Underdog to the rescue

Baseball Update:
Congratulations to Frenso State on winning the College World Series. The Bulldogs knocked off those other bulldogs (Georgia) with their 6-1 win becoming the losest seated team to ever win a CWS title.

A 10 run fifth inning sealed a win for the Rays. Carl Crawford started the offensive explosion in the fifth with his 2nd homer of the game which helped to destroy their sunshine state rival Marlins, 15-3.

Talk about turn arounds, after being blown out by the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Yankees shut down the Bucs, 10-0 giving Joba Chamberlain his first career win as a starter. Chamberlain went 6 and two thirds innings without giving up a run.

The Pirates acquired reliever Denny Bautista from the Tigers for minor league pitcher Kyle Pearson.

After taking a paid day off, David Wright came back strong, knocking two homeruns in the Mets 8-2 win over the Mariners. Jose Reyes also hit one out of the park in the win. The Mets have claimed former Yankee Andy Phillips off of waivers. Phillips can offer the Mets a cheap alternative to struggling first baseman Carlos Delgado.

Gary Sheffield has had a very productive two days since being activated from the DL. On Tuesday he hit a homerun and on Wednesday he drove in the game winning run in the Tigers 8-7 come-from-behind win over the Cardinals.

If the Royals could play every game against the National League, they wouldn't be quite the laughing stock of the AL Central. After beating the Rockies, 4-2, they are now 12-3 in interleague play this season.

The Twins are probably in the same boat notching their eighth straight win on Wednesday, beating the Padres, 8-3. All eight wins have come against National League clubs.

Barry Zito seemed more like himself in the Giants 4-1 win over the Indians. The marked his third of the season. If you switched his salary with Tim Lincecum's then Zito wouldn't seem like such a bust.

Kyle Kendrick helped stop the Phillies skid at six with an eight inning shut out performance in the Phillies 4-0 victory over the A's.

Tim Wakefield came out the victor in the battle of the over 40 pitchers. The Diamondbacks hitters could not get a handle of Timmy's crazy knuckle ball striking out six times and managing only two hits off of him while the Red Sox faired much better against Randy Johnson in their 5-0 win.

David Ortiz looks to be weeks away from returning from his wrist injury.

Aaron Boone became the fourth member of his family to achieve 1,000 major league hits, joining his grandfather Ray (1,260), father Bob (1,838) and brother Bret (1,775). He also became the 1,171st major leaguer to reach that feat. The Nationals also won, defeating the Angels, 5-4 as LA's Vlad Guerrero missed the game with flu like symptoms.

Shawn Chacon will be out indefinitely after choking Astros GM Ed Wade and throwing him to the ground. Wade had demoted Chacon to the bullpen and Shawn was not a happy camper saying "I just lost it." Well, yes Latrell, you did lose it. The team has suspended him for his actions.

Bad news, Barry Bonds will not play for an independent league. Man, I totally thought he'd makek a nice addition to the Long Island Ducks. If John Rocker can do it, anyone can.

Nascar Update:
Reports have 2 time Cup Champion Tony Stewart shopping for sponsors as whispers are pretty much deafening that Stewart will jump Gibbs ship after his contract is up and being his own team in 2009. Tony would partner with Hass CNC Racing's two car team and reports have Ryan Newman moving from Penske over to the new team.

AJ Allmendinger debuts his new column on Yahoo! Sports. Click here to see his first piece.

David Stremme is hoping to make his way back into the Sprint Cup Series. Good luck with that David. Although scratch that sarcastic remark, with the way drivers are recycled, I'm sure he'll be back with a sub quality team in no time.

Click here for an update on this year's silly season.

CBS Sports looks at the have and have nots in Nascar.

News&Notes: With tonight's NBA draft, the trade winds have started to blow in. The Pacers have traded Jermaine O'Neal to Toronto in exchange for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic and the No. 17 overall pick...Click here to see who else is wheeling and dealing...They have a new head coach, so why not lock up one of your biggest stars? That's what the Tampa Bay Lightning are working on if rumors of a nine year extension with Vincent Lecavalier are true...Germany edged Turkey, 3-2, to make it into the EURO 2008 Finals...Unfortunately, a storm that blew threw Austria made it almost impossible for fans to watch the thrilling game...Meanwhile Thierry Henry says he can see himself playing in America. Ah, America, where talented athletes come to play out their final years (see David Beckham and any F1 driver who is currently in Nascar)...A knee injury has force Lindsay Davenport out of Wimbledon...Finally, somewhere in Europe my brother is vomitting because the Giants have locked up offesnive lineman Chris Snee with a six year, $43.5 million contract.

Check this out: Nicole Richie will be guest staring on one my favorite new shows of 2007-08 season, Chuck. If you haven't caught an episode, I'm begging you to check it out here. You won't be sorry.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate