sheffield now throw over to give beltran back. sheffield has flied out and struck out in the ballgame. >> jim: beltran 8 out of 9. he can steal a base when his knees are healthy, and that appears to be the case this year. mets lead the national leaguen steals. >> gary: gary sheffield, a dangerous hitter in that situation. in the dirt, wieters blocks i. >> jim: sandy alomar, junior, he's the bullpen coach for the mets, a 6-time all star, he sd i bet he really blocks the ball well. i have never seen a young catcher that has hands as soft as wieters. and for a big guy, and sandy's what, 6'4," 6'5"? he said, i bet he can block the ball. because he's so low. >> gary: 1-1 delivery. fouled straight back. sheffield has had enormous numbers against the orioles in his career. he's .318 hitter. 19 homers, and 74 rbis lifetime against the os. real tight ballgame and a good one here. 2-1. only one hit for the mets comg into the inning. they have picked up two singls here in this inning. now sheffield with

sheffield has passed eddy murray into sole possession of 24th place all-time on the home run list. he's also moving up the rbi list 25th all time in rbi's. 2-2 delivery on the way. sheffield will take it inside and another 3-2 count. >> jim: there was an article earlier in the year that the acquisition of k-rod and other people on the ball club will toughen him up. santana another one of the guys, second year with the team. >> gary: runner goes. it is popped up in the infield. mora. he's got it. there's one away. church will go back to first base. on sunday, july 12th, you can come to oriole park for the

the count will go to 3-1 on sheffield.gories he's moved up in the base on ball categories. >> jim: he doesn't strike out much, he hits a lot of home runs. he's 25th on rbi's. he can just flat out hit. >> gary: and is scary to watch if you're standing on the mound. that one in the gap to left center field. that is way back and another good-bye home run. gary sheffield, and it is a one run game again. >> jim: i don't think you want to throw him six straight fastballs. brian bass fell behind, two-run lead, doesn't want to walk him. this is 507 and it got out of here in a hurry. he gives him toughness, he gives him the home run bat. he's a gamer. >> gary: gary sheffield trying to move in on mel ott who is 24 on the list of the home run mark. sheffield gets his 19th against the orioles. he's had the 13th most home runs against the orioles. of the 30 teams he's had home runs against. daniel murphy, and he takes the pitch for a strike. and we are back to a one run ballgame again. >> jim: was that ball hit hard. >> gary: that's a

gary sheffield is home run came in the sixth, 8th of the year.does have a couple of runs scored in the ballgame. down low to him. not what johnson wanted to do. >> jim: he started him off with a curveball. maybe 20% all year long. sometimes it's a mystery. but if you're throwing 98 and you're commanding your fastball, it's already to throw the breaking ball. do it when you're ahead. >> gary: that ball on the outside corner. >> jim: when i pitched for earl weaver with a two-run lead, he would make it very clear. >> gary: perhaps you'd like to use the language. 3-2 delivery. he rifles that one no the seats. >> jim: at the end of the day, jimmy johnson, his sinker is his best pitch. if you're going to have to trick gary sheffield with a two- run lead, you're going to have some problems. i don't mean throw it down the middle. let it sink, get a ground ball, anticipating sheffield is going to pull the ball. >> gary: he goes right up the middle and has a base hit off the end of the bat. so gary sheffield gets on to lead off the 8th and the mets who hav

gary sheffield -- brian snyder who catches, sheffield who hit his 500th home run earlier this yearwheni used to catch against him, i stood farther back because of the backlash. i never want to get hit with a guy that swings like that. >> gary: 2-2. berken, a long look. home run last night is 19th against the orioles. it is the 11th -- 11th moses's hit against here at camden yards. he's had 7 home runs, chasing mel.roll they don't get him. >> jim: when you stand up on e mound, and you have to throw, either on a ground ball back to you, throwing downhill, so its easy. if you separate your hands o early, and of course, this isa snap throw, right there, his hands aren't together. you can see brian just tryingo catch it from going into center field. i would imagine that's a stoln base. because he wasn't going back to the base. >> gary: infield is drawn in d sheffield will foul that one right straight back. so beltran will be credited with a stolen base, butting a runnr at -- putting a runner at third and the orioles figure this to be a low s

sheffield, the runner at first base. murphy up, rbi single his first time to the plate. 3-1 lead, five hits, four for the mets, four for the o's. trying to get the double play ground ball here. murphy takes the pitch for a strike. uehara, left-handers, right- handers, not much difference. six home runs surrendered. that one is going to be a base hit. into the gap. sheffield will make the turn. he's going oh go to third. throw will come in to second base. and, again, the mets putting runners on base. at first and third and one down. >> jim: this is what daniel murphy did last year. this year he started pitching him in. you could see the target in, but it doesn't get it in. so again, murphy, his strength out over the plate. think about if you ever have to look in until you get the two strikes. nope, that time he gets another good pitch to hit. so both away. he takes advantage of it. pretty nice stroke. >> gary: 11 hits last night for the mets and only one of them was an extra-base hit, a double. they now have six hits on t

if you watch tape of sheffield, now he's been hot. he's 6-13 against the yankees with a couple of home runs. normally, he likes the ball out over the plate. i think he's become -- you can look at the numbers. he only has five base hits to right field. 22 to lefties. become more of a pull hitter. he is 40. you know, he's one of the 25 guys that have hit 500 home runs. he has 506 lifetimement he takes that pitch. -- lifetime. he takes that pitch. that's going to be a helicopter hit all the way up to towson which is north of here. >> gary: he has a knee problem that's been talked about. he was going to get an mri. that's what everybody said. yesterday, mets announced he's not going to get an mri. he feels fine to play. there's been no explanation why to first there was and there wasn't. sheffield himself told jerry manuel i'm good enough. i can play rand dh. jerry manuel said before the game i have to rethink how i use gary sheffield once our interleague play is over. i have no problem putting him out there as a dh playing him in all the

he was coaching with milwaukee when gary sheffield came up.said nolan ryan pitched early on when he was 18 years old and threw him a high fastball and he hit it over their dugout which means ed it it straht foul. next pitch was right at hischin. >> gary: again, jones. this one off the bat of o down. jim: otheit's right back over e dugout. so, the point i was trying to make earlier for a team on the last day of the year whether it's injuries or two years ago or whether they played very poorly, he's going to help not the fact we talk about gary sheffield that he can still play it appears at 40, ng to give them the stuff that winning teams need. i mean, he's been through the wars. he is a warrior. >> gary: he has done that. he really was going to be done. he was ready to retire at the end of the year. i talked with him early in the season. sheffield said the only reason i came back was the mets and the fact that i have some friends here and they really were on me all winter and said you've got to come. you've got to come play. he said, so i agree

guthrie not getting a lost breaks here in this one and a 1- 0 count on gary sheffield. sheffield has singled and struck out the designated hitter for the mets hitting at .273, sevenhome runs, 23 rbi's. he's really had a very solid season for the mets after a tremendous struggle last year for the detroit tigers. >> jim: i was talking to himbefore the game. i said do you like the national league a little better. he said, yeah, because he hated the deght designated hitter. -- designated hitter. he didn't feel comfortable doing it. he should be comfortable doing it. he's come off shoulder injuries. a lot of guys who are 40 think they can play in the outfield, weapon you play in the american league and you're just a dh, that ball right off the mask of matt wieters, you don't ever get to redeem yourself with a good play. you're not in the game as much. it takes a lot of getting used to. he was uncomfortable doing it. [ indiscernible ] >> jim: that's another factor too. >> gary: he really wants to play every day:he can't do that every day with the knee he's got. he doesn't any

shesmd sheffield has played here at -- sheffield has played here at camden yards. you see his numbers in interleague this season. he's way up there with the mets this year. fouled back. at camden yards he's had a .282 average. he has hit six home runs in this ballpark, and has 234 rbi's here. >> jim: now 18 total against the oriole( wright again -- right again at 40, a little more aggressive. e's swinging inside right there. >> gary: 0-2 count. sheffield is going to get a base hit the other way! coming to third, david wright. he'll stay there. the bases are loaded as markakis gets it back in. they were playing sheffield the other way to pull and he put it into right field. >> jim: gary, at jerem guthrie said is that boy, you've got to relax. he said it's not about relaxes. --relaxing. it's about executing. he strikes him out first time. took that high slider. ve how many times have we seen over the years drives the ball the other way. >> jim: now a real battle. murphy stands in. he. >> gary: now a real battle. murphy stl nobody out. two runs in. bases are loa

cora, martinez and beltran, wright, church and sheffield. murphy, schneider and castillo. >> jim: let's take a look at our pnc scouting report on koji uehara. mr. splitter, he will use that pitch along with his fastball. two walks in 29 innings here at home, so he's going to command the strike zone. his last win, even though he's pitched better than his record indicates, was on the 13th of april. so, again, not a whole lot to show. they don't give him a whole lot of runs. he hasn't been hit particularly hard by lefties or righties. just seems maybe six innings, hopefully after that, you really have to go to your bullpen. the ball not likely to carry very well with the winds swirling in. pitch is up high for a ball. cora had a 3 for 5 in the ballgame last night. cora getting work in the lead- off spot. reyes continues out at shortstop, so he's in. he's taking all the way for a strike. the mets come in now, 15-18 on the road, while the orioles here at home are 19-17 on the season. fooled him, way behind on it. and a 2-2 count. >> jim: it will

sheffield retired. one away in the 8th. time to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. jason berken the starter, ando delivered his first home run f the season, and livan hernandz on the other side who continues looking for his 6th win. text in your vote matt albersn the pen. [ inaudible ] >> gary: andino gets the big hope. church who had the being rbi t is retired -- had the big rbi hit is retired. two away in the 8th. murphy, beltran, wright and church. >> jim: you look at that curveball he hit, one of the few curve balls that jason berken got all night. that's what happens, battling, battling. >> gary: there's santos, and he'll take the pitch down w for a ball santos getting in e ballgame, 0-3 first appearance in this series. .272 on the year for the mets catcher. and the pitch will just miss. 2-0. >> gary: he's doing a terrific job because of the back problems, and brian snyder, hs parents lived in indianapolis. just wanted to say hello to h. big ori

core remarks murphy is up in the two hole, beltran right, sheffield, church, santos is going to catchmartinez has been moved down, castillo in the 9-hole, wright leading the national league, but just 2-10 in the series. >> jim: jason berken, it's the command. just got behind hitter, hopefully that will change. mediocre rise to the bigs. last year, didn't get it right into spring training. he started the year in double, so he's in the big leagues, they have been trying to adjustment as his perching coach said, it's a good thing he's here. he's a smart kid, but we can't do too much too soon. it's not about the walks but commanding the fastball. he has better stuff than peope think he has. >> gary: jason berken will go for his second win. he has lost his last three. cora will take the first pitc, and we are underway. down low for a ball. core remarks the left-hander n that leadoff spot. who will work you. as jerry manuel talk about whn he's in that number one spots. he says he sets the tone for everybody else. he is so patient at the plate that

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gary sheffield, he went deep last night and that got out in a hurry. >> we're looking at one of the classic home run hitters of all time. home runs in the major league. an amazing fastball. i never met a fastball he didn't he is a hard swinger. almost always looks for the fastball, and it doesn't matter where you throw it, down and in, up and away, down and away, this guy finds a way to get finds a way to get the head of the bat on t you wonder how he doesn't pull his back. when he gets the fastball he's looking for, he can hit anybody's fastball. that rick dempsey bat home run. a slight change as trembley the lineup. roberts, jones, markakis, markakis 6 out of 8 in the series, huff, mora. is catching, and ream at >> you talk about nick markakis his four hits and what -- getting on base with his four hits, when he's the ball, this club does nothing about win. in games in which aubrey huff hits a home run. and that's what this club needs to do. they are an offensive strong club, they depend on their offense, and that guy is who is right in the middle of it all. hits the ball with any base hi

gary sheffield doing what he's been doing forever, it seems, hitting home runs. there are the number for johnson. >> gary: johns you now needs to put in a couple of innings. this is another one of the games with the starter going just five innings, you're asking the bullpen to carry a big load and jim johnson, the rested one, last pitched on the 12th against atlanta and only a third of an inning. gave up a couple of hits in that appearance. ground ball towards second base. beltran retired. so he's been held to a single in four at-bats. >> jim: you talked about his last appearance against atlanta. came in throwing 97. he had five days off. got himself in trouble trying oh get people out with the change-up and the curveball. he did not do a good job that night of receipt reeding the bats of the atlanta hitters. he's got a good curveball. his sinker is his best pitch. >> gary: now faces wright. wright has gone 0 for 3 in the ballgame, 2 for 8 in the series. he still has the 11-game hit streak. with 31 rbi's in his last 43 ballgames. he's tied for 7th in the league w

sheffield is waiting on deck. >> jim: that's no bargain eitr >> gary: nope. write 1 forward 3 off albers. 29-0 delivery. taking some massive cuts. 2-1. >> gary: ground ball andino and a good job by albers. no runs, one hit, no errors. two are left on. orioles, bottom of the 9th. can they do it again? matt wieters, first major run came last night. he will lead off the bottom of the 9th. oriole down a run. waterproof and sweat-proof sunscreen... can wear out... leaving skin vulnerable. new neutrogena ultimate sport with helioplex. provides the highest average uva/uvb protection and is also 3x... more waterproof than testing standards. neutrogena ultimate sport >> gary: series win and chance to head to philadelphia feeling good on the lynn in the bottom half of the 9th. mets have trailed but came bak in the 6th and 7th. and there's a base hit, wieters is going for two. the throw coming in is not in time. a double for matt wieters. >> jim: there's your. [ indiscernible ] remember the changeup on tuesday? watch this fastball. he smokes it. we always

gary sheffield, omir santos with homers, alex rodriguez hit his ninth. >> rob: when a guy like jordanzimmermann really sticks it to a team like tampa bay, as soon as he's out of the game, you can kind of take a deep breath, a sigh of relief. we've got that guy out of the game. now let's work on their bullpen. >> bob: you can probably make a case that the walk to gabe gross with two outs in the fourth inning kept zimmermann from pitching into this inning. it probably added 10 to 12 pitches during that 27-pitch bottom of the fourth. he'd given up a solo homer. >> rob: then he threw about a eight pitch at-bat to hernandez after that. >> bob: there's another try to right for a home run. five hitters, five runs. here in the sixth. and the rays lead 6-2. >> rob: here's the 3-2 pitch by jason bergmann. way too much of the plate. sinker has to be down and away. it's over the plate. >> bob: jason bergmann faces five hitters, every one of them scores. the rays up by four.  >> bob: it's been a sixth inning disaster for the nats here. rays have scored five to lead it 6-2. big cro

gary sheffield hits another home run against his former team. one bad note for the yanks, xavier nady will be out for the season. they found out today he tore a ligament in his elbow. back to a-rod. he continues to climb the charts. number 11 now on the all-time list with six more at-bats as rafael palmeiro for tenth place. it's conceivable he could get into the top sixth before the year is done. >> ahead on espnews, plenty more baseball. you have to see lou piniella's reaction to milton bradley's latest temper tantrum. >> also, check in on the hottest team in baseball, and the team with the best interleague record this year. also on the way, the dodgers haven't missed a beat since manny ramirez was suspended going 26-18. friday they were on the verge of doing something they haven't done all season. >> tony stewart crashed during practice at loudon friday. we'll tell you why that won't affect his starting position come sunday. >> and why plaxico burress could be facing punishment before his case goes to trial. we're back right after this. >> sun

in sheffield, one of the terminated stores in the sutton district. there is a dodge dealership in the middle of ford counter. but still a lot of residual buyers and living there, retirees and a planned still going. this dealership is right between that. 100 miles to the west is another dealership near a jeep plant in toledo ohio. the dealer in toledo mend my dealership is held to exact the same standard for govett is absurd >> mr. anderson does gmac own part of the new gm board is gm's still own part of gmac financing? >> tm will own the shares in a gmac. we will own approximately 9.9% wants the other hampshires are in a trust because of our agreement we agreed we would not sell down our interest. >> mr. chairman i just want to pick up, but gmac part. but i have to find it. i have talked to a lot of folks in my district. one of their complaints with gmac, i had a dealers tell me after gmac got the government dollars the immediately raised the interest rate by 6%. they made the dealer paid $10,000 just to be able to stay on, nonrefundable. he had be

but when he brought him in to pitch to sheffield, we say, you know, that's something that we instilledwhen he does that, why throw a slider or something look that that can get hit. but he is being aggressive. >> willie has been a bench guy for you all along. what he has done over the

to mention elijah dukes one more time, hillsboro high school in tampa produced doc gooden, gary sheffieldarl everett, mike heath and nationals prospects michael burgess. burgess. of course, a lot of other major leaguers have come out of high schools in and around tampa. garza falling behind most of his hitters here with the exception of adam dunn, had him 0-2. willingham has had a great base-on average lately. that's a good pitch, under his hands for a strike. he already tripled. >> rob: he only tripled the amount he has given up in his prior starts. >> bob: maybe he was due and so are the nats who have not scored many runs in the 1st inning this year. willingham, slicing away from gabe gross. this is one of the few ballparks where the bullpen is on the field of play. he did not have to contend with the mound but he was not far from it. >> rob: you see that warning track right there that's like crushed rubber, higher sneakers, et cetera. that's the warning track around the entire field. this is kicking up a little bit. one thing about being out here for the world series, that stuff is loo

the curveballs are always done, he he's inside, there's a pith to sheffield. questionable to castillo, and then ball is up in the strike zone. murphy hits it. cora hits it. but again, he kept the club in the ballgame. he needed this performance, te 8 strikeouts, the 4 earned ru, it could have been better than that, and you have to remember he had 252/3 innings -- 25 2/3 innings in aaa. it's hard to come up, learn te hitters, learn what you got to do in the big league and have success. so if you gets a chance, whi liked about everything tonigh, he gave up the two runs, they left him out there to pitch in the 7th inning. and that's how you're going to develop young pitchers in baltimore. he has enough guts to pitche 7th. even though he gave up two runs. >> i want to ask you about the reimold pinch hit at-bat. very interesting strategy after the double by matt wieters to lead off. reimold draws another walk. what. [ indiscernible ] he has a tremendous batting -- he's going to swing and miss. it adopt look like he chases

dodge the liberal democrats now run liverpool, new castle, sheffield, and now bristol as well. is part of a complete transformation of city politics in this country from labor to the liberal democrats. that, in my view, is a sign of things to come and increasing switch from labor to liberal democrats across the country as a whole. >> of the reshuffle appears to be over. gordon brown's problems are anything but. >> i am now joined by peter who was promoted back into the cabinet as well secretary and today's reshuffle. >> this was not the reshuffle by gordon brown wanted, was it? >> i do not know. what he has done is renew his cabinet said his government. we now need to move forward and make sure that we get on the real issues that affect people, which is making sure we protect their jobs, making sure we invest in housing, making sure we get mortgages flowing to people. those of the issues that we need to govern effectively on. >> we also have a prime minister of property. his father told him to be honest. when he was asked whether alistair darling was really always going to be c

felt that was a better pitch with the exception of the one to sheffield left up in the zone.er. fastball overall was ex coups cuted very well for me tonight as well. >> so, guthrie takes the loss. he goes 6 1/3, middle game of a three-game series tomorrow. here is the pitching matchup. >> koji uehara looking for a better effort than his last one against the mariners. he gave up four runs on seven hits. he'll be looking for his third win of the season. again, he'll be up against tim redding struggling all seasoning lon -- season long 06789-2 on the year with a 6.18 e.r.a. he's looking for his first win of the year. >> a lot -- a lot to join us for tomorrow. al, steve will be here for "o's xtra" on the pregame show as we highlight a future oriole. steven bumbry. just signed by the orioles and then the matchup tim redding against koji uehara. get out to have the ballpark tomorrow. it is adam jones bobblehead night. for more on the game, 105.7fm, more on masnsports.com. for jim, i'm rick. we're out of time! we'll see you tomorrow. boston lager continues to be a very special beer.

. >> newcastle, sheffield and now bristol as well. it is a complete part of the complete transformation of city politics in this country from labor to the liberal democrats, and that of course in my view is a sign of things to come. >> the reshuffle appears to be over, but gordon brown's problems are anything but. >> we're now joined. he was promoted back into the cabinet. first of all, this wasn't a reshuffle that gordon brown wanted, wasn't? >> i don't know, but what he has done is he has renewed his cabinet, renewed the government. because we now need to move forward and make sure that we get onto the real issues that affect people which is making sure we protect their jobs, making sure we invest in housing, making sure we get mortgages flowing to people. those are the issues that we need to be governing effectively, and that's what we're going to do. >> we also have to have, don't we, a prime minister of probity? he invoked his late father today and said his father always told him to be honest, and yet when he was asked whether al

they brought in sheffield, giambi, a lot of free agents but it never came together for them. >> gary:ll take that for a strike. the homer off guthrie is the 14th he has surrendered. started the game second high in homers given up and cust jumped on it, really launched one. oh, that hit guthrie. it goes to second base. and i have no idea what that hit, except it hit him. >> buck: it sure did. it sounded like it got flesh and he is walking around. not really sure what happened here but there is another line drive right back at the box. it looks like he got his hand up. it was off his wrist. and that can't be too good. he gets his hand up protecting his face maybe on the forearm and certainly hit his right hand, right arm. and he has assured ritchie bancells he is okay. boy, he took a shot. he has his hands up just in time, not unlike what happened to dallas braid en in his last start with vernon wells. >> reporter: well, wells. >> gary: . >> gary: well, now you hope that he is all right. they get the out on a fielder's choice. here is kurt suzuki. here is an inning for guthrie to forget

hang slider to sheffield. you can see every ball up in the middle of the plate. right here after trying to get murphy out trying to strike him out, he threw him four or five straight fastballs and the ball through his leg from brian schneiderment again, a sires of bad pitches. you know n-reality, defense could have helped him out. there are the numbers of the hits and the earned runs. again, not a bad outing to. me, it was actually an improvement. i think what happens is he gets a little witt of trouble. you know, rick, you know this as well as do i. what did mike flanagan used to say? a lost times when you get trouble, you have to try easier. i think jeremy is one of these high-effort guys. he has marvelous ability but knees -- needs to throw 1-2-3 inning down when he gets in trouble. he had trouble doing that. hurt by the defense big time you look back over the last three games that the orioles had played before the off day. they were really putting together some are pretty good rallies. they had a nice, little like 41 hits in those three ballgames. tonight, it