30-30 Club

Baseball Update:
Grady Sizemore hit two homeruns in the Tribes 4-3 victory over the Tigers. The win was the team's 10th straight and the homeruns gave Sizemore 31 on the season making him only the second Indian to have at least 3o homeruns and 30 steals. Joe Carter completed the feat with Cleveland in 1987.

Brett Meyers faced some scary situations but managed to get out of them unscathed as the Phillies blanked the Dodgers, 5-0. The win completed the sweep of LA and allowed Philadelphia to keep pace with the Mets who also won on Monday. The two teams face off in a short two game series in Philly on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Mets placed John Maine on the DL with a bone spur in his shoulder. It is yet unknown if he will be able to return to the team before the end of the season. With Maines relocation to the DL, the Mets activated Luis Castillo. Newsday is reporting that the Mets have called up Jon Niese to take Maine's spot in the rotation.

The Padres ended a seven game losing streak in dramatic fashion. Jody Gerut hit a walk-off two run homer off of Jon Rauch to give San Diego a 4-2 win. Arizona's loss was softened by the fact that Los Angeles also lost keeping their three game lead in the division in tact.

The Twins wasted a chance to tie the White Sox in the Central with their 4-2 loss to the Mariners. Adrian Beltre hit a game winning homer in the bottom of the 11th to excitement of his Seattle teammated who had lost 8 of their last 10 games.

Minnesota acquired Eddie Guardado in a trade with the Texas Rangers for a minor league pitcher.

The White Sox earned a 4-3 victory after losing the first half of a almost double header. (The first game was a completion of an April 28th game that was suspended because of rain.)

The Blue Jays have optioned Kevin Mench to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday and sent catcher Robinson Diaz to Pittsburgh to complete last week's trade for utilityman Jose Bautista.

The Cubs annihilated the Pirates, 12-3. Kosuke Fukudome drove in four runs while Aramis Ramirez homered and drove in three runs of his own in the win. The Cubs hold the best record in baseball at 81-50.

The A's outdueled the Angels with a 2-1 victory. Dallas Braden picked off Chone Figgins in the first inning for the staff's 26th pickoff of the season which leads the majors.

Five more players have been suspended after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances. They include Dominican Summer League players Rafael Aybar (LA Dodgers), Alfredo Buret (Florida Marlins), Julio Sanchez (Baltimore Orioles) and Eliel Sierra (Minnesota Twins). The fifth player was St. Louis Cardinals catcher Juan Castillo who was assigned to the rookie league Gulf Coast League.

The 10 finalists who will be voted upon by a 12-member committee for entry into the Hall of Fame have been announced. The players including Allie Reynolds, Bill Dahlen and Joe Gordon, all began their careers before 1943.

Nascar Update:
Part owner of Chip Ganassi Racing, Felix Sabates says his driver Reed Sorenson is most likely headed to Gillett Evernham Racing in 2009. Such candor, I love it!

Testing could be radically different in 2009.

An 18 year old has been hired to drive for Randy Moss Motorsports and no his name is not Joey Logano who was announced as the new driver for the #20 cup car next season. Instead it will be Marc Davis who will race in 6 Truck Series Races for the team.

News&Notes: Fox has reportedly given Michael Strahan the green light if he chooses to go back to the Giants this season......And that's a good thing because the two saids are apparently talking...Chad Pennington has been named the official starter for the Miami Dolphins...Shawne Merriman will go for a fourth opinion on his damaged knee. So far it's three for surgery, zero for hugging it out. But maybe the fourth times the charm..Texans receiver Harry Williams will never play football again after suffering neck and spinal injuries during a preseason game against Dallas...USC quarterback Mark Sanchez looks to be on the road to recovery, participating in a full practice 17 days since he dislocated his knee cap...LPGA Players must learn English or else they could face losing their membership...Fidel Castro is siding with Cuban taekwondo athlete Angel Matos who in his opinion rightfully kicked a referee in the face at the Beijing Olympics after being disqualified. Well of course, when I don't get my way I usually just karate chop the closest person.

Check this out: EW looks at 12 movies that could be improved by a certain world's fastest man. Click here to see what Usain Bolt can add his magical touch to.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate