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NBA AWARDS Top spot for Toronto

For the second straight
week, the Blue Jays are
No. 1 in the Power Poll
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TONY DEJAK / AP

Cavs’ Brown is our pick

Mike Brown’s reformation of the TUESDAY SEE A DIFFERENT GAME JEFF ROBERSON / AP
Cavaliers into a defensive force makes MAY 19, 2009 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 301 Blake Griffin would be a boon to
him SN’s NBA coach of the year. Page 5
Oklahoma City, on and off the court.

Scoreboard Looking for luck at

Vick debate: Ban or reinstate? BY MATT CROSSMAN
the NBA lottery
While four teams are still making
championship drives, the NBA’s 14
mcrossman@sportingnews.com non-playoff teams are hoping to
jumpstart their rebuilding with a
Twenty-one months after a dogfighting conspiracy landed him behind bars, Michael Vick ick gets out little luck in the draft lottery tonight
of prison this week. Sporting News Today asked five Pro Football Hall of Famers: Should the
he former (8:30 ET, ESPN). Here’s what to watch
for:
Falcons QB get a second chance in the NFL?
Can OKC get a break? PF Blake
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP Griffin is the big prize, and it so
Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins struck happens that the Thunder—just 30
first in the Eastern Conference finals, minutes north of Norman, home of
beating Carolina 3-2 in Game 1. Page 11 Michael Vick Griffin’s Oklahoma Sooners—are in
SN need of a tough, athletic big man
NHL Playoffs who can run the floor (and drum up
Eastern Conference local interest).
Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2 Who’s No. 2? It’s probably
SAM HUFF PAUL HORNUNG RAYMOND BERRY HARRY CARSON TED HENDRICKS
CKS
(Pittsburgh leads series 1-0) “Let me put it this “Michael Vick was C Hasheem Thabeet or PG Ricky
“He’s paid a helluva “I’d like to know “He’s paid hiss
price. He’ll carry that way: I love dogs. If a whole lot more of charged, he was tried, debt to society, so I Rubio, though neither is a sure
Baseball tattoo, so to speak, I was the commis- the facts of his case. he was convicted, he think he should be thing. Where those guys are chosen
American League for the rest of his life. sioner, I’d be a lot But on a general paid the price. I don’t reinstated. I’m sure
ure probably depends on who lands
Toronto 3, Chicago White Sox 2 What did Clark Gable tougher on these philosophy standpoint, see any reason why he’ll be an assett to the second pick.
N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 6 say to (Vivian Leigh), guys. I’ll go along I feel strongly that he should not be able whoever signs him.”
‘Frankly, my dear, I with whatever they the National Football to come back and Is there a Portland in the
Tampa Bay 13, Oakland 4 bunch? The Blazers were already
don’t give a damn?’ decide—and it will League needs to take play. I’m not the jury, Vick will be on
L.A. Angels 10, Seattle 6 be soft. I’ve got my I’m not the judge. But building a playoff team when
That’s almost the way a much firmer line on a short leash after
I feel about Michael own opinion—I just everything in the dis- I do know that we all they won the lottery in 2007.
release , Page 30
National League Vick. I don’t know don’t think he should cipline area. I think the make mistakes.” Several teams—Phoenix, Toronto,
Colorado 5, Atlanta 1 him, he doesn’t know get in. It all depends integrity of the National Washington, Indiana, Charlotte—
me. (Deciding) is the on who wants him Football League with would be playoff-bound if their
Pittsburgh 12, Washington 7 The feeble five number comes up.
new commissioner’s back and how much the public is at stake. To
Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 4 — Sean Deveney
job. That’s why he strength they have (fix) this properly, you How to repair the NFL’s most
L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2, 11 innings makes millions of with the league.” lay it at the feet of the defenseless teams, Page 28
Arizona at Florida, ppd., rain dollars.” 32 owners.” Lottery history lessons, Page 8
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com See a Different Game TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 2
Five things about ... DeMaurice Smith
Tune In Today
A quick look at the best sports on TV ‘If it’s going to be a fight, let’s just kick it off now’
— all times Eastern
BY VINNIE IYER Ohio, he found his calling as the school’s
viyer@sportingnews.com first African-American student body
NBA president and a future in law.
Five things you will learn about the Despite having no NFL playing expe-
Draft Lottery NFL Players Association’s new execu- rience, Smith impressed the players
8:30 p.m., ESPN tive director, DeMaurice Smith, on with his presentation to beat out for-
For all the focus on the playoffs, it’s time to celebrate one HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel mer NFL players Troy Vincent and
dreadful team’s newfound fortune. The Kings have the best
shot at landing the No. 1 overall pick and thus Oklahoma star tonight at 10 ET: Trace Armstrong for the job.
PF Blake Griffin, though it’s hardly a guarantee that the worst “He is the best candidate that we
team ends up picking No. 1. No doubt everyone in the state
of Oklahoma is pulling for the Thunder to get the top pick, as
their native son wouldn’t have far to travel. Oklahoma City has
1. He is a fighter. Who is DeMaurice
Smith? Take it from his own
answer to interviewer Andrea Kremer:
never knew we had,” Giants center
Shaun O’Hara said. “He represents a
change that I think guys are really
the fourth-best chance at landing No. 1.
“He is the guy who you’ll know will be refreshed about.”
NHL in the foxhole once the fight starts, and

Blackhawks at Red Wings

7:30 p.m., Versus
I’ll be there once the fight is over. I’d
much rather get to things without it
being a fight, but if it’s going to be a
4. He is friendly. Smith is shown on
camera introducing himself to
almost everyone at the NFL draft, and
The Red Wings did a splendid job of holding Blackhawks star fight, let’s just kick it off now.” the man who prefers to be called “D”
Patrick Kane pointless and shotless in Game 1, but it shouldn’t Smith has been thrown in the ring continues to visit teams to become a
have come as a surprise. Kane had only one goal in six regular right away. If he can’t negotiate a new familiar face to players and owners.
season games against the Red Wings, proving the youngster
has more to learn about how to attack this deep, talented and collective bargaining agreement with The owners who meet him, knowing
veteran Red Wings roster. Detroit defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom the NFL by next March, the players “D” is on the players’ side, still are well
and Brian Rafalski just don’t make many mistakes—they’re face a probable lockout in 2011. aware that familiarity can breed
both in the top 10 in plus/minus rating during the playoff run. contempt.
BASEBALL 2. He is fearless. When working as a
prosecutor for the U.S. attor-
“This business can be very cruel and
unforgiving at times,” Patriots owner
Cubs at Cardinals ney’s office, a D.C. gang member once
put out a contract on Smith’s life. So
Robert Kraft said. “Until you get
roughed up a little, you’re probably not
8 p.m., WGN
These two rivals faced each other six times in April, with each don’t expect him to be intimidated by ready for it.”
team winning three. But momentum is on the side of the Cubs, anything in negotiations.
who have gone 11-4 thus far in May compared to the Cardinals,
who are 5-10 this month. Ted Lilly should help keep things roll-
ing for Chicago, as he’s 3-0 with a 2.66 ERA in three May starts.
“I’m not concerned about threats,”
Smith said. “The carryover is: You
never lose sight of what your main
5. He has friends in high places. Smith
has ties to President Barack
Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric
St. Louis’ Joel Pineiro is going in the other direction, having
dropped three straight starts after opening the year 4-0. focus is.” Holder. Smith served as an assistant
— Compiled by Roger Kuznia His immediate focus is getting full U.S. Attorney under Holder before
financial disclosure from the owners joining Holder as an Obama campaign
and keeping the players from giving operative.
ground. Smith said he is unafraid to use those
GUIDE 9 p.m.
ESPN — Playoffs, Western
connections, perhaps getting help to
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
8:05 p.m.
WGN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis
Conference finals, game 1, Denver
at L.A. Lakers 3. He is a fan of football, and the players
already are fans of his. Growing up
in Washington, D.C., Smith rooted for
persuade Congress to hold hearings on
whether to extend the NFL’s federal
antitrust exemption.
NHL HOCKEY the Redskins and played football through “(The owners) are dealing not with a
NBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m. high school but now standing 5-8, 160, former player, with all due respect, but
8:30 p.m.
VERSUS — Playoffs, Western
ESPN — Draft Lottery, at
Conference finals, game 2,
avoided enough hits to become a college with a very accomplished lawyer,” Holder GARY HE / AP
Secaucus, N.J. track star. At Cedarville University in said. “They better be ready for him.” During his time as a U.S. attorney, DeMaurice Smith made important friends and dealt with real threats.
Chicago at Detroit
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‘Smart and funny’ Gruden to
OFF THE FIELD
Former MLBer O’Leary replace Kornheiser on MNF
takes swing at reality
Former big leaguer Troy O’Leary is ready
to jump into the world or reality TV.
O’Leary, who played 11 seasons in
the major leagues—primarily with
Boston—is staying in an area he knows
best: baseball.
He has developed a show titled Play
Big or Go Home, an American Idol of sorts
show for the up-and-coming baseball
player, according to The Boston Globe.
The concept is simple. Fifteen play-
ers—five each from the East, Midwest
and West regions—will compete for a
spring training invitation or to play for
an independent league team.
“Some of them, just because nobody’s
hear of them or because they didn’t
show up on a scout’s radar, or maybe
because they went to a small college
that wasn’t scouted, they’re not given
the chance to even get their foot in the
door,”O’Leary told the Globe.
O’Leary has recruited former play-
ers Reggie Jefferson, Darren Lewis, John Val-
entin, Jeff Cirillo and Rafael Naboa to
commit to roles.
Quick hits
The WWE may see its Monday Night
Raw pushed out of the Pepsi Center in
Denver in favor of Game 4 of the Western
Conference Finals, and they are not
happy. “Even though the Denver Nug-
gets had a strong team this year and were
projected to make the playoffs, obviously
Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan
Kroenke did not have enough faith in his
own team to hold the May 25th date for a
potential playoff game,” said WWE
chairman Vince McMahon in a news release.
IRL driver Danica Patrick has
See a Different Game
ORLIN WAGNER / AP
Danica Patrick is the latest high-profile athlete
to join Twitter, and she has corporate backing.
launched a Twitter feed at the behest of
watch sponsor Tissot, located @Dani-
caPatrick, SportsBusiness Journal’s Eric
Fisher reported. She is believed to be
the first major athlete to join Twitter in
conjunction with a corporate entity,
and Tissot will receive extensive expo-
sure on her feed.
Buffalo Bills defensive back Donte
Whitner says he has videotaped evidence
showing he did nothing wrong during
an altercation with police outside a Cleve-
land nightclub. Speaking after a volun-
tary practice Monday, Whitner added he
is confident charges against him could
be dropped as early as today.
Sounds of Faith: The Wayman Tisdale
Story, a documentary focusing on former
NBA player Wayman Tisdale’s losing battle
with cancer, is scheduled for a November
release, the Tulsa World reported. Pro-
ceeds will benefit the Wayman Tisdale
Foundation. Tisdale, 44, died Friday.
— SportsBusiness Daily, sportsbusinessdaily.com
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 3
If you deliver
it daily, they
BRISTOL, CONN.—Former Bucs coach Jon
Gruden is replacing Tony Kornheiser on
ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast
team. Kornheiser cited a fear of flying in
will come.
his decision to leave after three years.
The network said Monday that
Gruden will be in the booth with play-
by-play man Mike Tirico and ex-QB Ron
Jaworski when the show starts its 40th
season this fall.
“If I could handpick a replacement of a
football guy, I would cast a net and drag in
Jon Gruden,” Kornheiser said in a state-
ment. “He is the two things you most
want—smart and funny—and has the two
things I don’t—good hair and a tan.”
Gruden led the Bucs to the 2003 Super
Bowl title but was fired after this past
season after his team lost four consecu-
tive games to miss the playoffs. He
worked as a guest analyst this year with FREEup!
the NFL Network during the draft and Sign
NFL Scouting Combine.
“To join Mike and Jaws in the booth and
Today!
to work alongside this top-notch team is
going to be a real thrill,” Gruden said.
Gruden will make his debut with
ESPN with a Cardinals-Steelers pre- The country’s first and only
season game Aug. 13.
Kornheiser will continue to appear on REINHOLD MATAY / AP daily digital sports newspaper.
ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption and is After 11 seasons as a head coach, Jon Gruden will
relieved it doesn’t require air travel. work the other side of the microphone for ESPN.
“My fear of planes is legendary and Delivered via email every morning, 7 days a
sadly true,” he said. “When I looked at
the upcoming schedule it was the per-
Gruden was 38 at the time and the
youngest coach to win a Super Bowl.
week, Sporting News Today is your one-stop
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Gruden was an NFL head coach the sive coordinator Mike Holmgren hired news about every team, every game and
past 11 seasons, with Tampa Bay (2002-
08) and Oakland (1998-2001). He had a
him as an assistant. When Holmgren was
hired to coach the Packers in 1992,
every score from coast-to-coast.
100-85 record, leading his teams to five Gruden became his wide receivers coach.
division titles. After three seasons, Gruden went to the
His best season came in 2002, when Eagles as an offensive coordinator, and in Experience America’s hottest new product.
the Buccaneers went 12-4 and then beat
the Raiders 48-21 in the Super Bowl.
1998 became coach of the Raiders at 34.
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Lou Holtz
Former Notre Dame football coach
(What you won’t find on Facebook … even if you are approved as a friend)
Born: January 6, 1937, Follansbee, W.Va.
Alma mater: Kent State
Status: Married
What I’m up to these days: Work at ESPN, play golf
and do speaking events. I thought I was retired,
ESPN found out I was retarded.
What’s on TV: All sporting events, news shows,
The First 48
What’s in my iPod: ’50s music, Country & West-
ern, Elvis Presley, The Platters, Dean Martin,
Johnny Cash
What I drive: For 15 years, a 1990 Tempo. Last
year, my wife gave it to charity to auction without
my approval. Now I drive a Honda, but looking to
buy a Toyota.
Favorite flicks: Patton, Hud, My Cousin Vinny
What I’m reading: Peaks and Valleys, by Spencer
Johnson
Magazine subscription: Golf Digest
Bookmarks: ESPN, University of Notre Dame,
NCAA Division I Football
Superstition: It’s bad luck if you fail to block,
tackle and protect the ball.
Worst habit: Smoking a pipe. Never smoked
cigarettes or cigars. At age 26, my wife bought
me a pipe and I enjoy a pipe.
On my office walls: Pictures of the holes I’ve made a
hole-in-one on here at Lake Nona—holes 4, 13 & 17; 4
honorary degrees—from Kent State, Gonzaga,
Benedictine & Wingate; pictures of Ara Parseghian
and myself, Bo Schembechler and myself, Fr.
Hesburgh and myself; picture of Pope John Paul,
(wife) Beth and myself; picture of Pope Benedictine
and my wife and 2 grandchildren; pictures of myself
and 5 presidents—Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush.
Love to trade places for a day with … Tiger Woods.
Have never reached a par 5 in 2.
First job: Paper route, age 9. Had 64 customers,
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RECRUITING DISH
Corner from Maryland returns
to his first choice—Stanford
Louis Young was a tentative Stanford commit-
ment last fall. Then, this spring, he decided to
drop the school and check out the programs
that were a little bit closer to his roots in Wash-
ington D.C.
It turns out he was right the first time. The
Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) DB has committed
to Stanford, and this time it’s for good, he told
Sporting News Today. The 6-foot, 185-pound
cornerback also seriously considered Illinois,
Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, among
others.
“I’m loving every minute of it, and I just got
off the phone with another recruit, Tai-ler Jones,
and we’re real happy about everything,” Young
told SN Today. “I’m just going to try to start
recruiting teammates ... Coach (Jim) Harbaugh is
a powerful coach, a strong guy with a lot of
charisma, and I like that. He’s a winner and
I’m a winner myself.”
As a junior, Young intercepted five passes
and had 33 tackles and broke up 13 passes. He
also caught 18 passes for 400 yards and four
touchdowns on offense. Young is rated a four-
star prospect by Rivals.com.
Joining the four-star recruit as Stanford
commitments on Monday were Edison (Hun-
tington Beach, Calif.) LB Jordan Zumwalt
(6-4/220) and Cy-Creek (Cypress, Texas) DT
Will Hampton (6-3/270). Zumwalt also had BCS
offers from Arizona, Colorado, Washington
and Washington State, while Hampton had
Northwestern and Nebraska.
Santee (Los Angeles) WR Tevin Carter has
committed to Washington, The Seattle Times
reported. He also had scholarship offers from
California, Oregon, Washington State, Arizona
and Arizona State.
Carter (6-3, 190) is the Huskies’ ninth com-
mitment for 2010. As a junior, he caught 28
passes for 833 yards, an average of 29.8 yards
per reception. He also had 11 touchdowns.
Next Gen: Recruiting / Awards
COURTESY OF LOUIS YOUNG
The prestige of a Stanford degree helped lure Louis Young.
Smithfield (N.C.) Selma Senior ATH Joshua
Snead has committed to Duke, Rivals.com
reported. He also reported scholarship offers
from Louisville, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt,
Oregon, N.C. State and Wake Forest.
Snead (5-9, 170) is expected to play on offense.
He has run a 4.33-second time in the 40-yard
dash.
“I plan on going into sports medicine, and
Duke gives me that opportunity,” Snead told
Rivals.com. “It’s one of the top universities in
the country and I can’t pass it up.
Carter (Dallas) S Russell Polk has committed
to Texas Tech, Rivals.com reported. He also
reported scholarship offers from Nebraska and
UTEP.
Polk (5-11, 200) had 78 tackles and four inter-
ceptions as a junior.
“They are one of the schools that I’ve fol-
lowed; I’ve been a fan of going there,” Polk said
of Texas Tech to Rivals.com. “I was happy. I
actually found out that Texas Tech offered me
from a former player on my team that signed
with Texas Tech.”
SN’s 2008-09 AWARDS
Throughout the week, we’ll unveil our NBA and NHL award
winners. The full package can be found in the new issue of Sporting
News Magazine.
Cleveland’s Mike Brown was voted coach of the year by his peers after his team won an NBA-best 66 games.
NBA COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike Brown
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers’ Mike Brown, who led
Cleveland to an NBA-best 66 wins in
the regular season, has been selected by
league coaches and executives as Sport-
ing News’ 2009 coach of the year.
Brown won the award in a vote of 41
coaches and executives. He received 18
votes, 11 more than the Magic’s Stan
Van Gundy, whom Brown will face in
the Eastern Conference finals. Jazz
coach Jerry Sloan was third with six
votes; no other coach received more
TONY DEJAK / AP
than two votes.
The Cavaliers’ 66 wins were a fran-
chise record, as Brown helped mold
LeBron James and a supporting cast
into one of the NBA’s best defenses—
Cleveland was first in points allowed
(91.4) and second in field-goal percent-
age defense (.431).
“He treats you like an adult,” veteran
Cavs big man Ben Wallace told Sporting
News Today. “I think that is the first
thing, and you’d be surprised, because
you don’t always get that with coaches.
… I think players appreciate that he is
honest, he holds you accountable, but
he always has your back.”
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 5
WINSLOW TOWNSON / AP
Bruins coach Claude Julien beefed up the offense.
NHL COACH OF THE YEAR
Claude Julien
Boston Bruins
Claude Julien, the man who guided
Boston to the top of the Eastern Confer-
ence standings, has been named NHL
coach of the year by Sporting News in a
vote by 39 coaches and executives from
throughout the league.
Julien, whose team posted a gaudy
53-19-10 record and 116 points in his
second season at the helm, molded the
Bruins into a league power by institut-
ing a more offensive style and an effec-
tive blueprint for dealing with players.
“When things are going well, he doesn’t
mess them up,” goalie Tim Thomas said.
“He knows how to step back and let go.
But if he sees something he wants to do
better, he also lets it be known.”
Awards schedule
Coming this week in Sporting News
Today:
Wednesday: NBA, NHL executives
of the year
Thursday: NBA, NHL players of the
year
Friday: NBA, NHL all-star teams
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Overnight Report TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Angels 10, Seattle 6 L.A. Dodgers 3, Dodgers 3, Mets 2, 11 innings
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
N.Y. Mets 2, 11 innings Pagan lf 6 1 4 0 0 1 .500

Angels’ offense bails out ho-hum Lackey debut Mistakes are

Castillo 2b
Beltran cf
Sheffield rf
Putz p
5 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 1
3 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
1
0
0
0
.278
.367
.257
---
S.Green p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---

SEATTLE—As if he hadn’t heard enough

Angels 10, Mariners 6
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
costly for Mets Feliciano p
d-Reed ph-1b
D.Wright 3b
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0
3 1 2 0 2
0
0
0
---
.379
.359
ribbing about getting ejected in his sea- Figgins 3b 5 0 2 1 1 1 .277
Tatis 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .286
E.Aybar ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .309
son debut after just two pitches, John Abreu rf 2 1 0 0 3 0 .289 LOS ANGELES—Errors by Gold Stokes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
R.Martinez ss 5 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Lackey heard more. This time, in the Hunter cf 5 0 2 3 0 1 .313 Glove center fielder Carlos Bel- R.Castro c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Napoli c 5 0 2 0 0 2 .327
visitor’s bullpen before his second start Quinlan dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150 tran and fill-in first baseman Redding p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500
a-Dan.Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269
in three days. a-Mthws Jr. ph-dh 3 1 0 0 0 1 .272 Jeremy Reed in the 11th inning Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
J.Rivera lf 4 3 2 1 1 0 .292
“Yeah, I heard plenty about that K.Morales 1b 5 3 3 3 0 0 .287 cost the New York Mets, who Church rf 2 0 2 0 0 0 .276
Totals 42 2 11 2 4 4
warming up. I’ll throw a guy a ball if I Kendrick 2b 5 1 2 1 0 2 .236 had the go-ahead run taken
Totals 41 10 15 10 5 8
hear a good one,” Lackey said. “I’ve away on an appeal play after Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pierre lf 3 1 0 0 3 0 .403
hooked up guys in New York who had Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Ryan Church missed third Furcal ss 6 1 2 0 0 2 .237
I.Suzuki rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .324
good ones.” Jo.Lopez 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .234 base in the Los Angeles Dodg- Hudson 2b 5 0 2 1 1 1 .341
Ethier rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .264
Lackey’s real season debut for the Griffey Jr. dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .219 ers’ 3-2 victory Monday night. Troncoso p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Balentien lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .288
Angels was about like the barbs of Branyan 1b 3 2 2 1 1 1 .309 The Dodgers have won five Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Loney 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .273
Seattle’s fans: not great. Johjima c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 of their last six games. They are Kemp cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .277
F.Gutierrez cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .272
But Torii Hunter hit a three-run dou- Y.Betancourt ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 a major league-best 27-13 over- J.Castro 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .409
b-Loretta ph-3b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .359
ble in a five-run fifth inning and Ken- Cedeno 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .186 all, and 14 games over .500 for Wolf p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .105
Totals 33 6 10 5 1 3
dry Morales homered twice, rallying the first time since finishing Wade p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Lackey and Los Angeles to a 10-6 vic- Los Angeles 001 052 011 — 10 15 1 the 2006 season 88-74. c-Paul ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Seattle 120 111 000 — 6 10 1
tory over the Mariners on Monday New York made five errors Totals 39 3 5 2 7 6
night. E: Napoli (2), Y.Betancourt (7). LOB: Los Angeles and blew a chance to take the New York 010 000 010 00 —2 11 5
9, Seattle 5. 2B: Figgins (5), Hunter (9), Napoli (8),
The Angels’ ace returned from a Kendrick (6), Balentien (8), Branyan (11). HR: J.Rivera lead in the 11th on a play that Los Angeles 200 000 000 01 —3 5 0
strained forearm Saturday for his sea- (2), off Washburn; K.Morales (7), off Morrow; K.Morales was right out of the Mets’ 1962 One out when winning run scored. a-flied out for Red-
(8), off Stark; Branyan (10), off Lackey. RBIs: Figgins (9),
son debut only to get ejected at Texas E.Aybar (10), Hunter 3 (30), J.Rivera (12), K.Morales 3 playbook. Church singled with ding in the 7th. b-popped out for J.Castro in the 8th.
c-grounded out for Broxton in the 9th. d-singled for
for throwing behind and then hitting (26), Kendrick (18), Griffey Jr. (8), Balentien (6), Branyan two outs against Ramon Tron- Feliciano in the 10th. E: R.Martinez 2 (2), Beltran (2),
(20), F.Gutierrez (17), Cedeno (3). SB: E.Aybar (1),
Ian Kinsler. This time, Lackey slogged Abreu (14), Hunter (6). CS: Figgins (3). S: Y.Betancourt, coso and came all the way S.Green (1), Reed (1). LOB: New York 11, Los Angeles
14. 2B: Pagan (1), D.Wright 2 (12). RBIs: Sheffield
through five innings and allowed five Cedeno. SF: Balentien, F.Gutierrez. Runners left in around on Angel Pagan’s drive (8), R.Martinez (1), Hudson (26), Loney (28). SB:
scoring position: Los Angeles 7 (E.Aybar, Napoli,
runs, four earned. J.Rivera 2, Hunter 2, Figgins); Seattle 1 (F.Gutierrez). DP: to the fence in right-center. Loney (2). CS: Furcal (3). SF: Loney. Runners left in
scoring position: New York 4 (Castillo, Tatis 3); Los
“For his first time out, his fastball Los Angeles 1 (Abreu, Abreu, Napoli). But Church missed third Angeles 6 (Kemp 2, Wolf 2, Loretta, Ethier). DP: New
looked good. Maybe his command Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA base with his right foot and the York 1 (R.Castro, R.Castro, Castillo); Los Angeles 1 (Furcal,
Hudson, Loney).
wasn’t crisp as it will be,” Angels man- Lackey W, 1-0 5 7 5 4 0 3 82 9.00 Dodgers retired him on an
Oliver H, 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 26 1.47
ager Mike Scioscia said, dismissing the Arredondo H, 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 22 5.19 appeal play. So instead of an New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Redding 6 2 2 2 4 4 93 3.00
Texas fiasco as a non-debut. “Hope- J.Speier 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 6.14 RBI triple, Pagan had to settle Parnell 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 1.96
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
fully, this is a good stepping stone for Washburn L, 3-3 5 7 6 6 2 4 94 3.86 for a single, his fourth hit of the Putz 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 3.68
S.Green 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 15 7.94
him. Morrow 2 4 2 2 1 3 42 9.58 game. Feliciano 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.81
Stark 2 4 2 1 2 1 52 11.12
“It’s nice to have a lead dog (again).” The next half-inning was just Stokes L, 1-2 1 1⁄3 0 1 0 2 0 35 0.52
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Now, Lackey will wait to see if the Umpires: Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Doug Eddings; as embarrasing for the Mets. Wolf 7 2⁄3 6 2 2 2 2 96 2.72
Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Brian Knight. T:
commissioner’s office will bite back 3:04. A: 17,340 (47,878). Xavier Paul’s fly ball to left- Wade BS, 4-4 1⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 13 4.50
Broxton 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 1.42
with a suspension, though he doesn’t center against Brian Stokes Troncoso W, 1-0 2 3 0 0 1 1 37 1.82
expect it to. He does expect a fine that (1-2) fell between Pagan and
Inherited runners-scored: Feliciano 2-0, Wade 1-1.
usually comes with an ejection. Beltran—who was charged IBB: off Redding (J.Castro), off Stokes (Pierre). HBP:
“I’d tell you if did something on pur- with an error after the near by Redding (Martin). WP: Redding. Umpires: Home,
James Hoye; First, Dale Scott; Second, Jerry Meals; Third,
pose. I didn’t,” Lackey said. TED S. WARREN / AP collision. Mike DiMuro. T: 3:41. A: 37,136 (56,000).
— The Associated Press Kendry Morales hit two home runs in Monday’s game and finished with three RBIs in the win. — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com NBA TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 7
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Series glance
Today: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m., ESPN
L.A. LAKERS Thursday: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.,
ESPN
VS. DENVER Saturday: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 8:30
p.m., ABC
Monday: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.,
ESPN
Wednesday, May 27: Denver at L.A.
BY SEAN DEVENEY ously, a big Laker advantage. Lakers, 9 p.m., if necessary,
sdeveney@sportingnews.com Edge: Lakers. Friday, May 29: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9
p.m., if necessary
Sunday, May 31: Denver at L.A. Lakers,
Frontcourt Bench 8:30 p.m., if necessary
It would be easier to size up the front- Phil Jackson still seems to be trying
courts if we had some idea what to expect to figure out his reserves. Odom we
from L.A.’s big men. PF Pau Gasol has know. We’re seeing more of PG Jor- could easily get Martin in foul trouble.
been up-and-down. SF Trevor Ariza dan Farmar now, and less of G Shan-
has been up in odd-numbered playoff non Brown. There’s a bit of SF Luke SN Number
games (13.7 points) and down in even- Walton, and who knows what to The Nuggets ran past the Mavs, aver-
numbered games (7.6 points). C Andrew expect from G Sasha Vujacic? On the aging 19.8 fast-break points. Denver had
Bynum has been mostly down, but up a other hand, the Nuggets have SG J.R. a 54-13 fast-break edge in the first two
CHRIS PIZZELLO / AP MATT SLOCUM / AP
bit lately, perhaps finally putting to rest Smith, PG Anthony Carter, PF/C games, after which the Mavericks
any notion of re-inserting PF Lamar Chris Andersen and, if needed, SF started to find ways to catch up. By then, Lakers G Kobe Bryant, right, has struggled at times in the playoffs, Nuggets F Carmelo Anthony, who rates as one of the NBA’s best in the
based on his standards—but he’s still the game’s best go-to guy. fourth quarter, averaged 30 ppg in the series against the Mavs.
Odom into the starting five. Gasol pres- Linas Kleiza. Karl knows what he is it was too late. The Lakers just finished a
ents a difficult matchup for rough-and- getting out of his reserves, and he series against a Rockets team that
tumble Nugs PF Kenyon Martin, and needs his bench to outplay the Lak- doesn’t run (Houston averaged 4.1 break Los Angeles Lakers Denver Nuggets
the Lakers need Bynum to be effective, ers’ backups by a significant margin. points). They’ll have to make an adjust- 3-Pnt. 3-Pnt.
because he is bigger and heavier than Edge: Nuggets. ment to Denver’s running game. If they Player G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PCT PTS AVG HG Player G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PCT PTS AVG HG
Bryant 12 39.1 121-264 .458 17-49 70-81 .864 329 27.4 40 Anthony 10 37.9 98-204 .480 17-38 57-69 .826 270 27.0 41
Nuggets’ C Nene. The Lakers should have wait till Game 3 to figure it out, like Dal- Gasol 12 38.9 86-156 .551 0-0 50-74 .676 222 18.5 30 Billups 10 37.5 61-124 .492 33-61 66-69 .957 221 22.1 36
an advantage in the post, but they’ve Go-to guy las did, they’ll suffer Dallas’ fate. Odom 12 31.6 58-102 .569 9-18 22-41 .537 147 12.3 26 Smith 10 26.9 59-119 .496 24-59 21-33 .636 163 16.3 21
Ariza 12 30.0 47-86 .547 20-40 17-32 .531 131 10.9 21 Hilario 10 33.3 47-85 .553 0-0 31-49 .633 125 12.5 25
been nothing but inconsistent this post- The Nuggets have the advantage of Fisher 11 26.3 26-71 .366 6-31 21-24 .875 79 7.2 12 Martin 10 33.0 41-78 .526 1-4 16-25 .640 99 9.9 15
season. And with George Karl getting two go-to guys, with Anthony ranking Who’s hot? Anthony averaged 30 Brown 12 15.9 27-55 .491 10-17 14-17 .824 78 6.5 14 Jones 10 18.6 27-50 .540 3-10 19-25 .760 76 7.6 12
sterling play out of SF Carmelo Anthony, among the NBA’s best fourth-quarter points and shot 44.0 percent from the Farmar 9 16.1 19-47 .404 8-18 10-14 .714 56 6.2 13 Andersen 9 21.2 21-30 .700 0-0 20-31 .645 62 6.9 11
Bynum 12 15.5 27-54 .500 0-0 13-17 .765 67 5.6 14 Kleiza 8 14.5 16-36 .444 8-21 11-15 .733 51 6.4 14
this category belongs to Denver. players (according to 82games.com) and 3-point line in the Nuggets’ last series. Walton 10 15.6 14-41 .341 4-10 8-10 .800 40 4.0 9 Carter 10 16.6 16-37 .432 1-9 2-4 .500 35 3.5 12
Edge: Nuggets. with Billups having the ability to create Vujacic 12 14.3 18-64 .281 10-33 1-1 1.000 47 3.9 9 Petro 8 2.9 1-7 .143 0-0 5-8 .625 7 0.9 4
Powell 10 5.5 8-20 .400 0-0 4-4 1.000 20 2.0 10 Balkman 6 2.8 2-4 .500 0-1 0-0 --- 4 0.7 4
points at the foul line and the willingness Who’s not? Vujacic was 4-for-7 from Mbenga 2 4.0 1-4 .250 0-0 0-0 --- 2 1.0 2 Hart 7 2.1 1-2 .500 0-0 0-0 --- 2 0.3 2
Backcourt to take big shots. The Lakers, though, the field in Game 7, but his playoff
The Nuggets, of course, would not be have Bryant. He has taken over games shooting percentage is still just 28.1. TEAM 12 240.0 452-964 .469 84-216 230-315 .730 1218 101.5 119 TEAM 10 240.0 390-776 .503 87-203 248-328 .756 1115 111.5 124
OPPONENTS 12 240.0 408-952 .429 72-230 233-306 .761 1121 93.4 109 OPPONENTS 10 240.0 324-739 .438 64-196 243-304 .799 955 95.5 119
here without PG Chauncey Billups, when needed, and fizzled a few times, but
who, in addition to providing much- he’s still the guy most NBA-types would Outlook REBOUNDS REBOUNDS
Player OFF DEF TOT AVG. AST AVG. PF DQ STL TO BLK Player OFF DEF TOT AVG. AST AVG. PF DQ STL TO BLK
needed leadership, has also made 54.1 want taking the final shot. That gives The Lakers need a stranglehold on Bryant 8 52 60 5.0 54 4.5 28 0 26 30 11 Anthony 17 47 64 6.4 43 4.3 37 0 20 20 8
percent of his playoff 3s and 95.7 per- Bryant a slight—very slight—advantage this series, which means sweeping the Gasol 42 87 129 10.8 26 2.2 37 1 9 26 22 Billups 3 35 38 3.8 73 7.3 24 0 12 17 3
cent of his free throws. That’s in sharp over the two guys in powder blue. first two games in L.A. They must keep Odom 33 84 117 9.8 26 2.2 33 1 7 23 18 Smith 5 29 34 3.4 25 2.5 27 0 11 13 2
Ariza 9 36 45 3.8 35 2.9 34 0 16 23 6 Hilario 22 51 73 7.3 25 2.5 37 1 13 22 8
contrast to Lakers PG Derek Fisher, Edge: Lakers. the momentum from their Game 7 win, Fisher 1 18 19 1.7 22 2.0 27 0 9 11 1 Martin 14 37 51 5.1 26 2.6 36 2 12 19 6
who is 6-for-31 (19.4 percent) on 3-point- and can’t afford to go to Denver—where Brown 6 13 19 1.6 11 0.9 20 0 10 7 1 Jones 6 18 24 2.4 4 0.4 22 0 7 8 4
ers in the playoffs, and got himself sus- X-factor the Nuggets have been especially dan- Farmar
Bynum
2
17
12
28
14 1.6
45 3.8
19 2.1
5 0.4
9
35
0
0
7
4
8
12 10
2 Andersen
Kleiza
17
3
38
18
55 6.1
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8 0.9
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29
9
1
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3
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4 17
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pended for a game with a boneheaded Martin’s defense against Gasol could gerous—in a 1-1 series. Ultimately, home- Walton 8 19 27 2.7 22 2.2 17 0 9 9 0 Carter 8 14 22 2.2 28 2.8 19 0 9 7 1
play in the last series. The Lakers, determine this series. Martin, at times, court advantage figures to play a big role Vujacic 6 16 22 1.8 9 0.8 25 0 10 7 3 Petro 2 4 6 0.8 1 0.1 4 0 0 1 1
Powell 5 8 13 1.3 2 0.2 5 0 0 2 0 Balkman 1 2 3 0.5 1 0.2 2 0 3 0 0
though, do have SG Kobe Bryant, and did a good job on Dirk Nowitzki, but here, and because the Lakers have that Mbenga 0 2 2 1.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 Hart 0 3 3 0.4 4 0.6 5 0 2 1 1
though he will have to deal with defen- there were times when he was lit up by edge, they should take the series.
sive pest SG Dahntay Jones, he is, obvi- Nowitzki. Gasol could do the same, and Lakers in 6. TEAM 137 375 512 42.7 231 19.3 270 2 107 161 75 TEAM 98 296 394 39.4 243 24.3 251 4 95 119 52
OPPONENTS 142 358 500 41.7 244 20.3 260 0 95 185 38 OPPONENTS 94 291 385 38.5 174 17.4 259 4 62 164 28
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Draft lottery, Today, 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Annual event ‘another way to promote the potential’
Patrick Ewing and Dwight How-
ard worked out at one end of the
court, a couple guys who know
what it’s like to be the grand prize
in the draft lottery.
At the other end Sunday night
were the Boston Celtics, who’ve
been ruined and resurrected by the
NBA’s ultimate game of luck—with-
out ever winning it.
After a quarter century of build-
ing champions and breaking hearts,
the lottery celebrates its 25th birth-
day today, with the real party being
held by the team that wins it and
earns the right to pick Oklahoma’s
Blake Griffin.
“I think it’s pretty much accepted
by our fans now and our teams get
into it,” commissioner David Stern
said. “It’s just another way to pro-
mote the potential for next season,
particularly and for the most part
for those teams who have the most
need for next season. And that’s
what makes it good.”
Sacramento, after finishing with
a league-worst 17-65 record, has a
25 percent chance of landing the
No. 1 pick. The Kings shouldn’t pre-
pare a jersey for the All-American
forward just yet, though: Not since
2004, when the Orlando Magic
ended up with Howard, has the
team with the worst record won the
lottery.
That’s why some teams hate it.
Jerry West blasted the system in
2007, when his Memphis Grizzlies
had the best chance to win one of
the most anticipated lotteries ever
and ended up falling to the fourth
pick.
The Celtics didn’t like it much
either that night, since they had the
Oklahoma F Blake Griffin, left, is expected to be taken by the team that wins the No. 1 pick.
second-best shot at Greg Oden or
Kevin Durant, and settled for the
No. 5 pick. That came 10 years after
they were heartbroken by missing
out on Tim Duncan despite the best
odds of winning the lottery.
At least the second time they didn’t
let their bad luck lead to more bad
play, sending that No. 5 pick to Seattle
in a trade for Ray Allen, a move that
convinced Kevin Garnett to accept a
move to Boston and leading to the
Celtics’ 17th NBA title last season.
The easier way is for teams to have
the lottery create the luck for them.
No team has done that better than
San Antonio, which used lottery
wins 10 years apart to land David
Robinson and Duncan, starting its
run of four NBA titles. Orlando
won consecutive lotteries in 1992
and ’93, getting Shaquille O’Neal
NBA
turn out to be what you expect them 2009 NBA draft order/lottery odds
to be. And again, a lot of things play No. Team (Lottery chances) Rcrd
into it,” said Magic guard Rafer
tbd. Sacramento (250 of 1000) 17-65
Alston, who this season played
tbd. Washington (178) 19-63
with both Yao and Howard.
“You remember with Sam Bowie, tbd. LA Clippers (177) 19-63
health issues played a major role, he tbd. Oklahoma City (119) 23-59
never overcame health issues so tbd. Minnesota (76) 24-58
could never become the dominant
tbd. Memphis (75) 24-58
player he was coming out of Ken-
tucky. Ewing just continued to get tbd. Golden State (43) 29-53
better and better, and he turned not tbd. New York (28) 32-50
only a franchise but a whole city tbd. Toronto (17) 33-49
around. I think Dwight is on that
tbd. Milwaukee (10) 34-48
path, a Ewing path, an (Hakeem) tbd. New Jersey (9) 34-48
Olajuwon path.”
tbd. Charlotte (7) 35-47
Ewing was the first lottery prize,
going to the New York Knicks in tbd. Indiana (6) 36-46
1985. The NBA changed how the tbd. Phoenix (5) 46-36
top pick was awarded following the 15. Detroit 39-43
SUE OGROCKI / AP 1984 draft, when Olajuwon and 16. Chicago 41-41
Bowie went 1-2—with Michael Jor-
17. Philadelphia 41-41
dan going third—after concerns
the first time and trading the rights that teams were losing on purpose 18. Miami (to Minnesota) 43-39
19. Atlanta 47-35
to the second for Penny Hardaway, to finish with the worst record pos-
and those two would team on an sible and secure a high pick. 20. Utah 48-34
Eastern Conference championship The lottery has undergone some 21. New Orleans 49-33
squad in 1995. tweaks since. It was changed to set
22. Dallas 50-32
“What we tell our fans is that if a only the top three picks, with the
23. Houston (to Sacramento) 53-29
team is well managed and it isn’t remainder of the first round going in
doing so well, it will have the oppor- inverse order of a team’s finish. The 24. Portland 54-28
tunity under the NBA system to system was later weighted to give 25. San Antonio (to Okla. City) 54-28
improve,” Stern said. teams with the worst record the 26. Denver (to Chi via Okla. City) 54-28
Instead of Howard, a high school most chances to win, and modified 27. Orlando (to Memphis) 59-23
player, the Magic could have gone again in 1993 to further favor the
28. Boston (to Minnesota) 62-20
for Emeka Okafor, who had a deco- teams that needed the most help
rated career at Connecticut but has after Orlando went .500, just missed 29. LA Lakers 65-17
been only solid, not spectacular, as a the playoffs, and won the lottery. 30. Cleveland 66-16
pro. Houston also went for the lesser Washington (17.8 percent) and
known in 2002 and it paid off, tak- the Clippers (17.7 percent) follow
Second Round
31. Sacramento
ing Yao Ming instead of Duke All- Sacramento with the best chances 32/33. LA Clippers (to Portland)
American Jay Williams, whose for No. 1. 32/33. Washington
career was wrecked after leg injuries “I think it has become part of the 34. Oklahoma City (to Denver)
35/36. Memphis
sustained in a motorcycle accident. sport’s culture now,” Stern said.
35/36. Minnesota (to Detroit)
“You’re hoping that the players — The Associated Press 37. Golden State (to SA via Phoenix)
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 8
38. New York (to Portland via Chicago)
39. Toronto (to Detroit)
40/41. New Jersey (to Char. via Okla. City)
40/41. Milwaukee
42. Charlotte (to LA Lakers)
43. Indiana (to Miami)
44. Detroit
45. Philadelphia (to Minnesota via Miami)
46. Chicago (to Cleveland)
47. Miami (to Minnesota)
48. Phoenix
49. Atlanta
50. Utah
51. New Orleans (to SA via Toronto)
52. Dallas (to Indiana)
53. Houston (to San Antonio)
54. San Antonio (to Charlotte)
55. Denver (to Portland)
56. Portland
57. Orlando (to Phoenix via Oklahoma City)
58. Boston
59. LA Lakers
60. Cleveland (to Miami)
Teams that finished the regular season
with identical records will select in the
second round in the reverse of the order
in which they select in the first round.
With respect to the ties between the Los
Angeles Clippers and Washington (32 and
33); Memphis and Minnesota (35 and 36);
and New Jersey and Milwaukee (40 and
41): since the order of selection in the first
round for each set of teams may change
based on the results of the Draft Lottery,
the order of selection in the second round
cannot be determined until after the Draft
Lottery is conducted on May 19.
NBA draft lottery’s first pick
The odds they had of winning
2008 Bulls—1.7 percent chance (9th best)
2007 Trail Blazers—5.7 percent chance (6th
best)
2006 Raptors—8.8 percent chance (5th best)
2005 Bucks—6.3 percent chance (6th best)
2004 Magic—25 percent chance (best)
2003 Cavaliers—25 percent chance (best)
2002 Rockets—8.9 percent chance (5th best)
2001 Bullets—15.7 percent chance (3rd best)
2000 Nets—4.4 percent chance (7th best)
Source: NBA
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com NBA TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 9
INSIDE DISH Playoff glance
CONFERENCE FINALS

Celtics know their window’s closing (Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

After failing to defend their titles—
Eastern Conference and NBA
champs—the Celtics will now have
to figure out how to make the most
of what is a fast-closing window.
Coach Doc Rivers admitted that the
reason PF Kevin Garnett did not have
surgery to repair the right knee he
injured in February was to keep
alive some hope that, at some point,
Garnett would feel healthy enough
to play. “Clearly that’s why we didn’t
do surgery,” Rivers said. “I think
that’s not a secret.” Rivers did say
that Garnett would have surgery
soon, so getting him rehabbed is the
first order of business.
Beyond that, the Celtics will have
a fair bit of business to address. PG
Rajon Rondo is eligible for an exten-
sion, and his agent, Bill Duffy of BDA
Sports, told Sporting News Today that
he’s ready to start those discussions,
“as soon as the Celtics are ready.”
But, because the deadline for an
extension is not until October 31,
Duffy added that the issue would
probably wait till later in the sum-
mer. The Celtics must also decide
what to do with restricted free agent
PF Glen Davis, who averaged 15.8
points in Garnett’s absence. March
signees (and unrestricted free
agents) C Mikki Moore and G Stephon
Marbury have expressed interest in
coming back to the Celtics, but it’s
unlikely either will be kept.
— Sean Deveney
Another player for an ousted
conference semifinalist—SF Ron Art-
est of the Rockets—also stated,
emphatically, that he wants to stay
put. As quoted by the Houston
presumably, would look for a taker
for injured SF Tracy McGrady in a trade,
so Artest could remain a starter.
Assuming Artest has reasonable
salary demands, Houston should be
able to get a deal done, because the
Rockets are below the league’s lux-
ury-tax threshold.
Houston coach Rick Adelman said he
has enjoyed coaching Artest, whom
he also had with the Kings. “When I
first met Ron in Sacramento, I told
him the same thing I tell everyone,
‘You have a clean slate,’” Adelman
said. “I don’t prejudge anyone. And
Ron has been great. I’ve never had a
problem with Ron.”
Perhaps not coincidentally,
almost immediately after Portland’s
Tom Penn withdrew from consider-
ation for the Timberwolves’ general
manager’s job, he was promoted by
the Blazers, from assistant general
manager to vice president of basket-
ball operations. In a statement
released by the team, Portland GM
Kevin Pritchard said, “When we talk
about team chemistry, it extends to
our staff and the role everyone plays
in creating a winning culture here.
Tom has had a huge hand in our suc-
cess, and I’m pleased that he will
remain and continue to help us build
this franchise.”
Cavaliers C Zydrunas Ilgauskas fig-
NAM Y. HUH / AP ures that it will only be a matter of
Even though PF Glen Davis, left, played well in his absence, the Celtics are painfully aware of time before PF Anderson Varejao gets
how important it is to get Kevin Garnett healthy. under the skin of either Orlando C
Dwight Howard or PF Rashard Lewis in
Chronicle, Artest was asked about know this team was so good, I think the Eastern Conference finals.
staying in Houston and said, “Yes, we’ll grow together.” The Rockets Ilgauskas should know. “He gets
yes, yes, yes, yes. That is yes. I just would like to keep Artest and, under my skin and I’m his
teammate,” he said. “He is one of
those guys, I guess, maybe like Den-
nis Rodman was with the Bulls. He
does stuff that doesn’t show up in
the box score.” Varejao has averaged
5.6 points and 7.8 rebounds (as well
as 1.3 steals and 1.4 blocks) this
postseason.
According to The Associated
Press, the Sixers will officially inter-
view their second coaching candi-
date this week, Boston assistant Tom
Thibodeau, in their search for a
replacement to interim coach Tony
DiLeo. Thibodeau received permis-
sion from the Celtics, even though
the Sixers are a division rival. Phila-
delphia earlier interviewed former
Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, who is
also being considered for the Sacra-
mento job. The Kings are also con-
sidering former NBA coach Paul
Westphal.
Nets owner Bruce Ratner
announced that, after several delays
because of financing and legal
issues, he expects to break ground
on an $800 million Brooklyn arena
for the team this year. On Friday, the
state Supreme Court’s appellate
division struck down a legal chal-
lenge to Ratner’s Atlantic Yards
development.
The Bucks had some good news
on Monday, announcing that the
stress fracture in C Andrew Bogut’s
back has healed and that he is
cleared for workouts. After signing
a five-year extension with the Mil-
waukee last summer, Bogut played
only 36 games this season.
Cleveland vs. Orlando
Wednesday: Orlando at Cleveland,
8:30 p.m., TNT
Friday: Orlando at Cleveland, 8:30
p.m., TNT
Sunday: Cleveland at Orlando, 8:30
p.m., TNT
Tuesday, May 26: Cleveland at
Orlando, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Thursday, May 28: Orlando at
Cleveland, 8:30 p.m., if necessary
Saturday, May 30: Cleveland at
Orlando, 8:30 p.m., if necessary
Monday, June 1: Orlando at
Cleveland, 8:30 p.m., if necessary
WESTERN CONFERENCE
L.A. Lakers vs. Denver
Today: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.,
ESPN
Thursday: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9
p.m., ESPN
Saturday: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 8:30
p.m., ABC
Monday: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.,
ESPN
Wednesday, May 27: Denver at L.A.
Lakers, 9 p.m., if necessary,
Friday, May 29: L.A. Lakers at Denver,
9 p.m., if necessary
Sunday, May 31: Denver at L.A.
Lakers, 8:30 p.m., if necessary
Betting line
Today
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Wednesday
at Cleveland .............8½ (185) ..............Orlando
Odds to Win Series
L.A. Lakers -280 Denver +240
Cleveland -900 Orlando +600
SPORTING NEWS TODAY
Kris Versteeg, SN’s runner-up for NHL rookie of the year, has 11 points in his first 13 postseason games.
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Q&A with ... Blackhawks F Kris Versteeg
‘We’ll come out a lot stronger in Game 2’
Chicago rookie forward Kris Versteeg might have
finished behind Steve Mason in the voting for Sporting
News’ rookie of the year, but he has one serious advan-
tage over the other rookie finalists: He’s still playing.
And that means a lot to Versteeg, who has 11 points
in his first 13 NHL postseason games. He spent a few
minutes with Sporting News Today’s Craig Custance fol-
lowing Monday’s practice.
Q: It’s hard to consider you a rookie
anymore considering the experi-
ence you’ve gained this season and in the
playoffs. How has the entire experience
been?
A: This has been absolutely amazing from
start to finish. From the Winter Classic,
to the (YoungStars) game to the nomination
and everything. It’s just been a whirlwind
season. I’m just so happy to be a part of this
organization and to be a part of everything
they’ve been going through.
Q: Is it a source of pride to be the last
of the Calder Trophy nominees
still playing?
A: There’s a lot of pride there. To say at the
start of the season, if anyone even knew
my name, let alone being a part of the Calder
nomination—it’s been a whirlwind. I knew I
could do it, I knew what I could always do.
Some guys get a chance to play a little later and
I got my chance a little bit later. I’ve got to stick
with it and run with it.”
Q: How valuable a learning
experience has this playoff run
JIM PRISCHING / AP
been for a young player like you?
A: This has been huge. To win the first
two rounds—this isn’t just a learning
experience for us. We’re not taking it as that.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 10
We want to win; we want to win the whole
thing. We’re not just happy to be here like
some people are saying. We’re here to win
A: I’ve learned something from them
since I was 10 years old and Steve
Yzerman was my favorite player growing up.
and we’re here to stay. We’ve been having so I’m playing against probably my favorite team
much fun in this whole thing. For myself, it’s growing up, and it has been pretty cool. You
been a learning experience and a lot of fun. have to put that aside and realize you’re here
to win and you’re here to stay. You learn from
guys like (Pavel) Datsyuk, watching him over
Q: Has that been the attitude the
whole way, or was there a point
the last six or seven years, and (Henrik)
Zetterberg. You have to take things from their
when you guys realized you could
advance further than you first thought?
game and put it in your game as much as you
can. You may never be as good as them and
A: Definitely after the first couple ones
against Calgary, you could see the
confidence grow in the room. We have a lot of
things like that, but you always try to take
something from great players.
confident guys here. We have one loss but we
always seem to rebound with guys that are
confident and know what they’re doing. We’ll Q: So, do you have a Steve Yzerman
poster in your room back home?
come out a lot stronger in Game 2.
A: I have his poster and his jersey and
everything. Never met the guy, but he’s
still my favorite.
Q: Detroit coach Mike Babcock was
saying that he can’t wait until
Chicago’s young players are making
more money and the Blackhawks run
into salary cap issues. Do you feel like
Q: You know, you really should take
that stuff down now that you’re
playing his team.
this is a window to win now with a
collection of young, cheap talent that
might be hard to keep together because
A:
down.
Yeah, I won’t take his stuff down, but
any other Red Wings stuff I have is
of the cap?
A: I don’t know. I kind of heard about the
salary cap issues a bit. That’ll happen
with all the teams, especially the top teams in Today’s game
the league. With a lot of young guys here, that
have played really well and exceeded expecta-
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tions, who knows what will happen with the
salary cap? Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m., Versus
Betting lines
Q: I know you’re trying to beat them,
but can you learn something from
the two-way play of Detroit’s talented
Today
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at Detroit ................-200 Chicago..............+170
forwards?
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Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2
Unexpected duo fuels Penguins’ opening-game victory
PITTSBURGH—Philippe Boucher and
Miroslav Satan were missing when
the Pittsburgh Penguins made the
late-season surge that carried them
from 10th place in the Eastern Con-
ference to a third consecutive trip to
the playoffs.
In the opener of the conference
finals, Boucher and Satan proved as
important to beating the Carolina
Hurricanes as Evgeni Malkin and
Sidney Crosby did.
Satan and Boucher scored their
first goals of the playoffs and goal-
tender Marc-Andre Fleury pre-
vented Carolina from getting its
offense going, leading the Penguins
to a 3-2 victory over the Hurricanes
on Monday night.
Game 2 will be Thursday night
following the first of as many as
three two-day breaks in the drawn-
out series.
Malkin and Boucher each had a
goal and an assist on a night Crosby,
the leading scorer in the playoffs with
22 points, was limited to an assist.
Satan and Malkin scored less than
90 seconds apart midway through
the first period to make it 2-0 for the
Penguins, who are trying to win
back-to-back conference champion-
ships for the first time since 1991-92.
The Penguins got major contribu-
tions from Satan, who fell into such
disfavor in March that he was sent
to the minors, and Boucher, a defen-
seman who sat out 30 games during
the second half of the season follow-
ing foot surgery.
“We like to believe we’re deep—
whoever we dress, we’ve got some
good players that are not playing
Miroslav Satan exited the penalty box and beat Cam Ward with a move he said he’s used for ‘25 years’ to get the series’ first goal.
right now and everybody can come
in and help out. It’s good that we
both did it,” said Boucher, who
played four of the Penguins’ first 13
playoff games.
Boucher, in uniform because Sergei
Gonchar’s sore right knee led coach
Dan Bylsma to dress seven defense-
men, scored what proved to be the
decisive goal on a power play at 11:33
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
of the third, a shot from the left circle
that trickled across the goal line.
“He’s been ready, he stayed ready
and worked hard,” Bylsma said.
“He didn’t get a lot of minutes (8½),
but when he did he cashed in.”
Boucher’s goal was his first in the
playoffs since April 12, 2004, and
proved significant when Joe Corvo
scored on a power play with 1:26
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
remaining for Carolina, which has
dropped Game 1 in each of its three
playoff series. Eric Staal missed a
chance from in close that would
have tied it during the final minute.
“It looked like Staal had the whole
net, but that’s indicative of the way
Fleury played all night,” defense-
man Brooks Orpik said.
Fleury didn’t make as many tough
saves as Carolina’s Cam Ward, who
turned aside 28 shots, but he kept
the Hurricanes from getting any
offensive flow going in a game when
many of their best scoring chances
came in the opening and closing
minutes. Fleury made 23 saves.
“Fleury came up with some timely
saves early to settle them down and
give them the opportunity to get
going, and once they get going they’re
a very quick team,” Ward said.
The Hurricanes were better than
they were in losing Game 1 to New
Jersey and Boston, each time 4-1,
but played from behind after Satan
came out of the penalty box and
scored at 9:17 on a breakaway cre-
ated by Matt Cooke’s up-ice pass.
“It’s a move I’ve probably used for
25 years,” said the 34-year-old
Satan, who shifted from his fore-
hand to his backhand before tuck-
ing a shot inside the near post.
Cooke had no idea Satan was
coming out of the box.
“As soon as I got the puck on my
stick, I just tried to get it out to the
neutral zone so I could get a (line)
change,” Cooke said.
Malkin made it 2-0 at 10:41 on
another backhander, to Ward’s
stick side, after Boucher found him
with a pass to the slot.
“I thought our game was there,
and Fleury made some huge saves
in the first period,” said Staal, who
is competing against Pittsburgh’s
Jordan Staal in the first brother vs.
brother matchup in the conference
finals in 35 years. “We’ve just got to
be better, tighten up and not have
breakdowns early.”
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 11
Series glance
(Pittsburgh leads series 1-0)
Monday: Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2
Thursday: Carolina at Pittsburgh,
7:30 p.m., Versus
Saturday: Pittsburgh at Carolina,
7:30 p.m. Versus
Tuesday, May 26: Pittsburgh at
Carolina, 7:30 p.m., Versus
Friday, May 29: Carolina at
Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m., if necessary,
Versus
Sunday, May 31: Pittsburgh at
Carolina, 7:30 p.m., if necessary,
Versus
Tuesday, June 2: Carolina at
Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m., if necessary,
Versus
Carolina 0 1 1 — 2
Pittsburgh 2 0 1 — 3
First Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Satan 1 (Cooke, Gill), 9:17. 2, Pittsburgh,
Malkin 7 (Boucher), 10:41. Penalties: E.Staal, Car (interference),
2:37; Walker, Car (interference), 5:01; Satan, Pit (holding), 7:07.
Second Period: 3, Carolina, LaRose 3 (Cole, Cullen), 13:04. Penal-
ties: Cole, Car (interference), 15:13.
Third Period: 4, Pittsburgh, Boucher 1 (Crosby, Malkin), 11:33 (pp).
5, Carolina, Corvo 2 (Whitney, Brind’Amour), 18:34 (pp). Penalties:
Cullen, Car (delay of game), 9:50; Orpik, Pit (elbowing), 17:26.
Shots on Goal: Carolina 12-6-7: 25. Pittsburgh 9-12-10: 31.
Power-play opportunities: Carolina 1 of 2; Pittsburgh 1 of 4.
Goalies: Carolina, Ward 8-7-0 (31 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury
9-5-0 (25-23).
A: 17,132 (16,940). T: 2:20.
Referees: Dave Jackson, Dan O’Halloran. Linesmen: Steve Miller,
Jean Morin.
While the Hurricanes didn’t have
a letdown after an emotional seven-
game, second-round series against
top-seeded Boston, they again
lacked goals. That’s been an ongoing
problem for a team that came in
averaging 2.36 goals per game, far
less than Pittsburgh’s 3.46 average.
—The Associated Press
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CONFERENCE FINALS
Report: Roy is considering offer to coach Avalanche (Best-of-7), all times ET

Patrick Roy, a three-time Vezina Trophy
winner and the second-winningest goalten-
der in NHL history, is considering an offer to
become coach of the Colorado Avalanche,
according to sources cited by a story in The
Denver Post.
The Post reports that Roy has been offered
the job currently held by Tony Granato. The
Hall of Fame goalie denied the report to the
French language website SRC.ca., but The
Post said it talked to multiple sources who
confirmed Roy has an offer.
Granato, who has two years remaining on
his contract, reportedly has not been told
he’s out of a job. Since a well publicized
meeting last week between Roy and Ava-
lanche president Peter Lacroix, nothing has
been said about Granato’s standing with the
team. Lacroix recently fired general man-
ager Francois Giguere in what was described as
a front-office restructuring, but no replace-
ment has been named.
Roy is the co-owner, G.M. and coach of the
Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. He has
made no secret of his desire to get into NHL
coaching and speculation has centered on
the Avs and Montreal Canadiens, his two
former teams. The Canadiens currently have
an opening because interim coach Bob Gainey
is returning to his full-time duties as G.M.
“Patrick is a very deliberate guy who ana-
lyzes everything,” Jacques Demers, Roy’s for-
mer coach, told The Post. “He’s not necessarily
going to take the first job that might come
along. He’s going to want to go into a situa-
tion he thinks is on the right track and that
he’s going to feel comfortable with.”
And that might not be Colorado, a team
that sank last season to last place in the
Western Conference with 69 points—the
worst finish since it moved from Quebec to
Denver in 1995.
According to The (Toronto) Globe and
Mail, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman sent an
Since retiring in 2003, two-time Cup champ Patrick Roy has served as co-owner, G.M. and coach of a junior team in Quebec. Now, he could be on the verge of a return to the NHL.
internal e-mail to deputy commissioner Bill
Daly last month stating that the league should
offer the Phoenix Coyotes to Winnipeg before
relocating the team anywhere else.
In an e-mail dated April 4, 2009, Bettman
described his reaction to news from Earl Scud-
der, a lawyer working for Coyotes owner Jerry
Moyes, that he had recently heard from Richard
Rodier, a Toronto lawyer representing Cana-
dian businessman Jim Balsillie, who expressed
interest in buying the club and relocating to
southern Ontario.
“I told (Scudder) that at some point, if we
don’t have an alternative, I will have to start
looking at the moving option,” Bettman wrote
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Carolina vs. Pittsburgh
Monday: Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2
Thursday: Carolina at Pittsburgh,
7:30 p.m., Versus
Saturday: Pittsburgh at Carolina,
7:30 p.m. Versus
Tuesday, May 26: Pittsburgh at Carolina,
7:30 p.m., Versus
Friday, May 29: Carolina at Pittsburgh,
7:30 p.m., if necessary, Versus
Sunday, May 31: Pittsburgh at Carolina,
7:30 p.m., if necessary, Versus
Tuesday, June 2: Carolina at Pittsburgh,
7:30 p.m., if necessary, Versus
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Chicago vs. Detroit
(Detroit leads series 1-0)
Sunday, May 17: Detroit 5, Chicago 2
Today: Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m., Versus
Friday: Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m., Versus
Sunday: Detroit at Chicago,
3 p.m., NBC
Wednesday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit,
7:30 p.m., if necessary, Versus
Saturday, May 30: Detroit at Chicago, 8
p.m., if necessary, Versus
Monday, June 1: Chicago at Detroit, 7:30
p.m., if necessary, Versus
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP
Betting line
Today
in the e-mail, which was filed in court. 23-year-old Krejci, who finished behind only
When Scudder asked specifically about Marc Savard with 73 points, will undergo hip FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
southern Ontario and Hamilton, Bettman surgery. G.M. Peter Chiarelli also said D Andrew at Detroit -200 Carolina +170
said, “I responded that it’s a league opportu- Ference will have surgery to deal with a torn
nity, the building is too old etc. and, frankly, groin, a bruised pelvis and a hernia.
if this team had to move it should first be Odds to win Stanley Cup
offered to Winnipeg.” TSN reports that Philadelphia C Danny Bri-
CURRENT OPENING
ere will have corrective eye surgery today. G.M. TEAM ODDS ODDS
Phil Kessel and David Krejci, the Boston Bru- Paul Holmgren says Briere will have a procedure Detroit 3-2 4-1
ins’ second and third-leading scorers, will called photorefractive keratectomy and will Pittsburgh 8-5 7-1
undergo surgeries that could keep them need only a few weeks to recover. Chicago 7-2 25-1
from playing in early games next season. Briere says his contact lenses bothered Carolina 6-1 35-1
The 21-year-old Kessel, who led the team him at times during the season so he elected
with 36 goals, will have surgery for a torn to have the surgery, which will be performed
rotator cuff and labrum in his shoulder. The at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
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Brewers’ Weeks done for season; Surgery for Delgado
Brewers 2B Rickie Weeks will miss
the rest of the season because of a
tear in his left wrist, a severe set-
back for the N.L. Central leaders.
Weeks, who had a similar injury
to his right wrist in 2006, hurt
himself while striking out Sunday
in St. Louis. He left Busch Stadium
wearing a brace and underwent an
MRI exam Monday in Arizona that
revealed the extent of the damage.
“We’re going to miss the guy,”
manager Ken Macha said before Mon-
day night’s game against the Cardi-
nals. “He was having a tremendous
year, a great start. But nobody’s
going to feel sorry for you.”
The Brewers had won 11 of 13 and
led the division by 1½ games, recov-
ering from a 4-9 start with Weeks
as a catalyst.
“I was enjoying myself watching
him play,” Macha said. “This is one
tough guy, a grinder, very intense.
It’s a shame.”
Weeks was hitting .272 with nine
home runs and 24 RBIs.
The Brewers said Weeks had a
torn sheath in his left wrist and will
likely have surgery this week. Recov-
ery time is four to six months and
surgery is likely on Wednesday.
“Rickie was making progress. He
was showing he could be the kind of
player we all thought he could be,”
general manager Doug Melvin said.
Mets slugger Carlos Delgado will
have arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on
his right hip, and there’s no immediate
word on when he might return to the
lineup. The Mets, who entered Monday
leading the N.L. East by a half-game
over Philadelphia, said Delgado has a
bone spur and a torn labrum in his
INSIDE DISH
hip.“The way Carlos was responding
to all the things he was trying—and it
wasn’t getting any better—I wasn’t
too optimistic about it,” Mets man-
ager Jerry Manuel said. “What we have
to do now is try and find out how
we’re going to continue to play good
baseball without Carlos Delgado.”
Delgado is hitting .298 with four
home runs and 23 RBIs in 26 games.
The Rays have put DH Pat Burrell
on the disabled list and called up RP
Jason Isringhausen to help out their
weary bullpen. Burrell, who has been
bothered by neck pain, is not expected
to be sidelined for long. He was put
on the D.L. retroactive to May 11 and
could return May 26. Isringhausen is
fully rehabbed from September
elbow surgery and has made 10
appearances between Class A Mont-
gomery and Class AAA Durham.
According to The Detroit News,
the mystery surrounding a leave of
absence granted to Tigers OF Magglio
Ordonez was cleared up Monday when
the team announced he will miss at
least two games so he can be with his
wife, who is undergoing surgery.
The Houston Chronicle reports
that Astros closer LaTroy Hawkins was
unavailable Sunday after hurting his
right hip when he slipped while try-
ing to catch an errant throw in the
ninth inning of Saturday’s game
against the Cubs. “I’m sore every-
where,” a limping Hawkins told the
newspaper. “I feel like I was in a car
accident. Just slipped backing up
home plate. I got jarred.”
Orioles SS Cesar Izturis suffered a
Baseball
Rickie Weeks, right, had been a catalyst for the surging Brewers, but a wrist injury ended his year.
groin strain in Sunday’s game against
the Royals and says he’s not sure if it
will force him out of the lineup. “We’ll
see how it feels after the day off
(today),” Izturis told The Baltimore
Sun. “It’s sore right now. We’ll wait
and see what happens.”
Rockies RP Matt Daley will be
placed on the disabled list after step-
ping on a bat and spraining his left
foot in the seventh inning of Sunday’s
game against the Pirates.
The Athletics put RP Dan Giese on
the 15-day disabled list and recalled
lefthander Gio Gonzalez from Class
AAA Sacramento on Monday. Giese
MORRY GASH / AP
has a nerve problem near his right
elbow. He is 0-3 with a 5.32 ERA in
seven games, including one start this
season. Also, IF Nomar Garciaparra ran
the bases, fielded grounders at third
and took batting practice. Garciap-
arra, placed on the 15-day D.L. April
29 due to a strained right calf, might
be ready to return Wednesday.
Ranger closer Frank Francisco
threw a bullpen session Monday and
is scheduled to throw a simulated
game Wednesday in Detroit. Fran-
cisco, who hasn’t appeared in a game
since May 6, went on the disabled list
Saturday with right biceps
tendinitis.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 13
THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
The wait is over
The A.L. East’s top two teams finally meet tonight in Boston when the
Blue Jays and Red Sox begin a three-game series. They have split their sea-
son series in each of the past two seasons, though this is the first meeting
between them this season. (Meanwhile, Boston already has faced Tampa
Bay 10 times.) The Red Sox are coming off a tough West Coast road trip, but
at 13-4, they have the fewest home losses in the A.L. Tonight also marks the
return to the starting lineup for Boston DH David Ortiz, who was benched
the past three games in an effort to get him back on track. In 131 career
games, Big Papi has 31 homers and 104 RBIs against Toronto.
Triple Crown?
Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is a legitimate MVP candidate and
Triple Crown threat. When Tampa Bay begins a three-game series against
Oakland tonight, Longoria will be facing a player who won an MVP award
and made a run at the Triple Crown just a couple of years ago. A’s outfielder
Matt Holliday—then a member of the Rockies—led the N.L. with a .340
average and 137 RBIs in 2007, but his 36 homers were 14 fewer than Brewers
first baseman Prince Fielder.
Fear Fukudome
The Cubs and Cardinals have split their first six games this season and will
begin another three-game set tonight at Busch Stadium. In Chicago’s three
wins over St. Louis, it has scored 25 runs. In its three losses, it has managed
only nine. The Cub who has done the most damage against the Cardinals in
2009 is an unlikely one: Outfielder Kosuke Fukudome is hitting .423 with two
homers and 10 RBIs. Meanwhile, seven different Cardinals have homered off
Cubs pitching, with third baseman Brian Barden, outfielder Ryan Ludwick
and shortstop Khalil Greene going deep twice.
— Chris Bahr
CHRIS CARLSON / AP
After three games on the bench, David Ortiz returns to Boston’s lineup tonight.
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1. Blue Jays (1) Second baseman Aaron Hill, who already has 11 homers and 33 RBIs this season, is just about a lock to win comeback player of the year.

2. Dodgers (4) Young lefty Clayton Kershaw continued his hot-or-not pattern on Sunday, holding the Marlins hitless into the eighth inning.

3. Brewers (6) In their first two games of an N.L. Central showdown in St. Louis this weekend, starters Jeff Suppan and Manny Parra allowed a total of two runs in 13 innings.

4. Rangers (12) Now that was a homestand. The Rangers swept the Mariners and the Angels, and it wasn’t just because of their big bats.

5. Mets (21) Would have been nice to close out a four-game sweep in San Francisco but taking three of four still is pretty good.

6. Red Sox (2) The Big Papi slump is hitting critical stage. Which, at least, has deflected some of the attention from Jon Lester’s crummy start to the season (2-4, 6.51 ERA).
Theses guys have scored at least nine runs in four of their past five games. The concern is about Armando Galarraga, who has allowed at least five earned runs each of his past
7. Tigers (7) four starts.
TONY GUTIERREZ / AP 8. Yankees (17) Finally, a bit of magic in the new Yankee Stadium. Walk-off hits in three consecutive games against the Twins could be the spark this team needs.
Ian Kinsler (5) and Josh Hamilton are big
reasons the Rangers are so hot lately. 9. Cubs (10) The loss Sunday to the Astros snapped a five-game winning streak, but there was a silver lining. Struggling Derrek Lee went 4-for-5 with a homer and a pair of RBIs.
Funny how a four-game series against the Nationals can cure what ails a team. Brad Lidge ended his streak of five consecutive appearances with at least one earned run
10. Phillies (15)
Power Poll 11. Cardinals (3)
allowed.
Rough week for the Birds, who lost slugger Ryan Ludwick to the disabled list and four of five games against the Pirates and Brewers.
BY RYAN FAGAN
rfagan@sportingnews.com 12. Reds (9) The week that started so well—a road sweep of the hapless Diamondbacks—ended with a road sweep (the wrong kind) by the not-as-hapless Padres.

If you haven’t already, start pay- 13. Royals (8) When will Luke Hochevar figure out how to get major league hitters out? Will he ever? He had a 0.90 ERA at Class AAA Omaha, but in two starts for K.C., his ERA is 16.88.
ing attention to the Rangers.
14. Rays (18) The Rays haven’t quite been world-beaters lately, but they’re 8-4 in their past dozen, which is a start. Now, if B.J. Upton can get that average back over .200 …
They’re a legitimate threat to
claim the A.L. West title. They 15. Angels (13) The current 10-game road trip started with a thud, with three losses to the upstart Rangers. Now, four in Seattle and three “on the road” against the Dodgers.
have, as always, the hitting. Ian
Kinsler is in the conversation about 16. Giants (14) This should be the year Bengie Molina earns his first All-Star nod; he’s batting better than .300 and leading the Giants in homers and RBIs.
the best leadoff hitter in baseball,
and now Josh Hamilton is back in 17. Twins (19) If the Twins had won those three games that the Yankees claimed in dramatic fashion, they’d be tied for first place in the A.L. Central.

the lineup. Chris Davis and Hank 18. Braves (20) For all the time the Braves have spent around the .500 mark, they’re still only barely out of first. Winning at home would be a great place to start an upward trend.
Blaylock both have double-digit
homers. They have a defensive con- 19. Marlins (11) The Marlins’ fall from grace has been pretty much a team effort, but if you’re looking to assign specific blame, the top of the order isn’t a bad place to start.
fidence that had been as scarce as
solid starting pitching there, deep 20. Astros (22) This team has issues, but Pudge Rodriguez, the 37-year-old catcher the team brought in as a free agent, hasn’t been one of them.
in the heart of Texas.
21. Mariners (16) The Brandon Morrow debacle (pair of blown saves, demotion from closer’s job) is the negative headline for this week in Seattle.
And they have some pretty decent
pitching, with a bullpen that has 22. Padres (24) Think the Cubs noticed that Jake Peavy pitched a complete-game four-hitter against the Central’s Reds on Sunday? Probably so.
started to get key outs on a regular
basis (notice the four-person commit- 23. Orioles (25) Interleague play (and a series against the Nationals) can’t come soon enough.
tee that shut out the Angels on Sun- 24. Pirates (26) The Bucs wrapped up a solid 4-2 homestand with an impressive 10-run seventh inning Sunday against the Rockies.
day?). And more help is on the way.
Youngster Derek Holland, a future 25. White Sox (21) Just 4-11 in May, the season is starting to show a disturbing trend. You, know, like going 4-11 to start a month.
top-notch starter, is cutting his teeth in
the bullpen and fellow neophyte Nef- 26. Rockies (27) You know something’s wrong with the pitching staff when a team (the Pirates) tied its single-game scoring high (10 runs) in one inning.
tali Feliz will follow the same training 27. Indians (30) At what point is Eric Wedge legitimately worried about his job security?
schedule at some point this season.
There’s a long way to go for the 28. Diamondbacks (23) At what point is A.J. Hinch legitimately worried about his job security?
Rangers to get back to the posteason
for the first time since 1999, to be 29. Athletics (28) What’s the over-under on the number of teams Billy Beane already has exchanged Matt Holliday-themed trade ideas with?
sure, but this group of players is
starting to believe.
30. Nationals (29) After climbing out of this poll’s basement last week, the Nats promptly dropped seven of eight.
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Fantasy Focus LEAGUE LEADERS
American League Standings
Batting Average Home Runs East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Start ’em, Sit ’em Toronto 27 14 .659 — — 7-3 W-4 16-6 11-8
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Boston 22 16 .579 3½ — 5-5 L-1 13-4 9-12
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team New York 21 17 .553 4½ 1 8-2 W-6 10-7 11-10
VMartinez Cleveland .401 Beltran New York .367 CPena Tampa Bay 13 AdGonzalez San Diego 15 Tampa Bay 20 20 .500 6½ 3 6-4 W-4 10-8 10-12
Baltimore 16 22 .421 9½ 6 5-5 L-1 11-11 5-11
Bartlett Tampa Bay .384 Votto Cincinnati .366 Morneau Minnesota 12 Ibanez Philadelphia 13
MiCabrera Detroit .375 DWright New York .359 Bay Boston 11 Pujols St. Louis 13 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
AdJones Baltimore .370 Zimmerman Washington .358 AHill Toronto 11 ASoriano Chicago 12 Detroit 20 16 .556 — — 6-4 W-3 11-5 9-11
Kansas City 20 18 .526 1 2 3-7 W-1 13-8 7-10
MYoung Texas .351 Ibanez Philadelphia .357 Kinsler Texas 11 Bruce Cincinnati 11 Minnesota 18 21 .462 3½ 4½ 5-5 L-4 14-9 4-12
AHill Toronto .345 Hawpe Colorado .345 Longoria Tampa Bay 11 Dunn Washington 11 Chicago 15 22 .405 5½ 6½ 2-8 L-5 8-8 7-14
CHRIS PARK / AP Longoria Tampa Bay .345 HaRamirez Florida .343 Seven tied 10 Two tied 10 Cleveland 14 25 .359 7½ 8½ 3-7 L-3 7-11 7-14
San Diego P Chris Young West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Runs Stolen Bases Texas 23 14 .622 — — 8-2 W-7 14-6 9-8
Los Angeles 19 18 .514 4 2½ 6-4 W-1 12-8 7-10
Start ’em A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 18 21 .462 6 4½ 3-7 L-1 9-9 9-12
Oakland 13 22 .371 9 7½ 4-6 L-4 8-10 5-12
Chris Young, SP, Padres. Young’s Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
ERA (5.56) and WHIP (1.51) are Scutaro
AdJones
Toronto
Baltimore
36
35
Pujols
Ibanez
St. Louis
Philadelphia
34
33
Crawford
Figgins
Tampa Bay
Los Angeles
24
17
Bourn
JosReyes
Houston
New York
13
11
National League Standings
reprehensible, but he’s maintained East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
3.14 ERA over 10 career starts Markakis Baltimore 35 ASoriano Chicago 33 Ellsbury Boston 16 Burriss San Francisco 10 Philadelphia 20 16 .556 — — 6-4 W-4 8-12 12-4
BRoberts Baltimore 33 Zimmerman Washington 33 Abreu Los Angeles 14 Fowler Colorado 10 New York 21 17 .553 — 1 6-4 L-2 12-8 9-9
against the Giants. Young is 2-0 Bay Boston 32 Werth Philadelphia 31 BUpton Tampa Bay 12 Morgan Pittsburgh 10 Atlanta 18 19 .486 2½ 3½ 6-4 L-2 6-11 12-8
with a 2.37 ERA at PETCO Park. Three tied 31 Hudson Los Angeles 29 Bartlett Tampa Bay 11 Taveras Cincinnati 10
Florida 18 20 .474 3 4 3-7 L-1 7-9 11-11
Washington 11 26 .297 9½ 10½ 2-8 L-5 5-12 6-14
Hunter Pence, OF, Astros. Pence will Five tied 28 Crisp Kansas City 11 DWright New York 10
bounce back from Sunday’s Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Milwaukee 24 14 .632 — — 8-2 W-6 12-7 12-7
0-for-4, four-strikeout debacle. RBIs Pitching (4 decisions) Chicago 21 15 .583 2 — 7-3 L-1 12-7 9-8
He is 5-of-11 (.455) with a homer St. Louis 21 17 .553 3 1 3-7 L-3 12-8 9-9
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Cincinnati 20 17 .541 3½ 1½ 6-4 L-3 7-9 13-8
against Milwaukee’s Dave Bush. Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Houston 17 19 .472 6 4 6-4 W-1 8-10 9-9
Andruw Jones, OF, Rangers. Jones Longoria Tampa Bay 46 Pujols St. Louis 37 Palmer Los Angeles 4-0 1.000 Martis Washington 5-0 1.000 Pittsburgh 17 21 .447 7 5 5-5 W-3 11-9 6-12
could get a start against Detroit’s Bay Boston 40 Fielder Milwaukee 36 Frasor Toronto 4-0 1.000 Meredith San Diego 4-0 1.000 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Dontrelle Willis. Jones is 15-of-48 Lind Toronto 35 Ibanez Philadelphia 35 Halladay Toronto 8-1 .889 Broxton Los Angeles 4-0 1.000 Los Angeles 27 13 .675 — — 6-4 W-2 15-3 12-10
AHill Toronto 34 Cantu Florida 33 Greinke Kansas City 7-1 .875 Billingsley Los Angeles 5-1 .833 San Francisco 19 18 .514 6½ 2½ 5-5 W-1 13-8 6-10
(.313) lifetime against the D-Train. San Diego 16 22 .421 10 6 4-6 W-3 11-6 5-16
Markakis Baltimore 34 Hawpe Colorado 32 Slowey Minnesota 5-1 .833 Cueto Cincinnati 4-1 .800 Colorado 15 22 .405 10½ 6½ 4-6 W-1 7-10 8-12
Three tied 33 Dunn Washington 31 Buehrle Chicago 5-1 .833 Stults Los Angeles 4-1 .800 Arizona 14 23 .378 11½ 7½ 3-7 W-1 9-15 5-8
Sit ’em Zimmerman Washington 31 z-first game was a win
Jhonny Peralta, SS, Indians. Peralta’s
bat finally is warming up, but he’s Doubles Strikeouts
Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
2-of-17 (.118) lifetime against A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
Kansas City’s Brian Bannister. Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Baltimore (Bergesen 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-3), 7:05 p.m. at NY -260 Bal +230
Skip Schumaker, OF, Cardinals. Longoria Tampa Bay 16 FSanchez Pittsburgh 15 Verlander Detroit 69 Peavy San Diego 69 Texas (McCarthy 3-1) at Detroit (Willis 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Tex -115 at Det +105
Schumaker is just 1-of-12 (.083) Callaspo Kansas City 15 Hudson Los Angeles 14 Greinke Kansas City 65 JSantana New York 67
Oakland (Outman 1-0) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 3-4), 7:08 p.m. at TB -180 Oak +170
against Chicago lefthander Ted Byrd Texas 14 HaRamirez Florida 14 Halladay Toronto 57 JVazquez Atlanta 67
Toronto (Tallet 2-1) at Boston (Wakefield 4-2), 7:10 p.m. at Bos -155 Tor +145
Lilly and is hitting just .211 Lind Toronto 14 Zimmerman Washington 14 Lester Boston 54 Lincecum San Francisco 66
MYoung Texas 14 Kotchman Atlanta 13 FHernandez Seattle 53 Billingsley Los Angeles 56 Cleveland (Cl.Lee 2-5) at Kansas City (Bannister 3-1), 8:10 p.m. Cle -135 at KC +125
against lefties this season. Markakis Baltimore 13 Four tied 12 Beckett Boston 46 Haren Arizona 56 Minnesota (S.Baker 1-4) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 5-1), 8:11 p.m. at Chi -140 Min +130
Scott Baker, SP, Twins. Baker’s Polanco Detroit 13 Garza Tampa Bay 45 Harden Chicago 53 L.A. Angels (Palmer 4-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-2), 10:10 p.m. at Sea -160 LA +150
career ERA against the White Sox
(6.81) is a near match with his ERA Triples Saves National League The Line
this season (6.95). Owners trolling A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
Pittsburgh (Karstens 1-2) at Washington (Martis 5-0), 7:05 p.m. at Was -130 Pit +120
for strikeouts will be disappointed. Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Philadelphia (Hamels 1-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-1), 7:10 p.m. at Cin -115 Phi +105
— Bill Bender Crisp Kansas City 5 Kemp Los Angeles 4 Papelbon Boston 10 FrRodriguez New York 11 Arizona (Garland 3-2) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 3-0), 7:10 p.m. at Flo -180 Ari +170
Andrus Texas 3 Bourn Houston 3 Fuentes Los Angeles 9 Cordero Cincinnati 10 Colorado (Hammel 0-2) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 3-2), 7:10 p.m. at Atl -200 Col +185
MORE COVERAGE JBuck Kansas City 3 Morgan Pittsburgh 3 FFrancisco Texas 9 Franklin St. Louis 9 Milwaukee (Bush 2-0) at Houston (Hampton 2-3), 8:05 p.m. at Hou -105 Mil -105
Crawford Tampa Bay 3 Victorino Philadelphia 3 Jenks Chicago 8 Broxton Los Angeles 9 Chicago Cubs (Lilly 5-2) at St. Louis (Pineiro 4-3), 8:15 p.m. Chi -110 at STL +100
Get everything you need to 14 tied 2 Winn San Francisco 3 Sherrill Baltimore 7 BWilson San Francisco 9 San Francisco (Zito 1-3) at San Diego (C.Young 2-2), 10:05 p.m. at SD -135 SF +125
dominate your fantasy league at DWright New York 3 Soria Kansas City 7 Bell San Diego 9
sportingnews.com/fantasy/baseball N.Y. Mets (Maine 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 5-1), 10:10 p.m. at LA -150 NY +140
19 tied 2 MaRivera New York 7 Hoffman Milwaukee 9.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 16
NATIONAL LEAGUE Brewers 8, Cardinals 4
Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Counsell 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1 .324
Hardy ss 4 2 1 0 1 0 .220
Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 4 Braun lf 3 4 2 1 2 1 .328
Fielder 1b 1 1 1 1 4 0 .271
M.Cameron cf 2 0 0 1 2 1 .285
Hart rf 4 0 0 1 1 2 .248

Brewers keep on winning Gamel 3b

c-Hall ph-3b
Kendall c
Looper p
DiFelice p
3 1
1 0
5 0
3 0
0 0
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
.250
.260
.234
.071
---
Stetter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
ST. LOUIS—Braden Looper had no idea Milwau- at-bats went six pitches or more and anytime Villanueva p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Totals 33 8 8 8 11 10
kee Brewers leadoff man Rickie Weeks was out you have that, you’re working really hard and
for the season until after he beat his former team. they’re seeing everything you’ve got. St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Schumaker 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .301
Looper had his own job to worry about. “You leave one up, and they hit it.” Stavinoha rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .273
Pujols 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .321
The righthander carried a two-hitter into the The Cardinals converted Looper (4-2) to a Duncan lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .258
seventh inning, Mat Gamel hit a three-run starter in 2007 and he settled for a free-agent Y.Molina c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .291
McClellan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
homer in his first career start and the Brewers deal with Milwaukee after going 12-14 last year. b-Br.Ryan ph-ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .268
Rasmus cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .248
completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Rasmus’ third homer off Looper came after first Barden 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .270
Boyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Cardinals with an 8-4 victory Monday night. baseman Prince Fielder’s fielding error to start D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
“Obviously, it’s a huge loss, but to be honest I the seventh and represented St. Louis’ first d-K.Greene ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .202
Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
didn’t know until just a few minutes ago,” Looper earned run off him in 23 career innings over 17 T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Lohse p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214
said. “I’m in my own world with the headphones, appearances, the first 16 in relief. C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
not really knowing what’s going on. Looper, though 62-60 for his career, is the a-Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
“But you feel for the guy.” winningest pitcher at 4-year-old Busch Stadium LaRue c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333
T.Greene ss-3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Jason Kendall became the eighth full-time with a 21-13 record and 3.52 ERA. Totals 35 4 6 4 3 5
catcher to reach 2,000 hits for the Brewers, who “You obviously want to win every game, but I Milwaukee 004 012 010 — 8 8 3
have won 12 of 14 overall and 10 of 11 over the have a lot of friends over there and people I’ve St. Louis 000 000 400 — 4 6 0
Cardinals the last two seasons. They won their played with for quite a few years,” Looper said. a-grounded out for C.Perez in the 5th. b-reached on error
for McClellan in the 7th. c-struck out for Gamel in the 8th.
sixth in a row hours after learning Weeks will “I’d be lying if I didn’t say it’s a little extra d-struck out for D.Reyes in the 8th. E: Looper (1), Fielder (1),
miss the rest of the season with a wrist injury, sweet.” Gamel (1). LOB: Milwaukee 12, St. Louis 7. 2B: Hardy (5),
Braun (9), T.Greene (2). HR: Gamel (1), off Lohse; Rasmus
and are a major league-best 20-5 since a 4-9 Cardinals pitchers combined for 11 walks in (3), off Looper; Schumaker (2), off DiFelice. RBIs: Braun
(29), Fielder (36), M.Cameron (20), Hart (16), Gamel 3 (3),
start. the finale, and 23 in the series. Fielder had an Kendall (14), Schumaker 2 (12), Rasmus 2 (13). SB: Br.Ryan
(2). S: Looper. SF: M.Cameron. Runners left in scoring
“I love Rickie, and I told everybody that,” Mil- RBI single and walked four times for the second position: Milwaukee 7 (Hart 2, Counsell, Looper 2, Gamel,
waukee manager Ken Macha said. “He’s a tre- time in his career—the first also came in St. Hall); St. Louis 3 (Duncan 2, LaRue). DP: Milwaukee 1
(Looper, Counsell, Fielder).
mendous guy but we need to go out and play, Louis on April 15, 2008.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
too.” Looper said umpire Tim Timmons’ strike Looper W, 4-2 6 3 3 1 2 0 100 4.26
Craig Counsell, who replaced Weeks in the zone was minuscule for both teams, venting his DiFelice 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 24 1.42
Stetter H, 8 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.92
leadoff spot and at second base, was 1 for 6. frustration before leaving the mound. Villanueva 2 1 0 0 0 4 30 4.74
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kyle Lohse (3-3) struggled with control on two “Luckily we got the four runs,” Looper said. Lohse L, 3-3 4 4 4 4 3 5 89 4.66
C.Perez 1 1 1 1 3 3 34 3.00
days’ rest after working two innings in Friday’s “So I just kept trying to throw the ball down the Motte 1 1 2 2 3 0 30 4.30
rainout, trailing 4-0 after four innings while middle, to be honest with you, just to get a McClellan 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.60
Boyer 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 5 12.00
throwing 89 pitches. Colby Rasmus and Skip strike.” D.Reyes 2⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 19 3.65
Franklin 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 10 1.10
Schumaker hit two-run homers in the seventh Gamel was recalled from Class AAA Nash- T.Miller 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.27
for St. Louis, which totaled two runs the first ville on Thursday. He had one at-bat this season Looper pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-
scored: DiFelice 1-1, Stetter 2-0, D.Reyes 1-1, T.Miller 1-0.
two games in the series. before getting the start at third base. TOM GANNAM / AP HBP: by Lohse (Hardy). Umpires: Home, Tim Timmons;
First, Gerry Davis; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Mark Wegner.
“Everything was up,” Lohse said. “About eight — The Associated Press Mat Gamel’s three-run home run, his first in the majors, in the third inning gave Milwaukee a 4-0 lead. T: 3:21. A: 39,136 (43,975).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 5, Atlanta 1

Fewest fans ever at Turner Field see Braves fall to 6-11 at home
ATLANTA—Jason Marquis got the bet- game, and that’s ultimately why we Rockies 5, Braves 1
ter of Derek Lowe in a pitchers’ duel came up a little short,” Lowe said. Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Fowler cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250
and there weren’t a whole lot of people “They did a good job of manufactur- Tulowitzki ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
there to see it. ing a run in the sixth inning and that Helton 1b 4 1 0 1 0 0 .336
Hawpe rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .345
The righthanders went at it for was the ball game.” Iannetta c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .244
eight innings before Colorado added Colorado, which had lost three out S.Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Spilborghs lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .270
three runs against two relievers in of four and seven of 10, snapped a Stewart 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .198
the ninth for a 5-1 victory over Atlanta two-game losing streak. Barmes 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .238
Marquis p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235
on Monday night. The Braves have lost two straight b-Atkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194
The Braves dropped to 6-11 at and three of four. Street p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 35 5 6 4 1 3
Turner Field this season, and the lat- “We hit three bullets in the eighth
est loss was in front of 15,364, the inning,” said Braves manager Bobby Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
K.Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225
smallest paid crowd since the sta- Cox, whose team grounded into a O’Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
dium opened in 1997. season-high four double plays. “That Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Escobar ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .304
Marquis had the right strategy to was a game-changer. We didn’t have C.Jones 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .314
keep Atlanta’s hitters off balance. any luck at all. We had one hit less G.Anderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239
McCann c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .282
“I pounded the bottom of the strike than they did, and they got five runs. Kotchman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .289
zone,” he said. “I was able to attack Figure that one out.” Francoeur rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247
Schafer cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .215
the strike zone and put the ball on the Dexter Fowler, who gave Colorado D.Lowe p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .143
ground.” a 1-0 lead in the third with an RBI a-Infante ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .337
Totals 28 1 5 0 3 3
Marquis (5-3) scattered five hits groundout, doubled leading off the
and allowed one run in eight innings sixth. He moved to third on a ground- Colorado 001 001 003 — 5 6 0
Atlanta 000 100 000 — 1 5 2
to end a two-start losing streak. He out and made it 2-1 on Todd Helton’s
struck out three and walked three. RBI fielder’s choice grounder. a-flied out for D.Lowe in the 8th. b-fouled out for
Marquis in the 9th. E: C.Jones (5), Escobar (4). LOB:
Marquis gave up 16 runs—14 Atlanta tied it at 1 in the sixth on a Colorado 4, Atlanta 3. 2B: Fowler (7). RBIs: Fowler
earned—in his previous two starts, a double-play grounder by Casey (10), Helton (22), Iannetta (17), Spilborghs (17). SB:
Spilborghs (6). Runners left in scoring position:
span of 9 2/3 innings against San Kotchman. Colorado 2 (Tulowitzki, Atkins); Atlanta 3 (G.Anderson,
Francisco and Houston. Even so, the The Rockies scored three runs in Schafer, Francoeur). DP: Colorado 4 (Helton, Tulowitzki,
Marquis), (Tulowitzki, Barmes, Helton), (Barmes, Tulow-
right-hander believes his talent the ninth. Eric O’Flaherty, who itzki, Helton), (Barmes, Tulowitzki, Helton); Atlanta 1
doesn’t match his career 4.56 ERA. relieved Lowe to start the inning, was (Escobar, K.Johnson, Kotchman).
“I feel like every time I get the ball, charged with two runs after Troy Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
I’m going to shut them down,” Mar- Tulowitzki singled and Helton Marquis W, 5-3 8 5 1 1 3 3 103 4.75
Street 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.86
quis said. “I’m out there every pitch reached on shortstop Yunel Escobar’s Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
battling.” fielding error. D.Lowe L, 5-2 8 3 2 2 1 3 109 3.58
O’Flaherty 1⁄3 1 2 1 0 0 11 2.45
Lowe (5-2) was attempting to Peter Moylan, who relieved JOHN BAZEMORE / AP Moylan 2⁄3 2 1 0 0 0 21 5.93
become the N.L.’s first six-game win- O’Flaherty, gave up consecutive RBI Colorado 3B Ian Stewart barehands a ball hit by Atlanta’s Yunel Escobar, who eventually reached first base in the first inning.
Inherited runners-scored: Moylan 2-2. PB: Ian-
ner. He allowed two runs, three hits singles to Chris Iannetta and pinch- netta. Umpires: Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Mark Carlson;
and one walk in eight innings, losing hitter Ryan Spilborghs. Iannetta in 1996, came up through the Braves’ a 0-0 record with a 5.53 ERA. us were swinging at stuff out of the Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Bob Davidson. T: 2:30. A:
15,364 (49,743).
for the first time in five starts. He scored from third on Clint Barmes’ farm system and made his debut in “He kept us off balance,” Braves zone.”
dropped to 7-7 against the Rockies, grounder, which third baseman the majors four years later. He was catcher Brian McCann said. “A lot of — The Associated Press
but improved his ERA 20 points to Chipper Jones misplayed for an error. traded to St. Louis the following win-
4.50 in 17 career starts. Marquis, whom Atlanta drafted ter after a 2003 season that included
“They beat us at every aspect of the between the first and second rounds 19 relief appearances, two starts and The Arizona-Florida game was rained out and will be played Wednesday at 5:10 p.m. as part of a doubleheader.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 18
NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 12, Washington 7 Pirates 12, Nationals 7 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 6
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Delw.Young rf 6 1 2 2 0 3 .351

Pirates latest to pick on Nats F.Sanchez 2b

McLouth cf
Monroe lf
Ad.LaRoche 1b
5 1
4 1
5 1
3 2
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
.307
.293
.244
.230
Teixeira starting to get it going for Yankees
R.Diaz c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .318
An.LaRoche 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .261
Ja.Wilson ss 4 3 4 2 1 0 .293 Yankees 7, Twins 6
Ohlendorf p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .059 NEW YORK—Mark Teixeira was hitting
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
b-Moss ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .255 .198 on May 8 with five homers and 15 Span lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .288
J.Chavez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- RBIs. Since Alex Rodriguez returned B.Harris 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .296
c-Hinske ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Mauer c 4 1 1 1 1 0 .417
Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
to the lineup that night, Teixeira has Morneau 1b 5 0 4 1 0 1 .340
e-R.Vazquez ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .190 raised his average to .239, doubled his Crede 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .223
Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 1-Tolbert pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .179
Totals 39 12 12 12 4 10 home run total and increased his RBIs Kubel dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .326
to 29. Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .252
Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Gomez cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .242
C.Guzman ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .385 “Pitchers are just making a few more Punto ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .196
N.Johnson 1b 2 2 1 3 3 0 .336 a-Redmond ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Zimmerman 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .358 mistakes,” Teixeira said. “It puts a lot
Dunn rf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .286
Totals 39 6 13 6 5 4
of pressure on them when Alex is in
Willingham lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .221
W.Harris cf 5 2 1 0 0 0 .244 the lineup and, you know, a pitcher is New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Hernandez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Jeter ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .275
K.Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- not going to want to get into deep counts Damon lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .322
Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- and maybe walk me with a guy like Teixeira 1b 4 2 2 4 0 0 .239
d-Kearns ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .216 A.Rodriguez dh 3 1 1 1 1 1 .188
Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- A-Rod behind me.” Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236
J.Bard c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .208 Cano 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .301
Detwiler p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Teixeira homered from both sides of
Me.Cabrera cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .317
a-Cintron ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .080 the plate, combining with Rodriguez R.Pena 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263
EVAN VUCCI / AP Mock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- for back-to-back drives in a six-run Cervelli c 2 0 2 1 0 0 .375
Belliard 2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Totals 34 7 13 7 2 4
Washington’s Cristian Guzman has the look of frustration as the team gave up three runs in the ninth. Totals 35 7 11 7 6 4
first inning against ailing Glen Per-
kins, and New York beat the Minnesota Minnesota 200 101 011 — 6 13 1
Pittsburgh 003 005 013 — 12 12 0 New York 600 000 10x — 7 13 0
WASHINGTON—Jack Wilson already “It was just sad to see the way things Washington 000 050 011 — 7 11 4 Twins 7-6 on a chilly Monday night to
had a single and a pair of doubles when are going with our bullpen. I’ve been in complete a four-game sweep. a-grounded out for Punto in the 9th. 1-ran for Crede in
a-flied out for Detwiler in the 5th. b-doubled for Ohlendorf the 9th. E: Punto (3). LOB: Minnesota 12, New York 7.
he ripped his first triple of the year, a the game for a while, and I’ve never in the 6th. c-grounded out for Gorzelanny in the 8th. After stringing together three KATHY WILLENS / AP
2B: B.Harris (4), Morneau 2 (11), Cano (10). HR: Cud-
d-struck out for Beimel in the 8th. e-doubled for Grabow
drive into the right-field corner in the seen anything like it before,” Washing- in the 9th. E: C.Guzman 2 (5), N.Johnson (5), A.Hernandez straight walk-off wins for the first time Mark Teixeira hit two home runs on Monday, dyer (4), off Pettitte; Span (2), off E.Ramirez; Teixeira
(4). LOB: Pittsburgh 7, Washington 8. 2B: McLouth (6), including one in the seventh that proved to be (9), off Perkins; A.Rodriguez (4), off Perkins; Teixeira
eighth inning. ton manager Manny Acta said. “We since 1972, the Yankees overcame a 2-0 (10), off Ayala. RBIs: Span 2 (20), Mauer (17), Morneau
Ja.Wilson 2 (6), Moss (6), R.Vazquez (1), C.Guzman (9), Zim- the difference against the Twins.
“I’m not going to lie,” the 31-year-old have to change it up because it’s not merman (14), Willingham (5), W.Harris (2), J.Bard 2 (2). 3B: first-inning deficit and hung on to (33), Cuddyer 2 (20), Teixeira 4 (28), A.Rodriguez (8),
Ja.Wilson (1). HR: Monroe (3), off Detwiler; N.Johnson (4), Me.Cabrera (14), Cervelli (2). SB: Gomez (4). CS: Punto
shortstop said. “I got to third base and working. We went to young guys, vet- off Ohlendorf; Zimmerman (10), off Ohlendorf. RBIs: Delw. extend their winning streak to a sea- Span homered off Edwar Ramirez in (1), Cano (1). S: Cervelli 2. Runners left in scoring
said, ‘I’m getting old.’ ” eran guys, and veterans or young, Young 2 (7), McLouth (29), Monroe 3 (14), An.LaRoche son-high six. New York improved to the eighth and Coke faced Justin position: Minnesota 6 (B.Harris 2, Kubel 2, Gomez
(16), Ja.Wilson 2 (13), Moss (7), R.Vazquez 2 (6), N.Johnson 2); New York 4 (Damon 4). DP: Minnesota 1 (Punto,
Not to worry. After all, it was a near they’re not getting it done.” 3 (24), Zimmerman (31), Dunn (31), J.Bard 2 (2). CS: 23-3 at home against the Twins during Morneau with a runner on. Morneau B.Harris, Morneau).
F.Sanchez (1), R.Diaz (1), C.Guzman (2). S: An.LaRoche.
certainty that the many of the Pitts- A five-run sixth inning spurred SF: Dunn. Runners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh the regular season since the start of had four hits against Pettitte and had
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
burgh Pirates would get tired running Pittsburgh’s win, which ended an 4 (Ad.LaRoche, Delw.Young 2, Monroe); Washington 5 2002. homered off Coke on a slider Saturday Perkins L, 1-3 2⁄3 7 6 6 0 0 34 5.36
(Willingham, Dunn 2, C.Guzman, W.Harris). DP: Pittsburgh
the bases Monday night. They’ve been eight-game road losing streak. Ross 1 (Ja.Wilson, F.Sanchez, Ad.LaRoche). “I can’t wait to get out of here,” Min- but struck out against him this time on Dickey 4 1⁄3 3 0 0 1 1 60 3.63
Ayala 1 1⁄3 3 1 1 1 2 23 5.71
scoring runs aplenty, and no one gives Ohlendorf (5-3) picked up the victory Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
nesota’s Denard Span said. “Not just fastballs away. Breslow 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 16 6.75
them up like the Washington despite allowing four extra-base hits in Ohlendorf W, 5-3 5 6 5 5 3 1 91 4.31 the stadium, but the whole city.” Coke then allowed an RBI grounder Crain 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 8.25
J.Chavez H, 3 1 2⁄3 2 0 0 1 1 26 2.20 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Nationals. a five-run fifth, and Craig Monroe hit a Gorzelanny H, 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00 Andy Pettitte (4-1) won consecutive in the ninth to Michael Cuddyer before Pettitte W, 4-1 6 2⁄3 12 4 4 1 3 105 4.18
The Pirates have tallied 30 runs in a three-run homer. Grabow 1 2 1 1 1 1 33 5.50 starts for the first time this year, allow- retiring pinch-hitter Mike Redmond Veras H, 2 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 6 6.61
Capps 1 1 1 1 1 0 23 7.62 E.Ramirez H, 1 2⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 22 5.19
three-game winning streak, and they “We’re swinging the bats well,” Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA ing four runs and 12 hits in 6 2/3 on a game-ending grounder. Coke S, 1-3 1 1⁄3 0 1 1 2 1 36 4.76
Detwiler 5 4 3 2 0 6 84 3.60
faced little resistance in a 12-7 win that Pittsburgh manager John Russell said. Mock L, 0-2 BS, 2-2 1⁄3 1 3 3 1 0 15 6.92 innings. Jose Veras escaped a bases- Coke was so overwhelmed he made a
Colome 2⁄3 3 2 2 0 0 2022.50 Breslow pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited
opened a 10-game road trip. The So are the Nationals, who have lost K.Wells 1 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 2 31 6.00
loaded jam in the seventh and Phil point of finding Rivera in the back of runners-scored: Dickey 1-0, Breslow 1-0, Crain 1-0,
Nationals made four errors and had five straight despite scoring at least five Beimel 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.50 Coke got four outs for his first career the clubhouse to tell him of his new- Veras 2-0, Coke 1-0. HBP: by Pettitte (Gomez). WP:
Hanrahan 1 2 3 3 2 2 32 6.75 Coke. PB: Mauer. Balk: Perkins. Umpires: Home, John
another lead-blowing bullpen implo- runs in every game. But they also save, finishing as Mariano Rivera was found appreciation for the closer’s role. Hirschbeck; First, Wally Bell; Second, Marty Foster; Third,
sion, standard fare for the team with began the day with 37 errors, five more Inherited runners-scored: Gorzelanny 2-0, Colome 1-1, given a night off. “Hey, you’re way better at that than Mike Estabrook. T: 3:29. A: 43,244 (52,325).
Beimel 1-0. HBP: by Mock (R.Diaz), by Detwiler (McLouth).
the worst record, pitching and fielding than any team in baseball. WP: Mock, Hanrahan. PB: R.Diaz. Umpires: Home, Paul “It’s hard,” Coke said. “I’m com- me,” Coke recalled telling him.
Nauert; First, Joe West; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Chad
in the majors. — The Associated Press Fairchild. T: 3:30. A: 14,549 (41,888). pletely and totally gassed right now.” — The Associated Press
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 13, Oakland 4

Jays rally, continue to hand it to White Sox Bartlett’s hot bat does it again
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.—Jason Bar- Rays 13, Athletics 4
Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
TORONTO—The Chicago White Sox can’t Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. tlett goes about his business O.Cabrera ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .233
get out of Canada quickly enough. Podsednik cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271 quietly with the A.L. champion Cunningham lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J.Nix lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 K.Suzuki c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .320
Alex Rios hit a go-ahead triple in the Dye rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Rays, content to stay out of the Cust dh 4 1 2 2 0 1 .270
eighth inning Monday and the Toronto Thome dh 3 1 1 2 1 2 .240 spotlight in a clubhouse full of Holliday lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Konerko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .316 Hannahan 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Blue Jays completed a four-game sweep, Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 rising young stars. Giambi 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .200
beating the Chicago White Sox 3-2. Al.Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .214 The slick-fielding shortstop Powell 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194
Getz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Kennedy 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .367
Chicago lost its season-high fifth in a Fields 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 solidified Tampa Bay’s defense R.Sweeney cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250
row and has dropped 10 straight at Totals 34 2 7 2 2 8 during last season’s run to the b-R.Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179
Crosby 3b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Toronto. Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. World Series. Now, his hot bat T.Buck rf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .225
“It seems like every time we come to Scutaro ss 1 1 0 0 2 0 .284 is one of the reasons the team Totals 34 4 9 4 0 3
A.Hill 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .345
Toronto ... we can’t do anything,” Chicago Rios rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .265 has been able to put together a Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. V.Wells cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 season-best four-game winning B.Upton cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .183
Lind lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Gross rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254
After Jim Thome tied it in the top of the Snider lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 streak and is back to .500 for Crawford lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .327
eighth with his 548th career home run, Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .318 the first time since mid-April. a-Kapler ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .212
Millar 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .299 Longoria 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .345
Toronto bounced back against Octavio R.Chavez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 “I know he played really well C.Pena 1b 2 3 1 0 3 1 .248
Dotel (1-1). Bautista dh 2 1 0 0 1 1 .301 last year. But at no point did I Zobrist rf-lf 3 1 0 1 2 2 .279
Totals 25 3 4 3 4 3 W.Aybar dh 2 3 1 1 2 0 .263
The Blue Jays own the A.L.’s best record see him play this well,” man- Bartlett ss 3 3 3 5 1 0 .384
at 27-14. They start a nine-game road trip Chicago 000 000 020 — 2 7 1 ager Joe Maddon said after Bar- Iwamura 2b 4 0 2 3 0 1 .291
Toronto 011 000 01x — 3 4 0 M.Hernandez c 4 0 0 1 0 2 .258
Tuesday night at Fenway Park when they tlett drove in a career-high five Totals 32 13 9 11 9 10
play Boston for the first time this season. E: Podsednik (2). LOB: Chicago 7, Toronto 4. 3B: Pod- runs in Monday night’s 13-4
sednik (1), Rios (2). HR: Thome (7), off Carlson; Millar Oakland 101 000 020 — 4 9 0
For Toronto’s Kevin Millar, who hit a (2), off Richard. RBIs: Thome 2 (20), A.Hill (34), Rios rout of the Oakland Athletics. Tampa Bay 603 022 00x — 13 9 1
solo homer, it’s a return to the city where FRANK GUNN/ AP (21), Millar (13). SB: J.Nix 2 (2), Bautista (3). S: Scutaro. “I’m talking a complete game.”
Alex Rios hit the go-ahead triple during the eighth inning that gave Toronto the lead for good. SF: A.Hill. Runners left in scoring position: Chicago a-grounded out for Crawford in the 6th. b-fouled out
he won the 2004 World Series. 3 (J.Nix, Thome, Fields); Toronto 2 (Lind, V.Wells). GIDP: Bartlett went 3-for-3 with a for R.Sweeney in the 9th. E: Bartlett (3). LOB: Oakland
“It’s a part of you, no matter what,” Mil- A.Hill, Rios. DP: Chicago 2 (Fields, Getz, Konerko), (Rich- walk to raise his batting aver- 4, Tampa Bay 5. 2B: T.Buck (2). 3B: Bartlett (2). HR:
ard, Al.Ramirez, Konerko). O.Cabrera (2), off Niemann; Cust (6), off Niemann.
lar said. “I had some good years back there. different ways to lose, you can’t describe skipped past a diving Scott Podsednik in age to .384. He had a two-run RBIs: O.Cabrera (12), Cust 2 (23), Giambi (17), Zobrist
It’s a fun place to play, one of my favorite each of them.” center field. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA single off Sean Gallagher (1-2) (20), W.Aybar (6), Bartlett 5 (22), Iwamura 3 (15),
Richard 7 3 2 1 3 3 94 4.33 M.Hernandez (8). SF: Giambi. Runners left in scor-
parks and it’s nice going there leading the The White Sox have lost 12 of 15 since “You can’t keep bad things in your Dotel L, 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 0 21 0.68 in the first, as well as a run- ing position: Oakland 2 (Kennedy, Crosby); Tampa
East.” May 2 to drop from first to fourth in the mind,” Dotel said. “Bad things, you’ve got Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA scoring triple in the fifth and a Bay 2 (B.Upton, Iwamura). DP: Oakland 1 (O.Cabrera,
Richmond 7 5 0 0 1 7 109 3.64 Kennedy, Giambi); Tampa Bay 2 (Longoria, Iwamura,
Chicago scored just eight runs in this A.L. Central. to throw away as soon as possible and just Carlson W, 1-2 BS, 2-2 1 2 2 2 0 0 18 3.43 two-run single in the sixth off C.Pena), (Longoria, Iwamura, C.Pena).
series and went 2-for-23 with runners in “We should be embarrassed because I look for the next day. Today is over, there’s Downs S, 5-5 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 1.86 Gio Gonzalez.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
scoring position. think we’ve got a better ballclub than we’re nothing we can do right now. If there was, WP: Richard. Umpires: Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Jason Isringhausen, who Gallagher L, 1-2 2 1⁄3 3 9 7 5 1 76 8.16
“We’ve got guys, especially at the plate, showing right now,” Guillen said. it would be nice, but there’s nothing we can Charlie Reliford; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Dan came off the disabled list Sun- G.Gonzalez 3 2⁄3 6 4 4 3 6 91 7.27
Iassogna. T: 2:18. A: 24,206 (49,539). K.Cameron 2 0 0 0 1 3 33 2.45
trying too hard and I’m one of them,” Pier- Dotel had not allowed a run in 14 games do. We’ve just got to think about day, pitched the ninth for Tampa Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
zynski said.” this season, a span of 12 1/3 innings, when tomorrow.” Bay—his first appearance in a Niemann W, 4-3 8 8 4 3 0 3 110 4.97
Isringhausen 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0.00
The White Sox finished 1-6 on its road he relieved in the eighth with the score Toronto led 2-0 until Thome’s two-run major league game since under-
trip that started in Cleveland, a week that 2-all. homer. He tied Mike Schmidt for 13th on going right elbow surgery in Inherited runners-scored: G.Gonzalez 3-3. HBP:
by Gallagher (W.Aybar). WP: Gallagher. PB: K.Suzuki.
manager Ozzie Guillen described before Jose Bautista drew a leadoff walk and baseball’s career home run list. September, when he was with Umpires: Home, Mike Winters; First, Lance Barksdale;
the game as “horrible.” moved up on Marco Scutaro’s sacrifice. “It’s nice to do things like that but you the St. Louis Cardinals. Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Randy Marsh. T: 2:55.
A: 11,420 (36,973).
“It’s kind of a crazy week,” Guillen said Bautista stole third with one out, racing in definitely want to win the game, that’s No. “It was good to get out there,”
afterward. “I can’t describe it. We’re losing without a throw as Dotel looked in for the 1,” Thome said. “We’ve got to go back home said Isringhausen, who had
games in different ways all the time, late in sign while third baseman Josh Fields and get back on track, start swinging the last thrown in a game Aug. 16
the game, early in the game, by a lot of played well behind the bag. bats and start winning some games.” at Cincinnati.
runs, by a few runs. There’s so many Rios scored Bautista with a triple that — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

ARIZONA ATLANTA CHICAGO CINCINNATI

DIAMONDBACKS BRAVES CUBS REDS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Parra .385 .429 13 3 5 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 Infante .337 .367 83 12 28 4 0 1 10 5 7 1 0 2 Ramirez .364 .417 66 8 24 3 0 4 16 5 8 0 0 1 Votto .366 .470 112 18 41 10 0 5 27 20 21 2 1 3
Roberts .320 .419 25 3 8 1 0 0 3 4 9 1 0 0 C. Jones .314 .443 105 20 33 6 1 4 14 24 15 1 1 5 Fukudome .333 .454 114 24 38 9 1 4 17 25 21 4 4 0 Janish .313 .389 32 3 10 3 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 1
Lopez .317 .375 145 18 46 12 0 4 9 13 26 4 1 4 Escobar .304 .375 135 21 41 10 0 3 18 13 16 1 1 4 Scales .333 .407 24 7 8 2 1 1 5 3 6 0 0 1 Hanigan .311 .360 45 5 14 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0
Ojeda .310 .383 71 9 22 4 0 1 3 8 7 0 1 2 Prado .295 .367 44 4 13 6 0 2 7 5 3 0 1 1 Hoffpauir .309 .368 68 9 21 5 0 4 13 7 12 0 0 1 Nix .294 .338 68 13 20 10 1 3 9 5 22 0 0 0
Upton .310 .394 116 22 36 8 2 7 19 15 33 3 1 1 Kotchman .289 .355 128 11 37 13 0 2 15 11 16 0 0 0 Hill .306 .405 36 5 11 2 0 1 6 5 9 0 0 0 Taveras .293 .351 133 26 39 6 1 1 7 11 17 10 1 1
Reynolds .244 .338 127 21 31 5 1 8 16 17 47 4 1 7 McCann .282 .388 71 11 20 5 0 3 12 11 8 1 1 2 Theriot .294 .366 136 22 40 7 2 5 18 15 23 7 2 4 Hernandez .283 .349 113 9 32 5 0 1 13 11 13 0 0 2
Montero .240 .321 50 4 12 4 0 2 6 6 13 0 0 4 Ross .264 .381 53 8 14 4 0 3 9 10 21 0 0 0 Soriano .280 .343 150 33 42 9 0 12 25 13 35 4 2 2 Rosales .271 .353 59 9 16 2 0 2 6 6 9 0 2 1
Drew .214 .297 56 5 12 3 1 2 7 7 11 0 1 0 Diaz .261 .342 69 8 18 3 1 2 14 8 18 1 0 1 Johnson .236 .317 55 8 13 1 1 0 6 4 9 0 0 0 Phillips .262 .336 130 18 34 7 0 6 27 16 16 4 3 3
Snyder .214 .371 70 8 15 4 0 2 13 17 20 0 0 0 Francoeur .247 .266 146 18 36 4 2 3 19 5 19 0 1 0 Lee .226 .300 106 15 24 6 0 4 18 12 25 0 0 0 Hairston Jr. .247 .298 97 21 24 7 1 3 9 6 16 4 0 2
Byrnes .210 .257 100 12 21 8 0 4 14 6 10 5 2 0 Anderson .239 .280 67 6 16 5 0 0 8 5 5 0 0 2 Miles .217 .270 83 12 18 6 0 0 4 6 13 3 0 1 Bruce .231 .309 134 22 31 4 0 11 23 13 26 3 0 1
Tracy .193 .247 88 10 17 7 0 2 9 7 9 0 0 0 Johnson .225 .306 111 14 25 5 1 3 11 11 17 1 1 2 Fontenot .204 .307 108 12 22 4 0 5 17 16 25 1 1 2 Dickerson .230 .356 74 7 17 2 1 2 7 14 24 0 2 3
Jackson .182 .264 99 8 18 4 0 1 14 11 16 5 0 2 Schafer .215 .349 121 13 26 7 0 2 4 25 45 1 1 0 Soto .204 .324 93 8 19 3 0 1 10 15 21 0 0 1 McDonald .212 .257 33 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 8 0 0 2
Clark .179 .258 28 3 5 1 0 2 5 3 15 0 0 1 Norton .130 .333 23 2 3 1 0 0 2 7 7 0 0 0 Bradley .195 .333 77 11 15 1 0 4 9 13 19 0 0 0 Gonzalez .171 .225 82 4 14 3 0 2 11 5 17 0 0 2
Young .177 .227 124 13 22 9 1 2 8 7 33 4 2 0 Team Totals .259 .342 1241 157 322 74 5 28 146 151 228 7 7 23 Freel .143 .143 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Encarnacion .127 .286 63 2 8 1 0 1 6 13 19 1 1 3
Whitesell .115 .258 26 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 1 Team Totals .256 .339 1221 182 312 61 5 46 171 144 268 20 11 20 Team Totals .253 .327 1261 167 319 64 6 38 157 129 250 24 10 29
Team Totals .234 .310 1236 144 289 75 7 38 138 131 287 26 11 28 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Soriano 0 0 1.59 17 0 3 17.0 10 3 3 1 6 24 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Jurrjens 3 2 2.06 8 8 0 48.0 39 12 11 3 17 24 Wells 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 11.0 9 0 0 0 5 9 Rhodes 0 0 0.75 16 0 0 12.0 8 1 1 0 5 9
Pena 3 1 1.56 18 0 0 17.1 15 5 3 0 5 12
O'Flaherty 0 0 2.45 19 0 0 14.2 10 5 4 0 1 7 Lilly 5 2 3.27 7 7 0 44.0 37 17 16 9 9 38 Masset 1 0 1.23 11 0 0 14.2 5 2 2 0 8 12
Haren 3 4 2.09 8 8 0 56.0 39 13 13 4 9 56
Bennett 1 1 2.60 17 0 0 17.1 25 6 5 0 12 13 Guzman 1 0 3.32 16 0 0 19.0 12 7 7 2 6 19 Herrera 0 1 1.80 17 0 0 15.0 15 6 3 0 7 14
Schoeneweis 0 0 2.53 19 0 0 10.2 11 3 3 2 4 6
Lowe 5 2 3.58 9 9 0 55.1 47 22 22 2 20 37 Marmol 0 1 4.00 20 0 3 18.0 12 9 8 1 17 22 Cueto 4 1 1.93 7 7 0 46.2 34 10 10 4 13 36
Qualls 0 0 2.57 13 0 8 14.0 13 4 4 1 2 17
Vazquez 3 3 3.71 8 8 0 53.1 47 23 22 6 13 67 Marshall 2 2 4.02 8 5 0 31.1 32 14 14 4 10 20 Cordero 0 2 2.40 15 0 10 15.0 14 5 4 0 7 16
Davis 2 5 3.22 8 8 0 50.1 43 19 18 9 16 35
Gonzalez 2 0 3.78 19 0 6 16.2 14 8 7 2 5 23 Zambrano 3 1 4.50 6 6 0 38.0 40 20 19 4 14 33 Weathers 0 0 2.70 15 0 0 13.1 9 4 4 1 8 9
Scherzer 1 3 3.35 7 7 0 37.2 33 15 14 4 17 33
Parr 0 0 4.50 7 0 0 10.0 10 5 5 0 4 7 Dempster 3 2 4.65 8 8 0 50.1 44 27 26 7 21 46 Harang 3 4 3.44 8 8 0 52.1 55 23 20 5 12 43
Rosales 0 0 3.38 4 0 0 5.1 5 2 2 0 1 4
Campillo 1 0 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 6 3 2 0 3 3 Harden 4 2 4.74 8 8 0 43.2 39 24 23 8 21 53 Owings 3 4 3.95 7 6 0 41.0 39 22 18 5 17 24
Gutierrez 1 2 3.66 18 0 0 19.2 18 8 8 1 7 25
Kawakami 2 5 5.73 7 7 0 37.2 42 27 24 5 19 35 Heilman 2 2 4.86 18 0 0 16.2 14 10 9 2 12 14 Volquez 4 2 4.25 8 8 0 48.2 32 24 23 6 31 45
Garland 3 2 5.18 7 7 0 41.2 48 25 24 5 16 16
Moylan 1 2 5.93 20 0 0 13.2 11 10 9 0 10 13 Cotts 0 1 5.87 15 0 0 7.2 9 5 5 1 9 6 Burton 0 0 4.67 16 0 0 17.1 18 9 9 1 10 13
Vasquez 1 1 5.40 9 0 0 11.2 13 7 7 1 7 9
Reyes 0 2 6.58 5 5 0 26.0 25 23 19 4 12 20 Gregg 0 1 6.06 18 0 6 16.1 19 11 11 4 10 19 Arroyo 5 3 6.56 8 8 0 48.0 57 35 35 11 19 27
Rauch 0 0 6.60 18 0 0 15.0 21 13 11 1 9 10
Carlyle 0 1 8.27 12 0 0 16.1 25 17 15 3 9 10 Ascanio 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 4.0 2 3 3 1 0 5 Lincoln 0 0 9.64 12 0 0 14.0 20 15 15 3 11 5
Augenstein 0 1 7.11 1 1 0 6.1 8 5 5 0 2 3
Team Totals 18 19 4.19 37 37 9 330.2 314 170 154 26 134 285 Patton 1 1 8.03 9 0 0 12.1 13 12 11 2 9 11 Team Totals 20 17 3.96 37 37 10 339.0 311 161 149 37 148 255
Petit 0 3 8.03 6 5 0 24.2 33 24 22 8 10 19
Fox 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0.1 2 5 5 0 3 0
Webb 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 2 2
Team Totals 21 15 4.50 36 36 9 319.2 293 167 160 45 148 303
Gordon 0 1 21.60 3 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 0 3 0
Team Totals 14 23 4.43 37 37 8 331.0 333 172 163 40 120 256
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

COLORADO FLORIDA HOUSTON LOS ANGELES

ROCKIES MARLINS ASTROS DODGERS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Hawpe .345 .412 113 20 39 11 1 6 32 14 20 0 1 2 Ramirez .343 .421 134 24 46 14 0 6 20 16 26 6 4 2 Lee .331 .373 139 19 46 10 0 8 29 11 13 1 1 0 Castro .409 .462 22 8 9 2 0 1 4 3 5 0 0 0
Helton .336 .390 125 20 42 7 1 4 22 13 16 0 0 1 Baker .277 .370 94 23 26 8 0 5 17 13 23 0 0 2 Pence .323 .399 133 21 43 8 1 4 15 18 22 5 2 0 Pierre .403 .477 77 17 31 8 1 0 12 9 2 7 3 0
Smith .294 .442 68 12 20 3 1 3 8 18 11 2 0 0 Cantu .264 .336 125 18 33 8 0 8 33 11 21 1 0 3 Keppinger .321 .400 53 5 17 4 1 1 3 6 2 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz .400 .400 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Murton .273 .304 22 4 6 2 0 1 3 1 5 1 0 0 Bonifacio .261 .304 157 24 41 3 2 1 9 10 35 7 3 5 Tejada .318 .344 148 21 47 12 0 2 21 5 11 1 1 6 Loretta .359 .479 39 9 14 2 0 0 7 8 4 0 0 0
Spilborghs .270 .331 126 20 34 10 1 3 17 10 27 6 2 2 Hermida .258 .387 124 15 32 4 1 3 14 25 33 2 1 1 Bourn .298 .370 131 24 39 6 3 1 10 14 27 13 3 1 Ausmus .346 .393 26 4 9 1 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0
Torrealba .257 .341 35 7 9 1 0 2 5 4 7 0 0 0 Ross .225 .268 129 14 29 6 0 6 23 6 32 1 1 1 I. Rodriguez .286 .336 112 15 32 6 2 5 19 8 26 0 2 0 Hudson .341 .413 164 29 56 14 2 3 26 22 27 4 0 2
Fowler .250 .317 112 16 28 7 0 2 10 12 29 10 3 1 Gload .224 .350 49 10 11 0 1 1 4 10 4 0 0 1 Blum .269 .342 104 11 28 5 0 0 12 11 14 0 1 1 Kemp .277 .349 148 23 41 8 4 4 25 16 40 8 2 0
Tulowitzki .250 .345 120 18 30 6 2 5 12 17 27 3 3 2 Paulino .224 .345 49 6 11 2 1 1 5 9 11 1 0 1 Matsui .238 .301 122 15 29 4 1 1 12 10 24 5 3 2 Blake .276 .350 123 21 34 7 1 8 23 13 33 0 0 3
Iannetta .244 .364 90 14 22 4 0 7 17 16 23 0 1 0 Amezaga .217 .267 69 6 15 3 0 0 5 5 16 1 1 0 Berkman .230 .367 122 19 28 4 0 8 21 26 27 0 2 3 Loney .273 .347 150 16 41 7 0 2 28 18 12 2 1 0
Barmes .238 .274 101 20 24 5 0 4 13 4 20 3 0 1 Helms .217 .260 46 3 10 2 0 0 5 3 13 0 0 2 Michaels .207 .343 29 1 6 4 0 0 2 5 9 1 1 0 Paul .273 .385 11 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0
Stewart .198 .288 91 14 18 4 0 7 20 10 29 2 1 1 Uggla .190 .309 126 13 24 6 1 4 21 20 31 0 0 4 Erstad .167 .200 42 4 7 1 1 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 Martin .272 .397 125 18 34 6 0 0 15 24 26 5 3 1
Atkins .194 .268 124 14 24 5 0 3 14 13 18 0 0 5 Coghlan .167 .276 24 3 4 0 0 1 4 4 6 1 0 0 Quintero .133 .133 15 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 Ethier .264 .369 148 24 39 8 0 6 29 23 28 2 0 2
Quintanilla .143 .250 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 De Aza .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith .000 .000 25 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 Furcal .237 .292 156 24 37 6 0 1 9 12 28 3 3 6
Baker .130 .167 23 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 7 1 0 1 Team Totals .237 .317 1298 174 307 60 7 37 166 144 322 21 11 25 Team Totals .267 .332 1256 164 335 65 9 30 154 119 224 26 16 18 Team Totals .285 .371 1390 225 396 82 8 32 212 186 268 32 13 17
Team Totals .255 .330 1241 188 316 68 7 47 181 138 272 28 11 23

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Pinto 2 0 1.02 21 0 0 17.2 14 2 2 0 10 16 W. Rodriguez 4 2 1.90 8 8 0 52.0 37 12 11 0 15 48 Broxton 4 0 1.42 17 0 9 19.0 5 3 3 0 7 31
Flores 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 1 Meyer 0 0 1.62 17 0 0 16.2 9 4 3 1 3 21 Sampson 2 0 2.22 18 0 1 24.1 21 8 6 1 8 9 Kuroda 1 0 1.59 1 1 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 1 2
Grilli 0 1 2.57 17 0 1 14.0 15 4 4 1 6 18 Nunez 2 0 2.00 17 0 0 18.0 9 4 4 1 8 15 Arias 0 0 2.70 7 0 0 6.2 4 2 2 1 0 6 Troncoso 1 0 1.82 15 0 2 24.2 20 5 5 0 4 12
De La Rosa 0 3 3.16 7 7 0 42.2 34 18 15 2 16 45 Johnson 3 0 2.50 8 8 0 54.0 48 16 15 3 11 46 Hawkins 1 1 2.70 18 0 5 16.2 16 5 5 1 6 14 Billingsley 5 1 2.30 8 8 0 54.2 37 15 14 1 24 56
Morales 1 0 3.38 2 2 0 8.0 7 3 3 3 1 9 Calero 1 0 2.84 22 0 0 19.0 12 6 6 0 10 27 Byrdak 0 0 3.21 15 0 0 14.0 10 5 5 3 6 10 Wolf 2 1 2.72 9 9 0 56.1 41 20 17 5 19 46
Street 0 1 3.86 18 0 5 16.1 16 7 7 3 3 18 Volstad 2 3 3.35 8 8 0 48.1 39 22 18 8 16 36 Oswalt 1 2 4.50 9 9 0 50.0 51 25 25 10 14 35 Belisario 1 2 2.78 19 0 0 22.2 19 9 7 2 9 23
Daley 0 1 4.15 9 0 0 8.2 5 4 4 0 4 7 Lindstrom 1 1 5.40 16 0 7 15.0 14 10 9 2 10 15 Brocail 1 0 4.76 7 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 2 8 4 Weaver 2 1 3.38 5 2 0 16.0 16 6 6 1 7 13
Jimenez 3 4 4.30 8 8 0 46.0 45 22 22 1 23 41 Penn 1 0 5.71 12 0 0 17.1 20 15 11 1 13 23 Hampton 2 3 5.31 7 7 0 39.0 43 26 23 4 17 29 Stults 4 1 3.82 7 7 0 37.2 37 16 16 2 16 25
Hammel 0 2 4.62 7 4 0 25.1 35 17 13 4 8 16 Sanchez 1 4 5.79 6 6 0 32.2 43 21 21 6 15 25 Ortiz 2 1 5.55 8 4 0 24.1 27 17 15 2 20 19 Milton 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 2 2 2 0 4 3
Marquis 5 3 4.75 8 8 0 53.0 53 30 28 5 18 23 Miller 1 1 5.94 5 3 0 16.2 18 11 11 0 12 7 Valverde 0 1 5.63 8 0 2 8.0 7 5 5 3 3 11 Wade 0 2 4.50 12 0 0 12.0 12 6 6 0 3 7
Speier 0 0 4.76 5 0 0 5.2 6 3 3 0 3 2 Badenhop 2 2 6.00 9 0 0 15.0 19 10 10 2 6 16 Fulchino 0 0 5.91 8 0 0 10.2 10 7 7 2 4 7 Kershaw 2 3 4.60 8 8 0 45.0 32 23 23 4 24 48
Embree 1 2 4.91 17 0 0 11.0 11 8 6 2 5 5 Nolasco 2 4 7.78 8 8 0 41.2 58 38 36 6 12 35 Paulino 1 3 6.93 7 4 0 24.2 36 21 19 3 14 19 Ohman 0 0 5.40 18 0 1 11.2 11 7 7 4 6 6
Cook 2 1 5.71 8 8 0 41.0 47 27 26 7 20 21 Team Totals 18 20 4.59 38 38 7 341.0 348 193 174 36 152 300 Moehler 1 2 7.71 5 5 0 21.0 33 18 18 2 7 16 Kuo 1 0 6.75 7 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 1 4 4
Corpas 0 3 7.02 18 0 1 16.2 27 13 13 1 3 10 Team Totals 18 20 4.59 38 38 7 341.0 348 193 174 36 152 300 Wright 1 1 7.71 16 0 0 11.2 20 10 10 2 6 12 Leach 0 0 8.10 5 0 0 3.1 3 3 3 0 2 4
Belisle 1 1 7.63 13 0 0 15.1 18 13 13 4 3 9 Geary 1 3 8.10 16 0 0 20.0 30 19 18 4 10 12 Mota 2 1 9.00 15 0 0 15.0 22 15 15 2 11 6
Team Totals 15 22 4.70 37 37 7 323.2 356 184 169 36 116 238 Team Totals 17 19 4.71 37 37 8 328.2 350 183 172 40 138 251 Team Totals 27 13 3.72 40 40 12 358.0 293 154 148 27 158 301
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

MILWAUKEE NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH

BREWERS METS PHILLIES PIRATES

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Rivera .375 .353 16 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Pagan .500 .500 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ibanez .357 .425 140 33 50 9 1 13 35 15 21 4 0 1 Young .351 .415 37 6 13 3 0 0 7 4 9 1 0 0
Braun .328 .450 131 28 43 9 0 8 29 23 30 3 3 0 Reed .379 .419 29 1 11 1 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 Stairs .318 .500 22 5 7 1 0 2 7 7 6 0 0 0 Diaz .318 .362 44 5 14 3 0 1 5 1 2 0 1 1
Counsell .324 .413 68 14 22 6 0 1 7 10 9 0 0 2 Beltran .367 .466 147 27 54 11 1 6 28 26 24 6 1 2 Feliz .308 .380 120 15 37 8 0 2 21 15 16 0 0 2 Sanchez .307 .344 150 22 46 15 2 3 12 7 26 3 1 1
Cameron .285 .400 123 20 35 11 0 7 20 25 25 2 0 0 Wright .359 .447 145 27 52 12 3 3 27 23 41 10 7 6 Werth .294 .396 126 31 37 8 1 7 24 19 30 8 1 0 Morgan .304 .384 138 22 42 2 3 0 17 16 25 10 5 0
Weeks .272 .340 147 28 40 5 2 9 24 12 39 2 2 6 Cora .333 .435 51 9 17 4 1 0 4 10 5 3 1 1 Utley .291 .443 117 28 34 5 0 10 25 24 23 2 0 4 McLouth .293 .380 123 21 36 6 0 7 29 16 17 5 0 0
Fielder .271 .429 129 20 35 6 1 9 36 34 40 0 0 1 Delgado .298 .393 94 15 28 7 1 4 23 12 20 0 0 2 Howard .266 .346 143 25 38 10 1 8 28 16 44 1 0 0 Wilson .293 .333 75 8 22 6 1 0 13 5 8 1 1 4
Hall .260 .336 104 13 27 8 0 4 10 12 29 1 0 3 Tatis .286 .342 70 14 20 4 1 2 9 4 5 2 1 0 Victorino .256 .304 156 27 40 7 3 4 23 11 14 3 2 0 Jaramillo .280 .390 50 5 14 7 0 0 5 9 6 1 0 1
Gamel .250 .400 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 Reyes .284 .363 141 18 40 7 2 2 15 18 18 11 2 5 Ruiz .255 .397 47 0 12 4 0 0 5 11 4 0 1 1 An. LaRoche .261 .333 119 13 31 10 0 1 16 10 23 1 0 4
Hart .248 .335 141 28 35 9 1 4 16 19 38 3 3 2 Castillo .278 .360 108 19 30 2 2 0 11 15 12 6 1 4 Coste .236 .333 55 5 13 6 0 1 6 7 12 0 0 0 Moss .255 .307 106 19 27 6 2 1 7 7 18 0 0 0
Kendall .234 .326 111 14 26 3 1 0 14 12 14 0 1 4 Church .276 .336 116 9 32 6 0 1 8 10 16 2 1 1 Rollins .222 .268 153 22 34 7 1 2 13 9 20 4 4 2 Hinske .254 .353 59 9 15 5 0 0 5 6 15 0 0 0
Hardy .220 .313 127 16 28 5 1 5 21 16 26 0 0 3 Murphy .269 .336 108 19 29 4 1 3 12 12 9 1 0 2 Bruntlett .138 .206 29 5 4 4 0 0 4 3 7 0 0 0 Doumit .244 .271 45 5 11 4 0 2 9 2 10 0 0 1
McGehee .188 .188 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Santos .264 .283 53 8 14 3 1 1 12 3 12 0 0 0 Dobbs .125 .200 32 1 4 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 Monroe .244 .292 45 6 11 2 0 3 14 3 13 0 0 0
Duffy .125 .222 32 3 4 1 0 0 3 4 12 0 0 0 Sheffield .257 .395 70 16 18 4 1 2 8 15 13 1 1 1 Team Totals .262 .349 1235 207 323 71 7 50 197 151 231 22 8 11 Ad. LaRoche .230 .314 139 21 32 11 1 6 16 17 39 0 0 1
Team Totals .254 .352 1250 194 317 66 6 50 190 175 307 11 9 24 Castro .254 .333 67 4 17 3 0 2 12 8 14 0 0 2 Vazquez .190 .333 58 7 11 1 0 0 6 12 15 0 0 1
Schneider .143 .250 21 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Team Totals .265 .334 1288 174 341 86 9 25 167 122 274 22 8 17

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Martinez .000 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Escalona 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Hoffman 0 0 0.00 10 0 9 10.0 3 0 0 0 0 9 Team Totals .291 .371 1303 191 379 70 15 26 177 165 215 42 15 31 Happ 2 0 2.49 12 0 0 21.2 14 6 6 1 9 17 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
DiFelice 3 0 1.42 18 0 0 19.0 13 3 3 2 4 18 Condrey 3 0 2.61 20 0 1 20.2 15 6 6 3 6 16 Gorzelanny 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stetter 2 0 2.92 19 0 0 12.1 8 4 4 1 7 11 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Madson 2 1 3.57 17 0 1 17.2 16 7 7 0 6 18 Chavez 0 1 2.20 18 0 0 16.1 13 4 4 1 7 13
McClung 0 1 3.00 14 0 0 18.0 14 6 6 1 14 13 Stokes 1 2 0.52 16 0 0 17.1 14 3 1 0 4 7 Taschner 1 1 3.86 13 0 0 18.2 17 8 8 2 14 10 Duke 5 3 2.84 8 8 0 57.0 49 20 18 3 13 32
Gallardo 4 1 3.09 7 7 0 46.2 33 16 16 5 16 47 Rodriguez 1 0 0.96 18 0 11 18.2 11 4 2 1 9 19 Eyre 0 1 4.00 16 0 0 9.0 5 5 4 2 7 6 Burnett 1 1 2.95 18 0 0 18.1 12 7 6 2 8 14
Coffey 1 0 3.26 17 0 2 19.1 21 7 7 1 4 13 Santana 5 2 1.36 8 8 0 53.0 42 14 8 3 13 67 Durbin 1 1 4.03 20 0 0 22.1 15 10 10 3 12 20 Meek 0 0 3.29 10 0 0 13.2 10 5 5 0 10 10
Bush 2 0 3.83 8 7 0 47.0 39 22 20 8 10 36 Parnell 2 0 1.96 20 0 0 18.1 21 6 4 0 6 14 Myers 3 2 4.50 8 8 0 50.0 51 25 25 12 19 38 Maholm 3 1 3.51 8 8 0 51.1 50 21 20 2 15 25
Looper 4 2 4.26 8 8 0 44.1 47 24 21 8 16 27 Feliciano 0 1 2.81 21 0 0 16.0 14 9 5 3 3 16 Hamels 1 2 5.04 6 6 0 30.1 37 18 17 6 7 31 Veal 0 0 4.15 4 0 0 4.1 2 2 2 1 9 4
Parra 3 4 4.57 8 8 0 43.1 43 24 22 4 26 39 Redding 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 6.0 2 2 2 0 4 4 Blanton 1 3 6.86 7 7 0 39.1 50 30 30 8 16 33 Ohlendorf 5 3 4.31 8 8 0 48.0 43 23 23 7 12 23
Suppan 3 3 4.63 8 8 0 44.2 45 25 23 7 19 23 Takahashi 0 1 3.38 6 0 0 8.0 8 3 3 1 2 5 Park 1 1 7.08 8 7 0 34.1 41 27 27 5 17 21 Snell 1 5 4.93 8 8 0 42.0 42 25 23 6 25 30
Villanueva 1 3 4.74 18 0 3 19.0 16 11 10 1 8 16 Putz 1 2 3.68 21 0 1 22.0 18 9 9 1 10 15 Moyer 3 3 8.15 7 7 0 35.1 52 32 32 11 13 19 Karstens 1 2 5.06 6 6 0 32.0 32 19 18 6 13 14
Julio 1 0 8.49 10 0 0 11.2 11 12 11 2 9 11 Maine 3 2 4.24 7 7 0 40.1 30 20 19 3 24 29 Lidge 0 1 8.31 18 0 7 17.1 23 16 16 5 10 18 Grabow 1 0 5.50 19 0 0 18.0 25 12 11 1 10 16
Riske 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 Pelfrey 4 1 4.61 7 7 0 41.0 46 21 21 4 17 11 Team Totals 20 16 5.39 36 36 9 322.0 345 195 193 58 139 252 Hansen 0 0 5.68 5 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 5
Team Totals 24 14 3.86 38 38 14 337.2 299 157 145 40 134 265 Hernandez 3 1 5.59 7 7 0 38.2 47 24 24 6 12 23 Yates 0 2 7.50 15 0 0 12.0 14 12 10 2 7 9
Green 0 2 7.94 18 0 0 17.0 23 15 15 3 11 15 Capps 0 3 7.62 14 0 7 13.0 20 11 11 2 8 9
Perez 1 2 9.97 5 5 0 21.2 28 24 24 3 21 20 Team Totals 17 21 4.19 38 38 7 332.2 318 165 155 34 141 205
Team Totals 21 17 3.90 38 38 12 341.2 332 167 148 29 145 263
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS WASHINGTON

PADRES GIANTS CARDINALS NATIONALS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Macias .375 .545 8 2 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 Sandoval .314 .351 140 16 44 12 2 3 17 6 20 2 0 0 LaRue .333 .391 21 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 Guzman .385 .390 122 24 47 9 1 1 10 1 17 1 2 5
Hairston .340 .390 97 10 33 9 1 4 17 7 20 3 0 0 Molina .304 .312 135 18 41 7 1 8 30 2 17 0 0 1 Pujols .321 .427 134 34 43 6 0 13 37 24 12 6 1 5 Zimmerman .358 .411 162 33 58 14 0 10 31 16 29 0 0 4
Cabrera .308 .357 13 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Lewis .294 .391 119 21 35 9 1 1 4 15 38 3 2 2 Schumaker .301 .351 123 19 37 8 1 2 12 10 13 1 1 2 Johnson .336 .433 137 25 46 5 0 4 24 22 25 0 0 5
A. Gonzalez .294 .388 143 28 42 3 0 15 29 21 35 1 0 2 Holm .286 .444 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Molina .291 .373 117 13 34 4 1 3 15 15 11 1 1 0 Flores .311 .382 90 13 28 3 2 4 15 11 26 0 0 1
Hundley .258 .355 93 6 24 5 2 2 9 14 23 1 1 2 Burriss .258 .326 128 11 33 3 0 0 6 11 21 10 3 2 Ludwick .274 .339 106 16 29 4 0 8 26 9 20 2 0 1 Dunn .286 .425 133 22 38 6 0 11 31 33 41 0 1 4
Rodriguez .256 .396 78 11 20 4 0 1 7 20 9 0 0 2 Renteria .256 .336 121 21 31 6 0 2 17 14 19 2 2 3 Stavinoha .273 .273 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dukes .277 .347 112 12 31 8 1 4 24 12 29 2 6 1
Headley .246 .307 126 12 31 7 1 3 15 11 34 4 1 1 Winn .255 .323 137 20 35 7 3 2 18 14 27 6 1 0 Barden .270 .329 63 9 17 2 0 3 7 4 10 0 0 2 Hernandez .277 .364 94 13 26 5 0 0 9 13 15 3 1 4
Eckstein .242 .318 132 14 32 10 1 0 10 13 10 1 0 0 Rowand .248 .331 117 15 29 8 0 3 16 13 24 1 0 1 Ryan .268 .326 41 6 11 3 1 0 3 3 9 2 0 1 Nieves .275 .326 40 4 11 1 0 0 3 2 12 0 0 3
Kouzmanoff .237 .289 139 9 33 6 1 2 11 7 33 1 0 0 Ishikawa .236 .296 89 9 21 3 1 0 12 5 28 0 0 1 Duncan .258 .350 120 13 31 11 2 3 23 18 27 0 1 3 Bernadina .250 .400 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Gerut .223 .250 112 17 25 6 0 4 14 5 22 2 0 0 Torres .222 .417 9 4 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 T. Greene .250 .273 32 3 8 2 0 1 2 0 10 2 0 0 Harris .244 .397 45 9 11 2 1 1 8 9 9 1 0 0
C. Burke .216 .326 37 4 8 4 0 0 1 5 6 2 1 4 Schierholtz .217 .245 46 5 10 3 1 0 2 2 8 0 1 0 Rasmus .248 .333 105 19 26 5 0 3 13 11 22 1 0 2 Willingham .221 .348 77 10 17 5 0 6 9 12 20 0 0 1
Giles .173 .263 139 10 24 5 0 2 15 17 16 1 0 0 Aurilia .196 .232 51 3 10 2 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 0 Ankiel .247 .326 81 11 20 6 0 2 11 7 19 0 0 0 Kearns .216 .367 88 14 19 5 2 3 15 18 24 1 0 0
E. Gonzalez .163 .255 49 7 8 1 2 3 6 5 9 0 1 2 Velez .111 .143 27 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 Thurston .242 .339 95 14 23 8 1 1 14 14 18 1 1 4 Bard .208 .240 24 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0
Blanco .136 .240 44 6 6 0 0 3 4 6 11 0 0 0 Frandsen .000 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Robinson .240 .231 25 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 Belliard .200 .245 50 4 10 1 1 1 4 3 14 0 0 2
Wilson .000 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Team Totals .256 .316 1253 150 321 64 9 20 139 98 264 25 10 16 K. Greene .202 .283 99 13 20 4 0 2 11 10 14 2 1 6 Cintron .080 .148 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 1
Team Totals .236 .314 1278 145 301 64 8 40 141 140 256 16 4 17 Team Totals .261 .335 1270 186 331 69 6 42 181 131 220 20 6 28 Team Totals .280 .364 1345 199 376 72 8 46 193 167 312 14 10 41

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Miller 1 0 2.00 16 0 0 18.0 15 4 4 2 7 12 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Bell 1 0 0.00 14 0 9 15.0 7 0 0 0 5 18 Affeldt 0 1 2.50 20 0 0 18.0 17 6 5 1 9 17 Carpenter 1 0 0.00 2 2 0 10.0 5 1 0 0 2 9 Villone 1 0 0.00 7 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 2 1
G. Burke 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cain 4 1 2.65 8 8 0 51.0 44 15 15 6 25 34 Franklin 1 0 1.10 16 0 9 16.1 8 2 2 2 3 14 Detwiler 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 4 3 2 1 0 6
Thatcher 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Medders 2 1 3.63 16 0 0 17.1 18 7 7 1 12 13 McClellan 2 1 2.60 17 0 1 17.1 11 6 5 2 11 15 Lannan 2 3 4.00 8 8 0 45.0 50 24 20 7 16 22
Mujica 1 1 3.44 15 0 0 18.1 13 9 7 2 5 16 Lincecum 3 1 3.75 8 8 0 50.1 50 22 21 1 16 66 Perez 1 1 3.00 15 0 1 12.0 7 4 4 1 12 15 Martis 5 0 4.10 7 7 0 41.2 40 20 19 3 17 21
Peavy 3 5 3.82 9 9 0 61.1 49 27 26 7 19 69 Valdez 1 0 3.75 12 0 0 12.0 12 5 5 1 6 7 Miller 1 0 3.27 15 0 0 11.0 11 5 4 2 3 12 Beimel 0 2 4.50 16 0 0 14.0 20 7 7 2 3 6
Meredith 4 0 3.86 16 0 0 14.0 20 8 6 1 5 12 Zito 1 3 3.89 7 7 0 41.2 40 18 18 2 15 29 Reyes 0 1 3.65 20 0 1 12.1 10 5 5 2 5 13 Cabrera 0 5 5.95 8 8 0 39.1 48 39 26 4 32 16
Gregerson 0 3 4.57 19 0 0 21.2 22 11 11 1 11 21 Wilson 2 2 4.12 19 0 9 19.2 18 11 9 2 7 20 Wainwright 3 2 3.83 8 8 0 49.1 46 24 21 6 23 40 Wells 0 1 6.00 14 0 2 18.0 16 12 12 1 14 13
Perdomo 1 0 4.70 11 0 0 15.1 13 10 8 2 7 7 Howry 0 2 4.80 16 0 0 15.0 16 8 8 1 6 12 Pineiro 4 3 4.17 7 7 0 45.1 56 25 21 2 7 14 Tavarez 0 3 6.32 19 0 1 15.2 15 15 11 1 11 17
Gaudin 0 3 4.91 4 4 0 22.0 17 12 12 0 17 18 Sanchez 1 3 5.06 7 6 0 32.0 30 20 18 3 25 32 Motte 1 1 4.30 18 0 0 14.2 14 7 7 0 7 10 Zimmermann 2 1 6.35 6 6 0 34.0 40 24 24 5 11 32
Correia 1 2 5.06 7 7 0 37.1 36 21 21 3 21 28 Martinez 1 0 6.75 2 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 2 Thompson 0 1 4.30 9 0 0 14.2 16 7 7 1 2 6 Hanrahan 0 1 6.75 18 0 3 17.1 21 13 13 3 8 22
Hill 1 1 5.25 3 3 0 12.0 15 7 7 1 3 7 Johnson 3 4 6.86 8 8 0 40.2 47 31 31 10 16 42 Lohse 3 3 4.66 8 8 0 46.1 45 26 24 5 16 32 Mock 0 2 6.92 13 0 0 13.0 16 10 10 0 8 6
Young 2 2 5.56 8 8 0 43.2 44 28 27 5 22 34 Misch 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 3.0 4 4 4 0 1 0 Wellemeyer 3 4 5.87 8 8 0 46.0 59 31 30 4 21 27 Olsen 1 4 7.24 8 8 0 41.0 60 36 33 8 18 29
Geer 0 1 5.61 6 5 0 33.2 37 24 21 7 7 14 Team Totals 19 18 4.27 37 37 9 332.2 332 165 158 33 152 292 Boyer 0 0 7.04 11 0 0 7.2 7 7 6 1 3 7 Colome 0 0 22.50 4 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 0 1 1
Silva 0 0 6.52 2 2 0 9.2 10 7 7 2 7 3 Team Totals 21 17 4.23 38 38 12 338.1 340 175 159 34 136 245 Team Totals 11 26 5.90 38 38 6 334.0 392 247 219 42 171 221
Team Totals 16 22 4.75 38 38 9 339.1 329 192 179 38 159 266
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

BALTIMORE BOSTON CHICAGO CLEVELAND

ORIOLES RED SOX WHITE SOX INDIANS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Jones .370 .426 127 35 47 12 1 8 26 10 25 3 2 2 Youkilis .393 .505 89 23 35 11 0 6 20 16 18 1 0 1 Konerko .316 .362 136 18 43 12 0 4 23 9 20 0 0 0 Carroll .417 .417 12 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Markakis .336 .414 146 35 49 13 0 6 34 19 18 1 1 3 Lugo .333 .407 48 8 16 1 1 1 4 6 5 1 0 3 Anderson .288 .383 52 6 15 2 0 0 4 8 14 2 3 1 Martinez .401 .478 152 31 61 12 1 7 26 24 14 0 0 1
Scott .303 .384 99 14 30 6 0 5 15 12 19 0 0 0 Pedroia .317 .412 145 30 46 11 0 1 13 22 12 4 3 1 Dye .273 .324 128 20 35 4 0 8 20 9 34 0 2 1 Cabrera .311 .376 148 29 46 9 2 1 19 16 31 6 0 2
Roberts .294 .374 153 33 45 11 0 5 16 20 23 9 3 2 Green .302 .368 86 10 26 8 0 1 13 4 18 1 2 8 Podsednik .271 .294 48 3 13 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 Choo .286 .412 133 21 38 8 1 5 23 26 32 6 0 3
Huff .281 .355 146 19 41 11 0 7 33 18 21 0 3 2 Ellsbury .300 .331 160 20 48 6 1 1 13 8 16 16 4 0 Pierzynski .266 .298 109 11 29 3 1 4 10 5 8 1 0 2 Hafner .270 .370 63 10 17 5 0 4 8 8 18 0 0 0
Mora .262 .319 84 6 22 1 0 2 15 7 13 1 2 2 Bay .295 .434 132 32 39 9 1 11 40 31 34 4 0 0 Betemit .250 .325 36 2 9 5 0 0 3 4 13 0 0 2 Dellucci .263 .326 38 3 10 3 0 0 1 2 11 0 0 0
Andino .250 .280 24 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 Lowell .289 .321 149 19 43 12 1 6 28 6 18 0 0 5 Nix .241 .324 29 2 7 1 0 2 3 4 4 2 0 0 Garko .258 .352 89 5 23 4 0 2 15 13 11 0 0 1
Izturis .243 .281 115 12 28 5 1 1 13 4 7 8 0 4 Drew .261 .384 115 23 30 9 1 6 20 22 34 0 1 1 Thome .240 .367 100 19 24 5 0 7 20 20 37 0 0 0 Peralta .257 .322 136 15 35 8 0 1 16 12 39 0 0 3
Reimold .235 .235 17 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Varitek .231 .315 108 12 25 9 0 5 16 12 22 0 0 1 Getz .238 .296 105 13 25 5 1 0 6 6 12 3 1 2 Francisco .248 .322 109 18 27 6 0 4 13 8 24 7 1 1
Montanez .217 .288 46 4 10 4 0 1 6 4 9 0 0 0 Ortiz .208 .318 130 14 27 10 1 0 15 20 30 0 1 0 Wise .238 .238 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 DeRosa .242 .313 149 23 36 8 0 6 25 14 34 0 1 5
Moeller .216 .256 37 1 8 2 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 Baldelli .200 .243 35 4 7 0 0 1 4 2 13 0 0 0 Quentin .229 .333 118 19 27 4 0 8 18 11 15 1 0 1 Sizemore .220 .302 159 21 35 8 0 7 25 19 41 6 6 0
Wigginton .210 .254 119 7 25 4 0 2 11 5 17 1 1 2 Bailey .182 .318 55 8 10 2 1 2 7 8 17 0 0 2 Fields .224 .302 125 13 28 2 2 2 12 12 41 0 2 5 Shoppach .210 .364 62 9 13 2 0 2 7 7 27 0 0 0
Pie .203 .284 79 9 16 2 1 2 4 9 20 1 2 0 Kottaras .143 .265 28 4 4 2 0 0 3 5 10 0 0 0 Ramirez .214 .254 117 7 25 3 0 1 13 7 15 6 1 2 LaPorta .194 .278 31 7 6 1 0 1 3 3 7 1 0 1
Zaun .198 .294 96 11 19 6 0 1 3 12 14 0 0 3 Lowrie .056 .150 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 Miller .207 .281 29 4 6 2 0 0 5 3 7 0 0 0 Valbuena .105 .261 19 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0
Team Totals .270 .339 1303 192 352 78 4 41 181 128 202 25 14 24 Velazquez .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lillibridge .162 .260 68 7 11 2 0 0 0 8 21 4 1 2 Team Totals .269 .354 1359 203 366 79 5 40 186 159 309 27 9 21
Team Totals .274 .363 1316 208 361 90 7 42 200 166 264 27 11 26 Team Totals .246 .315 1233 144 303 52 5 36 139 111 253 21 12 25

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO

Baez 2 1 2.11 13 0 0 21.1 11 5 5 2 9 17 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Aquino 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Walker 0 0 3.12 17 0 0 8.2 12 3 3 2 0 9 Bard 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 1 1 Dotel 1 1 0.68 15 0 0 13.1 8 1 1 0 9 15 Herges 0 0 2.08 5 0 0 8.2 3 2 2 2 1 10
Hill 1 0 3.18 1 1 0 5.2 7 2 2 0 2 6 Ramirez 4 1 0.86 20 0 0 21.0 9 2 2 1 6 11 Linebrink 1 2 2.08 13 0 0 13.0 14 3 3 0 5 11 Lee 2 5 3.00 8 8 0 54.0 63 18 18 3 13 42
Sherrill 0 1 3.45 16 0 7 15.2 17 6 6 3 7 14 Delcarmen 1 1 0.96 17 0 0 18.2 17 5 2 0 8 15 Thornton 1 1 2.63 15 0 0 13.2 14 4 4 1 7 22 Laffey 2 0 3.41 8 4 1 31.2 28 12 12 1 18 18
Uehara 2 3 4.34 8 8 0 47.2 47 26 23 6 9 35 Papelbon 0 0 1.06 16 0 10 17.0 14 2 2 1 10 19 Jenks 0 1 2.77 13 0 8 13.0 11 5 4 2 5 13 J. Lewis 2 3 4.50 17 0 1 20.0 22 11 10 6 6 18
Johnson 2 2 4.42 18 0 0 18.1 19 9 9 2 5 11 Okajima 2 0 2.89 19 0 0 18.2 12 6 6 2 9 22 Broadway 0 1 2.84 7 0 0 12.2 12 4 4 0 7 7 Betancourt 1 1 4.95 18 0 0 20.0 21 14 11 3 10 21
Bass 2 1 5.04 12 0 0 25.0 32 16 14 5 7 22 Saito 0 0 3.86 14 0 2 14.0 16 6 6 2 4 12 Buehrle 5 1 3.00 7 7 0 45.0 37 15 15 5 12 30 Carmona 2 4 5.70 8 8 0 47.1 47 32 30 5 26 27
Guthrie 3 3 5.21 8 8 0 46.2 53 30 27 8 16 29 Wakefield 4 2 4.03 7 7 0 44.2 38 20 20 3 21 27 Carrasco 1 0 3.00 14 0 0 27.0 33 10 9 1 7 16 Wood 1 1 5.84 14 0 5 12.1 13 8 8 2 6 18
Bergesen 1 1 5.27 5 5 0 27.1 40 18 16 4 8 14 Masterson 2 2 4.57 10 6 0 41.1 45 21 21 3 14 35 Gobble 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 5 Pavano 3 4 6.33 8 8 0 42.2 56 30 30 5 10 32
Ray 0 0 5.68 14 0 0 12.2 17 8 8 1 9 15 Beckett 4 2 5.85 8 8 0 47.2 56 33 31 5 23 46 Colon 2 3 4.21 7 7 0 36.1 38 19 17 4 14 25 Reyes 1 1 6.88 7 7 0 35.1 39 29 27 5 17 21
Hendrickson 1 4 6.03 8 7 0 31.1 45 29 21 7 13 22 Lester 2 4 6.51 8 8 0 47.0 60 34 34 10 16 54 Richard 0 0 4.33 14 2 0 27.0 32 14 13 3 11 15 Smith 0 0 7.11 8 0 0 6.1 7 6 5 0 5 6
Sarfate 0 0 6.39 8 0 0 12.2 13 11 9 3 7 10 Penny 3 1 6.69 7 7 0 36.1 45 31 27 5 16 20 Danks 2 3 4.82 7 7 0 37.1 40 20 20 5 11 34 S. Lewis 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 7 4 4 2 1 3
Eaton 2 4 7.93 7 7 0 36.1 48 32 32 7 16 27 Jones 0 0 8.00 8 0 0 9.0 10 8 8 2 4 7 Floyd 2 4 7.71 8 8 0 44.1 60 39 38 6 23 35 Huff 0 1 17.18 1 1 0 3.2 7 7 7 0 4 2
Simon 0 1 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 8 7 7 5 2 3 Matsuzaka 0 1 12.79 2 2 0 6.1 14 9 9 3 5 5 Team Totals 15 22 4.76 37 37 8 321.2 356 179 170 32 136 248 Vizcaino 0 1 --- 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Team Totals 16 22 5.49 38 38 7 331.1 399 225 202 56 123 244 Team Totals 22 16 4.77 38 38 12 339.1 360 190 180 38 147 281 Team Totals 14 25 5.65 39 39 7 341.0 380 225 214 45 156 251
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

DETROIT KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MINNESOTA

TIGERS ROYALS ANGELS TWINS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Cabrera .375 .444 136 25 51 7 0 8 30 16 18 1 2 4 Callaspo .341 .396 126 19 43 15 1 2 16 12 11 0 0 3 Willits .333 .333 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mauer .417 .521 60 13 25 3 0 6 17 13 7 0 0 0
Santiago .352 .386 54 9 19 3 1 3 19 3 15 0 1 2 Bloomquist .333 .410 72 13 24 1 2 1 5 10 8 6 1 2 Napoli .327 .419 107 16 35 8 0 6 17 16 23 2 3 2 Morneau .340 .414 150 30 51 11 0 12 33 19 25 0 0 0
Thomas .311 .392 45 8 14 3 1 0 5 6 8 1 0 0 Teahen .289 .368 135 19 39 8 0 4 14 13 26 1 0 1 Hunter .313 .397 134 29 42 9 1 9 30 19 21 6 2 0 Morales .333 .385 48 7 16 3 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 2
Everett .306 .333 85 14 26 7 0 1 16 3 13 2 1 4 Guillen .279 .398 86 11 24 3 0 3 15 14 12 1 0 1 Aybar .309 .323 94 9 29 7 2 1 10 3 9 1 1 3 Kubel .326 .366 132 20 43 11 1 5 20 9 24 0 0 0
Anderson .297 .338 64 11 19 3 2 0 9 4 9 6 1 1 Butler .278 .359 126 20 35 11 0 3 18 16 22 0 0 0 Rivera .292 .331 113 11 33 5 0 2 12 7 9 0 0 0 Harris .296 .341 81 12 24 4 0 2 7 6 14 0 0 0
Inge .279 .389 122 27 34 4 0 10 27 18 35 1 2 4 Maier .267 .405 30 5 8 2 0 0 0 7 6 2 0 0 Abreu .289 .390 135 14 39 6 1 0 14 23 17 14 0 2 Span .288 .373 153 21 44 4 2 2 20 19 25 9 2 1
Larish .278 .409 36 12 10 0 1 4 5 8 8 0 0 0 Jacobs .262 .338 122 15 32 7 0 8 22 12 37 0 0 2 Morales .287 .327 136 20 39 10 1 8 26 9 28 0 2 2 Cuddyer .252 .352 139 19 35 6 2 4 20 22 28 4 1 2
Polanco .264 .311 140 16 37 13 1 0 15 9 12 0 1 1 Crisp .245 .361 139 28 34 8 5 3 14 25 17 11 2 3 Figgins .277 .366 141 24 39 5 1 0 9 21 24 17 3 5 Redmond .250 .321 48 2 12 1 0 0 3 5 7 0 0 0
Granderson .259 .345 147 27 38 4 1 10 24 20 32 5 1 0 DeJesus .237 .288 135 16 32 8 2 3 15 8 27 0 1 0 Matthews Jr. .272 .307 81 13 22 4 1 0 12 5 18 0 0 1 Gomez .242 .320 66 12 16 4 1 0 2 7 16 4 3 0
Ordonez .256 .340 133 18 34 5 0 2 17 17 22 0 0 1 Buck .236 .309 72 7 17 4 3 3 19 8 19 0 0 4 Izturis .262 .289 84 14 22 3 0 0 11 3 9 4 0 2 Crede .223 .292 103 14 23 6 0 5 15 10 18 0 0 1
Thames .222 .250 18 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Olivo .222 .250 81 6 18 1 1 3 12 1 28 1 1 0 Mathis .259 .313 58 8 15 1 0 0 12 5 18 0 0 1 Buscher .217 .351 46 5 10 2 1 1 7 9 11 0 0 0
Laird .219 .315 96 15 21 4 1 1 9 10 19 1 0 0 Aviles .194 .221 108 9 21 3 1 1 8 4 22 1 0 4 Guerrero .250 .314 32 3 8 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 Punto .196 .306 102 12 20 2 0 0 9 16 18 4 1 3
Guillen .200 .267 90 11 18 4 0 0 6 8 15 1 0 0 Hernandez .167 .286 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kendrick .236 .287 127 19 30 6 1 3 18 6 26 5 0 2 Tolbert .179 .283 39 6 7 2 0 0 4 6 13 0 0 0
Raburn .167 .265 30 5 5 1 0 2 9 4 7 0 0 1 Gordon .095 .269 21 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 8 1 0 1 Quinlan .150 .150 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Team Totals .272 .349 1334 189 363 61 8 38 177 155 252 25 9 14
Sardinha .063 .059 16 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 Pena Jr. .000 .083 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 Team Totals .283 .344 1277 185 361 65 8 30 175 121 210 50 11 23
Treanor .000 .071 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 Team Totals .260 .337 1277 173 332 73 15 35 163 135 247 24 5 26 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .270 .343 1225 201 331 60 9 41 194 128 230 18 9 18 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Mijares 0 1 2.25 11 0 0 12.0 9 3 3 1 4 12
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Oliver 0 0 1.47 10 1 0 18.1 14 3 3 0 3 13 Nathan 1 1 3.07 15 0 6 14.2 11 5 5 2 5 15
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Greinke 7 1 0.60 8 8 0 60.0 40 5 4 0 10 65 Weaver 3 2 2.59 8 8 0 55.2 41 17 16 7 13 42 Dickey 1 0 3.63 11 1 0 22.1 27 9 9 3 12 16
French 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Cruz 3 0 1.45 16 0 1 18.2 7 3 3 1 10 13 Palmer 4 0 3.38 4 4 0 26.2 16 11 10 2 10 16 Guerrier 1 0 3.92 19 0 0 20.2 14 9 9 4 4 14
Zumaya 1 0 1.74 7 0 0 10.1 8 2 2 1 0 5 Wright 0 1 1.66 15 0 0 21.2 19 11 4 2 5 14 Saunders 5 2 3.59 8 8 0 52.2 49 23 21 7 13 26 Blackburn 2 2 4.38 8 8 0 49.1 55 28 24 4 14 23
Jackson 3 2 2.42 8 8 0 52.0 43 18 14 4 11 41 Bannister 3 1 1.80 5 5 0 30.0 23 9 6 1 12 17 Moseley 1 0 4.30 3 3 0 14.2 20 8 7 3 3 8 Slowey 5 1 4.50 8 8 0 48.0 65 24 24 8 4 35
Perry 0 1 2.76 16 0 0 16.1 11 7 5 0 13 16 Soria 1 0 2.08 8 0 7 8.2 8 3 2 0 4 10 Fuentes 0 2 4.97 14 0 9 12.2 15 7 7 1 6 16 Liriano 2 4 5.21 8 8 0 46.2 42 28 27 6 22 39
Porcello 4 3 3.86 7 7 0 39.2 36 18 17 6 13 25 Tejeda 0 0 2.87 11 0 0 15.2 11 5 5 0 12 23 Arredondo 1 0 5.19 18 0 0 17.1 20 10 10 0 5 20 Perkins 1 3 5.36 8 8 0 47.0 50 28 28 6 12 26
Rodney 0 0 4.20 15 0 6 15.0 13 7 7 1 4 11 Mahay 1 0 3.38 15 0 0 13.1 17 7 5 1 5 15 Loux 2 3 5.40 8 6 0 38.1 52 24 23 2 14 14 Ayala 1 1 5.71 16 0 0 17.1 26 12 11 2 6 12
Verlander 3 2 4.29 8 8 0 50.1 43 27 24 3 17 69 Waechter 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 2 1 3 Santana 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 3 5 Breslow 1 2 6.75 16 0 0 13.1 11 11 10 3 11 10
Miner 3 1 4.61 9 4 0 27.1 35 19 14 4 15 21 Meche 2 4 4.60 8 8 0 47.0 51 27 24 1 16 38 Speier 0 1 6.14 12 0 0 14.2 13 10 10 2 7 13 Baker 1 4 6.95 6 6 0 33.2 38 26 26 8 6 25
Seay 0 1 5.40 16 0 0 11.2 11 7 7 0 3 7 Farnsworth 0 3 4.73 14 0 0 13.1 13 7 7 2 4 12 Bulger 1 1 7.30 13 0 0 12.1 14 10 10 2 8 11 Crain 2 2 8.25 15 0 0 12.0 12 11 11 3 7 8
Galarraga 3 3 5.62 8 8 0 41.2 43 26 26 7 23 33 Davies 2 2 5.01 8 8 0 46.2 45 26 26 6 21 33 Shields 1 3 7.90 16 0 1 13.2 13 13 12 1 12 9 Team Totals 18 21 5.20 39 39 6 346.1 376 207 200 53 113 241
Robertson 1 0 6.30 8 0 0 10.0 10 7 7 0 6 7 Ponson 1 4 6.16 8 6 0 38.0 48 28 26 4 16 22 Lackey 1 0 9.00 2 2 0 5.0 7 6 5 1 0 3
Lyon 1 3 6.89 13 0 0 15.2 16 12 12 3 11 5 Ramirez 0 1 6.59 11 1 0 13.2 19 11 10 2 6 9 Team Totals 19 18 4.68 37 37 10 327.0 344 186 170 35 120 216
Willis 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 2 0 Hochevar 0 1 16.88 2 2 0 5.1 10 11 10 1 5 2
Team Totals 20 16 4.16 36 36 6 318.1 309 170 147 36 131 260 Team Totals 20 18 3.59 38 38 8 336.0 316 155 134 23 127 276
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

NEW YORK OAKLAND SEATTLE TAMPA BAY

YANKEES ATHLETICS MARINERS RAYS
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Cervelli .375 .400 24 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 Kennedy .367 .424 30 4 11 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 1 Suzuki .324 .361 139 14 45 2 1 4 12 7 13 5 3 1 Bartlett .384 .423 138 27 53 9 2 5 22 8 21 11 1 3
Damon .322 .390 146 30 47 9 2 10 27 16 26 3 0 1 Suzuki .320 .367 128 18 41 12 0 2 15 8 8 1 1 1 Branyan .309 .372 123 24 38 11 0 10 20 11 37 1 0 2 Longoria .345 .405 148 31 51 16 0 11 46 16 36 2 0 3
Cabrera .317 .374 104 17 33 5 0 4 14 10 15 3 1 1
Cust .270 .372 126 22 34 5 0 6 23 20 37 1 0 1 Balentien .288 .325 73 10 21 8 0 1 6 5 12 1 0 0 Crawford .327 .383 159 28 52 10 3 1 18 13 30 24 0 1
Posada .312 .402 77 10 24 6 0 5 20 12 19 1 0 1
Holliday .261 .331 134 17 35 5 1 4 23 11 25 1 0 0 Chavez .273 .336 110 11 30 2 0 1 8 11 15 6 1 1 Iwamura .291 .358 134 16 39 12 0 0 15 14 27 8 1 5
Cano .301 .337 156 23 47 10 0 6 19 9 13 1 1 2
Sweeney .250 .304 144 19 36 7 0 2 10 11 24 2 2 1 Gutierrez .272 .349 114 17 31 3 0 3 17 13 26 2 2 0 Zobrist .279 .374 86 15 24 7 1 7 20 13 21 3 1 0
Nady .286 .310 28 4 8 4 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0
Cabrera .233 .283 146 17 34 4 0 2 12 11 12 1 3 6 Betancourt .258 .284 128 9 33 5 1 2 14 5 11 2 0 7 Aybar .263 .358 57 8 15 4 0 0 6 8 10 0 0 0
Jeter .275 .351 153 22 42 6 0 5 15 16 22 8 1 2
Garciaparra .231 .262 39 5 9 1 0 1 7 2 7 0 0 0 Johjima .250 .271 68 7 17 2 0 2 9 2 2 1 0 1 Hernandez .258 .281 31 2 8 2 0 1 8 1 5 1 1 0
Molina .273 .333 44 5 12 2 0 1 6 4 6 0 0 1
Pena .263 .311 57 7 15 2 1 0 4 4 9 1 0 3 Buck .225 .295 71 6 16 2 0 1 6 7 16 1 1 0 Sweeney .246 .297 69 7 17 4 0 2 9 3 9 0 0 1 Gross .254 .365 63 12 16 3 0 1 7 11 14 2 1 0

Matsui .261 .357 111 11 29 8 1 4 13 15 18 0 0 0 Crosby .224 .348 76 9 17 3 2 0 8 13 14 1 0 5 Lopez .234 .280 145 18 34 6 0 3 19 9 19 0 1 6 Burrell .250 .349 108 9 27 4 0 1 17 16 25 1 0 0

Gardner .244 .315 82 16 20 3 2 2 8 8 14 6 1 0 Ellis .206 .265 63 6 13 2 0 0 9 5 10 2 1 2 Griffey Jr. .219 .342 96 11 21 4 0 3 8 18 20 0 0 0 Riggans .250 .250 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Teixeira .239 .358 134 24 32 7 0 10 28 24 30 0 0 0 Giambi .200 .329 115 19 23 6 0 3 17 19 26 0 0 3 Beltre .211 .242 152 18 32 10 0 2 15 6 28 5 2 7 Pena .248 .373 141 28 35 8 1 13 33 27 50 0 1 5
Swisher .236 .367 123 22 29 9 1 8 22 24 38 0 0 3 Powell .194 .250 36 2 7 4 0 0 9 3 9 0 0 2 Johnson .206 .227 63 4 13 3 1 0 8 2 19 0 1 1 Kapler .212 .288 52 5 11 6 0 0 2 6 11 2 0 1
Rodriguez .188 .395 32 4 6 0 0 4 8 10 7 0 0 1 Davis .179 .258 28 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 10 3 2 0 Cedeno .186 .239 43 6 8 1 1 1 3 3 12 1 1 1 Upton .183 .294 131 25 24 7 0 2 6 21 41 12 2 0
Ransom .180 .226 50 4 9 5 1 0 6 3 15 1 0 2 Hannahan .133 .212 30 4 4 3 0 1 4 3 7 0 0 0 Team Totals .255 .307 1336 156 341 61 4 34 148 96 226 24 11 33 Navarro .179 .205 112 13 20 4 0 1 7 2 20 1 0 1
Berroa .167 .167 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
Chavez .100 .129 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 Team Totals .275 .351 1377 221 378 93 7 45 210 157 314 67 8 24
Cash .100 .100 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Cunningham .000 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .272 .351 1343 205 365 77 8 59 194 157 248 24 4 20
Team Totals .239 .311 1229 153 294 57 3 23 148 120 221 14 10 27 Rowland-Smith 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 3.1 4 2 0 0 4 1 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Vargas 1 0 1.29 4 2 0 14.0 15 3 2 2 6 8 Isringhausen 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Aardsma 1 1 1.45 18 0 4 18.2 10 3 3 1 12 19 Cormier 0 0 2.17 14 0 1 29.0 25 7 7 1 7 12
Aceves 2 0 2.16 4 0 0 8.1 5 2 2 1 2 9
Bailey 3 0 1.54 17 0 1 23.1 7 4 4 2 9 28 Kelley 1 1 1.54 10 0 0 11.2 11 2 2 2 1 11 Howell 0 2 2.60 18 0 1 17.1 17 5 5 1 6 20
Rivera 0 1 2.76 16 0 7 16.1 18 5 5 4 1 22
Wuertz 2 1 1.83 18 0 2 19.2 12 5 4 1 3 17 White 0 0 2.50 13 0 0 18.0 12 6 5 2 12 7 Shouse 1 1 3.29 17 0 0 13.2 14 5 5 2 2 8
Bruney 2 0 3.38 9 0 0 8.0 3 3 3 0 2 12
Cameron 0 0 2.45 7 0 0 11.0 8 3 3 0 3 9 Bedard 2 1 2.53 7 7 0 42.2 39 14 12 3 11 43 Garza 4 2 3.50 8 8 0 54.0 36 22 21 5 23 45
Sabathia 3 3 3.70 8 8 0 56.0 48 25 23 3 20 37
Springer 0 1 2.76 18 0 0 16.1 18 6 5 3 7 18 Batista 2 0 2.61 14 0 0 20.2 22 10 6 1 12 19 Shields 3 4 3.98 8 8 0 52.0 56 26 23 8 15 35
Chamberlain 2 1 3.76 7 7 0 40.2 40 20 17 5 21 40
Casilla 0 1 3.07 11 0 0 14.2 8 6 5 1 6 9 Hernandez 4 2 3.53 8 8 0 51.0 47 21 20 5 15 53 Percival 0 1 4.91 13 0 6 11.0 13 6 6 3 3 7
Tomko 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 1 0 0
Braden 3 5 3.64 8 8 0 47.0 55 21 19 4 15 32 Washburn 3 3 3.86 8 8 0 51.1 47 23 22 5 15 37 Niemann 4 3 4.97 8 8 0 41.2 47 26 23 7 21 21
Pettitte 4 1 4.18 8 8 0 51.2 59 26 24 6 16 28
Coke 1 2 4.76 18 0 1 17.0 13 12 9 4 7 12 Ziegler 0 0 3.86 13 0 4 16.1 21 8 7 0 6 12 Lowe 0 1 4.15 17 0 0 17.1 21 12 8 1 7 16 Balfour 1 0 5.60 18 0 1 17.2 18 11 11 0 12 17

Albaladejo 2 1 4.82 17 0 0 18.2 19 12 10 3 10 10 Outman 1 0 4.05 7 5 0 26.2 25 14 12 5 12 25 Olson 0 1 4.85 4 1 0 13.0 14 8 7 3 7 7 Wheeler 1 0 5.79 16 0 0 14.0 13 9 9 4 4 12

Burnett 2 1 5.02 8 8 0 52.0 48 29 29 7 25 43 Cahill 2 3 5.01 8 8 0 41.1 46 24 23 6 22 14 Jakubauskas 2 4 7.13 8 6 0 35.1 41 29 28 4 11 15 Nelson 0 0 5.94 17 0 2 16.2 15 11 11 4 12 17

Ramirez 0 0 5.19 15 0 0 17.1 18 11 10 6 15 16 Giese 0 3 5.32 7 1 0 22.0 22 13 13 5 9 11 Corcoran 1 0 7.27 8 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 0 9 4 Kazmir 4 3 6.97 8 8 0 41.1 52 34 32 7 25 32

Veras 2 1 6.61 17 0 0 16.1 13 12 12 2 12 13 Anderson 0 4 6.03 6 6 0 31.1 39 29 21 5 11 15 Silva 1 3 8.48 6 6 0 28.2 38 27 27 5 9 10 Sonnanstine 2 4 7.36 8 8 0 40.1 58 34 33 5 14 24
Hughes 1 2 7.56 4 4 0 16.2 23 15 14 4 12 10 Gonzalez 0 0 7.27 2 0 0 8.2 11 7 7 0 7 7 Morrow 0 3 9.58 11 0 6 10.1 13 11 11 3 11 12 Team Totals 20 20 4.79 40 40 11 349.2 365 196 186 47 144 250
Marte 0 1 15.19 7 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 3 3 6 Gallagher 1 2 8.16 6 2 0 14.1 21 16 13 1 7 10 Stark 0 1 11.12 5 0 0 5.2 10 8 7 2 6 4
Wang 0 3 34.50 3 3 0 6.0 23 23 23 2 6 2 Team Totals 13 22 4.50 35 35 7 321.2 341 183 161 36 136 225 Team Totals 18 21 4.29 39 39 10 350.1 357 186 167 39 148 266
Team Totals 21 17 5.32 38 38 8 343.1 359 218 203 53 164 272
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American League National League
AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS
THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
(Through May 18)
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
(Through May 18)
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
Toronto .289 .462 .357 41 1462 234 422 137 93 4 51 222 N.Y. Mets .291 .427 .371 38 1303 191 379 118 70 15 26 177
L.A. Dodgers .285 .424 .371 40 1390 225 396 123 82 8 32 212
L.A. Angels .283 .417 .344 37 1277 185 361 116 65 8 30 175
Washington .280 .448 .364 38 1345 199 376 173 72 8 46 193
Texas .278 .494 .334 37 1309 209 364 114 81 8 62 204
Houston .267 .404 .332 37 1256 164 335 162 65 9 30 154
Tampa Bay .275 .450 .351 40 1377 221 378 157 93 7 45 210
TEXAS TORONTO Boston .274 .449 .363 38 1316 208 361 172 90 7 42 200
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
.265
.262
.404
.452
.334
.349
38
36
1288
1235
174
207
341
323
151
106
86
71
9
7
25
50
167
197
RANGERS BLUE JAYS Minnesota .272 .415 .349 39 1334 189 363 142 61 8 38 177 St. Louis .261 .424 .335 38 1270 186 331 122 69 6 42 181
N.Y. Yankees .272 .473 .351 38 1343 205 365 141 77 8 59 194 Atlanta .259 .395 .342 37 1241 157 322 163 74 5 28 146
Baltimore .270 .431 .339 38 1303 192 352 170 78 4 41 181 Chicago Cubs .256 .427 .339 36 1221 182 312 108 61 5 46 171
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E Detroit .270 .434 .343 36 1225 201 331 92 60 9 41 194 San Francisco .256 .370 .316 37 1253 150 321 116 64 9 20 139
Colorado .255 .434 .330 37 1241 188 316 128 68 7 47 181
Cleveland .269 .423 .354 39 1359 203 366 157 79 5 40 186
Vizquel .378 .425 37 6 14 4 1 0 6 3 4 2 0 0 Hill .345 .382 177 30 61 6 0 11 34 11 27 2 1 5 Milwaukee .254 .436 .352 38 1250 194 317 117 66 6 50 190
Kansas City .260 .423 .337 38 1277 173 332 137 73 15 35 163
Cincinnati .253 .404 .327 37 1261 167 319 138 64 6 38 157
Young .351 .392 148 25 52 14 0 7 17 10 24 3 1 3 Lind .322 .398 152 25 49 14 0 7 35 19 30 0 0 0 Seattle .255 .383 .307 39 1336 156 341 148 61 4 34 148 Florida .237 .379 .317 38 1298 174 307 131 60 7 37 166
Chicago White Sox .246 .384 .315 37 1233 144 303 147 52 5 36 139 San Diego .236 .392 .314 38 1278 145 301 111 64 8 40 141
Kinsler .314 .385 153 31 48 11 1 11 32 17 24 9 1 3 Rolen .318 .381 132 22 42 10 0 3 15 12 17 2 0 4 Oakland .239 .347 .311 35 1229 153 294 98 57 3 23 148 Arizona .234 .398 .310 37 1236 144 289 122 75 7 38 138
Byrd .309 .333 123 15 38 14 0 2 17 5 16 2 0 0 Barajas .310 .339 113 14 35 11 0 3 22 6 16 0 0 4 CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
N.Y. Mets 24 17 11 165 21 215 42 15 35 559 1 31 29 0
Jones .297 .439 64 14 19 7 0 4 11 16 14 1 0 0 Bautista .301 .427 73 15 22 4 0 1 6 15 20 3 0 0 Toronto 10 15 9 156 11 235 20 3 43 597 0 20 40 0
L.A. Dodgers 13 16 13 186 24 268 32 13 37 596 0 17 33 0
L.A. Angels 14 15 6 121 7 210 50 11 20 461 1 23 36 0
Andrus .276 .315 105 18 29 2 3 2 8 6 16 4 0 7 Millar .299 .338 67 10 20 5 0 2 13 4 10 0 0 1 Washington 16 8 15 167 9 312 14 10 27 628 1 41 29 0
Texas 7 13 9 108 4 299 29 5 17 511 1 19 41 0 Houston 20 16 12 119 8 224 26 16 28 480 4 18 42 0
Cruz .271 .322 133 18 36 7 0 7 22 11 34 4 0 3 Scutaro .284 .415 155 36 44 10 1 5 20 35 19 3 2 0 Tampa Bay 7 12 12 157 9 314 67 8 22 547 2 24 42 0 Pittsburgh 17 10 18 122 9 274 22 8 20 513 4 17 41 1
Boston 0 11 24 166 15 264 27 11 43 559 1 26 26 0 Philadelphia 13 13 21 151 3 231 22 8 24 481 2 11 24 0
Saltalamacchia .267 .315 101 13 27 5 0 3 16 7 33 0 1 1 Rios .265 .326 170 23 45 9 2 5 21 14 30 3 0 1 Minnesota 10 14 11 155 7 252 25 9 34 569 3 14 30 0 St. Louis 20 16 20 131 9 220 20 6 25 490 1 28 38 0
N.Y. Yankees 13 10 12 157 8 248 24 4 30 542 0 20 38 0 Atlanta 20 12 11 151 12 228 7 7 32 512 3 23 27 0
Hamilton .241 .296 87 14 21 1 2 5 19 7 23 3 0 0 Wells .259 .317 170 27 44 10 1 5 21 15 17 6 0 0 Chicago Cubs 9 10 15 144 6 268 20 11 24 511 2 20 27 0
Baltimore 3 7 12 128 5 202 25 14 20 467 1 24 30 0
Detroit 13 8 12 128 6 230 18 9 40 466 2 18 32 0 San Francisco 15 13 17 98 12 264 25 10 28 479 2 16 40 0
Blalock .237 .271 131 20 31 7 1 10 24 5 25 0 0 0 Overbay .247 .357 93 13 23 8 0 5 19 17 16 0 0 0 Colorado 13 13 9 138 6 272 28 11 27 471 3 23 32 0
Cleveland 7 11 26 159 5 309 27 9 29 609 3 21 51 0
Davis .227 .283 128 21 29 4 0 10 21 8 54 0 0 0 Chavez .241 .241 29 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 Milwaukee 15 14 22 175 7 307 11 9 31 533 1 24 28 0
Kansas City 11 6 16 135 11 247 24 5 34 503 1 26 43 0 Cincinnati 26 11 15 129 9 250 24 10 28 473 1 29 31 0
Teagarden .206 .308 34 3 7 1 0 0 3 4 15 0 0 0 Snider .240 .291 96 12 23 6 0 3 12 7 24 1 0 1 Seattle 17 11 8 96 9 226 24 11 38 460 3 33 33 0 Florida 19 8 12 144 9 322 21 11 18 501 2 25 21 0
Chicago White Sox 3 9 17 111 1 253 21 12 29 496 6 25 26 0 San Diego 21 7 9 140 9 256 16 4 26 478 3 17 38 0
Murphy .203 .293 64 11 13 4 0 1 8 9 16 1 2 0 McDonald .235 .235 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Oakland 6 11 13 120 2 221 14 10 23 484 4 27 32 0 Arizona 9 9 9 131 9 287 26 11 16 489 3 28 37 1
Team Totals .278 .334 1309 209 364 81 8 62 204 108 299 29 5 19 Barrett .167 .211 18 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 TEAM PITCHING TEAM PITCHING
(Through May 18) (Through May 18)
Team Totals .289 .357 1462 234 422 93 4 51 222 156 235 20 3 20 CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER
Kansas City 20 18 3.59 38 4 4 8 336.0 316 155 134 L.A. Dodgers 27 13 3.72 40 1 3 12 358.0 293 154 148
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Milwaukee 24 14 3.86 38 1 2 14 337.2 299 157 145
Toronto 27 14 3.85 41 2 3 8 373.2 340 174 160
N.Y. Mets 21 17 3.90 38 0 2 12 341.2 332 167 148
Francisco 1 0 0.00 14 0 9 14.2 7 0 0 0 4 13 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Detroit 20 16 4.16 36 1 5 6 318.1 309 170 147
Cincinnati 20 17 3.96 37 1 6 10 339.0 311 161 149
Seattle 18 21 4.29 39 1 3 10 350.1 357 186 167 Atlanta 18 19 4.19 37 0 2 9 330.2 314 170 154
O'Day 1 0 2.00 11 0 1 9.0 7 2 2 1 1 10 Frasor 4 0 0.64 16 0 1 14.0 9 1 1 0 1 9 Oakland 13 22 4.50 35 0 0 7 321.2 341 183 161 Pittsburgh 17 21 4.19 38 1 4 7 332.2 318 165 155
Millwood 4 3 2.93 8 8 0 58.1 53 21 19 7 13 32 Cecil 2 0 1.80 3 3 0 20.0 17 5 4 2 4 15 Texas 23 14 4.54 37 3 2 12 331.1 331 179 167 St. Louis 21 17 4.23 38 1 1 12 338.1 340 175 159
L.A. Angels 19 18 4.68 37 4 3 10 327.0 344 186 170 San Francisco 19 18 4.27 37 0 5 9 332.2 332 165 158
Jennings 1 1 3.24 11 0 0 16.2 14 9 6 2 7 11 Downs 0 0 1.86 18 0 5 19.1 13 5 4 1 2 22 Chicago White Sox 15 22 4.76 37 0 2 8 321.2 356 179 170 Arizona 14 23 4.43 37 1 4 8 331.0 333 172 163
Boston 22 16 4.77 38 2 0 12 339.1 360 190 180 Chicago Cubs 21 15 4.50 36 0 1 9 319.2 293 167 160
Wilson 2 2 3.86 18 0 2 16.1 16 12 7 1 9 10 Halladay 8 1 2.78 9 9 0 68.0 63 23 21 5 8 57 Florida 18 20 4.59 38 1 0 7 341.0 348 193 174
Tampa Bay 20 20 4.79 40 0 1 11 349.2 365 196 186
Colorado 15 22 4.70 37 1 1 7 323.2 356 184 169
Feldman 2 0 4.04 8 5 0 35.2 30 16 16 3 12 19 Wolfe 1 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 3 Minnesota 18 21 5.20 39 0 1 6 346.1 376 207 200
Houston 17 19 4.71 37 0 2 8 328.2 350 183 172
N.Y. Yankees 21 17 5.32 38 2 2 8 343.1 359 218 203 San Diego 16 22 4.75 38 1 0 9 339.1 329 192 179
Harrison 4 2 4.23 7 7 0 44.2 48 21 21 4 13 24 Carlson 1 2 3.43 21 0 0 21.0 17 8 8 2 6 12 Baltimore 16 22 5.49 38 1 1 7 331.1 399 225 202 Philadelphia 20 16 5.39 36 0 0 9 322.0 345 195 193
Padilla 3 2 4.71 8 8 0 49.2 50 27 26 4 20 26 Ray 1 1 3.60 3 3 0 20.0 17 10 8 3 5 9 Cleveland 14 25 5.65 39 0 1 7 341.0 380 225 214 Washington 11 26 5.90 38 1 0 6 334.0 392 247 219

Holland 1 1 4.85 7 0 0 13.0 13 7 7 2 6 6 Richmond 4 2 3.64 8 8 0 47.0 44 21 19 6 17 38 CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK
Kansas City 23 11 127 4 276 20 2 L.A. Dodgers 27 20 158 16 301 18 0
McCarthy 3 1 5.92 7 7 0 38.0 39 25 25 10 16 29 Camp 0 1 4.20 13 0 0 15.0 16 8 7 2 7 7 Milwaukee 40 19 134 8 265 14 0
Toronto 41 16 127 4 284 12 0
N.Y. Mets 29 11 145 15 263 11 6
Eyre 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 1 League 1 1 4.50 16 0 0 18.0 16 9 9 1 8 13 Detroit 36 6 131 7 260 13 0 Cincinnati 37 17 148 7 255 10 1
Seattle 39 13 148 4 266 19 1 Atlanta 26 15 134 15 285 11 0
Guardado 0 1 6.23 14 0 0 8.2 13 6 6 2 4 4 Tallet 2 1 4.68 10 6 0 42.1 33 23 22 7 21 31 Oakland 36 5 136 9 225 8 0 Pittsburgh 34 17 141 9 205 9 1
Texas 43 19 125 5 196 12 4 St. Louis 34 15 136 2 245 9 4
Benson 1 1 8.36 3 2 0 14.0 21 14 13 4 6 8 Litsch 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 1 8 San Francisco 33 9 152 15 292 17 2
L.A. Angels 35 12 120 5 216 14 1
Madrigal 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 2.2 1 4 4 0 5 1 Ryan 1 0 9.45 7 0 2 6.2 8 7 7 2 6 6 Chicago White Sox 32 7 136 12 248 16 1 Arizona 40 8 120 4 256 17 0
Boston 38 27 147 8 281 10 1 Chicago Cubs 45 12 148 6 303 16 3
Team Totals 23 14 4.54 37 37 12 331.1 331 179 167 43 125 196 Team Totals 27 14 3.85 41 41 8 373.2 340 174 160 41 127 284 Florida 36 8 152 15 300 15 1
Tampa Bay 47 12 144 6 250 18 1
Colorado 36 11 116 11 238 9 1
Minnesota 53 10 113 5 241 13 2 Houston 40 16 138 5 251 10 1
N.Y. Yankees 53 24 164 8 272 17 1 San Diego 38 10 159 16 266 13 1
Baltimore 56 13 123 14 244 8 1 Philadelphia 58 22 139 8 252 7 0
Cleveland 45 12 156 9 251 12 1 Washington 42 19 171 10 221 22 2
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Defenseless: NFL’s five worst overhaul coaches, personnel
Bad defense is difficult to
overcome.
The Lions discovered that last
season. Not only were they winless,
but in many games they looked
defenseless. Detroit had the NFL’s
worst defense, allowing 404.4
yards per game,
followed by the
Chiefs (393.2),
Seahawks (378),
Broncos (374.6)
and Rams (371.9).
Not surpris-
ingly, none of
Clifton Brown those teams made
PRO FOOTBALL the playoffs. Not
surprisingly, all
five have new head coaches, new
defensive coordinators and plenty
of new personnel.
Here’s a closer look at what the
feeble five have done in the
offseason:
Detroit Lions
What’s different: New coach Jim
Schwartz does not want to hear
about last season. Linebacker Larry
Foote, who left the Steelers to sign
as a free agent, has the kind of atti-
tude Schwartz seeks.
“I think the first thing he brings
is a couple Super Bowl rings and
success in the league,” Schwartz
said of Foote. “That’s street cred,
instant credibility, whatever you
want to say.”
The Lions have revamped the
linebacker corps, signing Foote and
Cody Spencer and trading for Julian
Peterson. Two more veterans,
defensive tackle Grady Jackson and
cornerback Phillip Buchanon also
have been added, and the coaches
have high hopes for rookie safety
Louis Delmas.
Why they should worry: When you
finish 0-16, you are a long way from
being good. The Lions spent their
two first-round picks on offense—
QB Matthew Stafford and tight end
Brandon Pettigrew. Why not help
the offense? Fixing the defense is a
long-term project.
“Quite honestly, we needed to
improve special teams and offense
also,” Schwartz said. “It wasn’t like
we were in a situation maybe like
Denver. I think they were second in
the league on offense and down
toward the bottom in defense. We
weren’t real high on offense, either.
So there were a lot of things to
address.”
Kansas City Chiefs
What’s different: New G.M. Scott
Pioli has a strong draft record, and
he liked defensive end Tyson Jack-
son enough to make him the No.
3-overall pick. Jackson, who got his
first taste of the NFL at a recent
minicamp, sounds realistic about
the work he must do to become an
impact rookie.
“Everything’s much faster, guys
are bigger, stronger,” Jackson said.
“You’re a professional now. You got
to get adjusted quick. I have to step
up my game a lot more. I can’t con-
tinue playing the college game and
bring it to the NFL.”
Pioli also added three veteran line-
backers—Mike Vrabel, Zach Thomas
and Monty Beisel—to accelerate the
switch to a 3-4 scheme. Defensive
coordinator Clancy Pendergast gets
another chance after being fired by
the Cardinals despite their Super
Bowl run.
Why they should worry: After a
disappointing rookie year, defen-
sive tackle Glenn Dorsey might not
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be a good fit at nose tackle or end in
a 3-4 defense. The Chiefs had the
worst pass rush in the league with
just 10 sacks, and on paper they
have not improved.
Seattle Seahawks
What’s different: The coaches
expect linebacker Aaron Curry, the
No. 4-overall pick, to start immedi-
ately. Cornerback Ken Lucas was
signed as a free agent, and they
traded for defensive tackle Cory
Redding. New defensive coordina-
tor Casey Bradley will bring some
of the cover-2 principles he learned
under former Buccaneers’ coordi-
nator Monte Kiffin.
Why they should worry: The Sea-
hawks allowed more passing yards
than any team, despite having a
decent pass rush. They still have
question marks in the secondary. If
defensive end Patrick Kearney does
not fully recover from shoulder and
elbow surgeries, the pass rush too
could suffer.
Denver Broncos
What’s different: Veterans like
safety Brian Dawkins and line-
backer Andra Davis should add
swagger. Rookie Robert Ayers
expects to see time at outside line-
backer and defensive end. With 22
years of NFL coaching experience,
defensive coordinator Mike Nolan GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
will be leaned on heavily by new
Former Steelers LB Larry Foote will try to bring a Super Bowl swagger to his hometown Detroit Lions.
coach Josh McDaniels.
Why they should worry: The Bron- faces, and second-year defensive
cos’ front seven still has serious St. Louis Rams end Chris Long should be Why they should worry: The Rams
question marks. If Redskins rookie What’s different: New coach Steve improved. have won only five games the last
defensive end Brian Orakpo Spagnuolo did a superb job as the “We’re taking from a lot of differ- two seasons, and the defense has
becomes a star, the Broncos might Giants’ defensive coordinator. This ent teams—five, six teams we’ve been weak for years. When a team
regret passing on him with the No. is a tougher job. Strong safety James been watching tape of,” Long said. sinks this low, rebuilding usually
12 pick. Butler and rookie middle line- “Hopefully we can do a little bit of takes time.
backer James Laurinaitis are fresh everything.” cliftonbrown@sportingnews.com
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Scouts’ views
Fullback rankings: Jaguars’ Jones the most versatile in NFL
Back in the days of John Facenda, the full-
back essentially was an extra lineman. He had
to be a big bodied runner with quick foot-
work and a nose for contact. That remains a
major requirement, but the fullback job has
evolved into a role that requires a good deal
of athletic ability and varied skills.
Most of today’s best fullbacks also are
capable receivers, run with power between
the tackles and move the pile as a blocker in
short-yardage situations. Some on this list
also can run like halfbacks when necessary.
The importance of each skill varies between
offensive schemes, but versatility is critical.
RealScouts, SN Today’s team of former NFL
scouts, rank their top 10 fullbacks for ‘09:
1. Greg Jones, Jaguars. A former
running back, Jones has
turned himself into an elite lead
blocker. He also is a tough inside
runner in short-yardage and goal-line
situations and is a solid receiver. Jones
will get more carries in ’09, too, after
the team released Fred Taylor.
2. Le’Ron McClain, Ravens. At 260
pounds, McClain is a punish-
ing blocker. Last season, when
injuries crippled the running back
position, he showed the athleticism to
become the featured ballcarrier and
led the team in rushing. He can fill
multiple roles within the offense,
critical in the Ravens’ run-first attack.
3. Ovie Mughelli, Falcons. Mughelli
doesn’t rack up big personal
statistics, but the Falcons were second
in the NFL in rushing average last
season—152.7 yards per game.
Mughelli is aggressive and strong
enough to deliver blows between the
tackles and athletic enough to make
open-field blocks. He also has
improved in pass protection, which
will become more important as QB
Matt Ryan matures.
4. Justin Griffith, Seahawks.
Griffith was Mughelli’s
predecessor in Atlanta from
2004-06, when the Falcons led the
league in rushing for three consecu-
tive seasons. In ’07, he moved to
Oakland and the woeful Raiders
ranked sixth and 10th in his two
years with the team. It’s no coinci-
dence. He’ll immediately upgrade
Seattle’s running game under new
coach Jim Mora, who was with
Griffith in Atlanta.
5. Lousaka Polite, Dolphins. Polite
initially made his name in the
NFL as a special teams ace for Bill
Parcells in Dallas. A hard-working,
physical player who likes contact, he
endeared himself to Parcells and
ended up in Miami and emerged as a
starter in ’08. Coach Tony Sparano
says Ronnie Brown will be the focus
of the offense this season, and he will
have Polite to thank for many of the
yards he gains.
6. Madison Hedgecock, Giants.
Scouts were shocked when the
Rams released Hedgecock in ’07, and
he was quickly signed by the Giants.
As the lead blocker, he turned the
Giants’ running game from good to
devastating. Though he touched the
ball only nine times last year, he is a
265-pound bowling ball of a blocker
with good receiving skills.
7. Heath Evans, Saints. He is the
short-yardage back New
Orleans has needed. He runs with
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power and can move the pile. He
also is strong enough to take on
linebackers on isolation blocks
and has adequate athleticism to
get outside and lead perimeter
runs. Though he hasn’t done a lot
of it, he also is a capable receiver.
8. Mike Karney, Rams. A hard-
working, lunch-pail type of
player, Karney isn’t particularly
athletic but can be effective
between the tackles as a runner
and blocker in short-yardage
situations. New coach Steve
Spagnuolo has promised that the
offense will revolve around Steven
Jackson, using more two-back
sets. Karney will play a significant
role in ’09.
9. Leonard Weaver, Eagles. The
Eagles’ biggest struggles in
’08 came in short-yardage situa-
tions. Weaver is a power back
who can pick up those yards as a
runner and be a physical lead
blocker for Brian Westbrook,
who could use help in deflecting
initial contact between the
tackles. Weaver, a former tight
end, might be the best receiver on
this list and regularly makes
plays after the catch.
10. Peyton Hillis, Broncos. Hillis
is a versatile back who
makes plays as a runner and
receiver, but he also is a willing
blocker. That wide range of skills
will be put to good use in new
coach Josh McDaniels’ system.
—RealScouts analyze NFL and college players,
coaches and teams exclusively
for Sporting News Today. Jacksonville FB Greg Jones, left, entered the NFL as a big tailback, but has developed into an elite lead blocker.
MARK HUMPHREY / AP
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New Orleans seeks to land 2013
Super Bowl at owners’ meeting
FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA.—New Orleans
could get back in the Super Bowl
rotation this week. NFL owners will
award the 2013 Super Bowl to New
Orleans, Glendale, Ariz., or South
Florida.
The Super Bowl has been staged
in New Orleans nine times, tied with
Miami for the most years hosting
the big game. Miami will break that
tie in February.
But bringing the Super Bowl back
to the bayou for the first time since
2002 not only would be a boon to the
Louisiana city but would display the
NFL’s satisfaction with how New
Orleans has recovered as a sports city
from Hurricane Katrina.
A few weeks ago, the state and the
Saints announced a lease extension
through 2025 that, if approved by the
state legislature, also will include $85
million in upgrades to the Superdome
in time for the 2013 game.
“In a lot of ways, we’re providing a
new stadium with the advantages of
the old stadium,” Saints vice presi-
dent Ben Hales said.
Other issues that could be
discussed:
Expanded season. The owners
could vote on a proposal to expand
the regular season to 17 or 18 games.
Commissioner Roger Goodell has
mentioned in the last few months
the need to replace preseason games
in which few star players get on the
field with “meaningful” football.
“The idea has merit, I think,” he
said last month. “You are taking the
quality and improving it, taking two
meaningless games and making
them meaningful within the
The Superdome has hosted nine Super Bowls and could be in for a major pre-2013 makeover.
20-game framework.”
In late March, Goodell said he
hoped a plan for restructuring the
schedule could be presented to the
owners in Fort Lauderdale. Regard-
less, there will be discussion of the
matter.
“A vote has not been ruled out,”
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.
Sponsorships. Owners plan to
vote on proposals to allow teams to
sell lottery and alcohol sponsor-
ships. Current league rules prohibit
clubs from selling in those areas.
With teams struggling to find spon-
sorships in an ailing economy, clubs
are unlikely to pass on the opportu-
nity to sell new categories. Each of
the sponsorships could be worth up
to $1 million annually per club.
Pension changes. The owners are
likely to be questioned about
changes in the pension plan for
NFL
ROB CARR / AP
coaches after two longtime Colts
assistants, Tom Moore and Howard
Mudd, retired last week rather than
lose benefits. The owners voted in
March to make the pension, the
401K and the supplemental retire-
ment plan non-mandatory for the
clubs. Nine teams have dropped the
program.
Tampering. Possible modifications
to the league’s tampering rules would
create a window before free agency
begins in which teams could contact
the representatives of unrestricted
free agents and enter contract negotia-
tions. No contract could be executed
during that time period.
NFLPA. New players union execu-
tive director DeMaurice Smith is
expected to address the owners.
— The Associated Press & SportsBusiness Journal
5 things about DeMaurice Smith, Page 2
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Vick must follow strict rules upon release
RICHMOND, VA.—Even though
Michael Vick is leaving prison
this week, he won’t exactly be a
free man.
For two months, the suspended
NFL star will be largely confined
to his Hampton, Va., home and
will wear an electronic monitor
that allows federal probation offi-
cials to track his movements.
He will be allowed to go to his
full-time construction job and
likely will be allowed about five
hours a week for other court-ap-
proved activities, according to Ed
Bales, managing director of Fed-
eral Prison Consultants, an inmate
rehabilitation advocacy group.
Permissible activities for inmates
on home confinement typically
include things like medical
appointments, religious obliga-
tions and meetings with probation STEVE HELBER-POOL / GETTY IMAGES
officials. No dinners out. No chill- For two months, Michael Vick will be confined to his home, save mostly for a construction job.
ing at a friend’s house.
And definitely no bars. To reenter the NFL, commis- federal inmates are transferred
“He’s going to be pretty much sioner Roger Goodell has said directly from prison to home con-
read the riot act: ‘If we catch you Vick must show true remorse and finement. The more usual scenario
in one situation like that, it’s back that he has learned from his mis- is a transfer to a halfway house, but
to you know where,’ ” Bales said. takes and is prepared to live a dif- all the beds in the area were booked
The tight restrictions are ferent life. Only then would beyond Vick’s release date.
designed to ease Vick’s transition Goodell consider lifting Vick’s In some ways, Bales said, a
from the federal penitentiary in indefinite suspension. halfway house is an easier gig
Leavenworth, Kan., back into the One restriction tailored specifi- than home confinement. Resi-
community. He is serving a cally for Vick: He never again can dents generally have a couple of
23-month sentence for a dogfight- own a dog. U.S. District Judge hours of free time after work and
ing conspiracy and is expected to Henry Hudson made that deci- are furloughed on weekends, he
be released from federal custody sion when he sentenced Vick. He said. The downside: “You’re with
on July 20. also ordered enrollment in a sub- other people, and there are prob-
After that, Bales said, Vick will stance abuse program if Vick’s lems that can occur,” Bales said.
have 72 hours to report to the parole officer deems it necessary. The only people Vick will be
probation officer to find out what During the day, Vick will earn with during his home confinement
new rules he will have to follow $10 an hour as a general laborer are his fiancee and their children.
during three years of supervised at one of W.M. Jordan Co.’s 40 The five-bedroom, 3,538-square-
probation. Typically, those rules commercial construction sites, foot brick home has an assessed
include travel restrictions, hold- company president John R. Law- value of $748,100, according to
ing down a job and avoiding son has said. Hampton city tax records.
known criminals. Bales said less than 5 percent of — The Associated Press
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INSIDE DISH

Favre may meet with Andrews; Eagles’ Johnson takes leave

Retired QB Brett Favre reportedly
has scheduled an appointment today
to meet with famed orthopedic sur-
geon Dr. James Andrews at his Birming-
ham, Ala., office.
Favre, who turns 40 on Oct. 10, is
considering another comeback to the
NFL but has a partially torn biceps
tendon in his throwing arm. Accord-
ing to The (St. Paul) Pioneer Press,
Andrews will examine Favre and
determine if surgery to sever the ten-
don is necessary. If so, the paper
reports the surgery could be per-
formed later this week.
However, ESPN.com reported that
Favre doesn’t have an appointment
with Andrews, and does not feel that
surgery is imminent, instead focus-
ing on non-surgical options to release
the tendon.
Rehabilitation from such a surgery
typically is 6-8 weeks. If the surgery
eliminates his pain, Favre would be
ready to throw before the start of
training camp in late July.
The Vikings are considered his
likely destination should his arm
bounce back. Should Andrews find
more significant damage in the
throwing shoulder, Favre is expected
to stay retired rather than undergo
major surgery.
Eagles defensive coordinator
Jim Johnson has taken an indefinite
leave of absence while he continues
treatment for a cancerous tumor on
his spine.
Johnson, who turns 68 next week,
complained of back pain in early
January. He coached from the press
box in a playoff win over the Giants
and in the Eagles’ loss to the Cardi-
nals in the NFC championship. An
MRI after the playoff win against the
Giants on Jan. 11 alerted doctors that
something might be wrong. Johnson
was treated for melanoma in 2001.
Following the Arizona loss, the team
announced the cancer had returned.
“Jim and I agreed that he needs to
concentrate all of his efforts on his
recovery,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said
Monday. “He’s struggling, but he’s a
tough guy and a true battler.”
Secondary coach Sean McDermott
will run the defense in Johnson’s
absence.
Vikings DE Kenechi Udeze reports
he is fully recovered from his battle
with leukemia and ready to partici-
pate in offseason workouts and prac-
tices, which begin today.
“I feel really good,” Udeze told The
Star-Tribune. “I don’t know exactly
what they’re going to have me doing,
because they kind of want to ease me
into this offseason minicamp sched-
ule. Whatever they throw me into, I
think I’ll be capable of doing.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t be attempt-
ing this again or if I had a negative
test, if I knew my health was at risk.
My health is doing just fine now.”
No stranger to attention, Bills
WR Terrell Owens drew plenty of it
Monday as he joined his new team-
mates for a voluntary practice. After
the workout, Owens filmed seg-
ments for his VH1 reality show and
held a press conference at an art gal-
lery, where he was presented the key
to the city by Buffalo mayor Byron
Brown.
“This is nothing,” Owens said
with a smile following practice while
standing in front of 12 TV cameras.
Terrell Owens filmed reality TV segments after his workout with the Bills Monday afternoon.
“I played in Philly, played in Dallas,
this is light.”
On one play during practice,
Owens, a 13-year veteran, burst up
the right sideline and beat CB Terrence
McGee to make a catch and tiptoe into
the end zone.
“I thought I was going to get my
hands on the ball, but when I missed
it I didn’t think he was going to catch
it,” McGee said. “When I’m diving
and I see it in his hands, it was a great
throw and a great catch.”
Chiefs G Brian Waters, in a
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meeting with new coach Todd Haley
on Monday, again has asked to be
traded or released, according to The
Kansas City Star.
The Dolphins are considering
using WR Ernest Wilford in more of a
tight end/H-back role in ’09, accord-
ing to his agent, Drew Rosenhaus.
The Ravens signed WR Kelley
Washington to a one-year contract
Monday. Washington, a six-year vet,
spent the past two seasons with the
Patriots after being released by the
Bengals. Last season, Washington
caught one pass and blocked a punt.
Browns WR/KR Josh Cribbs plans
to skip the Browns’ offseason prac-
tices, which begin today, in an effort
to get an upgraded contract. Cribbs
claims both owner Randy Lerner and
former G.M. Phil Savage had promised
to redo his contract but new G.M.
George Kokinis has been unwilling,
sources told ProFootballTalk.com.
Cribbs is under contract for four
more seasons with base salaries of
$620,000, $635,000, $650,000
and $790,000. He can earn up to
$400,000 in incentives each year .
Vikings rookie WR Percy Harvin,
who missed his rookie minicamp
with flu-like symptoms, is expected
to practice today, when the team’s
full-squad workouts begin.
So why did the Raiders pass on
Michael Crabtree, the consensus top
receiver in the draft, and instead
select WR Darrius Heyward-Bey? One
theory, according to the Contra-Costa
Times, is that the team already had a
player similar to Crabtree and saw
Heyward-Bey as a complement.
That speaks to the confidence the
coaches have in second-year man Chaz
Schilens. At 6-4, Schilens is 2 inches
taller than Crabtree, is faster and has
a 43-inch vertical leap. The coaches
say Crabtree and Schilens would
have had to be used similarly on short
and intermediate routes, but Hey-
ward-Bey is more of a big-play guy.
Schilens did play more down the
stretch of his rookie year, catching 15
passes for 226 yards and two
touchdowns.
Packers NT B.J. Raji’s college
coach, Jeff Jagodzinski, says to hold off
on those comparisons to Warren Sapp—
for now.
“I think (Raji) will be pretty darn
good,” Jagodzinski told the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. “Especially with
what they’re asking him to do, he’s so
strong at the point of attack. He can
hold the point because he’s so strong
and he’s built low to the ground, I
mean he’s so thick. He’s a 600 pound
squat guy, too, I think.
“I remember Warren Sapp—you
couldn’t block him now. I mean you
couldn’t. He was such a disruptive
force. I mean, (Raji) has yet to take a
snap. That’s a pretty hefty compari-
son. Warren is going to be a Hall of
Fame player.”
Minicamp schedule
A listing of upcoming NFL minicamps (all
include rookies and veterans unless other-
wise noted):
Buffalo—June 9-11
Cincinnati—June 18-20
Cleveland—Today-Thursday (voluntary); May
26-28 (voluntary); June 11-13
Dallas—June 16-18
Denver—June 12-14
Detroit—June 23-25 (voluntary)
Green Bay—June 23-25
Houston—June 15-17
Indianapolis—June 5-7
Kansas City—June 5-7
Miami—June 12-14
Minnesota—May 29-31
New England—June 10-12
New Orleans—June 5-7
N.Y. Giants—June 16-18
N.Y. Jets—June 9-11
St. Louis—June 5-7
San Francisco—June 5-7
Seattle—June 10-12
Tampa Bay—June 16-18
Note: Teams are allowed to have rookie
minicamps separate from the full-squad
minicamp, and teams with first-year head
coaches are allowed to add up to two volun-
tary minicamps.
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Top free agents enjoying up year despite down economy
BY LIZ MULLEN
SportsBusiness Journal
The average annual value of the
contracts of NFL unrestricted
free agents this year increased 13
percent over last year’s free
agents, an NFL Players Associa-
tion official said last week.
The average value for 205 play-
ers who signed free-agent con-
tracts from the start of free agency
until May 6 was $2.2 million, ver-
sus $1.95 million for 207 NFL
unrestricted free agents who
signed in the same period last
year, said Mark Levin, director of
ALEX BRANDON / AP salary cap and agent
Redskins DT Albert Haynesworth signed a deal worth up administration.
to $115 million, including $41 million guaranteed. There were fewer free agents
Looker, St. Louis; Anthony Mix, Tampa Bay; Ben Obomanu
Remaining free agents
A quick look at the remaining NFL free agents by position
(R), Seattle; Tab Perry, Miami; Jerry Porter, Jacksonville;
Kevin Robinson, Kansas City; Koren Robinson, Seattle; Edell
(R-restricted free agent, F-franchise tagged player):
OFFENSE
Shepherd, Denver; Travis Taylor, Detroit; Amani Toomer, NY
Giants; Kelley Washington, New England; Todd Watkins
(R), Oakland; Harry Williams, Houston; Reggie Williams,
Quarterbacks—Brooks Bollinger, Dallas; Ken Dorsey,
Jacksonville; Wallace Wright (R), NY Jets.
Cleveland; Gus Frerotte, Minnesota; Charlie Frye, Seattle;
Tight ends—Courtney Anderson, Houston; Adam Bergen,
Drew Henson, Detroit; Quinn Gray, Kansas City; Trent Green,
Denver; Mark Bruener, Houston; Scott Chandler, San Diego;
St. Louis; Rex Grossman, Chicago; Brad Johnson, Dallas; J.P.
Owen Daniels (R), Houston; Nate Lawrie, Cincinnati; Michael
Losman, Buffalo; Jamie Martin, San Francisco; Craig Nall,
Merritt, Kansas City; Chad Mustard, Denver; Jeff Robinson,
Houston; Marques Tuiasosopo, Oakland; Anthony Wright,
Seattle; Derek Schouman (R), Buffalo; Stephen Spach (R),
NY Giants.
Arizona; Daniel Wilcox, Baltimore; Kris Wilson, San Diego.
Running backs—Darian Barnes, New Orleans; Tatum
Offensive tackles—Tyson Clabo (R), Atlanta; Anthony
Bell, Denver; Brian Calhoun, Detroit; Jesse Chatman, NY
Davis, St. Louis; Jon Dunn, Detroit; Wayne Gandy, Atlanta;
Jets; P.J. Daniels, Baltimore; Reuben Droughns, NY Giants;
Kwame Harris, Oakland; Jonas Jennings, San Francisco; Levi
Warrick Dunn, Tampa Bay; DeShaun Foster, San Francisco;
Samkon Gado, St. Louis; Nick Goings, Carolina; Ahman
Jones, Cincinnati; James Marten (R), Oakland; Fred Miller,
Chicago; Rob Petitti, St. Louis; Jon Runyan, Philadelphia;
Green, Houston; Andre Hall, Denver; Kay-Jay Harris, NY
Ephraim Salaam, Houston; Charles Spencer, Jacksonville;
Giants; Maurice Hicks, Minnesota; Edgerrin James, Arizona;
Barry Stokes, New England; Mark Tauscher, Green Bay; Mark
Rudi Johnson, Detroit; Deuce McAllister, New Orleans; Travis
Wilson (R), Oakland.
Minor, St. Louis; Chris Perry, Cincinnati; Andrew Pinnock,
Guards—Lennie Friedman, Cleveland; Adrian Jones,
Denver; Michael Pittman, Denver; P.J. Pope, Denver; Cecil
Kansas City; Pete Kendall, Washington; Matt Lentz, Detroit;
Sapp, Houston; Aaron Stecker, New Orleans; Selvin Young,
Terrence Metcalf, Chicago; Edwin Mulitalo, Detroit; Chris
Denver.
Naeole, Jacksonville; Tutan Reyes, Jacksonville; Grey
Wide receivers—Drew Bennett, St. Louis; Marty Booker,
Ruegamer, NY Giants; Kendall Simmons, Pittsburgh; Rob
Chicago; Drew Carter, Oakland; Jason Carter; Carolina; Keary
Sims (R), Seattle; Jason Whittle, Buffalo.
Colbert, Detroit; Jayson Foster, Denver; D.J. Hackett, Caro-
lina; Dante Hall, St. Louis; Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis; Ike
Centers—Brennen Carvalho, Green Bay; Jean-Philippe
Darche, Kansas City; Melvin Fowler, Buffalo; Matt Lehr, New
Hilliard, Tampa Bay; Darrell Jackson, Denver; Nate Jackson,
Orleans; Andy McCollum, Detroit; Jeremy Newberry, San
Denver; Matt Jones, Jacksonville; Joe Jurevicius, Cleveland;
Diego; Scott Peters, Arizona; Bryan Pittman, Houston; Cory
Ashley Lelie, Oakland; Brandon Lloyd, Chicago; Dane
Withrow, St. Louis.
NFL
available this year, so it is signifi-
cant that about the same number
signed, Levin said.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello
declined to comment.
“I think it was a good market
for front-line players,” agent
Drew Rosenhaus said. “For
young starters, it was a great
market. But it was a tough market
for veteran backups. For
30-something players, it was
difficult.”
Despite the economic crisis,
teams “are not spending less at
all,” Rosenhaus said. “But I think
there is a movement in the league
to paying younger players in their
prime and lesser amounts to older
players. I definitely notice that.”
DEFENSE
Defensive ends—Kevin Carter, Tampa Bay; Earl Cochran,
Houston; Sean Conover, NY Jets; Nick Eason, Pittsburgh;
Kalimba Edwards, Oakland; Ebenezer Ekuban, Denver;
John Engelberger, Denver; Simon Fraser, Atlanta; Roderick
Green, San Francisco; Travis LaBoy, Arizona; Jayme Mitchell,
Minnesota; Jerome McDougle, NY Giants; Julius Peppers
(F), Carolina; Anthony Weaver, Houston; James Wyche,
Jacksonville.
Defensive tackles—Kenderick Allen, Minnesota; Gary
Gibson, Carolina; La’Roi Glover, St. Louis; Vonnie Holliday,
Miami; Antwan Lake, New Orleans; Langston Moore,
Detroit; Kindal Moorehead, Atlanta; Dewayne Robertson,
Denver; Orpheus Roye, Pittsburgh; Hollis Thomas, New
Orleans; Josh Thomas, Indianapolis; John Thornton, Cincin-
nati; Darwin Walker, Carolina; Ellis Wyms, Minnesota; Brian
Young, New Orleans; Jeff Zgonina, Houston.
Linebackers—Rufus Alexander, Indianapolis; Jason
Babin, Kansas City; Rocky Boiman, Kansas City; Derrick
Brooks, Tampa Bay; Khary Campbell, Washington; Anthony
Cannon, Detroit; Dan Cody, Baltimore; Rosevelt Colvin, New
England; Donte’ Curry, Carolina; Donnie Edwards, Kansas
City; Keith Ellison (R), Buffalo; Troy Evans, New Orleans;
Gilbert Gardner, Chicago; Curtis Gatewood, Kansas City;
Morlon Greenwood, Houston; Marques Harris, San Diego;
Napoleon Harris, Minnesota; Abdul Hodge (R), Cincinnati;
Mike Humpal, Pittsburgh; Brad Kassell, NY Jets; Jason Kyle,
Carolina; Teddy Lehman, Buffalo; Paris Lenon, Detroit; Wesly
Mallard, Seattle; Jim Maxwell, Cincinnati; Willie McGinest,
Cleveland; Marques Murrell (R), NY Jets; Ryan Nece, Detroit;
Shantee Orr, Cleveland; Antwan Peek, Cleveland; Carlos
Polk, Dallas; Junior Seau, New England; Matt Sinclair, Wash-
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 32
The vibrancy of the NFL mar-
ket is a stark contrast to Major
League Baseball, where the value
of the average annual free-agent
contract fell nearly 2 percent, to
$4.68 million. The average over-
all value declined almost 15 per-
cent in baseball, from $13.35
million to $11.38 million, and
average contract length was
down about 12 percent, to 2.43
years.
Comparing the baseball and
football free-agent markets, how-
ever, is like comparing apples to
oranges for a number of reasons,
agents said, including that base-
ball contracts are fully
guaranteed.
lmullen@sportsbusinessjournal.com REED SAXON / AP
Lions rookies Derrick Williams (12), Brandon Pettigrew (84) and Matthew Stafford model
the team’s new uniforms for the upcoming season.
ington; Gary Stills, St. Louis; Terrell Suggs (F), Baltimore;
Dontarrious Thomas, Minnesota; Pisa Tinoisamoa, St. Louis;
Marcus Washington, Washington; Nate Webster, Denver.
Lions’ marketing approach:
Cornerbacks—David Barrett, NY Jets; Dre’ Bly, Denver;
Fakhir Brown, St. Louis; Terry Cousin, Cleveland; Jason Craft,
St. Louis; Travis Fisher, Detroit; Reynaldo Hill, Tennessee;
‘Product will speak for itself’
Roderick Hood, Arizona; William James, Jacksonville; BY DANIEL KAPLAN
Michael Lehan, New Orleans; Sam Madison, NY Giants;
SportsBusiness Journal
Ricky Manning Jr., St. Louis; Derrick Martin (R), Baltimore;
Chris McAlister, Baltimore; Mike McKenzie, New Orleans;
R.W. McQuarters, NY Giants; Deltha O’Neal, New England; The Detroit Lions might be paying No. 1-overall draft pick Matthew
Dunta Robinson (F), Houston; Lewis Sanders, New England; Stafford $41.7 million in guaranteed money, but that’s not enough to
Duane Starks, Jacksonville; Brandon Sumrall, NY Giants;
gain the quarterback a starring role in the team’s forthcoming market-
DeJuan Tribble, San Diego; Jason Webster, New England;
Jimmy Williams, Houston; Stanley Wilson, Detroit. ing campaign.
Lions president Tom Lewand said individual players will not be high-
Safeties—Oshiomogho Atogwe (F), St. Louis; Michael
Boulware, Minnesota; Mike Brown, Chicago; John Busing, lighted in the campaign, which is expected to hit midsummer. The cam-
Cincinnati; Oliver Celestin, Kansas City; Corey Chavous, paign will not carry a tag line either, Lewand said.
St. Louis; Keith Davis, Dallas; Will Demps, Houston; Mike
Doss, Cincinnati; Hiram Eugene, Oakland; Mike Green,
“This is not a city looking for marketing slogans,” Lewand said of eco-
nomically struggling Detroit. “The product will speak for itself.”
Washington; Rodney Harrison, New England; Terrence Holt,
New Orleans; Dexter Jackson, Cincinnati; Sammy Knight, NY Lewand declined to reveal details of the campaign other than noting
Giants; Marquand Manuel, Denver; Marlon McCree, Denver; that it would be built around the themes of delivering on-field results
Lawyer Milloy, Atlanta; Chad Nkang, Jacksonville; Jarrad
and quality to fans. The Lions are coming off a season in which they
Page (R), Kansas City; Pierson Prioleau, Jacksonville; Chris
Reis (R), New Orleans; Dwight Smith, Detroit; Cameron became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16.
Some season-ticket pitches already have been mailed to existing ticket
Worrell, Chicago.
SPECIAL TEAMS holders, Lewand said, but the big sales push will begin in a few
Kickers—John Carney, NY Giants; Matt Stover, Baltimore. months.
Punters—Mitch Berger, Pittsburgh; Mike Dragosavich,
Indianapolis; Sam Koch (R), Baltimore; Kyle Larson, Cincin-
Last month, the team unveiled a new logo and new uniforms.
dkaplan@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
nati; Ryan Plackemeier, Cincinnati.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com College Basketball
Miller’s challenge of raising Arizona likely to take time
Sean Miller has been in Tucson less than
two months, and already he talks like a
Chamber of Commerce lifer. Perhaps it is
force of habit. Part of his job description as
Arizona head coach is to sell the place to
recruits, and now he is pitching a visit to the
desert to an old acquaintance.
It is there in his voice:
Miller is convinced he
made the correct decision
in taking on the responsi-
bility of returning Ari-
zona basketball to the
stature its fans believe the
program should occupy.
Mike DeCourcy (And some fans believe it
COLLEGE BASKETBALL still does). It wasn’t easy
to leave what should be a
terrific Xavier team, and it won’t be easy to
make the Wildcats great again, but Miller is
energized by the opportunity.
He’s been an Eastern time zone guy
almost his entire life, save one year spent
working for Stu Jackson as a graduate assis-
tant at Wisconsin. But he rapidly is grow-
ing to love his new home in the West.
“Living in the desert is an adjustment.
You start falling in love with certain things
about it,” Miller said. “The one thing that
really is amazing is the incredible love for
the basketball program. I don’t think that
part is nationally as known because it’s so
far in the Southwest. And Lute (Olson) was
such a dynamic figure that it was him
everybody thought about it.
“But when you start talking about Law-
rence, Kansas; Lexington, Kentucky—the
madness that follows those programs, that
MATT CILLEY / AP is here.”
Sean Miller has already landed some prized recruits, but most the the Wildcats’ top talent has opted to go pro early. A little patience will be required from the
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people who matter most, however. There is
the false perception that because the Wild-
cats have made the NCAA Tournament for
25 consecutive years they have continued to
reach the same standards of excellence and
dominance in recent seasons. Not true.
Arizona advanced to the second weekend
of the tournament only twice in the past six
years. The Wildcats were plagued by self-
ish players, problem players and under-
achievers. They’ve had a different head
coach in each of the past three seasons.
Most important, Olson’s leave of absence
two seasons ago and his sudden retirement
before last season ruined consecutive
recruiting classes, leaving the Wildcats
with virtually no replacements for center
Jordan Hill, forward Chase Budinger and,
possibly, point guard Nic Wise–depending
on whether he remains on the NBA’s early
entry list.
One of the concerns about taking on this
job—for every coach approached—was
whether the first year or two would be spent
in a situation similar to what Mick Cronin
experienced early on at Cincinnati or Tom
Crean endured this past season at Indiana.
Cronin was, literally, a few miles up the
highway from Miller when he won just two
Big East games his first season after inher-
iting a near-empty roster. That isn’t even
the hardest part of it, though. It’s that the
journey back from such hardship might not
be immediate, and it’s difficult to take for
fans unaccustomed to struggle.
Miller’s early recruiting success has
infused a degree of Pac-10 talent into the
program. Wait. That’s putting it too nicely.
He averted an absolute disaster by landing
three players in his first few weeks.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 33
Center Kyryl Natyazhko of Florida’s IMG
Academy and wings Solomon Hill of Los
Angeles and Kevin Parrom of Connecticut
are all top-100 types. They’ll join athletic
forward Jamelle Horne and serviceable
guard Kyle Fogg to give the Wildcats a
decent core. If Wise were to return, he could
provide the group with direction.
“I like the guys we got,” Miller said. But
he will not be signing a few more players
just to add some bodies he’d wish to dump
in a few years. Those scholarships are bet-
ter reserved for the classes of 2010 and
2011. Miller only will pursue players he
believes can help the program their entire
careers.
It’s unlikely Arizona will add guard
Lance Stephenson, the New York prep star
who lists the Wildcats among his finalists.
Stephenson is a talent, but Miller will con-
centrate on landing players who have a seri-
ous future with the program.
Arizona’s conference affiliation and
brand recognition are improvements over
Xavier. One advantage that’s less obvious is
that Miller was able to hire his brother,
Archie, as assistant coach. A nepotism rule
prevented that five years ago at Xavier.
Miller also brought along assistants James
Whitford and Book Richardson from his
Musketeers staff and will fill his director of
basketball operations position once he finds
the right person with West Coast
connections.
“Having so many kids coming out of here
and doing well helps us in recruiting,”
Miller said. “It’s such a credible place. It’s
not a hard sell, especially if you do things
the right way.”
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
INSIDE DISH
Paulus will compete for Syracuse’s starting QB job
Syracuse coach Doug Marrone said Monday he has
never seen new Orange QB Greg Paulus throw a football
in person. And NCAA rules dictate Marrone won’t get
that chance until August.
“I can’t judge him on that,” Marrone told Sporting
News Today. “But the reports have come out, from peo-
ple I respect, that he’s thrown the ball well.”
Still, Marrone sounded confident Monday that Pau-
lus could contribute for the Orange this season. The
coach pledged in an interview that the transfer from
Duke would receive enough snaps in August to com-
pete for the starting spot.
“We know he’s a talented player,” Marrone said. “He
just has to get his mind and body right to play football.”
More paperwork and NCAA approval remain before
Paulus is allowed to begin his battle with redshirt
freshman Ryan Nassib for the No. 1 job. Paulus could start
working out with his Orange teammates and team
strength coach Will Hicks by the end of the week.
Marrone said he’s encouraged by two factors—posi-
tive reports about Paulus’ workout for the Green Bay
Packers and the football aptitude Paulus showed dur-
ing his April official visit to Syracuse.
“He’s showed us maturity, leadership and knowl-
edge of the sport,” Marrone said. “He had tremendous
recall of what he had done in high school. And the con-
cepts we have are similar.”
— Dave Curtis
Where will Georgia and Florida play in 2011?
That question might be answered this summer.
The current contract with Jacksonville, Fla., where
the game has been played all but twice since 1933, runs
through 2010.
“I’d venture a guess that over the summer we would
need to make a decision,” Georgia athletics director
Damon Evans told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Why move the game from Jacksonville?
Georgia coach Mark Richt said recently that he doesn’t
consider the Gator Bowl a neutral site. And the Atlanta
Sports Council has said it wouldn’t mind having the
game in the Georgia Dome once every four years.
How about playing on the campuses?
“I’m going to sit back and listen to the city of
College Football / College Basketball
STEPHEN MORTON / AP
Georgia and Florida are still looking for a place to play in 2011.
Jacksonville and look at the pros and cons of everything
involved,” Evans told the newspaper.
Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges
against Connecticut junior LB Scott Lutrus, a co-captain
and two-year starter.
Lutrus was arrested last month and charged with
interfering with police following a fight at an off-cam-
pus apartment complex.
What would the late Bo Schembechler think of Rich Rodri-
guez? It’s impossible to know, but the son of the legendary
Michigan coach doesn’t seem entirely sold on the Wolver-
ines’ second-year head man.
“I’m not here to say Rich has done a bang-up job,”
Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler, a scout for the Washington
Redskins, told The Columbus Dispatch. “I know what he
has said (about Michigan lacking talent), but he brings
in a certain offense and tries to (force it). There is a
learning curve, so it’s not so cut and dried.”
Schembechler, 39, made the comment at the Michi-
gan Alumni Club of Central Ohio spring dinner last
Thursday.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 34
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
INSIDE DISH
Ole Miss signs former Hoosiers starting guard
Former Indiana starting G Nick Williams is transfer-
ring to Mississippi.
Rebels coach Andy Kennedy announced Williams’
signing on Monday. Williams will have to sit out
next season because of NCAA transfer rules and
will have three years of eligibility beginning in
2010-2011.
“Nick is a talented, versatile wing who we are fortu-
nate to welcome into our program,” Kennedy said in a
prepared statement. “The experience he gained as a
freshman at IU, coupled with his outstanding prep
career, make him exactly what we were looking for in
filling our last scholarship.”
Williams averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds as
a freshman last season at Indiana. He played in all
31 games, starting in 29.
Louisville will need more than production from
senior Gs Jerry Smith and Edgar Sosa next season. Both AL GOLDIS / AP
will be co-captains and both need to be leaders, Nick Williams averaged nearly 9 ppg his freshman season at IU.
coach Rick Pitino says, on a team that will be full of
younger players. along, get the ball going to the basket more, is a good
Smith and Sosa each played in all 37 games last thing,” Brey told The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette.
season in Louisville’s run to the finals of the Mid- Brey, who is on the NCAA rules committee, said
west Regional. Smith averaged 7.8 points and 2.1 he thought the idea would have generated more dis-
rebounds in 21.2 minutes per game, and Sosa aver- cussion at the recent committee meetings.
aged 7.3 points and 2.4 assists in 19.8 minutes per “You look, most shots are taken before 30 any-
game. ways, but we do need to examine that,” he told the
“Jerry’s always been a quiet type of guy,” Pitino newspaper. “Next year, that would be something I
told The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. “But now both would really want to talk about, bringing that shot
guys have to step up, because they’re going to have clock down.”
eight or nine (freshmen and sophomores).”
Pitino said Sosa gained a better understanding of Western Kentucky coach Ken McDonald says rising
playing to his strengths toward the end of last senior F Jeremy Evans is trying to add some weight to
season. help him hold up better inside.
“He was Muhammad Ali trying to fight like George Fore- Evans, who was the Sun Belt Tournament MVP
man,” Pitino told the newspaper. “He had to under- in 2008, was listed at 190 pounds last season, but
stand where his skill levels lie.” McDonald said it was 185. Evans averaged 8.8
points and 5.7 rebounds in 34 games.
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey is in favor of speed- “We have to continue to hope that over time that
ing up the pace of games. he will fill out a little bit,” McDonald told The Cou-
One way to do that, he said: take 5 seconds off the rier-Journal. “Part of his success is not having to play
current 35 on the shot clock. as many minutes. After banging for a while at 185,
“Anything we can do to keep moving this game that’s tough.”
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Mayfield’s All-Star visit was an ill-conceived surprise
What was Jeremy Mayfield
thinking?
Suspended indefinitely May 9 by
NASCAR for a positive drug test and
subsequent positive second sample, the
Sprint Cup owner/driver certainly
wasn’t maintaining a low profile dur-
ing Saturday night’s
Sprint All-Star
Race festivities at
Lowe’s Motor
Speedway.
Deliberately visi-
ble at the National
Guard hospitality
Reid Spencer coach parked in the
THE COOL DOWN LAP infield near the
backstretch tunnel,
Mayfield made sure he was spotted,
and when members of the media
descended on his position, he willingly
answered questions, insisting the posi-
tive result of the test administered May
1 at Richmond International Raceway
was not produced by an illegal
substance.
Mayfield’s presence was a distrac-
tion, to say the least. For one thing, it
stole some of the thunder from the
best racing we’ve seen in NASCAR’s
new racecar.
The race itself will be remembered
for the final 10-lap shootout, and the
memories are indelible—Kyle Busch
splitting the two front-row cars on a
late restart; Busch, Jeff Gordon and
Ryan Newman running three wide
through Turn 4, with Gordon spin-
ning out of control and losing his
chance at a record fourth win in the
event; Tony Stewart passing Matt
Kenseth on the next-to-last lap to
secure his first victory in the all-star
race and his first as an owner/driver.
Tempering the excitement was
Mayfield’s summit at the motor coach,
which was preceded by the appear-
ance of a plane circling the speedway
HAROLD HINSON FOR SN
Jeremy Mayfield’s appearance at Saturday’s
All-Star race was a big distraction.
pulling a banner that read: “Free Jer-
emy.” In comments to SceneDaily.
com’s Bob Pockrass, Mayfield denied
prior knowledge of the airplane
display.
NASCAR has labeled Mayfield’s
failed drug test as a “serious” offense.
Dr. David Black of Aegis Sciences
Corp., who administers NASCAR’s
testing program, characterized the
substance that showed up in Mayfield’s
urine as a “drug of concern.” Mayfield,
on the other hand, says he took Clari-
tin-D, an allergy medication, in con-
junction with a prescription drug he
declined to name.
Mayfield has contended since
receiving news of the positive test
that the combination of a prescription
drug and an over-the-counter medi-
cation triggered the positive test. Dr.
Black has rejected that explanation.
Unlike the governing bodies of
other major sports, NASCAR chooses
not to name specific substances
responsible for suspensions of its
competitors. NASCAR cites privacy
considerations as justification for the
policy, but the practice has a
downside.
Keeping the results a mystery
expands the latitude a competitor has
in questioning the credibility of a
NASCAR
positive test or in presenting an alter-
native explanation in the court of pub-
lic opinion, as Mayfield has done.
Failing to identify the substances
in question also tars all suspended
competitors with the same brush.
Shooting heroin carries a much
greater social stigma than abusing
Adderall, but under NASCAR’s pol-
icy, fellow competitors and fans who
look up to the stars of the sport won’t
know who did what.
If talk show host Rush Limbaugh,
for example, had admitted an addic-
tion to crack cocaine rather than to
prescription painkillers, his audience
likely would have deserted him, and
his days on the radio would have been
in jeopardy.
Mayfield has indicated he does not
need and will not participate in a
rehabilitation program, the first step
toward reinstatement as a NASCAR
owner and driver. Mayfield’s position
is understandable, if he interprets
participation in rehab as an admis-
sion of guilt, which comes with a
heavy price.
“This sport is one in which you have
to have support of corporate America,”
said driver Jeff Burton in arguing that a
competitor who tests positive ought to
have every opportunity to prove his
innocence. “You cannot have the image
of a drug abuser and make it in this
sport, I don’t think.”
On the other hand, you can’t flout
NASCAR’s authority, either, and
that’s what Mayfield was doing with
his appearance at the track on Satur-
day night.
Mayfield may not have good choices
at this juncture, but his flirtation with
the point of no return is ill-consid-
ered—particularly when NASCAR
can make “no return” his permanent
reality.
rspencer@sportingnews.com
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Gibbs development driver to debut in October
Joe Gibbs Racing development
driver Matt DiBenedetto is sched-
uled to make his Nationwide
Series debut at Memphis Motor-
sports Park in October.
DiBenedetto, who last month
won the NASCAR Camping
World Series East race at Tri-
County (N.C.) Motor Speedway
in his second start in the series,
turns 18 in July.
“With testing out of the way, it’s a
lot harder to bring guys along, but
everything he has done has been
real encouraging,” JGR president
Joe Gibbs said. “We’ve watched him
for years. He’s got a real gift. He
went and tested with our guys last
year and did a great job.”
JGR isn’t afraid to put young
drivers in cars. One of its Sprint
Cup drivers, Joey Logano, turns 19
on Sunday.
“It would be good for the sport,
too, to get some young guys in
there,” Gibbs said about the
upcoming Nationwide debut for
DiBenedetto. “We throw them in
there. We learn real quick, sink REINHOLD MATAY / AP
or swim—but (DiBenedetto) can Joe Gibbs has proven before that he isn’t afraid to put teenagers in Sprint Cup cars.
swim pretty well.”
— Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com those not in the top 35 in owner Lowe’s, one of the largest entry
points. Elliott is locked into the lists for a Nationwide Series race
Forty-six teams are on the field, if he fails to earn a berth this season, although one has
preliminary entry list for this through qualifying, by virtue of already withdrawn.
weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 at being the most recent past cham- On the entry list are 13 full-
Lowe’s Motor Speedway. pion not in the top 35. Starr, Bliss, time Sprint Cup drivers: Kyle
Part-time drivers entered in the Papis, Raines, Scott Riggs, Todd Busch, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
race are David Starr, Mike Bliss, Max Bodine, Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, David Ragan, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton,
Papis and Bill Elliott. Also, Tony Raines Scott Speed and Joe Nemechek will Brian Vickers, Kevin Harvick, Paul
remains in the Front Row Motor- vie for those seven positions. Menard, Logano, Gilliland, Nem-
sports Chevrolet; regular driver — SceneDaily.com echek and Speed.
John Andretti is competing in the Gilliland replaces regular
Indianapolis 500. Fifty-two cars are on the pre- Smith-Ganassi driver Kenny Hen-
Ten drivers will be competing liminary entry list for this week- drick in the team’s No. 42 Dodge.
for the seven spots available to end’s Carquest Auto Parts 300 at — SceneDaily.com
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ATP top 10 rankings
Here’s an updated look at the top 10 players in the South Afri-
can Airways 2009 ATP Rankings as of Monday. The top eight
players in the Nov. 17 rankings qualify for the season-ending
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London to be held Nov.
23-29. The ATP World Tour Champion will be named to the No.
1 player at the end of the season.
Rafael Nadal, Spain
1. Last week’s result: The ATP
World Tour No. 1 reached the final
at the Madrid Open where he lost
to rival Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4. …
In the semifinals he saved three
match points in the longest three-
set singles match on the ATP
World Tour in the Open Era,
prevailing in four hours and three
minutes over Novak Djokovic 3-6,
7-6(5), 7-6(9). … The loss ended a
33-match winning streak on clay
going back to May 7, 2008. … It
was also only his second loss in a
clay final in his career (25-2), both
coming to Federer. … Has a 150-5
clay mark since 2005.
Year in review: The 22-year-old
Spaniard has won an ATP World
Tour-best five titles in seven finals
en route to a 41-4 record (19-1 on
clay). … He captured his sixth Grand
Slam title at the Australian Open,
his first on hard courts, with a five-
set victory over Federer. ... Also
won titles in Indian Wells, Monte-
Carlo, Barcelona and Rome.
Roger Federer, Switzerland
2. Last week’s result: The
Swiss native broke nearly a
seven-month title drought by
earning his 15th career ATP World
Tour Masters 1000 title in Madrid
with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over rival
Rafael Nadal. … Broke a five-match
losing streak to the Spaniard with
— ATPWorldTour.com
his 58th career title in his 80th
final. … Has won at least one ATP
World Tour title for nine straight
years. … Along the way also beat
No. 16-ranked Blake, No. 6 Rod-
dick and No. 5 del Potro. … Only
lost his serve twice in 55 games.
Year in Review: The 27-year-old
star has compiled a 26-6 match
record (9-2 on clay) in his first seven
tournaments. … He reached the
final at the Australian Open (l. to
Nadal in five sets), his first loss in a
Grand Slam hard court final (8-1).
… He’s one title short of tying Pete
Sampras’ all-time record of 14 Slam
titles. … Also reached the semifinals
in Doha (l. to Murray), Miami (l. to
Djokovic) and Rome (l. to
Djokovic).
Andy Murray, Great Britain
3. Last week’s result: The
22-year-old Scot reached the quar-
terfinals in Madrid, losing to No. 5
Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(4), 6-3.
Year in review: The British star is
off to a career-best 31-5 start, includ-
ing an 8-3 mark vs. Top 10 opponents
(losing twice to Nadal and once to No.
5 del Potro). … In his first nine tour-
naments, he’s won three ATP World
Tour titles (Doha, d. Roddick; d. Rot-
terdam, d. Nadal; Miami, d. Djokovic)
and reached another final, ATP
World Tour Masters 1000 Indian
Wells (l. to Nadal). ... He opened the
season by defending his title in Doha
Tennis
Rafael Nadal saved three match points against Novak Djokovic in the Madrid semifinals.
with back-to-back wins over No. 2
Federer (SF) and No. 8 Roddick (F). ...
Held serve 47 of 50 games through-
out the tournament. … In March to
reach the final at the BNP Paribas
Open in Indian Wells, falling to
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-2.
Novak Djokovic, Serbia
4. Last week’s result: The
Belgrade native reached the
semifinals in Madrid where he lost
to No. 1 Nadal 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(9),
after holding three match points in
the final set tie-break. … The four
hour and three minute match was
the longest three-set singles match
DANIEL OCHOA DE OLZA / AP
on the ATP World Tour in the
Open Era.
Year in review: The 21-year-old
Serb (turns 22 on Friday) has a 37-11
match record on the season (15-5 on
clay) and 2-3 in finals. … He has
reached the final in four of his past
five tournaments (Miami, Monte-
Carlo, Rome, Belgrade). … He picked
up his first ATP World Tour title of
the year on Feb. 28 in Dubai (d. Fer-
rer). … The Monte-Carlo resident
opened his clay court campaign by
reaching the final at the Monte-Carlo
Rolex Masters (l. to Nadal). … Then
advanced to the final in Rome (l. to
Nadal) before winning title in his
Roger Federer knocked off a quartet of top-20 players, including Nadal, in the Madrid Open.
hometown of Belgrade (d. Kubot).
Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina
5. Last week’s result: The
towering Argentine reached his
second ATP World Tour Masters
1000 semi-final of the season in
Madrid where he beat No. 11 seed
Stanislas Wawrinka and No.
3-ranked Andy Murray in the
quarter-finals before losing to
eventual champion Roger Federer
6-3, 6-4.
Year in review: The 20-year-old is
the youngest player in the Top 10
and he’s off to a career-best 24-8
start, reaching the quarterfinals or
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 36
DANIEL OCHOA DE OLZA / AP
better in eight of nine tournaments.
… He began the season by capturing
his fifth career ATP World Tour
title in Auckland (d. Querrey) ... He
followed by advancing to his second
straight Grand Slam quarterfinal at
the Australian Open (d. Cilic, l. to
Federer). ... In March, reached the
quarterfinals in Indian Wells (l. to
Nadal) and followed with semifinal
in Miami where he beat No. 1 Nadal
(l. to Murray). … On clay, reached
quarterfinals at ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 Rome (l. to
Djokovic).
Players 6-10, Page 37
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ATP top 10 rankings: 6-10
Andy Roddick, United States
6. Last week’s result: The top
American made his season clay court
debut in Madrid and beat former No. 2
Tommy Haas in his opening round
(saving two match points) before losing to
eventual champion Federer in three sets
in the quarterfinals.
Year in Review: The Austin, Texas resi-
dent has a 27-6 record on the ATP World
Tour. … He opened the season by reaching
the final in Doha (l. to Murray) and advanc-
ing to his fourth semifinal at the Australian
Open (d. No. 3 Djokovic, l. to Federer) …
Continued success in February with semi-
final in San Jose (l. to Stepanek) and title in
Memphis (d. Hewitt in SF, Stepanek in F). ...
Improved his title streak to nine consecu-
tive years (since 2001). … In March, he led
the U.S. to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup vic-
tory over Switzerland with two wins . …
Then reached the semifinals (l. to Nadal)
and quarterfinals in Miami (l. to Federer). …
Married Brooklyn Decker on April 17 in
Austin.
Gilles Simon, France
7.
Last week’s result: The 24-year-old
lost in the third round (after a bye) in
Madrid where he lost to Ivan Ljubicic in
three sets.
Year in review: The top Frenchman has
compiled an 18-13 record and advanced to
the quarterfinals or better four times this
season. … In January reached his first
Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Austra-
lian Open (l. to eventual champion Nadal).
… Then advanced to back-to-back semifi-
nals in Marseille (l. to Llodra) and Dubai
(l. to eventual champion Djokovic). … In
March, reached the fourth round (after a
bye) in Miami with wins over former ATP
World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt and No. 29
seed Rainer Schuettler (l. to Tsonga). …
On clay, reached the third round in Rome
and followed with quarterfinals showing
in Estoril, losing to eventual champion
Albert Montanes of Spain (after holding
one match point).
Fernando Verdasco, Spain
8. Last week’s result: The Madrid
native performed well in his hometown by
reaching the quarterfinals for the first
time, losing to countryman Nadal 6-4, 7-5
(after holding a 4-0 lead in the second set).
Year in review: The Spanish lefthander
is off to a career-best 23-8 start and he
reached a career-high No. 7 on Apr. 20. …
Has advanced to the quarterfinals or bet-
ter in all eight tournaments. … He opened
the first month of the season winning
nine of 11 matches, highlighted by his first
ATP World Tour hard court final in Bris-
bane (l. to Stepanek). … Then followed
with a career-best SF showing at Austra-
lian Open. ... Posted back-to-back wins
over No. 4 Murray in five sets in 4th Rd.
and No. 6 Tsonga in QF before falling in
an epic five-set marathon to Nadal. ...
Played longest singles match in tourna-
ment history (5:14) and afterwards broke
into Top 10 for first time at No. 9 (from
No. 15) on Feb. 2. … Also quarterfinalist in
Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Bar-
celona and Rome.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
9. Last week’s result: The 23-year-
old Frenchman lost in the second round
in Madrid, beating former No. 1 Marat
Safin before losing to Ivan Ljubicic in
straight sets.
Year in review The No. 2 Frenchman has
advanced to the quarterfinals or better in
seven of 10 tournaments this season en
route to a 26-7 match record, which is tied
for sixth on the ATP World Tour. … Last
year he didn’t win his 26th match until late-
October in Lyon…Has already captured
titles in Johannesburg (d. Chardy) and Mar-
seille (d. Llodra) in the first two months. ...
In March, reached the quarterfinals at ATP
World Tour Masters 1000 Miami,
Tennis
Andy Roddick in 27-6 so far this year, but lost to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open.
defeating countryman Gilles Simon in three
sets before falling to eventual finalist Novak
Djokovic. … In his season clay court debut
in Rome, lost in the first round to country-
man Richard Gasquet.
Nikolay Davydenko, Russia
10. Last week’s result: The 27-year-
old reached the third round in Madrid,
winning both matches in straight sets
before withdrawing vs. Roddick due to a
leg injury.
Year in Review: The top Russian has
played in only seven tournaments this year
(12-5 record, 10-4 on clay) due to a left heel
injury he suffered in the first week
PAUL WHITE / AP
in Chennai where he withdrew from his
second round match. ... Also withdrew
from Indian Wells and the Sony Ericsson
Open in Miami where he captured the title
last year due to a left heel injury. … Also
withdrew from Australian Open, breaking
a streak of 29 consecutive Grand Slam tour-
naments played (since ‘01 US Open) ... After
a two-month absence, returned in mid-
April to reach the quarterfinals at the
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, (d. No. 12 Nal-
bandian, l. to No. 4 Murray). … Followed
with semifinals in Barcelona (l. to Nadal)
and also in Estoril (l. to Blake) … Fell out of
the Top 10 on Apr. 27 for the first time since
May 23, 2005.
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ATP World Tour schedule/winners
Jan. 4-11 — Brisbane International, HO (Radek Stepanek)
Jan. 5-10 — Qatar ExxonMobil Open, HO (Andy Murray)
Jan. 5-11 — Chennai Open, HO (Marin Cilic)
Jan. 12-17 — Medibank International, HO (David Nalbandian)
Jan. 12-17 — Heineken Open, HO (Juan Martin del Potro)
Jan. 19-Feb. 1 — Australian Open, HO (Rafael Nadal)
Feb. 2-8 — Movistar Open, CO (Fernando Gonzalez)
Feb. 2-8 — PBZ Zagreb Indoors, HI (Marin Cilic)
Feb. 2-8 — SA Open, HO (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
Feb. 9-14 — Brasil Open, CO (Tommy Robredo)
Feb. 9-15 — SAP Open, HI (Radek Stepanek)
Feb. 9-15 — ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, HI (Andy Murray)
Feb. 15-22 — Open 13, HI (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
Feb. 16-22 — Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, HI (Andy
Roddick)
Feb. 16-22 — Copa Telmex, CO (Tommy Robredo)
Feb. 23-28 — Abierto Mexicano Telcel, CO (Nicolas Almagro)
Feb. 23-28 — Barclays Dubai Championships, HO (Novak Djokovic)
Feb. 23-March 1 — Delray Beach International Championships, HO
(Mardy Fish)
March 2-8 — Davis Cup I
March 12-22 — BNP Paribas Open, HO (Rafael Nadal)
March 25-April 5 — Sony Ericsson Open, HO (Andy Murray)
April 6-12 — U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships, CO (Lleyton
Hewitt)
April 6-12 — Grand Prix Hassan II, CO (Juan Carlos Ferrero)
April 12-19 — Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, CO (Rafael Nadal)
April 20-26 — Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, CO (Rafael Nadal)
April 27-May 3 — Internazionali BNL d’Italia, CO (Rafael Nadal)
May 3-10 — Estoril Open, CO (Albert Montanes)
May 3-10 — BMW Open, CO (Tomas Berdych)
May 4-10 — Serbia Open, CO (Novak Djokovic)
May 10-17 — Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid, CO (Roger Federer)
May 17-23 — Interwetten Austrian Open, Kitzbuehel, Austria
May 17-23 — ARAG ATP World Team Championship, Duesseldorf,
Germany, CO
May 24-June 7 — Roland Garros, Paris, CO
June 8-14 — Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany, GO
June 8-14 — AEGON Championships, London, GO
June 14-20 — Ordina Open, Den Bosch, Netherlands, GO
June 14-20 — AEGON International, Eastbourne, England, GO
June 22-July 5 — The Championships, Wimbledon, England, GO
July 6-12 — Davis Cup II
July 6-12 — Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships, Newport, R.I.,
GO
July 13-19 — Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden, CO
July 13-19 — Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany, CO
July 19-26 — Indianapolis Championships, Indianapolis, HO
July 26-Aug. 2 — Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland,
CO
July 27-Aug. 2 — LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, HO
July 27-Aug. 2 — Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia, CO
Aug. 2-9 — Legg Mason Classic, Washington, HO
Aug. 10-16 — Rogers Cup, Montreal, HO
Aug. 16-23 — Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Mason,
Ohio, HO
Aug. 23-29 — Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, Conn., HO
Aug. 31-Sept. 13 — U.S. Open, New York, HO
Sept. 14-20 — Davis Cup III
Sept. 21-27 — Open de Moselle, Metz, France, HI
Sept. 21-27 — BCR Open Romania, Bucharest, Romania, CO
Sept. 29-Oct. 4 — Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand, HI
Oct. 5-11 — China Open, Beijing, HO
Oct. 5-11 — Japan Open, Tokyo, HO
Oct. 12-18 — Shanghai ATP Masters, Shanghai, China, HO
Oct. 19-25 — If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden, HI
Oct. 19-25 — Kremlin Cup, Moscow, HI
Oct. 25-Nov. 1 — St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia, HI
Oct. 26-Nov. 1 — Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France, HI
Oct. 26-Nov. 1 — Bank Austria Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria, HI
Nov. 2-8 — Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Basel, Switzerland, HI
Nov. 2-8 — Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain,
HI
Nov. 8-15 — BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, HI
Nov. 22-29 — Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, HI
Nov. 30-Dec. 5 — Davis Cup Final
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Four things to watch at the final four
BY SEAN BURNS
InsideLacrosse.com
More than 23,000 lacrosse fans
watched the NCAA Quarterfinals
this past weekend at Hofstra and
Navy. That number should more
than double this weekend at Gillette
Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., for
the NCAA’s championship weekend.
Here’s four storylines to follow.
Who plays in goal for Syracuse?
Al Cavalieri stepping in goal for
the ailing John Galloway and sti-
fling Maryland’s offense in an 11-6
win was even more impressive
considering the junior didn’t know
it was going to happen until about
three minutes before game time.
How did he respond in his first
career start? Fourteen saves and
six goals allowed, with a few high-
light-reel stops for good measure.
Now the question is, if Galloway is
less than 100 percent this week,
does Cavalieri start against Duke?
What’s next for the Brattons?
One of the big stories from this
season has been the continued
emergence of Shamel Bratton as an
offensive force. That continued
Sunday with a career-best five
goals for Shamel, but Virginia got
another encouraging sign out of
brother Rhamel, who appeared to
be over some midseason injuries
that hampered his production. The
two goals gave the brothers a com-
bined seven in the 19-8 win over
Hopkins and increased Rhamel’s
point-scoring streak to five games.
A healthy Rhamel makes an
already deep Virginia offense that
JOHN MECIONIS / AP
Syracuse junior Al Cavalieri got the win in
goal in last week’s win over Maryland.
much tougher to defend.
How deep is Cornell’s midfield?
Everybody knew about Cornell’s
Max Seibald and John Glynn com-
ing into the playoffs. Not only are
the dynamic do-it-all middies are
among the nation’s most well-
rounded players, but they had 60
combined points coming into Sat-
urday’s Quarterfinal matchup with
Princeton. The Tigers held the duo
to just one goal from Glynn, yet the
Big Red midfield stepped up big-
time with two goals from Rocco
Romero, a goal and an assist from
Jonathan Thompson and another
goal from George Calvert in the 6-4
win. Cornell will need that kind of
Lacrosse / IRL
scoring depth if it expects to upset
top-seeded Virginia on Saturday.
The Big Red got just two goals from
their midfield (one each from
Seibald and Romero) in a 14-10 loss
to Virginia in March.
Can Syracuse limit Duke’s Ned
Crotty?
Tewaaraton Trophy finalist Ned
Crotty posted a workman-like two
goals and six assists in Sunday’s
12-11 edging of ACC-rival North
Carolina. The mark, which moved
him ahead of Billy Bitter for the
NCAA points lead (Crotty owes
Mike Manley something if he takes
that title home, since the sopho-
more held UNC’s sophomore
attacker to a pair of assists), also
leaves Crotty just three points shy
of tying former teammate Matt
Danowski’s Duke and ACC single-
season assists record of 59. Crotty
makes Duke’s offense go, so Syra-
cuse needs to find an answer for
him Saturday.
Final four
Saturday at Gillette Stadium,
Foxborough, Mass.
All Times (ET)
Syracuse (14-2) vs. Duke (15-3),
noon, ESPN 2
Virginia (15-2) vs. Cornell (12-3),
2 p.m., ESPN 2
Championship
Monday, 1 p.m. ESPN
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Indianapolis 500, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, ABC
Lloyd wrestling with due date vs. race date
INDIANAPOLIS—Alex Lloyd’s most
important race this weekend
might not come at the Indianapo-
lis 500.
It could be rushing his expect-
ant wife safely to the hospital. Or
making that mad dash on a golf
cart to the track’s infield medical
center. Or helping her deliver
their second child.
Fathers around the world know
this drill well: Stay on high alert,
be prepared for a surprise and
when the call comes, don’t ask
questions. Just drive.
So as Lloyd prepares for the
biggest event of the IndyCar sea-
son, his wife, Samantha, will be
sitting patiently and quietly along
pit road hoping the doctors got
that May 24 due date wrong.
“When they told us, I thought,
it’s just typical,” Samantha Lloyd
said, laughing in her husband’s
garage. “We already have a name
picked out, Bethany. But if she
arrives on race day, we’ll probably
have to switch and go with some-
thing with a little more racing
flavor.”
The convergence of a due date
and race date may be unprece-
dented in Indianapolis’ 100-year
history, at least among drivers’
families.
Longtime track historian Don-
ald Davidson said he could not
recall any babies being delivered
at the 2.5-mile oval, but speedway
officials do not have documents to
verify whether it would be a new
track record.
Regardless, the Lloyds are pre-
pared for all contingencies.
The 24-year-old Englishman
has not lined up a relief driver and
does not intend to look for one
before race day. He does not want
crew members providing in-race
updates if Samantha suddenly
goes into labor, and he’s comfort-
able with somebody else making
the quarter-mile journey from pit
road to the medical center, if nec-
essary. There are no plans to
induce labor.
After the race, Lloyd will imme-
diately focus on his fatherly
duties.
“I’m just going to drive faster
and when I get the checkered flag,
then they can tell me if something
has happened,” he said. “If they
tell me, I’m just going to tell them
to open the gates and let me go
because I can get there in this car
a lot faster than I can in another
car.”
Samantha Lloyd thinks it’s
much ado about nothing because
she’s convinced the doctors are
wrong about the date.
After watching his wife endure
28 hours of labor when their first
child, Ava, was born in October
2007, Lloyd figures he has plenty
of time to finish the race and get to
the hospital.
“I’d probably have time to fin-
ish the race, chill out, have a cup
of tea and still have 12 hours to
go,” he said, likely drawing the ire
of pregnant women everywhere.
Just don’t tell Lloyd how much
quicker those second births can
go.
Whatever happens, Samantha
Lloyd has promised not to speak
on the radio Sunday. She doesn’t
want anything—even the impend-
ing birth—to distract her husband
from his job.
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Indianapolis
500 lineup
Row 1
1. (3) Helio Castroneves, 224.864.
2. (6) Ryan Briscoe, 224.083.
3. (10) Dario Franchitti, 224.010.
ROW 2
4. (02) Graham Rahal, 223.954.
5. (9) Scott Dixon, 223.867.
6. (11) Tony Kanaan, 223.612.
ROW 3
7. (5) Mario Moraes, 223.331.
8. (26) Marco Andretti, 223.114.
9. (12) Will Power, 223.028.
ROW 4
10. (7) Danica Patrick, 222.882.
11. (99) Alex Lloyd, 222.622.
12. (2) r-Raphael Matos, 223.429.
ROW 5
13. (15) Paul Tracy, 223.111.
14. (14) Vitor Meira, 223.054.
15. (18) Justin Wilson, 222.903.
ROW 6
16. (27) Hideki Mutoh, 222.805.
17. (20) Ed Carpenter, 222.780.
18. (4) Dan Wheldon, 222.777.
ROW 7
19. (41) A.J. Foyt IV, 222.586.
20. (16) Scott Sharp, 222.162.
21. (67) Sarah Fisher, 222.082.
ROW 8
22. (44) Davey Hamilton, 221.956.
23. (06) r-Robert Doornbos, 221.692.
24. (8) Townsend Bell, 221.195.
ROW 9
25. (17) Oriol Servia, 220.984.
26. (19) Tomas Scheckter, 221.496.
27. (24) r-Mike Conway, 221.417.
ROW 10
28. (43) John Andretti, 221.316.
29. (13) E.J. Viso, 221.164.
30. (23) Milka Duno, 221.106.
ROW 11
31. (00) r-Nelson Philippe, 220.754.
32. (21) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 220.597.
33. (36) r-Alex Tagliani, 221.115.
Lloyd will start 11th Sunday, the
middle of Row 4 between Danica
Patrick on the inside and rookie
Raphael Matos on the outside,
after qualifying with a four-lap
average of 222.622 mph.
That’s a big jump from starting
19th last year, when he finished
25th as an Indy rookie.
— The Associated Press
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Two Texas tournaments fight economy
BY KATHERINE CROMER BROCK
Dallas Business Journal
DALLAS—The PGA Tour’s classic Texas two-step
has a little less bounce this year.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area’s golf tournaments
this week and next— the HP Byron Nelson Cham-
pionship, which traces its roots to 1944, and the
Crowne Plaza Invitational at the Colonial, which
dates to 1946—are struggling with ticket sales and
corporate sponsorships. In response, both have
opened up marketing efforts to new
demographics.
The Byron Nelson last year brought in $13 mil-
lion and donated $6.1 million to the Salesmanship
Club Youth and Family Centers. Two weeks
before the tournament organizers typically are
announcing a sellout; this year’s event, which
starts Thursday at the TPC Four Seasons Las
Colinas, saw sales top $10 million last week,
roughly 15 to 18 percent lower than the same time
last year.
A more clear indicator: For the first time in
more than a decade, tickets will be sold at the
gate.
“I can pretty much assure you,” said 2009 Nel-
son tournament chair Charley Spradley, “we
won’t be setting any sales records.”
Spradley said he expects to see total attendance
hit 250,000 this year, but not until tickets are
sold at the event.
“There was a rapid change in the economic
landscape,” he said.
That change affected how businesses spend
their marketing and sales dollars, and many have
pulled away from spending on networking at golf
outings—a longtime standard of the corporate
world.
“We had a bit of a challenge to keep delivering
the message that has been previously delivered so
clearly: This is a very legitimate event that serves
a very important purpose,” Spradley said.
Tracy Cobb, spokeswoman for the Byron Nel-
son, said PGA Tour events across the board are
reporting revenue 15 to 25 percent lower revenues
than last year.
The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, next
With less fans attending, the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas has been forced to do something rare, offer tickets at the gate.
week in Fort Worth, is seeing similar trends,
director of sales Michael Tothe said.
Declining to discuss specific financial details,
Tothe said corporate sales are down 15 percent
from 2008. Overall sales are about $200,000
shy of the goal of $2 million. And speculation has
arisen that title sponsor Crowne Plaza may exit
its agreement after 2010.
In a typical year, 125,000 attend the event at
Fort Worth’s historic Colonial Country Club.
Some longtime business clients, including
financial institutions and energy companies, will
not be there this year, Tothe said. Normally, the
tournament has a turnover of four or five major
clients. This year, it’s about 10, he said.
This year, the Dallas-Fort Worth tournaments
are marketing toward families and young adults,
not considered the stereotypical golf fan.
For the Byron Nelson, a daily grounds ticket
costs $45 for adults and children under 13 are free.
Golf
LM OTERO / AP
A weekly pass costs $90. To attend the Colonial,
an adult day pass costs $30 or $45 and a youth
ticket, for children ages 7-17, is $15. A weekly
Colonial pass is $100.
The Nelson has a KidsZone for children and
nightly concerts to appeal to a younger audience.
Both tournaments have been using Internet social
media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to reel in
fans.
“We’re focusing on a person that’s never been to
Colonial,” Tothe said. “We’re shifting gears from
corporate, to getting folks on the grounds.”
Spradley said the Byron Nelson is being mar-
keted as a spring social event.
“With the Memorial Day Weekend in this econ-
omy, there will be a base that will not be traveling
as much and looking for entertainment that is
accessible,” he said. “We think we will be the rite
of spring even more than in previous years.”
kcromerbrock@bizjournals.com.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 39
PGA Tour schedule
Jan. 8-11 — Mercedes-Benz Championship (Geoff Ogilvy)
Jan. 15-18 — Sony Open in Hawaii (Zach Johnson)
Jan. 21-25 — Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Pat Perez)
Jan. 29-Feb. 1 — FBR Open (Kenny Perry)
Feb. 5-8 — Buick Invitational (Nick Watney)
Feb. 12-15 — AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Dustin Johnson)
Feb. 19-22 — Northern Trust Open (Phil Mickelson)
Feb. 25-March 1 — WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Geoff Ogilvy)
Feb. 25-March 1 — Mayakoba Golf Classic (Mark Wilson)
March 5-8 — The Honda Classic (Y.E. Yang)
March 12-15 — WGC-CA Championship, (Phil Mickelson)
March 12-15 — Puerto Rico Open (Michael Bradley)
March 19-22 — Transitions Championship (Retief Goosen)
March 26-29 — Arnold Palmer Invitational (Tiger Woods)
April 2-5 — Shell Houston Open (Paul Casey)
April 9-12 — The Masters (Angel Cabrera)
April 16-19 — Verizon Heritage (Brian Gay)
April 23-26 — Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Jerry Kelly)
April 30-May 3 — Quail Hollow Championship (Sean O’Hair)
May 7-10 — The Players Championship (Henrik Stenson)
May 14-17 — Valero Texas Open (Zach Johnson)
Thursday-Sunday — HP Byron Nelson Championship, TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving,
Texas
May 28-31 — Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Colonial CC, Fort Texas, Texas
June 4-7 — The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio
June 11-14 — Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
June 18-21 U.S. Open, Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y.
June 25-28 — Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
July 2-5 — AT&T National, Congressional CC (Blue Course), Bethesda, Md.
July 9-12 — John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.
July 16-19 — The Open Championship, Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry, Scotland
July 16-19 — U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Brown Deer Park GC, Milwaukee
July 23-26 — RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC, Oakville, Ontario
July 30-Aug. 2 — Buick Open, Warwick Hills G and CC, Grand Blanc, Mich.
Aug. 6-9 — WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio
Aug. 6-9 — Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Montreux G and CC, Reno, Nev.
Aug. 13-16 — PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minn.
Aug. 20-23 — Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.
Aug. 27-30 — The Barclays, Liberty National GC, Jersey City, N.J.
Sept. 4-7 — Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, Mass.
Sept. 10-13 — BMW Championship, Cog Hill GC, Lemont, Ill.
Sept. 24-27 — The Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta
Oct. 1-4 — Turning Stone Restort Chamnpionship, Atunyote GC at Turning Stone
Resort, Verona, N.Y.
Oct. 8-11 — The Presidents Cup, Harding Park GC, San Francisco
Oct. 15-18 — Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, TPC Summerlin,
Las Vegas
Oct. 22-25 — Frys.com Open, Grayhawk GC, Scottlsdale, Ariz.
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 — Viking Classic, Annandale GC, Madison, Miss.
Nov. 12-15 — Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Walt Disney World Resort (Magnolia
Course, Palm Course), Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Collegiate Baseball poll IN BRIEF
TRANSACTIONS
TUCSON, Ariz.—The Collegiate Baseball poll with

Phelps takes training to the mountains

records through May 17, points and previous rank-
ing. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and BASEBALL Holmes.
sports information directors: American League FOOTBALL
Record Pts Pvs
DETROIT TIGERS: Announced National Football League
1. U.C. Irvine 40-12 490 1
2. Louisiana St. 41-15 487 2 RHP Juan Rincon refused his ARIZONA CARDINALS: Agreed to
3. Arizona St. 41-11 485 3 CHARLOTTE—Michael Phelps is heading to WEMBLEY, ENGLAND—David Beckham outright assignment and elected terms with WR Edward Gant.
4. North Carolina 41-14 483 4 the mountains. teamed up with Prime Minister Gordon free agency. BALTIMORE RAVENS: Signed WR
5. Cal. St. Fullerton 38-14 481 5 OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Placed Kelley Washington to a one-year
6. Texas 38-12-1 479 6 Eat. Sleep. Swim. That’s about all the Brown to launch England’s bid for the 2018 RHP Dan Giese on the 15-day contract. Released WR Marcus
7. Florida St. 40-14 478 7 winningest Olympian will be doing dur- World Cup on Monday, saying that win- DL, retroactive to May 16. Maxwell.
8. Mississippi 40-15 473 13 ing his time at the U.S. training center in ning the right to host would be as satisfying Recalled LHP Gio Gonzalez from
9. Florida 38-18 470 11 DALLAS COWBOYS: Signed DT
10. Oklahoma 40-16 467 20 Colorado Springs. as anything he’s accomplished on the field. Sacramento (PCL). Jonas Seawright.
11. Rice 35-15 464 9 He can’t wait. National League HOUSTON TEXANS: Signed S
12. Alabama 37-17 462 10 COLORADO ROCKIES: Placed John Busing and G Adrian Jones.
13. Clemson 39-17 459 17 “The next three weeks are going to be Volleyball RHP Matt Daley on the 15-day MINNESOTA VIKINGS: Signed FB
14. Georgia Tech. 34-15-1 458 8 real important when we go to altitude,” LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—A high-profile DL. Purchased the contract of Nehemiah Broughton.
15. Missouri 32-23 457 14
16. Miami, Fla. 35-18 453 21
Phelps said. “That’s going to be a big part women’s volleyball championship will go RHP Joel Peralta from Colorado PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: An-
of the summer.” ahead this summer in Mexico despite con- Springs (PCL). Designated RHP nounced defensive coordinator
17. Louisville 40-14 450 28
18. East Carolina 41-15 446 30 Steven Register for assignment. Jim Johnson has taken an
He already crossed the first major cerns about swine flu. FLORIDA MARLINS: Purchased indefinite leave of absence.
19. Texas Christian 35-14 443 23
20. South Carolina 37-19 441 — threshold of his post-Beijing career this The outbreak of the virus has been the contract of RHP Brian Signed QB Adam DiMichele and
21. Virginia 39-12-1 439 12 past weekend, competing in five events at blamed for 68 deaths in Mexico and 10 Sanches from New Orleans DT Jervonte Jackson.
22. Kansas St. 39-15-1 437 18 (PCL). Designated LHP John SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: Signed
23. Ohio St. 39-15 434 — the Charlotte UltraSwim. Phelps won two elsewhere.
Koronka for assignment. S Curtis Taylor to a four-year
24. Minnesota 35-15 433 24 and was runner-up in two others, losing to The FIVB, volleyball’s governing body, NEW YORK METS: Activated contract. Released S Jimmy
25. Cal Poly 35-17 430 22 a couple of world-record holders. He swam said Monday that the women’s junior RHP Tim Redding from the Williams.
26. Coastal Carolina 42-13 428 —
27. Washington St. 28-22 426 — only the preliminaries of his fifth event world championship would be played in 15-day DL. Designated RHP LACROSSE
28. Missouri St. 32-19 425 — (50-meter freestyle), using it as training the border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali Nelson Figueroa for assignment. Major League Lacrosse
29. Texas St. 38-14 423 25 Purchased the contract of INF MLL: Suspended Chicago D
30. George Mason 40-10 420 29 run for his new straight-arm stroke. on July 16-25 as scheduled. Ramon Martineaz from Buffalo Steve Holmes and coach John
Considering Phelps had not raced since — The Associated Press (IL). Placed INF Alex Cora on the Combs one game apiece for the
Baseball America Top 25 poll the Olympics—the nine-month layoff was GERRY BROOME / AP 15-day DL. use of illegal equipment in a
by far the longest of his career—and he PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Agreed May 16 game against Denver.
DURHAM, N.C.—The top 25 teams in the Baseball was coming off a wave of bad publicity
Michael Phelps is headed to Colorado Springs. Major League Soccer to terms with C Paul Bako on a
COLLEGE
America poll with records through May 17 and EASTERN CONFERENCE minor league contract.
METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC
previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball over that infamous photo of him using a Armstrong played an integral role in a W L T Pts GF GA PITTSBURGH PIRATES: Claimed
CONFERENCE: Announced it is
America): marijuana pipe, this was certainly an group protest that ended up annulling Chicago 3 0 6 15 16 11 RHP Steven Jackson off waivers
Record Pvs D.C. 3 1 6 15 17 15 adding the University of Detroit
encouraging start to the final chapter in times in Sunday’s stage because riders from the N.Y. Yankees. Released
1. UC Irvine 40-12 1 Kansas City 4 4 2 14 14 12 as a men’s lacrosse member
Toronto FC 3 3 4 13 13 15 RHP Jimmy Barthmaier.
2. Louisiana State 41-14 2 his master plan. considered the city circuit through down- beginning next season.
New England 2 2 4 10 7 13 WASHINGTON NATIONALS:
3. Arizona State 41-11 3 EASTERN NEW MEXICO: Named
4. Cal State Fullerton 38-14 5
“I’m happy to be back in the pool,” town Milan overly dangerous. New York 2 5 3 9 10 12 Placed LHP Scott Olsen on the
Dr. Jeff Geiser athletics director.
5. Texas 38-12 6 Phelps said. “I’m happy to have that first Armstrong was seen discussing the Columbus 1 2 5 8 11 14 15-day DL, retroactive to May
KANSAS STATE: Named John
6. North Carolina 41-14 8 meet under my belt.” perils of the circuit with the race organi- WESTERN CONFERENCE 17. Recalled LHP Ross Detwiler
Currie athletic director.
7. Mississippi 40-15 9 W L T Pts GF GA from Harrisburg (EL).
zation’s car as he pedaled through Milan, Chivas USA 7 1 2 23 14 5 MINNESOTA: Announced the
8. Oklahoma 40-16 15 Can-Am League
9. Florida 38-18 13 Cycling and he stood next to overall leader Danilo Seattle
Colorado
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9 AMERICAN DEFENDERS: Signed
resignation of women’s assistant
basketball coach Marisa Moseley
10. Texas Christian 35-14 14
11. Rice 35-15 4
CUNEO, ITALY—Lance Armstrong was Di Luca when the Italian addressed the Houston 3 2 3 12 8 6 RHP Brett Palanski, INF Boomer to take a similar job with Con-
apologetic and avoided launching into a fans in the middle of the stage with a Real Salt Lake 3 5 1 10 14 13 Berry and C Argenis Tavarez. necticut.
12. Florida State 40-14 17 Los Angeles 1 1 6 9 10 10
13. Clemson 39-17 19 verbal war with race organizers following microphone to explain the protest, inter- San Jose 1 5 2 5 8 16 United League NEWBERRY: Named Brad
14. Georgia Tech 34-15 7 FC Dallas 1 6 2 5 8 16 LAREDO BRONCOS: Acquired Edwards athletic director.
15. East Carolina 41-15 20 the protest that marred the ninth stage of rupting the race briefly. OF Selwyn Langaigne from the ST. AUGUSTINE’S: Announced
16. Virginia 39-12 10 the Giro d’Italia. NOTE: Three points for victory, one Saturday’s games Shreveport-Bossier (AA). the retirement of men’s golf
17. Kansas State 39-15 11 point for tie. New England at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
18. Alabama 37-17 12 “It’s an unfortunate situation, an accumu- Soccer All times ET. Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 7:30 SAN ANGELO COLTS: Announced coach Lawrence Coleman.
19. Cal Poly 35-17 18 lation of days and days of frustration and I TURIN, ITALY—Juventus fired coach Clau- May 16 p.m. the retirement of 2B John TENNESSEE: Announced the
20. Louisville 40-14 23 Chicago 2, Toronto FC 0 CD Chivas USA at Kansas City, 8:30 Anderson. retirement of Bill Webb, track
think fear on a lot of people’s parts and then dio Ranieri on Monday, saying a shake-up New England 1, Colorado 1, tie p.m.
21. Minnesota 35-15 21 BASKETBALL and field coach, at the end of
22. Elon 37-14 22 this war of words and this war of power was the only way to salvage what’s left of a New York 1, Houston 1, tie Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas 1, Seattle FC 1, tie San Jose at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Women’s National Basketball the current season.
23. Miami 35-18 24 afterwards that we have to avoid,” Arm- disappointing season in which the Turin Seattle FC at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. UTAH STATE: Fired softball coach
Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 0 Association
24. Missouri 32-23 25 Candi Letts.
25. South Carolina 37-19 NR strong said in a video message posted late club has gone winless in its last seven Chivas USA 2, D.C. United 2, tie Sunday’s game DETROIT SHOCK: Signed F Kris-
May 17 Chicago at New York, 3 p.m.
Monday, the Giro’s first rest day. games. Los Angeles 1, Columbus 1, tie
ten Rasmussen and G Sequoia