Baseball Update:
The Royals, Yankees, White Sox and Orioles all completed sweeps on Thursday with the Royals taking down the Cardinals, 4-1; The Yankees edging the Padres, 2-1; The White Sox blasting passed the Pirates, 13-8; And the Orioles schooled the Astros, 7-5.
The Rays completed a sweep of their own with their 8-3 pounding of the Cubs. Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano will miss at least his next scheduled start and is planning on getting an MRI done on his shoulder on Friday. The Rays also reached an agreement with their #1 pick Tim Beckham.
Eric Stults pitched into the seventh inning in his season debut for the Dodgers, as LA went onto beat the Reds, 7-4 and take the series sweep.
Michael Cuddyer had a whale of day which included a two run triple in the Twins 9-3 victory over the Nationals. The win completed a three game sweep of D.C.
The final series sweep of the day came from the Rockies who handled the Indians, 6-3. The win got Colorado out of the NL West basement which is now occupied by the Giants and Padres.
Sal's pals get excited...the Indians have acquired Sal Fasano from the Braves for a player to be named later. The Tribe is desperate for a catcher with Victor Martinez down.
Days after firing their GM, the Mariners cut manager John McLaren. Bench coach Jim Riggleman will take over managing duties for the rest of the season.
The Rangers rallied passed the Braves thanks to a game winning Chris Shelton single in the ninth to break a 4-4 tie and give Texas the 5-4 win. Chipper Jones went 0-for-4 dropping his batting average below .400.
The Blue Jays put on quite a rally of their own after Brewers pitcher Dave Bush flirted with a no-hitter into the eighth inning, but Toronto fought back in a major way scoring a combined seven runs in the final two innings, coming up just a run short of tying the game at 8 a piece. But Milwaukee held onto a 8-7 victory. Salomon Torres picked up the save. Torres will remain the closer even when Eric Gagne comes off the disabled list.
Blue Jays GM J.P. Riccardi said he was sorry for his remarks criticizing Reds outfielder Adam Dunn. Of course Dunn didn't actually know Riccardi, who he referred to as a clown, so I guess we're almost even.
Curt Schilling's attempt to salvage part of the season is over. The Red Sox ace says he will undergo surgery to fix his shoulder, thus ending any chances of coming back this season.
Davey Johnson and Tino Martinez will manage in the Futures game in July. The game is a part of the All-Star game festivities at Yankee Stadium.
ESPN wants everyone to jump on the Cubs bandwagon and are giving Cubs facts, the different types of bandwagon fans and the biggest bandwagons ever. And somehow I can't bring myself to root for the Cubs. I mean if they win, then I'm pretty sure the world will implode.
NASCAR Update:
The Cup guys head over to California wine country for their first road course of the season, Infineon Speedway. Due to the length of the track (1.99 miles) and time it takes to get around, Infineon produces a different type of ingstrategy. One that doesn't always produce a long line of cars on pit lane when the caution comes out because crew chiefs usually work the race backwards, planning pit stops by the known instead of the unknown. A road course ringer has never won this event, but with Scott Pruett, Max Papis and others scheduled to qualify, could a ringer finally break through or will a regular like Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart or Jeff Gordon land in victory lane? You'll have to tune into TNT at 3:30 PM/est to catch the Toyota/Save Mart 350 to find out.
Boris Said is hoping to turn things around this weekend. And what better place for him to do it than at a road course?
ESPN the Magazine interviews the newest Nascar star Scott Speed. Click here to read the article.
Is David Ragan on the verge of his first Cup win?
Popo in my crib News:
Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw is serving a 30-day jail sentence for a probation violation at the Abingdon Regional Jail in southwest Virginia. Bradshaw's lawyer says the stay in jail is due to a incident that happened before Bradshaw was drafted by the Giants. Watch out Ahmad, because the popo are on your tail!
News&Notes: The NHL has put its foot down and it wants the New York Rangers' ownership MSG out of the League. Now if only the NBA could follow suit...According to a report, Dwayne Wade will be a member of the U.S. Basketball team. A full roster announcement is scheduled for Monday...Well that was fast, after vowing not to gamble, Charles Barkley has accepted an invitation to play in a charity poker tournament. Well, if it's for charity...The Bears and DT Tommie Harris have agreed to a four year, $40 million extension...The Lightning are expected to take Steven Stamkos with their #1 pick in this year's NHL draft.
Check this out: Are you a fan of Footballer's Wives? Well thanks to SoapNet and the great country that is Canada, you can now see the poor man's version, MVP. The show debuted in the US on SoapNet on Thursday, but ABC will air an encore presentation after the Daytime Emmy's on Friday at 10 PM/est. Click here to learn about the characters and watch a sneak peak of this season.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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