the rain is coming hard and you know the marlins want manny back in the dugout so they can get this game over with. >> bob: oh, he is safe. >> rob: he beats it out. this is a -- it's going to -- look at that. marlins, if they win this game have a chance to be one game behind the phillies in the national league east. and the adult marlins fans in the ballpark, all 150 of them are all over our manager for leaving the field slowly here. i don't blame manny one bit. that's frustrating. >> bob: here is alberto gonzalez's first at-bat of the day. it only rains evidently when the home team is ahead here. i don't know how they do that. >> rob willie the marlin up there is doing a little rain dance. understand, during the delay, willie the marlin has an umbrella. >> bob: he is a fish. >> rob: he is a fish. >> reporter: he lives wet. >> rob: with a does he do with an umbrella? >> bob: 0-2 to gonzalez. johnny and ray are high and dry at verizon fios notice xtra xtra net. ballgame over. 3:37 and then minus the rain delay. time of game of 3:18. we are back with more from south florida in a moment. da

the marlins not sure what they have in this 25-year-old right- hander yet. 2-0. you'd like to seat nats pile on the offense here, get one of those no doubter type wins so they can relax and play good baseball here in south florida where they have struggled so. so far, so good. 5-1. dukes fouls one over the dugout. two balls, one strike. alberto gonzalez is next here in the fifth. dukes on a pitch away can't reach it. count is even. >> rob: come on, you've got to take that to right center. head down, smoke that bull. >> bob: yeah, he sing told left center tonight and then bounced at top spin, sharply hit ball up the middle. nats all over the bases tonight. came in hitting .258. it's interesting, nationals are three spots ahead of the marlins in team batting as far as batting average. the marlins are five spots ahead of the nats in runs scored. 2-2. way outside. >> rob: he's got a good, sinking fastball about 90. he has a nieps nice four-seam that moves a lot at 95. they have a kid with a live arm. >> bob: 3-2. sliced it. very little room here for foul balls. they h

he has not done a whole lot of leading off until he got up here with the marlins. bonifacio slumping recently, they have not had the kind of batting average or on base percentage they were looking for in a leadoff guy. hanley ramirez, of course, you don't lead him off anymore. right by the pitcher's glove and up the middle as zimmerman got a lot of played with a 1-2 breaking ball. and that's hit number 2 for the fish. >> rob: coghlan does a nice job staying on the ball here. it's supposed to be down and away, does not come back over the plate. he just throws the bat head on it. jordan knows he had a lot of the plate. see nieves going away from that. >> bob: and you want the inning to end right here. bonifacio reached on a throwing error by ryan zimmerman. there is a breaking ball. he is hitting only .222 left handed. that was his problem with the bats. people were knocking the bat out of his hand left handed. right handed, he has a little more mop and moves the field around a lot better. as a leadoff guy, you can't afford that because there are so many more right ha

adam dunn made a lot contribution but the marlins fought back. hanley ramirez provided the two big hits. and then the rain washed away any opportunity to respond. today, jordan zimmerman tries to deliver the win for the nats while josh johnson has other ideas for the fish. ♪ jiets' another salvage operation for the nationals. welcome to land shark stadium. a lot of kids on hand. camp day at the ballpark. sean burnett, first one out of the car. there is nyjer morgan. burnett getting out of the car. he could be available to pitch today. and morgan could be the starting centerfielder on friday. >> rob: the bullpen has and the achills heel of this franchise all year. 29 blown leads of the season and that leads major league baseball. craig stammen could not hold on to the lead and then the bullpen could not hold on to the rest of the lead. bottom line, got to get the job done. a lot of moves have been made in this organization and because guys cannot get the job done. you have to throw strikes, get ahead, throw people out. >> bob: nationals a slim lead

and the ex-marlin has hurt his teammates with a two-run single. nats are on top 3-2. >> rob: problem with getting behind hitters -- it happens to other bull pens, too -- not much as ours lately -- but pointo had to come from behind, jammed josh but he was strong enough to drive it into deep centerfield. that will be enough for mr. pointo. >> bob: freddie gonzalez will make the double switch here, maybe with the right fielder and pointo. the nats finally get to him and here comes mr. brian sanchez. maybe other people are content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. ( ding )  . >> is there rain? what time is it going to start raining today? know that ain't going to happen. we have only been sitting an hour half waiting for rain delay. >> we almost made it. >> bob: scott olson knows how the weather works down her

uggla striking out first time up for the marlins. that fastball up. willie harris drifting, drifting and catching it about 395 feet away. you know, what the change-up and the breaking ball are a little up in the zone today so go with more fastballs. >> bob: everybody late. >> rob: everybody late, maybe work on the two-seamer, talks on putting a little pressure point on it, taking something off of it. he has such a great arm and a great fastball he does not even need the other pitches. >> bob: and taking care of that one, anderson hernandez. bases empty two outs. cody ross the hitter. nats very much in this game still, obviously. and all day long now, they have to get something going against several florida relief pitchers. >> rob: if these kids weren't here, they would have been about 50 fans. i don't see a whole lot of adults other than the counselors and staff. >> bob: day baseball here on a weekday and they made the right choice today. a fun atmosphere. that ball is high in the air to short left center. dunn over, harris over. willie has the call an

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the pitcher. thank god, marlins got rid of the awful teal uniforms. it's a different marlins organization. these young, nationals pitchers are throwing they can battle even some of the best competition in the league. >> bob: former marlin josh willingham in the top of the fourth. josh flied to right his first time up. >> rob: if you look around at this marlins ball club, too, bob, a lot of their team is made up of guys traded for older, really talented guys that were arbitration eligible and they couldn't afford to pay some of them. obviously, guys like miguel cabrera who signed a huge deal with the tigers and dontrelle willis ultimately signed a huge deal with the tigers. the return on some of those good players helped this team win 84 games last year. hanley ramirez, josh beckett, mike lowell go to the red sox and help them win a world championship. at the time, you were getting a minor league player in return. hanley ramirez is one of the most talented players in the major leagues today. it was pretty good for the florida marlins. >> bob: made a mark on the wall behind detwiler and olsen

he has it and the marlins are gone in the bottom of the 2nd. on a zimmerman -- jordan zimmerman hit, 1-0. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way. coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.  .  >> debbi: we are back at lan shark stadium, nationals with a 1-0 lead. nyjer morgan got up at 4 0-0, got up here at 11 3-0. he says he is so excited being here. >> it's something new. the talent is here. mr. rizzo, he wa

thousands of campers having a great time at the ballpark today. marlins2, nationals 1 as we play in the top of the 6th inning. another 3-22 pitch here and they're going to get him on the corner. that's okay. >> rob: we'll get one of those fans for him. >> bob: see if willie harris can get it going here. johnny holiday and ray knight with the post game xra. it's been a hard time for ryan zimmerman here at the corners. braves coming in. nationals beat the braves in a thee-game series in d.c. earlier this year after being swept by atlanta on a first road trip. 2-0. willie harris on base three times today. he came in with an onbase percentage of .351. this someone skied to the right side. gload and uggla. second baseman has the best angle for that foul ball and the nats are gone in the top of the 6th inning. it is still a 2-1 game a long way to go. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done b

the final is marlins win 5-3. 10th straight win over the nationals.straight game with an rib. ross has 3 home runs in 9 games against the nationals this season. >> former boxer arguello was found dead at his home in managua, nicaragua. he was elected mayor of managua last year retired from boxing in 1995 with 65 knockouts. he was champion in 3 weight divisions. best known for 2 riveting fights against prior. he was 47. 57. >> coming up on espnews, the future of brandon marshal and brett favre. the topics keep coming. james hasty will break it down. >> what a great time to talk nfl with james hasty here with us on espnews. it's not like we don't have anything to talk about. that's what is great about the nfl. let's start thing off in denver. before we went on, i was venting to james about how i think it will be a disaster with the new head coach because he is wreaking havoc. what about brandon marshall and his future? >> well, his future i think is going to remain in denver. we know he has had his brushes with the law and his fair share of off-field is

dodgers in a 1-1 game top of the fourth with the marlins. and this one the only game still going on in major league baseball. guzman strikes out. lately right-handers have been getting him out on two strike breaking balls. >> rob: you have to throw breaking balls to contact guys. >> bob: ryan zimmerman a perfect night. two run homer, a walk and two runs scored. >> rob: that was a bad breaking ball. you saw the catcher set up way outside. lobaton was outside that, ball was down and in. pay for mistakes at this level. you make a mistake, it may leave the park. >> bob: then last time up, perdomo got ahead of ryan, nibbled with breaking balls and lost him. ryan saw some high heat, he couldn't get it. >> rob: power on power. >> bob: for those of you who were at the ballpark, now you're home watching. hope you had a nice safe trip home. thanks for being with us. >> rob: get yourself some popcorn. we're going to be here for a while. >> bob: get some popcorn and pretend like you're here. >> rob: we're just in the bottom of the fourth inning and it's

drafted first-round by the marlins in the 2005 draft.ear in jacksonville, 5-9 has yet to come up with the bigclub there with the marlins. >> i don't know anything about him, johnny, except what i read. i've been reading the last hour about this kid. they say he has the best changeup in the organization. he has four quality pitches. a lot of people have projected him to be a major league starter as a if you are and five starter. one scout i read his opinion in a magazine said he didn't believe that. he thought this kid had the ability to pitch as a number two starter. all that means is he has good enough stuff with four pitches to get around the lineup enough to pitch seven innings or more. four and five starter are guys generally who pitch 5 1/2 innings. at least one scout out there thinks this kid has a chance to be a top of the line starter. >> talk about joe beimel going back to the dodgers. there had been sod interest. he winds up going to the colorado rockies in exchange for a couple of minor league prospect pitchers. >> he's going

when you look at the percentages, marlins are better off with bonifacio batting right handed. he batted 100 points better from this side of the plate. 1 ball, 2 strikes. that's a high strike on the inner half. chopper. guzman, trouble. out on a close play. cristian guzman playing it perfectly, straight in. he had the momentum towards the bag that zimmerman did not. >> rob: i'm just enjoying that. >> bob: you don't like that guy a whole lot? >> rob: not very high on bonifacio. he has too much nicks on me. great play by guzman on a very fast player. doesn't look like he got him but we'll take the out. >> bob: pretty close. bonifacio out of the box. probably cost him a hit looking at cristian guzman. >> rob: had he put his head down and dug for first, he probably would have had a base hit. >> bob: game still tied. 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 un

nick johnson going to the marlins and joe beimel going to the rockies. beimel said there's a lot of good things happening here in washington. >> the one thing -- the one thing that stands out is they have very bright future. they have a lot of good baseball people with rigs taking over i think. it's been really big for this team. mike rizzo has made the changes to try and win. it just hasn't happened, but as far as the future here, i think it's going to be a team that's going to win for a long time and going to be a great organization. >> debbi: jim riggleman said both the players will be missed for their leadership. both were quiet leaders in the clubhouse as you know. back to you. >> bob: joe beimel, 4.40 e.r.a. in 45 games a record of 1-5 and sometimes relievers lose games when they shouldn't, but it works out that way sometimes. he had a save and 10 holds and we wish him well in colorado. it will be interesting because joe's back in the national league west after pitching for the dodgers for three years. so, it's strike one to adam dunn top of the se

the nats will be back on tuesday, august 4th, to start a sweep of the florida marlins. owe those guys a couple or what? six game home stand with florida and arizona coming up. later in august, the rockies and brewers will be here. >> rob: in that philly game, holiday is 2 for 4. >> bob: so he's 6 for 9 already of that's guzman on the second base side. chase headley, still a young player in this league, but the scouting report is out on him. and the nats play a big time shift. it will be drew macias next. >> rob: victorino is the big winner today. 4 for 4, three runs scored and 3 rbi's. >> bob: rollins had a grand slam in that game. macias is 26 years of age, younger brother of lorenzo macias, drafted a couple of years ago by oakland. a bouncer, nick johnson, a one hopper, two outs. next up will be last night's home run hero, luis rodriguez. yikes. and it's not an official ballgame yet. it's a little early for that. too bad we didn't start this baby at 6:00. a lot of major league teams are doing that with their saturday games, at least until the network games get on. now

nationals have given up six runs now in the last two innings. marlins lead 7-5. jeremy hermida will be the eighth man to bat in the inning. here comes manny acta. joe beimel faces five batters. an error by zimmerman allowed one of them to reach. he walked a man, struck out a man and gave up two hits accounting for three runs are you, 7-5. boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com.  >> bob: well, dishear turn of events tonight. still plenty of time for nationals to come back. 7-5, marlins. seriesi finale tomorrow. we're on the air with you at12:00 p.m. josh johnson, jordan zimmermann beach the -- beat the red sox last time out. 11:30, "nats xtra", a little brunch with johnny and ray tomorrow. here is jesus colome. temperature is supposed to be aro

. >>> in sports, the florida marlins rally from a 7-0 deficit.he marlins sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs in the eighth inning for the team's biggest comeback victory. it was also the biggest lead the diamondbacks have ever blown. florida beat arizona 14-7, leaving some d-back fans really unhappy. i love that kid. >>> in philadelphia, a long flyball took a lucky bounce for chase utley, enabling him to round the bases for an inside-the-park home run. that put the phillies on the scoreboard, and they went on to beat the cincinnati reds 9-6. >>> san francisco's tim linsicum carried a no hit bid into the seventh inning as the giant at beat the padres 9- im> and olympic gold medal mer michaelheswslp is back in championship form. at the u.s. national championships yesterday in indianapolis, phelps broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly swimming it in, get this, 50.22 seconds. he held the record for one day back in 2003, and he's wanted it real bad ever since. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories, and

let's go to florida, the phillies and the marlins. in the sixth, he on lows.3rd home run of the season. that is 200, runs in 658 gam. the fastest player ever to 200. for-0. golf in scotland and the british open. there was a 64 posted by the leader. tiger woods could not break par. i will show you. tiger really did not struggle all the way around the course. he had three birdies and 11 pars. burning th edges for four bogeys. seven shots off of the pace. this is the one that got me. on the 18th -- look at him. he is already walking. this is for the blistering 64, and he finds the hole, but this story today was what said. he went out on the course where he has had so much success in the past and had a brilliant 65. >> it does give me an advantage over just about everybody else. i think i probably played it as much as anybody as far as the golf championship is concerned. >> you have to like watson, but do not count tiger out. je3remremy jarmon, a 6'3" 280 pounder, the skins get a first for the third. and at the tour the france, there were crashes and flat tires, b

line howard hit his 200th home run reaching a milestone, phillies sink the marlins 4-0. >>> and look who's back in the states, david beckham made his return last night. beck did not score, but the gall galaxy did something they haven't done in a while, they won. that's a look at sports on "early today." >>> thank you, mario. wondrous feats from the boy wizard at the box office. entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, he's 17 and he's already seen the world, literally. >>> good friday morning. let's bring you through the weekend forecast. starting with today, we are going to see showers and storms all through the southeast. it's not going to rain the whole day, just the typical afternoon showers and storms, especially the carolinas. early this morning, kentucky has some of the worst weather. notice the heat t is possible cities like new york city could see their first 90-degree day since april. the exception is chicago. 71 today, 69 tomorrow. very cool this weekend in the great lakes. >>> if you're watching us on wdtn in dayton, ohio, dragons, explore the mythology surrou

they beat the marlins 4-0 for their sixth straight win. >>> manny ramirez returned home to dodger stadiumr that led the colorado rockies to a 10-1 rout of the padres. >>> and home run derby winner prince fielder showed he wasn't worn out by all the star slug fest stuff he was doing, belting a three-run shot against the reds to start the scoring. milwaukee went on to beat cincinnati 9-6. >>> when we return another look at the day's top stories. and supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor wins over critics and hits the confirmation fast track. >> you have come a long way. you have worked very hard. >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. thunderstorms will be developing along the east coast with thunderstorms developing across the mid-atlantic states in the northeast. it will remain hot and dry throughout the west. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. at least nine people are dead after bombs went off at two luxury hotels in jakarta, indonesia. one american was injured. jakarta's police chief says the suspected bombers were hotel guests. >>> pope ben

east standings, the phils, a two-game lead over the marlins, 2 1/2 game lead on the mets. >> elsewhere soccer, fefa president says he's not opposed to using instant replay as a means of preventing episodes such as the one in the confederation final between brazil and the u.s. the linesman and referee did not give brazil the goal after the header crossed the goal line. >> speaking of kaka he was introduced in front of 50,000 madrid fans, the indefinite sit suspension of nationwide series crew chief bryan berry lifted july 67. he was suspected for an alleged use of a racial epithet toward an african-american driver mark davis. >> straight ahead, it's been a quiet night but all that could change between now and 12:01 a.m. when the nba f there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut.

. >>> well, the nats picked up scott olsen from the marlins hoping he'd be the back bone of their rotation. he's averaged 32 starts and ten wins over the last three years. but since joining the nationals he has won just twice and nows' done for the year. he paid a visit to the doctor yesterday who diagnosed a torn labrum in the shoulder. he'll have surgery on thursday and he'll be out for the season. believe me, the scar is beautiful. nats and mets tonight at the ballpark. new york sending perrez to the mound, whom the nats tagged for seven runs in four innings back in april. he'll take on dc's lannan. >>> with temperatures set to hit 90 this weekend hockey may not be the first thing on your mind by the caps are deep into their offseason maneuvers and chief among them is this guy. mike knuble making his debut today. the last four seasons were with the hated flyers. knuble has been good for 25 goals, 50 points a year and should replace fedorov as the center on the second line. >> on the ice, i want to, you know, try to complement our star players, our really good players, and just try and h

from the dl june 28th, scott olson has been the pitcher the that's thought they were getting from the marlins in the off season and prior to that the return on the investment, one win, four losses, era skyrocketing at 775, but it's been pretty good the last couple of types out tonight, minute made park in houston put into the third, bye- bye by. so it goes into third, 1-0 houston, 7th inning, bases loaded, five iron and one run scores and then willie harris get in there, willie and made it 5-4 and 11 hits for washington, but base knocking for the rbi winner, astros win it 6-5 and that's fall to 25. the blue jays in foreman ager serving a two game suspension after his ejection on tuesday, and toronto struck out five and in six solid innings and in the fifth, knocks it down the line and that's all that cecil and his helpers need and then nothing. >> after a run of the conference semis most outsiders thought the calves needed defense, not the canadian offense; however, recent acquisitions haven't gone in that direction. 10 days ago, 37 year old winkler era wired from philadelphia and today, the

i think we're going to beat the dodgers and the marlins to the finish line tonight. marlins lead at los angeles 3- 1. everything else over. morgan gone for the first time tonight. and a 1-2-3 seventh for the prime minister thatcher.  i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.  >> bob: top of the 8th inning here at nationals park. on a night like this, you'd like to have mlb.com 2009. you can follow the nats. visit nationals.com on your iphone or ipod touch to purchase. joe beimel, the nats fourth pitcher of the night. tyler clippard is going to get his second career win as a nat. he's the pitcher of record.

first since october 2004 against the marlins. s a career high with five run batted in and the phils win 14-6. matt holliday is now 6-9 since joining the team and julio lugo is 6-10. >>> first place yankees. riding an eight-game win streak against the as and bases juice and aceves hits and they take the lead up 6-1 until derek jeter gets into one and said you try to ride the wave as long as you can and keep it going and mark texeira said something similar to that. yankees down 6-4. bottom nine, one on jeter, the tying run but not deep enough. as hang ton win it by a final of 6-4. that's the eight-game win streak so the lead over the red sox just two games right now with boston up 4-0 on the orioles and yanks still have won 21-26. >> we also got the al central first-place tigers taking on the white sox. course the tigers swept in the doubleheader yesterday and granderson going to bring home a run and make this a tie ballgame. bottom of the 10th, winning run on second, carlos guillen, how about his sixth career walk-off hit and cleat

nick johnton to the marlins for a minor league pitcher. back to you in the studio. >> all right, thank you so. >>> let's go to sue palka now and a big day in the weather department ando lile oks wke ha w activity on the radar. >> i wanted to sh owradar. especially down across saint mary's county and wycon -- wicomico, ree u foyoy adr a break from this? >> i think we're all ready for a break, sue. >> tomorrow. >> get an update from you tonight at 10. >> yes. >> now you have the news edge. tmz coming at you right now. y

if you look back to the 2003 marlins they gave up adrian gonzalez foraugustette urbina and they won a world series and if you're the phillies if you can win back-to-back after going through such a drought, i think it's worth it. >> that's what baseball has become, win it now and worry about the future later. i think it's a shame when we've reach ad team like toronto and they have a great pitcher and all they are talking about is trading him all year long because we can't compete or and this is what baseball has become and bob ryan is right this is too late in the season that this is the dominant story in baseball as we head into august and it's just a given you're going to give up your best player because you can't make it to the postseason and it's just a given that you're going to give up three or four players of your future if you can win it now. this is very much a statement about where we've gotten to in baseball. >> that's why i keep coming back to the now teams. i want to believe roy halladay doesn't end up with the red sox or yankees when he doesn't. >> and next beckham was su

and the new york debut of the former marlins pitcher, who served the suspension for testing positive for advancement substances. football coaches hate distractions. now a week in the training camp, and the quarterback has a major distraction to deal with. allegations of sexual assault. a nevada woman has filed of lawsuits claiming that the quarterback rape her last summer in the penthouse of a casino at lake tahoe. he has denied the charges. the woman, an employee of the hotel at the time of the alleged assault, did not file a criminal complaint at the time of the alleged attack, but the lawsuit also accuses officials of covering the incident when she brought to the attention of her supervisor. the steelers did they know about the lawsuit and have begun to gather information -- say they know about the lawsuit and have begun to gather information. ross continues to add power to his ownership group. they announced mark anthony has bought a minority ownership and the dolphins last month. singer gloria stefan and her husband also joined the group as minority investors. if things do not w

the sac fly gives the marlins the 2-2 lead and they win the ballgame.ad, a complete game shut- out that is the first of his career and what a career this guy is going to have. he is some 22 years of age. a nice win now. let's go now to manny acta talking about this ballgame, the loss to the rockies in denver. >> yeah, he had no command of any of his pitches, but i don't know if he was intimidated by the altitude and he didn't throw no breaking balls that is a big pitch for him b's his curve ball. perhaps he didn't feel like he could throw for strikes. he still needs the throw it. >> how taxing has this series been on your bullpen? >> it wasn't so bad because of the job that they did the first day and because of how those guys pitch. and so our bullpen was pretty fresh. and it was okay. but it is just disappointing the way we played against the braves at home and come over here and play this way. >> and is it maybe time to get detwiler learning a little bit back in the minor ? >> i get the guys here and i play them. we all know that this kid was not goin

the marlins will be drawn at random by computer and the winners notified.be advised that city officials are giving people who don't score a spot right simply, stay at home. the. >> distress to those people who are coming or thinking about coming to our city for this special event, that you might want to consider watching this from the comfort of your own home. without a ticket, your very best option would be for viewing and experiencing the service commemorating the life of this extraordinary individual from your home. >> meantime, jackson's family is due in court on monday where a judge is expected to rule on who gets temporary custody of the estate valued at more than $500 million. the other issue is jackson's three children. his mother catherine has been named guardian in a well and diana ross listed as a backup. it is still not clear whether debbie row the biological mother of the two oldest children will in fact see custody. according to scheduled for july 14. the last item we still have not forgotten about, the official cause of death on the king of p

the brothers. you saw marlin there talking about the brother he lost, brandon. and i think the brothers and the sisters will have a much stronger role with those kids. the grandparents are of course very important but you have a family of nine brothers and sisters. they're going to make sure those kids are all right. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >>> is sarah palin a renegade? the alaska governor said she wants out of the spotlight but she is on the cover of the new issue of "time" magazine. and explaining to cnn why she is resigning from office. >>> osama bin laden still eluding capture almost eight years after 9/11. is he a factor in the obama administration's new afghanistan and pakistan strategy? the president's point man in the region. richard holbrooke. he is here in the situation room. >>> he tried to get the answers to the questions everyone is asking. why is she doing it? and what's next? >> when i first met your dad, the one thing he will me about you is how tough you were. no matter what was coming down the pike, sarah could handle it. did t

watch the nats and the marlins at 705-88-8632 nats. pie the nationals park box office.   nick johnson leads off hitt .302. nick has been very steady lately, on-base percentage the fourth best in the national league, at a healthy .412.   johnson ring right up the middle.    looks like the hitters have straight away idea about this ball game tonight. that's five washington hitters and every one, except for adam dunn, has hit the ball right up the middle. >> rob: well 95 down produce way, you see nick johnson not trying to do too much, let the pitcher supply your power, all you got to do is make contact. it will jump. >> bob: rob, before we get too deep into the game i have to ask you your opinion of the blockbuster in baseball with matt holliday going from oakland to st. louis. >> rob: well i got to speak with assistant gm david force and i'll let you announce the gm's name for the cardinals. >> bob: johnny mo jay lock. it worked out well fo

chipper jones garret anderson have homered, 3-2 braves in the fourth over the giants. marlins later at san diego, nats will see the padres here this weekend. that's right in there, 3-2. luis castillo, 1-1, sacrifice, he had an rbi hit. he seems to be the thorn in the nats' side this year in this lineup. that one will tail right back to adam dunn. one out. we have trivia tonight. cue the duck. >> afflac. >> bob: two catchers caught the most games with the nats franchise. would that be gary carter and brian schmider? >> rob: gary carter would be one. i don't know about brian schneider. do you think he is number two? that's too easy because he's here. >> bob: nick johnson having a good night at first. let me check my brian schneider notes and just see how long he was with this organization for. eight years. five years in montreal, and then three here. i'm trying to think who the other long-tenured catchers were. i know michael barrett was an expo for a while but i don't remember him being around nearly that long. you are right about one thing, rob. carter, schneider appears way t

managed to get guilty verdicts and today it was time for lance walker and marino sentenced in the killing of marlin beck ford. marino lured him to the scene of the shooting while walker and another unknown person opened fire. inside the car. beck ford along with a woman and her 9 month old child. in an exclusive interview the state star witness the woman who survived that shooting agreed to speak with fox 45 today. >> i remember raising my head up and seeing someone by my son's window with the gun and i pretended like i was dade dead. >>reporter: do you think they are going to come after you. >> yes, i do. i definitely do. because i was the only witness. >>reporter: walker is also serving a sentence stemming from federal drug firearm charges. now defense attorneys tell me they do plan to appeal. there will also be a new trial on attempted murder charges. this is fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> the weather is to blame for 2 separate crashes in northwest baltimore this morning. both involving ambulances. one happened at madison avenue and mcmahon street. car and medic on its way to a call crashed at the int

the bluejays ace in a june 12 start against the marlins won 10 of 11 decisions before suffering that ry. of course the rumors continue to swell on roy haladay. we'll have all those rumors and what goes down friday, noon eastern. it's the baseball trade deadline show. we'll have in depth analysis right here on espnews. >> the yankees are 10-2. getting some defensive help from mark teixeira. chamberlain, eight innings pitched. all singles, no earned runs. the yankees up 5-0. the blast deep to center. take a quick look. espn sky cam coming right at you. the yanks win it 6-2. make it 11 of 13 for the yankees. chamberlain 4-0 in his last 11 starts. he's 5-0 on the road this season. meanwhile the race falls to a season high 7 and a half games out of the al east. >> the story tonight was certainly joba chamberlain. he did that earlier this season against the cleveland indians. but this was against the tampa bay rays. a playoff contender. he looks really good. >> the big knock on him all year long has been too few innings first start. there was only one guy with fewer innings. the problem has

the marlins right now holding a 5-0 lead over the pirates. jeremy hermida r.b.i. single. chris cog lynn r.b.i. single and dan uggla r.b.i. single for cog lynn and uggla, that took place in the third. the braves and national, nationals holding a 3-1 advantage right now. ronnie belliard with an r.b.i. double and scott olson with an r.b.i. single in the second. you take a look. the cubs leading the brewers right now. the cardinals holding an 8-0 advantage over the reds. colby rasmus with a two-run shot. in the fifth, four runs were scored, two runs on an error and two sacrifice flies in the fifth. that's in favor of st. louis. well, we know that albert pujols is in. manning first base at busch stadium tuesday july 14th. he's been a monster with 31 home runs and 82 will fbi. keep in mind he's got eight games left including today before the mid-summer classic. it is pujols' eighth all-star selection. as for the rest of the national league all-star starters, chase utley, the fourth straight time he's been elected to start, the last national league second baseman elected to star

the ride of your life. i'm not beth. aaaaaahhh. ooooohhhh. (announcer) calling all captains. drink responsibly. >> marlins and the n.l. west-leading dodgers.asey blake comes in and the game is tied at 3-3, stayed that way until the bottom of the ninth, manny ramirez with a chance to win it, luis ayala strikes him out. two outs, ayala would walk andre ethier to load the bases. next batter, casey blake, looper falls in, rafael furcal scores the game-winning run and the dodgers win 4-3. casey blake's fifth career walk-off hit but the first that's not a home run. the dodgers with their 10th walk-off win. that's most in the majors. they are 20-9 in one-run games. that's also best in the majors. two division leaders going head to head. it's the cardinals and the phillies. bottom three, cardinals down 3-1, jayson werth, straightaway center field. rick ankiel going back, and he makes the grab. oh, my lord, take a closer look here. i'm going to say it. jim edmondsesque. kyle lohse certainly appreciative of the effort. ankiel also homered in the game. getting it done with the glove and the bat. bottom sixth here. bases loaded for jimmy rollins, crus

another sanchez, that was able to throw a no-hitter for the marlins, that did the surprising thing, too way. getting ahead of hitters, and throwing a lot of strikes. >> scoring runs is something that san francisco got. it has been an issue, with the giants, this season. but, that rotation, is so good. how far can they take that team? >> take them at least to the "promise land" of not winning this division, but to the wildcard. no doubt, from the beginning, i thought, yes, they'll struggle. but, what a great rotation. when you get into their bullpen. whenever you have a kane. lincecum, just missed a no-hitter, the night of about. now you have matt cain. so, this is, crazy, as far as what they can throw at you. now, offensively, they have to get a bat. and it looks like sanchez, might be a guy that they're very hot after. >> zito can get it on track. >> another guy. >> three good lefties. >> two games to play, cubs are one game under .500. >> my cubs. >> lou said after yesterday's loss, it's just one game. what does lou know that we don't? >> what he knows is that this is a marathon. and,

johnsonless giants welcoming the marlins for a three game sets. on top 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth. sandoval -- first career grand slam in the fifth. two home runs and eight rbis in his last three games. >> nationals and rockies, jayson marquis gets josh willingham to fly out to right, and marquis what a story he's been this year. eight strong innings in this one. got his 20th save. the rockies are right on the heels of the giants. the giants, the n.l. wild card leader at this moment in early july. rockies are right there after their great stretch. marquis has been there all year long. he goes 11-5 on the year. >> in the past i was so worried about guys not scoring, you know, and trying to make perfect pitches and trying to get three outs with one pitch. and i really, this year, i told myself to bear down and focus on the hitter and not let the game get out of hand. if four runs scores, it's late in the game, it's still within reach, i just changed my focus to the hitter and good things have been happening. >> you may not know this, but ronaldo

and phillies have a six game lead in the east against the braves and marlins. mets are at houston.arris making lots of contact here and staying alive. >> and home run and construction. and still hasn't figured it out. after 66 starts. and lots of walks and 50, 50% of the time allow two runs or less and the other 50%. they get them. fast ball outside to willie harris, 2-2. and hitting .217 and the sinker in and slider away. tough on righty. >> bob: nationals today trying to win the 20th home game of the year. and their 30th game overall. it is a 2-2 to willie harris. and he jacks it and it is hooking. and willie will put a charge in the ball once in awhile. four home runs this year. and 24 in his major league career and 14 of those as we often talked about those last year. this is inside. 3-2. >> rob: left-handed hitters enjoy hitting gaudin pretty well. .270 average against him. nick the corner here. 2-2, the sinker. >> bob: he takes the walk, willie harris will and washington has a leadoff man aboard. nick johnson next. ryan zimmerman, as we mentioned if you weren't with us. nyjer

and then the marlins are in next tuesday. so this is the fourth of an 8-game, two-city road trip. can hack. and a soft liner caught by hernandez. gallardo has hit two home runs this year and has four in the career. two quick outs for j.d. martin here in the third. i guess j.d. martin only needed a roof over his head to stick around for awhile and pitch a good ballgame on a day when the weather threatens. here's felipe lopez who is 0 for his last 7 in the series. after going four for his first six. lopez has sort of a familiar pattern when he leads off a ballgame. he almost always swings if it's a first pitch fast ball, then he'll take a view his second time up. 0-2. >> rob: in the a really good lead off hitter if he does that consistently. >> bob: well he didn't see many pitches. there was a time when lopez first came to the nationals, i remember this stat, he was seeing about four and a half pitches per at bat. but as his two years in washington went by he became increasingly impatient. 0-2 to felipe. >> rob: each suzuki's teammates have said he is selfish because he doesn't take

the marlins 48. so they're right there. their pro, they're 2-10 against the dodgers this year.en able to beat l.a. marquis did shut out the dodgers 1-0 recently. that's a breaking ball low. you can't call that a strike after the strike zone we've seen here tonight. i think marquis was so quick in that game in dodgers stadium, they had to wait around until it got dark for a fireworks display. that's how quick he pitched. stammen will chop at right side for clint barmes. the nats continue to hit the ball into the ground. josh bard's brother here in town. he'll visit with debbie taylor when we come right back. úúxx  . >> debbie: i'm join $now by mike bard, the older brother of nats catcher josh bard. mike, you're the one responsible for teach knowledge him how to become a switch hitter. how kid that come about? >> well, he was in 8th grade. i became a switch hitter in college, when i was playing, and, you know, bards don't run that well, and is he was playing a good position for that type of tool set, but i just envisioned that he would have a better chance of playing, you k

two starts ago at florida, it was pretty obvious that there were too many curveballs because the florida marlinstch. they went looking for the curveball. he didn't have a very good one that night. they hammered him. >> jim p: i think also gave up a couple home , one on the changeup. he doesn't throw the third pitch very much and then i think there was another fastball when he got behind to try to establish the curveball thit. >> jim h: 1-2 on fig gwens. >> jim p: there are guys -- alan dunn and kranitz coming from chicago, the coaches said the curveball is better but when you throw one that rolls, kind of hover in the hitting zone. kind of like sinker ball and you drop them down. it kind of movralland you not disturb but you disturb it. >> jim h: ball three. full to figgins. ggins has 30 multi-hit games. let's see if mike scioscia, gun 4-0, start trounce it. he does n and ball four. single now and walks and the angels fans start to get back in this one. two on and one out. >> jim p: last night mike sciocia said the drop pop-up cracked open the door. more like san andreas fault, the way -- [ indi

the empty lot next door. we had little cars. >> reporter: marlin organized the project eight years ago to help kids living inerty. >> this is doing as much good for the toymakers as it is for the kids. >> reporter: retirees have produced and sent out 180,000 hand made toys. >> for $35 we can send the box of 250 toys. >> reporter: carrying out that mission, georgia's national guard in afghanistan's poor capiza province outside kabul. normally the soldiers train afghan police. this time, toy delivery to the school. 860 boys, ages 7 to 16. art class was in session. but a few taps on an old bell signalled school was over. time to get out the toys. the soldiers were mobbed. hands reaching into their pockets and into their helmets. most of these children work in the fields after school, this is a very poor village. and for the vast majority of them, these are the first toys they have ever received. and they're very excited about it. in ten minutes. 500 cars were in children's hands. >> if you win the hearts and minds of the little kids. eventually we can win the hearts and mind of the parents and let them understa

first baseman nick johnson has been with this organization since 2004 and he was traded to the florida marlinsrmer first round pick aaron thompson. the 30-year-old johnson batted 295 this season with six homers and 44 rbis and with the nats. nats also shipped out this guy, left-handed reliever to the colorado rockies. in return, the nationals get two pitching prospects. tonight this team begins a four-game series in pittsburgh against the pirates. >>> moving now to golf. the buick open. tiger woods almost didn't have it in him but as he always does, he came back with an incredible round. let me take you back out to the golf course. tiger woods began this afternoon on the back nine. here he is on 11. his tee shot from 180 yards away. and when you say this is good, this is a good one. this shot lands on the green and stop ad few feet from the hole. tiger would birdin of eight birdies in the round for tiger woods. on 12, his second shot from just off the green, chipping on and takes land and bounces right into the cup. that would be for an eagle. talk about luck. tiger had the best round of his s

and the marlins later at san diego. so you're up to date on the east.ies, it appears, will keep their 6 and a half game lead over the braves. by the way, that will be nine in a row for the phils. the mets one pitch away. and bard will continue to battle, trying to get on for the 3rd time tonight. right down the middle. game over. ball game that takes about two hours and 16 minutes, and the nationals drop it to the mets 6- 2. outhit 9-6 and livan hernandez continues his mastery over washington this year. he's 3-0 against the nationals. for rob dibble and debbi taylor, bob carpenter. mets 6, nats 2. masn 2 tomorrow night, the nats continue game two in this series. we will get you going at 6:30 with nats extra. visit mavensports.com for -- visit masnsports.com for all the latest news on the nats. stay tuned, nats extra post game coming up with johnny and ray and from the booth, so long for just a while.   >> welcome to nats extr game brought to you by verizon fios. good crowd on hand to watch the opener. the mets come in and leaving 44

this week, the might marlin opens this week. that will start monday and that is a big week. start to wind down a little bit because kids go back to school. great opportunity to go to the web site and get great deals to come to so shen city. we move into september and that is one of our busiest and prettiest months of the year with sunfest and all the activities. we are looking forward to a great season. and rodney is here. >> my alter ego. >> he will be in crystal city. >> he has been inviting everybody to the beach. we'll join rode in crystal city om 11:30 to 10 today. >> right there in front of caribou coffee. thank you very much. gentleman thank you for having us. >> let's head over to the desk to find out more about the forecast for those people that want to head to the beach. >> i want to go right now. thank you for coming in. we reach it. good beach weather and it looked like into the weekend. >> should be fairly quiet today and temperatures will be in the mid-80s. always a nice looking day in ocean city but particularly nights nice today after the showers and thunders