutes until another staffer called for help. during that time, this doctor reportedly spent 47 minutes on the telephone, which you have to wonder what was the guy talking about and who was he on the phone with for 47 minutes while this was going on? i don't know the answer to that question. this is purely speculation, but i saw a commercial last night on television late at night and i think -- well, let's just say i hope somebody looks into this. >> want to meet and cheat with sing single anesthesiologist in your area? call your chat line and get

rob, he looks 100% for the first time in 18 months. >> rob: i'm sure joe flacco and cam cameron is excited about it. he can have 10 touchdowns easily. >> gerry: lardarius webb and takes a knee for a touchback. the geico scoring drive for the carolina panthers. that makes it a 4 point ball game after the 50-yard john kasay field goal. john beck the former miami dolphins quarterback. cam cameron was the head coach there. cameron comfortable with the young man. 1st down to jalen parmele. a penalty flag on the play. >> stan: jalen parmele is a running back like -- >> referee: holding number 84, the offense. half the distance to the goal. still 1st down. >> gerry: back-to-back plays by edgar jones. it turned into an interception last time. that will back the ravens up to the 10 yard-line. >> stan: the experiment of a year ago of playing both way system probably going to be 86ed. penalties and dropped passes are not going to help him. >> gerry: whistle slow. >> referee: 3:32 back on the clock. >> gerry: adding 5 seconds back to the game clock. we are in the south. manners do apply. >> stan: sout

our crew this morning is ben stein and charles payne, dagen mcdowell, rob stein as well. charles, what do you make of that? >> this is a scary element. the only element i can think worse than this, you come home and another man's shoes sunder your bed. you know what's going on. listen, $145 million -- neil: i would be ok with the plumber. it's very difficult booking that dude. >> $145 million has been paid out on $2 billion. at the end of the day, i don't know how any of these politicians can say that -- and i have heard a couple of them talk about efficiency, but you can't use the word efficiency and government run in the same sentence. they just don't go together. this is scary as all get out. neil: the president is right. the cash for clunkers was much more successful than they thought so they couldn't keep up with the demand. you can argue they should have planned for that. the problem wasn't the lack of interest. it was too much interest. >> right. that sets an example for what could happen. if we got a public option with health care, will a lot more people wind up o

watching sail out of ballpark. >> rob: fastball and hanging curveball.eep the ball down low and in the park. let's give you the scouting report. he's allowed 6 home runs in the last 2 starts. the 11.81 in the even numbered innings and strike first averaged 16.1 pitches per inning. he has to get that down to 12 or 10. >> bob: 7:06 in our national as capital. the first pitch is a strike. mostly clear skies. 85 degrees, it's muggy again. when colorado is in town it will fly. the rom rockies have 140 homers in the year. only second to the phillies. ballester with good location and the ball tailing away. >> rob: the texas rangers have 177 home runs. can they pitch. that's what we ask about that ballclub every year. fourth in the american league in pitching. >> they are still in the race. 5 1/2 back of the angels. that's a breaking ball. low and inside. josh bard the other half of the battery tonight. and the rockies come in 48 and 25 under their new manager. he's not new any more. jim tracy. and 13 games over .500, one up on the giants. 2 over the marlins in

rob's coming up.nto a big juiced up version of the tractor. >> scam his way on to a tractor. >> he's on a road trip today and he's got a lot of horsepower on this one, a lot of noise. >> it's kind of like the nascar for tractors. every friday our rob marciano hits the road for "rob's road show," today we're in bowling green, ohio for the tractor pull championships. what do they call it? pull city or something? oh, look at rob. look at rob, he's got a ride. >> i'm cruising, i'm moving. all right, this is the mini modified division here. when it's cranked up -- >> is that thing going, rob, or is somebody pushing you? >> all right, show them, larry. all right. i'm -- i've got to put the brakes on here at some point. >> the tractor pull. thank you, larry, nice work there. that's larry, he's -- he and his son have been trading off championships here for several years in the mini modified division. we spent time with him yesterday, he has a unique story, lost his legs in a farming accident, but manages to b

he's accused of robbing a clothing store in fells point, twice, when he came back for a third attempt a customer took matters into his own hands. >> he turned his back, i saw a baseball bat behind the counter, i started himming him with it. he blocked himself with his hands. >> turns out police picked up lomax while waiting for him outside of another location he thought he would rob. he faces 17 counts of robbery after he gets out of the hospital. >>> the developer is hoping to build a brand new casino in baltimore city and presented the plans to the commission who has to decide on a license. the so-called celebration casino would be built off russell street south of m & t bank stadium. there's also a shopping area outside of the casino building and new parking garage. the price tag? $212 million. toronto developer michael moltenhar leads the group that hopes to build the casino and says he hopes to generate $500 million in its first year of operation. ? it's truly going to be an opportunity as a self-entrance feature, if you will into the city and benefit from all the traffic coming

so that means rob marciano is on the road for rob's road show.nessee, a yo-yo competition in florida, a tractor pull in ohio. now he's gone to the dogs. rob, you're in mystic, connecticut, i can't wait for what you're going to show us. >> hi, carol. >> that's a great dog you have with you. >> mystic -- well, yeah, the dogs are coming. historic sea port of 80 years. >> that's the key. we're -- one of the groups of the dogs here, the canine search and rescue unit. we're going to demonstrate how they would search a victim like me or injured person like me out. i'm hiding in a dinghy, going to cover up. and denise and her dog are going to try to find me. okay, good luck. there he's -- he can't hear. he can't see me. first thing he's going to do is once he finds me, runs back to his handler immediately and bring her over to me. has he found me? >> i guess that worked. good job. good boy. good boy. he wants his toy, doesn't he? >> yes, here you go. >> good boy. tell us about his training and the unit in general? >> okay. i'm told they can't hear you, b

rob, we've got the alleged mastermind, leonard gonzalez jr.' telling a story now that a gang, the way he's putting it, of used car dealers, they didn't like byrd billings, wanted him dead. is that what he's saying? and that a guy named cab tice came up to him and said all right, do the job, kill byrd billings. is that what he's saying? >> a very, very convoluted story that probably changes every time it's told or every time it's heard. supposedly, pat -- we call him pad gonzales, gonzales the younger. justin, the billings' child, who is an estranged child, he said he acted as a hit man for various used car dealers around pensacola to maybe strongarm people into making their car payments or other people that disappeared -- >> rob, more on this after a break. >>> welcome back to "prime news." here's the story. two employees at best buy tackle a thief, shoplifter trying to get out of the place. so they go after him. well, they get fired. they broke store policy that forbids contact with shoplifters. basically, you're supposed to just let them go.

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it robs you of your life.ome bound in a wheelchair, you can't swallow, you die a long and lingering death. what was your reaction when your parents read you that letter? >> i was horrified to say the least. i was actually driving when my mother read the letter to me. so i immediately pulled off the road and several minutes before i could pull myself back together. i asked her to read the letter to me a second time and a third. just horrified. >> did you go through your mind -- wait a minute, this has got to be a mistake. did you have symptoms that might be indicative of that disease? >> i didn't feel i had any symptoms, necessarily. although i do have fine bromyal symptoms and i had a brain scan and a test for diagnosing als. i knew it was possible. >> you're trying to reach out to the veterans affairs organization. were you able to get in touch with them? >> not right away. it was late in the afternoon. but the next morning, i did get up and contact my regional va office. the director's office there at the va

. >>> and police are searching for a man who robbed a woman at knifepoint outside of the anne arundel mills mall. the victim works in the mall and was walking to her car when the suspect pulled out a knife and took her purse. police say the suspect left the area in a brown pickup truck with a loud exhaust. they also apparently know who the man is, but will not release his name until he has been arrested. >>> police have also arrested three suspects who robbed two people at a anne arundel county light rail and then tried to escape on a bus. the group of eight male suspects robbed them at the cromwell station just before midnight after implying that they had a gun. the group then got on an mta bus and headed down richie highway. but the victims contacted police who stopped the bus and held everyone on board until the victims could arrive to identify the three suspects. >>> the cash for clunkers program may be running on empty. white house officials say the program is still up and rung, even though it ran out of money last week. now they're waiting for the senate to vote the program anot

yourself. >> you are robbing yourself. when you pull that out you are getting 50% back of what you put in. >> you are paying for your own which will fund social security later. >> you look at how many we bailed out when they a used their houses as an a.t.m. we are bailing all these people out because at the made bad decisions. it is their money. once they start using the money that is a retirement i believe it is right we will bail them out because it is the greater good. >> the superior choice to your home because that is a phantom paper asset that can go up and down. this is actual money you put aside. in theory this is a better place to borrow then your home. >> it is not phantom when are kicked out because you can't repay the second mortgage. >> because you borrowed against it and it declined in price. that is difficult in a 401-k. >> once again there's an assumption here that says the government knows better how to take care of your money than you do, which says ok, if you get in trouble we will bail you out. that isn

police say officers walked in on the man robbing a convenience store early this morning. we're told the suspect was wearing a mask and he lunged at the officer with the screwdriver. the officer fired a single shot hitting the man in the head. the officer is a 34-year veteran of the force. the incident is under investigation. >>> an update tonight in the investigation of a deadly helicopter crash on interstate 70 near hagerstown. turns out, the pilot had been warned of foul weather minutes before taking off. the preliminary report makes note that jeffrey nordas spoke with an acquaintance on the phone about the fog, wind and lightning. the ntsb report does not state the cause of the crash. drivers witnessed the crash last thursday night. >>> the ntsb has finished testing the train control equipment at the site of june's deadly metro crash near washington d.c. opinion ntsb officials say they released the area between fort totten and tacoma stations. they will now begin replacing the tracks in the crash area. metro riders should continue to expect delays on the red line. >>>

thanks so much, rob. >>> every friday, rob on the road for rob's road show. going next? the dog's day show in mystic, connecticut. off of the beaten path, not close to the golf courses in vermont, rob? send us your suggestions. >> hanging out with the doggies up there. >> the golf course he really loves is just around the corner from there so -- a fine hand hofstra teenlgic planning. >> he finds a way to work in some extracurricular fun regardless of where he goes. >> why not? >> sure thing. speaking of fun and work at the same time, sanjay is in dublin, ireland. he's taking a look at ireland's health care system, what works, what doesn't. and are there any lessons being learned about how countries have made it work or face challenges? 48 minutes after the hour. bicycle, i've missed you. gathering dust, as pollen floats through the air. but with the strength of zyrtec ® , the fastest, 24-hour allergy relief, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. with zyrtec ® i can love the air ™ . ( revving, siren blares ) there's no way to hide it. sir, have you

thanks to rob for joining us. next, trading up on the taxpayer dime. some folks now using the popular cash for clunkers program to get behind the wheel of a luxury car. and you guessed it, you're paying it. %%%%%%%%%%% terry: it's barely a week old and it's a huge hit already. congress is making it even bigger. but not everyone is sold on the new cash for clunkers program it turns out that some people are trading in their cars for luxury vehicles like a lexus. jonathan, you say taxpayers are getting a raw deal on this cash for clunkers program. >> oh god, terry. they can't run a rebate program. god help us if they try to run health care. why am i subsidizing any car? a lexus, a honda, a pinto? this is another auto bailout. they dressed it up as some kind of green initiative, but this is the worst of worst type of favoritism for the auto industry, hello g.m. already bankrupt. they wouldn't pass out subsidies to buy genes or toothpaste or tennis rackets. why shuffle more taxpayers' dollars to the auto company? terry: bad idea? it's very popula

greta: rob joins us live from little rock. rob, the members of congress say that they do not support singer pair, that the president does not support single pair, do you believe them? >> well, greta, thanks for having me on, it's good to be with you. as obama said when he was running for president that ideally we would have a single pair system. now we already have a real terrible sense of bureaucracy with hpos ppos and a medicare system in which if you were watching larry king earlier, pin teller was saying that we spend twice as much money on health care here in america as any other system in the world. but, it's terribly inefficient. and we're now proposing expanding public health care coverage to more americans and i don't see that as an act of responsibility by our congress. greta: all right. what would you do if you had a magic wand and you were in congress? >> well, i would like to see more tax credits for taxpayers. less government intervention in the dr. -patient relationship. certainly not forcing employers to provid