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2B 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 REMEMBER, KAT- ~ *> / X -0 (IwKßi ) / POLL THE BALL. POM'f .f / I GOT A 7 i-' / \ ( BOUNCE IT OU THE LAME. | (BETTEf? IPEA. J _> / \\ / \ ' ' \ ! Play Belter Golf with JACK NICKLAUS I. y M7_ ftlp.. e;oo« by Kim Syndmt Inc nglus rnerval 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’ I •Bait & Tackle •Deer Processing WE CLEAN FISH * 6am-7pm • 7 days a t 333 Hwy 96 • Bonaire?’^^^^ • 478-922-1819 jgfe. 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 mumPm % Ml” EWEflfl --i '■ iTmiH 1 t . ■HV lain * ||vV Alt ~„ ffj® ) A i*7i it r i T v "iicncti rir^uimn t "* * i.fUHc« uov’N rt>p 11 tvvi j & ( t Hirl iin ivk »i (iitsi*i ihiri Ittl I AID VlN*»t>N IMtUVIi WHttNr.lt tIOHIN*. (.« 11(100 4 to Ol t 7/01 HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 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..