maybe jim thome is picky, too. >> bob: you put adam dunn in the american league like thome was all those years, the way pitchers nibble, he would have even more walks. there is another one. he is on for the third time tonight. and that's walk number 3. celebrate father's day at the ballpark with us a week from sunday, nats-blue jays. first 10,000 people or so receive a free gym back r bag and kids run on the bases. >> rob: i like how the fans are going "doookes". >> bob: isn't that nice? >> rob: that is so nice. >> bob: i would get on him, too, if he drove in two runs in the 1st inning, first time he swung the bat here since 2005. and throwing a runner out at home plate even though jesse west called him safe. so expect mat garza to keep throwing breaking ball. pitch count mounting, one out in the fifth inning, 93. this ball club will make you work and work and work. that was pretty good on 0-2. nationals have outhit the rays 7-2. they have also had three walks. nobody who has walked, though, has scored. 2-2. here is the 3rd inning strikeout after a couple of 95 mile-per-hour heaters. wat

fourth inning, jermaine dye swinging at a curve, jim thome, looking at a curve. fifth inning. paul konerko, what do you have? fastball, strike three. tigers up 2-1, verlander going for the complete game, thome strikes out, wow, verlander nine ks, one earned run in the complete game, his fifth career complete game, verlander 7-0 in his last nine starts with an e.r.a. of -- pause for dramatic effect -- 1.10, this is his first career win at u.s. cellular field, tigers take it 2-1. posada flies out to left field, the last out of the game, papelbon gets his 15th save of the season, the red sox hang on to win it 6-5. here's rick sutcliffe. >> red sox continue to have the new york yankees' number, it's odd, sut, a team the caliber of the yankees, they have not been able to beat them once. >> it's the second straight night that the yankees have struggled with their starting rotation, the pitching not what they had hoped it would be. we talked about chien-ming wong, and for him to regain the form of a 19-game winner, he's not a finesse type guy. he needs 93 or more miles per hour. 94,

jim thome, whrafts away for the third time in four games. ten behind reggie jackson on the all time list, and the white sox win. now 3-2 on an 11-game roadie. the white sox are also on the road in milwaukee. bottom 8, adam kennedy, down 3-1, no longer. tied at 3. bottom nine. same score, davis, the bloop into the right spot. chris score, and a's win, 4-3. twins are just 9-20 on the road this season. >> runs batted in, and luis castillo each time. phillies more balanced and all knotted up. as soon as this game ends, we'll have highlights for you. some interleague play, mets against the yankees. boston at phillie. >> all right, rockies, brewers. >> stewart has been awesome. >> rockies up early. that one off galliard owe. up 2-0. ryan brawn, bases loaded. two outs. oh oh. swings and missed. rockies escape with the 5-4 win. with the loss, only a half game ahead of st. louis now, who was able to win on thursday. >> hoff a. you know, he's been the source of controversy over the years. >> who needs to be 34 and 6 feet away from the hill? >> michael

el patch thome was $75 million. quite remarkable. if we don't address that type of issue, because of defensive medicine and so forth, we should talk about that. >> if you read that article which was very impressive, you find a culture of excess with respect to the provision of care. if the way this is going to go, once in a generation time when the congress gets it right and the congress gets it white -- right with respect to the aspects that have been discussed, and the time is created for those implementation activities to take place. that becomes the critical time for us to the mental health advocates, not so much now, knock on wood. perry is going to be included. we still have to keep the pressure on with respect to reforms, then that creates a playing field for change. it seems to me the issue of wellness and prevention becomes the sweet spot for the mental health community. these reforms are probably not going to go to critical changes in the high end safety net for the mental health delivery system that states -- they is opera

directly tied to p.e.d.s -- bonds, mcgwire, sosa, a-rod and manny, leaving just ken griffey, jr., and jim thome unscathed. chris deluca is the national baseball columnist for the "chicago sun-times," one of the hall of fame voters at that meeting. chris, what happened today? >> i think everybody wanted to get together and just talk about this. it's become such a hot issue since the sammy sosa revelation. people needed guidance. rick calendar, one of my colleagues at the sun "times" asked about this last week. we decided to get together before this cub-sox game at u.s. cellular field, and there was a lot of spirited debate. it's very clear that the voters are very passionate about what they're doing. >> what was the heart of the debate? >> well, i think the real issue was do we want guidelines? do we want anything delineated that says, these guys played in a steroid era? we didn't come to any hard and fast conclusions, but i think it weighed heavily and let's just keep going on. we're going to vote the way we voted. guys have already had to make this decision with mark mcgwire. it's going to be

this is thome power parents, to make an informed judgment as to whether they want to put their children's safety in the hands of this particular school district if and when the school district decides they want to go on a school trip. i think that's why it has received bipartisan support. i'm a former local mayor, former judge myself, judge, and i'm very sensitive to too much intrusion in the local decision making. this simply says to the school districts, have a plan, or don't have a plan, but you've got to tell the parents and let them make their judgment on the -- on the valid i have to the plan so they can decide as a parent, then, whether they want to go forth. this is not just a tribute to phylicia, though it is in some part. it is an effort to prevent these tragedies from happening again. that's why the national parent teachers association, the national school boards association, and the national education association as well as colleagues on both sides of the aisle have supported it. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. gohmert: reclaiming my time, i did want to yield to you, i