the knights, right now pawtucket leads syracuse 1-0 after three. >> bob: i think syracuse took a double-header from them yesterday. corey patterson played in both of those games before getting called up. >> rob: smoltz is not in there. pitched yesterday. >> bob: my gosh that, ball was six feet outside. but this is jesus colome's m.o. great arm, lots of velocity, but never in his career very much command. >> rob: his tempo is terrible for fielding. he's just so slow and meticulous, slows down the game. gets it to his own tempo, but that hurts your defense. they start to fall back on their heels. >> bob: pena tried to pull an outside pitch. nick johnson will go to the bag himself. p - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on.

they were in syracuse tore -- for a long, long time.o here's russ adams, batting .319 with a homer, for the las vegas 51s, area 51 out there where all the private research and ufo stuff goes on. that's what their ball club is, the 51s. >> all a mystery to me. that banks the railing right by the photographer. that's why he wears his helmet. >> happy father's day, mo. looks like the terminator in that thing. i'll be back. adams comes to the big leagues and slaps one up the middle. he's aboard with two outs. that's not ufo activity in vegas. it's marsh gas is what the government says. isn't that the usual explanation? >> weather balloons. >> yeah, marsh gas and weather balloons. >> exactly. why are these little green men on the balloons? >> if there are so many weather balloons, why can't we tell when it's going to rain? >> top of the order, here's marco scutaro, three for four today. that's a good one by wells to the outer half, trying to keep this thing close, the nats have six outs left with which to work. a 6-2 game. the nationals have

the plan was to deep him at syracuse and let him develop, but he has pitched well enough here to keepme and stammen has been in the minors full-time and was not really on anyone's radar to be here but kind of came in the back door a little bit and also has pitched well. it will be interesting to see what the nationals do in terms of -- they've had these two guys on the big league roster and they're going to be sending one counsel down. they're going to have things to work on and have to stay on the team's radar and perform well enough to get back up here in september. so when olson comes back up, which will probably be mono, that decision is going to be worth watching. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, the hot corner segment here from the washington timeses. a look at the upcoming schedule for the nationals. they have two more ballgames tonight in baltimore at camden yards against the o's. that will be tomorrow night at 6:30 at masn two and on sunday, and then the marlins serious down in florida on monday, tuesday and wednesday. and our air time is going to be 6:30 on monday a

it was like he was going to syracuse to see what happens. but he had a couple of years with kansas city where he was very, very effective. everything has that a little tail on it, he is throwing very hard. >> johnny: when you look at macdougal, villone, tavarez, a lot of veteran arms out there getting the job done. >> phil: they noticed with the younger guys out there that a lot of these guys work in pairs. a lot of guys had that deer in the headlight look. the veterans have seen it all. >> well, tomorrow, the nats will go for the sweep. we hope you will be with us. the red sox come into town after an off day on monday. nats and baltimore for a weekend series. phil and i come right back after this. (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartph

you know about the kids in syracuse, balester, mock and chico. you don't know about addwood, malone, deny my, and myers, and peacock, and smoker and on and on. that is what we are focus the on, having kids that are ready to pitch up here, stay with us a long time, home-grown kids. no fan enjoys anything more than home-grown talent, kids that we brought and developed on our own. i often say when we won a world championship in atlanta, the most thrilling aspect of that was that the pitcher standing on the mound threw a one-hitter in the final game of the world series. the hitter who hit the home run for the only run of the notices , tom glavine, davis justice and mark wellers were all drafted by us. that is what we are setting out to build and what we are building. i know what our record is today, and believe me, it is more frustrating to me than any hundred fans could feel. i still don't sleep after losses because it is just how i am. but every night, especially in the last month or so, i go home encouraged by another quality start, or stuff i see

. >> somebody who's going to be going down and working at syracuse because he's been having a little problem. shairon martis began the season with so much on his shoulders that everybody just raving about this guy. he's kind of gone on a down slope a little bit, ray. maybe he'll work at things at syracuse and be back with the ball club in no time at all. >> he was not a known commodity coming out of spring training, went around the league, amassed a five hit. now he's not pitched efficient. he's throwing 20 pitches an inning. right at # hundred pitches last night. in only five innings. his change-up is great. if you look at his earned run average over the last five starts, it's not bad, but his walks, 16, with only 8 strikeouts. so that's where he's having his troubles. getting to a lot of 3-2 counts, extending the at-bats for these hitters, then they're able to mount runs on him, and he doesn't miss very many bats either. he just doesn't strike out a lot of people. so he's a finesse pitcher with a pretty good fastball, change- up, breaking ball. i'm not sure what they're working on,

you probably know the kid in syracuse, ballister, and mock. you don't know about the other ones because that is what we are focused on, having kids who are ready to pitch up here, stay with us a long time, home-grown kids. no fan enjoys anything more than home-grown talent, kids that we brought and developed on our own. i often say when we won a world championship in 1995 in atlanta, the most thrilling aspect of that was that the pitcher standing on the mound who threw a one-hitter for the final game of the world series, the hitter who hit the home run for the only run of the night, and the pitcher standing on the mound closing out the night, all three of them were scouted by us, drafted by us and signed by us. that is what we are building. so yes,

. >> four starts in rehab with potomac, syracuse, won a ballgame, didn't lose any. 22 hits.you like the walk to strikeout ratio, 13 to 6? >> well, 2-to-1 is good, 3-to-1 is better. he didn't walk anybody. he had a little trouble with his control up here, but he normally has been a guy that has a 3-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio and can punch you out. he's had games where he's had 8 to 10 strikeouts several times, but his key is being able to, like anybody's key. he has to get that fastball over early. then he has a really hard 11 to 5 breaking ball that he can throw it anytime. he's one of the best young pitching prospects in baseball coming into this season, that's what he was thought of. there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to attain that level where he goes out there and gives you 200 innings plus. he won 12 ballgames for the marlins all the way back in 05 when he was a rookie. >> you know he'll be pumped up tomorrow night down in florida against the team he pitched for last year. we'll come back with more of our "nats xtra pregame." ♪ ♪ who's watching?

i wasn't really a student at syracuse. i was a student at florida state. you guys have the whistle. so i thought i would shout out florida state. i'm going to talk a little about washington. you've come here to our capital at a unique moment when we're actually like the business center of the universe. i used to cover business -- i try to cover culture wherever it's going. in the 1990's i covered silicon valley when that was the business center of america and maybe the world. i used to hang around places where all the c.e.o.'s have these supersoaker water guns. where the socially progressive places where people had saabs and audis and socially acceptable to have a luxury car as long as it came from a country that was hostile to u.s. foreign policy. that was cool. they would get their ben and jerry's ice cream. i said they should make a pacifist toothpaste that doesn't kill germs. it just asks them to leave. that would be a big seller. [laughter] that was the culture that gave us all the progressive grocery stores like whole foods and trader joe's. where all the cashiers look like th

. >> johnny: jason coming back from syracuse on may 20th. grounded to 2nd.ohnson, runner out at 1st on a run down. guzman back to belliard, back to guzman. there's two out on the double play. >> rob: nice play. watch the runner. >> johnny: all the time bruce can only stay at 3rd base. >> rob: that was a fabulous defensive play. >> johnny: 4, 3, 6, 4, 6. however you score that, it's fantastic. >> rob: he'll run the runner back to 1st. now you have to tag him out. they do. they get gonzalez. you'll watch bruce can't go anywhere. goes back, what do i do? he goes back to the bag. he gets caught. >> johnny: gomes will pitch now for cincinnati. bruce has been there, double play. big plus for jason bergmann. gomes makes a pitch outside and low. nice stop. >> rob: that was a tough pitch to handle. a lot of great pitches with a lot of movement on them. >> johnny: eight of the last ten appearances have been as a -- cincinnati takes the lead 3- 2. up against the wall. gomes to 2nd base with a double. reds lead it 3-2. >> rob: i think gomes did a great job of reading th

. >> rob: whatever they did to gonzalez in syracuse, he came back on fire. a pitch is up in the zone. he cranks on it. elijah and adam come in to score easily. shields can't believe it. >> bob: beautifully swung by gonzalez. 3-0 washington. josh bard swung at the first pitch first time up and hit that ball hard right at the center fielder. >> rob: the nationals have been hitting hard all day off shields. >> bob: that's seven hits now. and bard rips it to the corner. >> rob: that will be another one. >> bob: alberto will score. bard digging for two. this year he has 16 hits and 7 of them have gone for extra bases. 4-0 washington. nothing cheap about these hits. >> rob: that's a breaking ball down in the zone. it looks like a change up that hangs in the zone. the pitching coach is out trying to find out what's going on. still only one out in this inning by the way. anderson hernandez singled his first time up. four out of five base hitters here in the 4th. the rays pitching as well as anybody in major league baseball. >> rob: look at that stat. not 2.95 anymor

. >> isn't the biggest adjustment a player has when they have, go back to syracuse, i've been a starterw i've got to work my way back up the ladder. >> it's tough if you're not tough. if you are tough, you can learn things down there, the instruction is phenomenal if you're having a problem with the release point or mechanics. they can work on that. they can do side sessions. there's a lot of things that you can do down there. you can stay with the kid a little longer. mock has been real close to being ready. he's just a guy, if you recall last year, he and tyler clipper called up to pitch and call games. he showed a real good curveball, a sinker, a fastball, and an ability to throw the ball over the plate. when he came out of the bullpen, he struggled at the plate. he's a guy that, you folks out there, i know you're doubting us when we say we're stacking up great young arms. you're going it find out in the next, two years, there are some tremendous arms in this organization and they're going to make this club so good because you can be able to use those pieces for trade. >> one of thos

josh from syracuse, went to spring training with the sox. he thought he had made the ball club and put himself out of the job. he was signed as a free agent march 21st. that's late isn't it? >> rob: it is. most teams already have their rosters set. trying to hook up at the major league level at that time length is almost impossible unless there's an injury. >> rob: a swing and high pop. hairston has it. two down. our nats xtra coming up with byron kerr and ray knight. they'll be talking about theouting tonight. there was only one mistake the homer by bruce. the nats xtra pregame tomorrow will be at 4:00 and the first pitch a little after 4:30. >> rob: you also have to score a run to win. you may think it's a mistake. the hitters are getting paid to get runs on the board for their ball club too. shairon did an excellent job. >> johnny: 0-9 the last four games willy has played in. he went through three straight sunday through thursday. >> rob: in the last few innings, harang has stepped up velocity against our hitters. now he's throwing a lot

making his return to the major leagues after hitting .302 in 39 games at syracuse. corey has always been an intriguing combination of power and speed, but in my opinion much more on the speed side, and there have been times when he's fancied himself a home run hitter. he's hit 104 career homers. >> rob: everywhere he's gone, they've wanted him to be a lead- off top of the order type table setter. then he gets into a mental perception of i got to hit home runs. no, he's got amazing speed. you want high on-base percentage so you can get on for all the hammers in the middle of this line-up. in chicago, dusty baker was the manager, and they wait add few years for him to come around and he never did. >> bob: that ball is just foul down the right-field line. we talked about anderson hernandez, alberto gonzalez when he went back and came back. short chopping swings, put the ball in play. anderson hernandez has been fantastic tonight. tried to slap a hit by the pitcher. knowing what your role is will definitely help this organization move forward. >> bob: corey put all thos

. >> bob: he was running at syracuse .302 6 home in 29 games. that indicates he can hit line iv

. >> bob: the nationals have called up corey patterson, who was hitting .302 in 39 games at syracuse,th six home runs and 23 rbi's. corey patterson, 29 years of age. we know him well. he was with cincinnati last year, the orioles two years before that and six years before that with the cubs. interesting left-handed bat with some power and some speed. to serve as a fourth or fifth outfielder right now. gabe gross the hitter, struck out swinging first time up. so the nats bench got a little older and a little more experienced here. bases empty, two outs. beauty. 95 on our gun. but -- >> rob: it's so difficult for a guy that's hitting. you also have to look for a slider, breaking ball and change-up that jordan has been featuring tonight also, throwing them all for strikes. >> bob: the nationals had to make another move, too. because putting josh willingham on the bereavement list an bringing up corey patterson necessitated removing somebody off of one dl to the other on the 40 man roster, so terrell young goes from the 15 day to the 60-day dl. you can only have so many players on that 15

hey, hi, my name is -- and i came from -- harrisburg or syracuse. >> rob: some of the young bucks there, lannan. >> bob: yeah, lannan, the old man now. it's so funny watching because, two years ago, you could not get john to say anything. now, he is lying leading those kids around -- he is like leading those kids around. >> rob: look at that. detwiler, pore porcello, cecil, zimmerman. >> bob: that's a pretty good draft. >> rob: got to get off that rubber quicker. two outs, forget that guy. >> bob: they get a base hit, somebody could throw him out at home. just go after the hitter. 0-1 it is to hill. way outside. debbi taylor, manny acta already has something along those pitching lines in the back of his mind? >> debbi: that's right. we're going to see some of those guys. matt chico, he could be here and ballister could be here. >> bob: yeah, ballister has been hot. and johnny holiday and phil wood updated us on matt chico earlier. nice come pack, easy delivery that we saw a couple of years ago. well hit, guzman on the back hand side. the blue jays have only scored in one of 14 innings h

. >> bob: by the way, they sent corey patterson back to syracuse. he was 2-for-15 with two stolen bases. corey came in and was very use fool for a couple of days when the nats could dh dunn and put some rabbits in the outfield. >> rob: souvenir for that young man. >> bob: dukes hit that ball well to right center. it is still going. and it is dropped by the scoreboard. johnson scores. dukes to third and got a shot and they've got him. but the nationals lead 3-1 on three doubles and now a runner lost at third. two-run lead into the 7th inning. it's on. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. . >> bob: nationals pull out lumber in the bottom of the 62nd inning and elijah dukes got frisky on the bases. vernon wells got to this ball up against the scoreboard, could not handle it so it did give the nats a run. >> rob: vernon wells, a gold glover but does not know the scoreboard too well. it's not fun to smash into the scoreboard. earlier, austin kearns

in the draft, and they took ricky rubio fifth, they took another point guard, johnny flynn from syracuse, sixth. took ty lawson, but he was traded to denver. the knicks have said they will talk to the t-wolves about rubio. >> ahead here on espnews, you have to see lou piniella's reaction to milton bradley's latest temper tantrum. >> plus, we'll 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. >> and tony stewart crashed during practice at loudon friday. find out 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. vo: the coronation begins. >> sunday 2:00 eastern the u.s. faces brazil in the finals of the confederation cup. first time the u.s. has reached the finals of a fifa tournament. they did lose to brazil 3-0 earlier in group play. remember

>> he's been up to i think it's 86 pitches in syracuse, we'll just watch, because this heat takes a lot out of you, we'll see how he's doing. if he spots his fastballs and gets some quick outs, he can get us a little deeper in the game. but i expect him to use his fastball, his velocity has been a little better than when he left. >> kind of the most mature i think you could say as far as baseball goes is john lannan. other than olsen who has over 100. he's really progressed into the ace of this staff. in june every start he's averaged over seven innings. kind of break down john lannan. what does he do on his side days? how's his approached change at the major league level? >> i can't say what his approach was before i got here, because i don't know what he was doing, but since he's been here when he goes out and works on stuff, very seldom do we throw off-speed pitches. we just want to locate his fastball. throws some change-ups. he's got a good breaking ball, slider and curveballs, but he'll do that and the flat groundwork they call it. now he works on that, but he just goes on and spo

came back from syracuse may 29th, a couple of saves and a 3.24 e.r.a.rances a. >> rob: from the d.c. area, born right here. >> johnny: likes to pitch inside and francisco cordero goes to work on the cincinnati pen. >> rob: he was given a contract nearly $50 million to bring him over here. he has done a great job for the nconati reds closing out ball games. >> johnny: ground it down to hernandez on first and it is one down. in the top of the ninth.  hernandez on  nick jo. and with one away mike mcdougall retires the first batter he faces a shot up the middle, a base hit. chris dickerson on with one out here in the ninth. for robob running >> rob: the redsare going to be doing stuff in the next few years that are reminiscent of the st. louis cardinals. [ inaudible ] ... .. get in the swing of things. >> johnny: could be a double play ball, hernandez to guzman, no throw to first base, dickerson came in flying to break up the double play and there is twdown. don't for get,heaving the valley legal stars. come out

. >>> tonight syracuse got knocked off by pawtucket, that's a final. matt chico on the mound, he gives up no runs tonight. goes three innings. >> get three innings at a time. that's about 45, 50 pitches. >> the carolina league, 5-2, potomac wins, rooney goes 3 for 5 with a couple of runs driven in. in the gulf coast league update, a 5-3 win for the nats team down there against the mets, gulf coast league ball club. lastings milledge, 1 for 3 day. hood had a 3 for 5 day. >> i want oh see this kid play. he's a guy from alabama that was a great football player committed to go to the university of alabama. didn't think he was going to wait or the second round. lastings, i'm hoping lastings is going to just break out and he was a big part of the future of this organization. last year. everybody thought he was going to be something special. and he got hurt and a little bit of discipline problem. see what happens. >> how about the subway series up in new york. the yankees against the mets tonight, top of the third, no score. nick swisher, solo homer off reddi

for  jason bergmann recalled aaa syracuse on may 20th. 2-1 out of the bullpen with a couple of holes holds, no blown saves, a 5.03 earned run average in 56 career big league relief appearances. brandon phillips one for three, a two-run double in the fifth inning. he is up for the fourth time. and takes a strike. the reds second baseman, 43 driven in this year. including a couple here in this ball game. and to the 0-1. guzman phillips one to hernandez and that's it for cincinnati. so we go to the bottom of the seventh here at national's park. the nationals' bats been flat. they need a couple to tie this ball game. local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken? i want to eat some chicken. one of the coolest things you can do with fios... ...is stream your music and your photos from your computer

i am not used to this level of enthusiasm, except for the time was a student at syracuse. was actually a student at florida state. i am going to talk all about washington. you have come here to our capital at a unique moment when we are like the business center of the universe. i used to cover business. i try to cover culture where ever it is going. in the 1990's i covered silicon valley when it was the business center of america and maybe the world. i used to hang around places where all the ceo's had these water guns, places where people had luxury cars that came from companies with foreign policy. i used to say ben & jerry's should make a pacifist toothpaste. that was the culture back in those days that gave us all the progress of grocery stores like whole foods and trader joe's were all the cashier's look like they are on loan from amnesty international. my favorite section and trader joe's is the snack food section, because they do not have this potato chips and pretzels because that would lead to the obesity of america. they have snacks for kids who come home and say

maxwell in syracuse, 1-for-3. they take 2. scores identical, 4-1, 4-1. hairs burg, six homeruns.s the final in haggerstown with a 5-3 win over delmarva. >> the haggerstown bullpen had a pretty good night tonight. and frederick potomac, 4-1 over spreadic and 10-39 final in the second game. potomac, 7 runs certified. >> pretty good night. >> johnny: and homerun number 5 for -- meats and yankees, bottom of the 6th, mets up. matsui with a shot. yankees lead it. game tied at 7. david wright doubles to center off mariano rivera. carlos beltran of the mets scores. the mets take a one-run lead. the mets are celebrating. hold on. bottom of the 9th. two on, two out. alex rodriguez pops up. he says, i got t he drops it. both runners score. the yankees win 9-8. how about that? braves and orioles tonight, top of the 5th. this ballgame is tied at 2 and brian mccannn sing tolls center, newly acquired nate mclouth scores. just like our game in tampa, a 4-3 ballgame. how about the yankees and mets? >> you know what my father used to tell me what to do? son, you better split in that glove make tha

. >> host: this is true in syracuse new york. welcome. >> caller: yes, i have a question that basically relates to be a year. we are trying to motivate people with a tax incentive on this. why don't the democrats start buying smaller cars? rachel tribes 84 we'll talk and biden joins a trip that gets 16 mpg. is there a reason these people couldn't go out and buy a car that gets 40 miles per gallen therefore doubling their gas mileage and cutting co2 in half and cutting the importation of gas and have? why do we need tax incentives when the democrats themselves should be driving small were cars? are democrats embarrassed to drive smaller cars? >> i suppose it is a fair point to inspire people to buy smaller cars. >> host: he mentioned several foreign makes of cars and an article in the business section of "the new york times" says they benefit from detroit financial rhodes. as detroit competitively positioned to take advantage of the cash for clunkers and offering high mileage vehicles as well as some of the foreign competitors? >>

syracuse and pawtucket, 6-2 chiefs. >> that's three in a row he hasn't given up anything.n his last 17 innings. >> first of two between harrisburg and erie. erie leading 4-2. let's take you back out to camden yards, rob dibble and jim palmer standing by. what did you guys think about the series this weekend? >> thanks, guys. well, jim, that was a great series. we get the finale, but really the last two games were much better than the first game where it was kind of a blowout. >> it's kind of interesting. the nationals had beat the red sox, full houses in washington. the orioles had gone down, they scored one run in 20 1/3 inning, get swept down in miami. we have adam jones hitting .200 for the month of june. so the orioles needed to win on friday, but they end up 11-1 but it was a very close game until the 6th inning. on saturday night, again, a early lead by the nationals, the orioles come back, they hit three home runs, the hanging change-up that one of the better young players for the orioles nolan reimold hits off of martis. so this is a situation where today you have

. >> scott olsen is heading to syracuse. can you give us an update on his rehab process. >> his bullpens have been very good. velocity was good. last time out, i think he topped out at 92. he is throwing the ball well and feels good. he is trying to attack the zone. when i say attack, i mean be aggressive. i'm excited for him to see what comes out of it. >> speak of excitement, how thrilled are you that your son shane got drafted by the nationals today? >> i'm extremely happy. it was all they are doing nothing done by me. i never suggested, never brought it up. just watch him throw and then he came with me and came down and threw. i'm very happy. he is really excited and it is an opportunity. now it is all up to him. they are giving him a chance which i'm really grateful for. i can't tell you as a parent. i'm happy he's got the opportunity and that is up to him to go out and do well. >> and you have pitched at the big league level. what advice do you give him for getting this chance and making the best out of it? >> go out a

host: joe in syracuse, new york. caller: of the question that basically it relates to behavior. we always tried to motivate people by a tax incentive. why don't democrats start buying small and cars? rachel maddow drives a big four- wheel-drive truck and joe biden drives a chop the truck. is it -- is there a reason why they don't buy a yaris or fit, thereby doubling their gas mileage and therefore cutting co2 in half and cutting the importation of gas and have? why do we need tax incentives when the democrats themselves should just be driving smaller cars. are democrats embarrassed to drive smaller cars? guest: i suppose there is a fair point, if they are supposed to be inspiring people to buy smaller cars, this should lead by example. host: he mentioned foreign cars. an article in "the new york times" say small car makers benefit from detroit's financial woes. is detroit competitively positioned to take advantage of cash for clunkers in offering high mileage vehicles as well as some of the foreign competitors? guest: it is probably a fair comment to say detroit is very much goi

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 starts. facing emilio bonifacio who was a nats killer the first two weeks of the season. in six games against the nationals, he had five rbi's. since then in over two months he only has 14 more. but he is on a six-game hitting streak. that shows you how bad he was going. he's 8 for his last 23, and still batting just .249. he's sixth in the league with 16 stolen bases. as usual, bonn faso pretty good from the right side, but the nats get him there and scott olsen gets two quick outs on ground b

to see the five kids here today and between that crop and the crop that is right behind them in syracuse and then the dustin 15, 20 names you don't know behind them, we are building a franchise that is defined by young pitchers coming forward. i had a great conversation yesterday with a picture you probably know named john smoltz, played for me once upon a time. and he and i went through this and we had great fun talking about this because i reminded him which he didn't have to be reminded of what his record was at the age of 21. and i also know the following statistics. three pretty good pitchers, glavin, mattocks, smolts that we had an atlanta, three pretty good pictures all three go into the hall of fame. when they were 21 and 22 those three pictures in the major leagues had a record of 19, 46. three pretty good pitchers and i'm not comparing anyone we have today to any of them. that's not my point. my point is even the best pitchers have to go through. they need their 20, 30, 40 starts before it kicks in and learn how to maximize the talent so that is what we are going for now with 2

goodman opened his dealership in 1959 in syracuse. two years ago at the age of 82 mr. goodman passed away. but his dying wish was to make sure the dealership reached the half century park. his widow promised to keep it running, at least through the 50th anniversary which was last week. they received a letter on may 15 informing them that chrysler was severing their relationship. the letter gave no indication was to why this particular dealership was targeted. just that it was ending. i visited mrs. goodman last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary. this is a dealership that is profitable partly because of selling preowned cars. it employs dozens of people, has been loyal to them for years. it is exlacte kind of small family business that we in this house claim to want to help not close. we all recognize that the economy is not favorable to the auto industry right now and especially not in certain sections of the country where the population can no longer support an extensive dealer network. we have already seen layoffs from parts manufacturers in my districts, plant

does anyone care to speculate on five syracuses decided on the merits of. number nine, when i call avoidance techniques. there are ways the justices have that course in general have the simply deflecting a case before it reads the marriage. and not hearing it all when having decided to hear that having him go off on grounds like standing or rightness or movement. in the servicing of land public doesn't i think have much concern about the lawyers and judges in our import, indeed, appear come are those devices being used in any recognizable way by the roberts court? tent, what about the interplay -- this question goes back to the warren court -- the interplay between the court and the democratic religious and ever political process? is there evidence that the justices on the prison guards are more inclined to want to respect decisions being made in some other venue than the court itself? and i would add in addition to that, what difference of any do fine in the courts cases to administrative agencies? today assumes some expertise or competence which the c

i have the opportunity to be in the billy graham crusade at syracuse university back in 1988 in billy graham said, i am going to call you fourth publicly. why am i going to ask you to come forward publicly? it is not easy. it is hard to stand before your friends and come forward. why am i asking you to do this? jesus died on the cross for you publicly. and jesus said in matthew, chapter 10-- this is billy graham talking and he knows. jesus said, therefore whoever confesses me before men, i will confess and before my father, who is in heaven by whoever denies me before men, i will also define him before my father who is in heaven. this is a holy moment. this is not about book sales. this is not about a conference. this is not about the outside world, nuclear warheads, radical warhead-- i am saying if you are listening to anything we have said, you know that jesus christ may be coming soon. i don't know when. he did not tell us when. i don't want you to be standing before him in judgement. i want you to be standing before him with forgiveness and i would like you to come forward, whethe