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SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006
STANDINGS, MORE
CURTAIN CALL
American League
EAST
W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
Boston 53 34 .609 - 27-11 26-23 490 418 Lost 2 5-5
NY Yankees 50 36 .581 2.5 26-17 24-19 479 406 Lost 1 6-4
Toronto 49 39 .557 4.5 29-17 20-22 472 432 Won 2 5-5
Baltimore 41 50 .451 14 24-22 17-28 437 516 Lost 1 4-6
Tampa Bay 39 50 .438 15 22-20 17-30 383 457 Won 1 5-5
CENTRAL
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
Detroit 60 29 .674 - 27-14 33-15 461 332 Won 1 6-4
Chicago Sox 57 31 .648 2.5 33-14 24-17 520 415 Won 1 6-4
Minnesota 47 40 .540 12 30-11 17-29 426 402 Lost 2 5-5
Cleveland 41 47 .466 18.5 23-23 18-24 494 447 Won 1 6-4
Kansas City 31 57 .352 28.5 19-23 12-34 400 534 Lost 3 5-5
WEST
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
Oakland 46 43 .517 - 24-22 22-21 385 398 Won 1 4-6
Texas 46 43 .517 - 25-25 21-18 463 428 Won 2 6-4
LA Angels 43 45 .489 2.5 19-23 24-22 407 416 Won 3 8-2
Seattle 43 46 .483 3 24-24 19-22 426 421 Won 1 3-7
National League
EAST
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO
NYMets 53 36 .596 - 27-18 26-18 473 404 Won 2 6-4
Philadelphia 40 47 .460 12 21-26 19-21 420 454 Won 2 5-5
Atlanta 40 49 .449 13 21-23 19-26 440 449 Won 2 7-3
Florida 38 49 .437 14 18-21 20-28 410 425 Lost 3 3-7
Washington 38 52 .422 15.5 20-24 18-28 407 470 Lost 3 5-5
CENTRAL
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
St. Louis 49 39 .557 - 27-17 22-22 443 427 Won 4 6-4
Cincinnati 46 44 .511 4 21-22 25-22 457 470 Won 1 2-8
Milwaukee 44 46 .489 6 29-20 15-26 411 485 Lost 3 4-6
Houston 44 46 .489 6 28-22 16-24 413 436 Won 1 6-4
Chicago Cubs 34 54 .386 15 14-25 20-29 354 448 Won 3 5-5
Pittsburgh 30 60 .333 20 20-24 10-36 411 471 Lost 2 3-7
WEST
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
San Diego 48 40 .545 - 23-24 25-16 393 369 Won 5 7-3
LA Dodgers 46 43 .517 2.5 28-18 18-25 473 419 Lost 1 5-5
San Francisco 45 44 .506 3.5 23-20 22-24 419 407 Lost 1 5-5
Colorado 44 44 .500 4 22-22 22-22 418 408 Lost 4 4-6
Arizona 43 45 .489 5 19-23 24-22 429 450 Won 3 6-4
CLEATS
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Thursday’s Major League
Linesccres
By The Associated Press
Texas 100 006 224..15 19 0
Baltimore 001 000 000_ 1 4 0
Padilla, Corey (8), Littleton (9) and
Barajas DCabrera, Britton
(6) Rleal (7), BChen (8) and
RaHernandez. W_Padilla 9-5. L_
DCabrera 4-7. HRs_Texas, Deßosa
(5), Teixeira 3 (12), Wilkerson (14),
Barajas (8).
Kansas City 110 200 000_4 10 2
Detroit 000 150 00x_6 9 0
Duckworth, Wellemeyer (5),
JoPeralta (8) and Buck
Bonderman, Grilli (6), Rodney
(7) Zumaya (8), TJones (9) and
IRodriguez. W_Bonderman 9-4.
PRO,COLLEGE
BRIEFS
Wie off to rough start in quest
KESILVIS, 111. (AP) - She hit bushes
and trees, water and weeds. Michelle
Wie hit them wide right and left, long and
short, everywhere but the fairway.
She let out an "argh!” as a tee shot
sailed off to the right, into the trees. And
she put her right hand over her mouth
as another floated wide right, this time
landing on a hill.
The Wie who showed up Thursday
for the first round of the John Deere
Classic bore little resemblance to the
one who was 1 under after the first round
last year.
Trying for a fifth time to become the
first woman since 1945 to make a cut in
a PGA Tour event, the 16-year-old shot
6-over 77 and was in a three-way tie for
149th place, 13 strokes off the lead. Only
Bob May and Mike Springer trailed her.
J.P. Hayes, John Senden, Daniel
Chopra and local favorite Zach Johnson
were tied for the lead at 7-under 64.
Bartaro doing Tnuch better 1
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) -
Barbara was doing “much better" Friday
morning, a day after his veterinarian said
the Kentucky Derby winner was a “long
L_Duckworth 1-2. Sv_TJones (24).
HRs_Kansas City, Graffanino (5),
Teahen (8). Detroit, IRodriguez (8).
Cleveland 030 110 001_6 8 1
Minnesota 000 003 100_4 6 1
ClLee, Mota (6), RPerez (7),
Carmona (8), Wickman (9) and
Shoppach Liriano, Lohse (6),
DReyes (8), Crain (8) and Mauer.
W_ClLee 9-6. L_Liriano 10-2. Sv_
Wickman (14). HRs_Cleveland,
Hafner (26), Blake (11), JhPeratta
(10), Shoppach (2).
Oakland 001 000 200 02_5 13 1
Boston 012 000 000 01_4 9 1
(11 innings)
Loaiza, Gaudin (6), Halsey (6),
Duchscherer (7), Calero (8), Street
(9), Sauerbeck (11), Saarloos (11)
shot” to survive a potentially fatal hoof
disease.
“He had a good night last night,
and even slept on his side," Dr. Dean
Richardson told The Associated Press
early Friday before re-entering the
George D. Widener Hospital for Large
Animals to check again on the 3-year
colt. “He’s doing much better."
Richardson appeared a bit more
upbeat than he was Thursday, when
he told a packed news conference that
Barbara has a severe case of the dis
ease laminitis in his left hind leg, and
termed his condition “poor.”
Laminitis, Richardson said, is an
“exquisitely painful” condition, and
Barbara has a case so bad that 80 per
cent of the Derby winner's left hoof wall
was removed Wednesday.
Friend turns on Barry Bonds
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Bonds
and Steve Hoskins were boyhood friends
who went into business together and
made a lot of money selling autographs
of the San Francisco Giants slugger.
But the relationship collapsed when
Bonds accused Hoskins of stealing from
him and took the case to federal pros
ecutors.
and Kendall Lester,
Hansen (6), Delcarmen (7), Timlin
(9), Papelbon (10), Tavarez (11) and
Varitek. W_Street 3-3. L_Tavarez 1-
3. Sv_Saarloos (2). HRs_Oakland,
Swisher (21). Boston, Lowell (12).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 000 001 040_5 11 0
Florida 000 001 000_1 6 3
Oswalt, Qualls (7), Lidge (9) and
Ausmus Willis, Messenger (8),
Herges (8) and Olivo. W_Qualls 4-
2. L_Messenger 1-5. HRs_Houston,
Huff (1). Florida, Jacobs (12).
Colorado 001 002 004_7 12 0
Cincinnati 300 100 50x_9 14 1
Francis, Dohmann (7), King (7),
Cortes (8) and Torrealba
Milton, Weathers (7), Coffey (8),
Now, the Redwood City businessman
may be getting his revenge by talking
to investigators about Bonds’ alleged
steroid use and the alleged diversion
of proceeds from memorabilia sales to
Bonds' girlfriends.
A grand jury considering possible
perjury charges against Bonds met
again in San Francisco, and Bonds’
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SPORTS
Friday's Sports
Transactions
By The Associated
Press
■ BOSTON RED SOX
- purchased the con
tract of LHP Craig Breslow
from Pawtucket of the IL.
Transferred LHP Lenny
DiNardo from the 15- to the
60-day DL.
■ CLEVELAND INDIANS
-Activated OF Casey
Blake from the 15-day
DL. Optioned OF Franklin
Gutierrez to Buffalo of the
IL.
■ KANSAS CITY ROYALS
- Activated RHP Mike
MacDougal from the 60-day
DL.
■ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
-Named Ann Rodriguez
director of business devel
opment of Earthquakes
Soccer, LLC.
■ SEATTLE MARINERS
- Optioned OF Shin-Soo
Choo to Tacoma of the PCL.
Sent C Luis Oliveros out
right to Inland Empire of the
California League.
El CINCINNATI REDS -
Traded OF Austin Kearns, 5S
Felipe Lopez and RHP Ryan
Wagner to Washington for
RHP Gary Majewski, LHP
Bill Bray, SS Royce Clayton,
INF Brendan Harris and RHP
Daryl Thompson.* Called
up OF Chris Denorfia and
INF William Bergolla from
Louisville of the fL,
He said it ...
“ora while, they weren’t
so happy about it,
but they’ve adjusted
I think. Mennonites
“tend to stay away from
professional sports
and being generally
famous.’’ - Cyclist
Floyd Landis
““f feel like / have a
really good round in
me. I feel like if I hit
the fairways more, if
I was in the fairway
I could have a shot
a lot under par. I felt
like my irons are really
good. My putting feels
really good and I really
feel like I can do it.”-
Professional golfer
Michelle Wie
Standridge (9), Guardado (9) and
Laßue. W_Milton 6-4. L_Francis 6-
8. Sv_Guardado (1). HRs_Colorado,
Helton (11). Cincinnati, Griffey Jr.
(19), JCastro (2).
Los Angeles 002 000 000 000 00_2
11 0
St. Louis 000 000 200 000 01_3
100
(14 innings)
Billingsley, Carrara (6), Braxton (8),
Beimel (10), Saito (12), OPerez (14)
and Martin, THall (14)
Marquis, TJohnson (9), Wainwright
(9), Isringhausen (11), Hancock
(12), Looper (14) and YMolina. W_
Looper 5-1. L_OPerez 4-4. HRs_
Los Angeles, Garciaparra (12). St.
Louis, Pujols (30), Edmonds (11).
lawyer, Michael Rains, has identified
Hoskins and the player's former girl
friend, Kimberly Bell, as key witnesses
in the probe.
Hoskins’ lawyer, Michael Cardoza,
said Hoskins believes the slugger's
angry outbursts at the time were caused
by steroids.
BROWN
From page 1B
no more than two seconds
inside when I heat'd abso
lutely the loudest human
roar ever in my life.
When I peak in, I find the
cause on a television screen.
Team Mexico was shown
simply taking the field for
a match.
Later on, I pass by the
same restaurant on my way
out of the mall. Guess what,
we have a new champion
for the loudest sound ever
heard. Mexico scores right
as I am walking by.
Scoring one goal in an
international soccer match
versus scoring a touchdown
in the Super Bowl. Which
one carries more prestige
and glory? That’s another
great argument, and one
that may be clouded depend
ing on your preference of
sport.
Take the current Tour de
France cycling race. Those
bikers will ride by villages
that would seem to us to be
centuries behind the times.
To the people living there,
it makes their entire year to
line up the streets and cheer
the riders as they pass by for
fleeting moments. Then it’s
right back to the pastures.
We Americans will dedi
cate entire rooms of our
homes and create entire
rituals around our favorite
football team, or to the sport
in general no matter who
happens to be playing.
Losses can hit some of us
hard, to the brink of a severe
breakdown. We wouldn’t
harm anybody (hopefully
not), like the guy who blew
the coverage on fourth down
or missed the field goal in
the last seconds.
Some of us do realize that
TIGERS
From page 1B
Chatham, Varnadoe and
Portivent each had RBI hits
in the inning.
Irwin added a two-run
single in the home eighth.
The recent Houston County
High graduate pitched seven
full innings with five strike
outs and three walks. Matt
Floyd pitched the last two
innings with three strike
outs and one run allowed
on a Derrick Lester leadoff
double and Outlaw two-out
single in the ninth.
Troy Varnadoe accounted
for the first Tiger run in
the first inning on a sacri
fice fly. Smith scored on the
play after leading off the
game with a hit. Smith also
doubled in the third inning
and scored the second run
on Irwin’s groundout.
The White Sox offense
left five runners on base in
its first three turns against
Irwin and his knuckle-curve
ball.
But the Sox staged a big
rally with four runs in the
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the sun will rise the next
day, even though for a few
moments that thought isn’t
high on our list.
But there is a memora
ble story out of one World
Cup tournament, the one I
believe held in the U.S.A.
in 1994. A player for* the
Columbia team accidentally
kicked the ball in the wrong
net (called an own goal) in a
match his team lost. He goes
back home and is, well, shot
to death right in the middle
of town.
The World Cup match I
can remember watching
with the most interest was
in 1998. The U.S. played Iran
and lost. It wasn’t by a wide
margin, but anyone who
knows soccer understands it
doesn’t have to be a blowout
to be a bad loss.
(1998 wasn’t that good a
year for U.S. men’s teams,
the hockey team stinking it
up in the Winter Olympics
and the President’s Cup golf
team almost being down
enough to lose before the
last day of play.)
I did keep up with this
year’s journey enough to
know our team came and
left Germany fairly quickly.
Any discussion of this will be
put on hold by the big sports
talkers until 2010, when we
will again be reminded that
we don’t care about soccer,
but we still think the U.S.
should live up to the hype.
Since I’ve already talked
about rivalries and how to
keep them in perspective,
plus how to show patience
towards officiating, you
could say I’m reaching out
globally now to make my
points. Does it matter much
if the people of Brazil or
Italy love soccer more or less
than Americans love their
kind of football?
Maybe I have a counter
part in one of those nations
asking the same question.
top of the fourth. Michael
Whitaker led it off with his
second straight hit, and the
Tigers botched a try at a
double play. With runners at
the corners, Portivent threw
out a would-be basestealer
at second.
It was Kyle Kersey who
got the White Sox on the
board as he hit a grounder to
third. He also reached base
as the Tigers made their
second error of the frame.
Pitcher Keith Reagan fol
lowed a walk with a single to
load the bases.
Eric Frank, who singled
but was stranded on base
his first time at-bat, sin
gled again to tie the score
2-2. With two outs, Beauford
grounded a single to left to
put his team up 4-2.
Reagan pitched seven
innings and had five strike
outs. He also started a dou
ble play to get the White Sox
out of trouble and hold the
two-run lead in the bottom
of the fourth.
Portivent made the top
defensive play of the night in
the top of the sixth after the
Tigers had tied the game.
He dove to catch a foul pop
to the right of home plate..