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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006
STANDINGS, MORE
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Wednesday’s Major League Linescores
By The Associated Press
Oakland 201 002 000-5 9 2
Baltimore 000 000 100-1 6 0
Zito, Sauerbeck (8), Street (9) and Melhuse
Benson, BChen (7) and RaHernandez.
W-Zito 10-6. L-Benson 9-9. HRs-Oakland,
Bradley (4), EChavez (15), Thomas (20).
Kansas City 000 000 000-0 4 0
Boston 000 100 00x-1 7 0
MRedman and Phillips Beckett, Papelbon (9)
and Mirabelli. W-Beckett 12-5. L-MRedman 6-
5. Sv-Papelbon (29). HR-Boston, MRamirez
(25).
Seattle 100 100 010-3 8 1
New York 000 001 100-2 6 2
Meche, Sherrill (7), Lowe (7), RSoriano (8),
Putz (9) and RRivera RaJohnson, Farnsworth
(9) and Stinnett. W-Lowe 1-0. L-RaJohnson
10-8. Sv-Putz (18). HR-Seattle, Sexson
Braves reflect on Aaron’s HR anniversary
By ft Travis Haney
Morris News Service
ST. LOUIS - With the
Braves crushing homers at a
prolific and historic pace this
week, it’s fitting that today
marks the anniversary of
baseball’s consummate home
run milestone.
As a Brewer, Hank Aaron
hit his 755th and final home
run 30 years ago today, July
20, 1976 at Milwaukee’s
County Stadium.
Put this in perspec
tive: With eight home runs
already this month entering
Wednesday, Andruw Jones
and Chipper Jones have com
bined to hit 671 home runs in
23 1/2 seasons in the majors.
Aaron hit 755 in 23 sea
sons. He averaged 37 homers
a season for nearly a quarter
century.
“It’s hard to believe, to be
honest with you,” Chipper
said. “That a guy could play
at that level for that long, it’s
unbelievable. We as players
now think about playing the
game 24, 25 years, and not
too many of us can fathom
that.”
Jones said a player such as
New York’s Alex Rodriguez
might one day reach Aaron’s
plateau, but it won’t carry
the same weight as the initial
bar set.
“I think Hank Aaron’s
American League
EAST
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO
57 36 .613 - 31-13 26-23 508 445 Won 3 6-4
55 37 .598 1.5 31-18 24-19 516 427 Lost 1 8-2
52 42 .553 5.5 32-20 20-22 502 457 Lost 2 5-5
44 53 .454 15 27-25 17-28 460 532 Lost 2 5-5
39 56 .411 19 22-20 17-36 396 498 Lost 6 1-9
CENTRAL
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO
63 31 .670 - 30-16 33-15 489 359 Won 1 7-3
58 35 .624 4.5 33-14 25-21 541 447 Lost 1 4-6
53 40 .570 9.5 36-11 17-29 461 414 Won 6 7-3
42 52 .447 21 23-23 19-29 516 482 Won 1 3-7
32 62 .340 31 19-23 13-39 422 563 Lost 3 2-8
WEST
W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LIO
50 45 .526 - 24-22 26-23 421 419 Won 2 5-5
49 46 .516 1 25-25 24-21 477 457 Won 2 6-4
48 46 .511 1.5 24-24 24-22 448 439 Lost 1 8-2
45 50 .474 5 24-24 21-26 449 446 Won 1 3-7
National League
EAST
W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LlO
56 38 .596 - 27-18 29-20 506 433 Lost 1 6-4
45 50 .474 11.5 21-23 24-27 508 485 Lost 1 8-2
43 50 .462 12.5 21-26 22-24 460 489 Won 1 5-5
42 51 .452 13.5 22-23 20-28 433 450 Won 1 5-5
40 56 .417 17 20-24 20-32 434 499 Lost 1 3-7
CENTRAL
W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LlO
53 41 .564 - 31-19 22-22 477 463 Won 1 8-2
50 45 .526 3.5 25-23 25-22 479 489 Won 1 6-4
46 49 .484 7.5 28-22 18-27 435 454 Won 1 4-6
46 50 .479 8 29-20 17-30 444 514 Lost 2 3-7
36 57 .387 16.5 16-28 20-29 379 475 Lost 1 6-4
34 62 .354 20 24-26 10-36 442 508 Won 1 5-5
WEST
W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LlO
50 44 .532 - 25-28 25-16 435 422 Lost 1 6-4
48 47 .505 2.5 26-23 22-24 444 449 Won 2 5-5
47 47 .500 3 23-25 24-22 463 471 Won 1 7-3
47 48 .495 3.5 28-18 19-30 484 454 Lost 1 3-7
45 49 .479 5 22-22 23-27 444 433 Lost 1 1-9
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755 is going to stand as the
benchmark. Hank Aaron is
the ultimate,” Chipper said.
“Say A-Rod breaks the record
eight or 10 years from now.
Twenty years after he does
it, people are going to say he
did it in the steroid era, even
though A-Rod may be a guy
who’s never looked upon as
a user. He’s still going to be
linked to this era.
“They’ll come up with
something - juiced ball,
expansion, something to help
give credence to the fact that
it’s not legitimate.”
Andruw Jones said he
appreciates Aaron’s final
mark for various reasons,
including the racial oppres
sion the Mobile, Ala., native
was forced to face on virtual
ly a daily basis in the socially
backward O6os and O7os.
“I never experienced stuff
like that, but it’s nice to hear
what he went through, play
ing baseball in the states and
a game that was more of a
white sport,” said Andruw, a
native of Curacao. “For him
to go out there and do the
stuff he did, it took a lot of
concentration and willing
ness to put a lot of stuff
behind you.”
Although Barry Bonds
seems to be threatening and
Rodriguez might one day get
close, Andruw thinks 755 -
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Cleveland 000 050 100-6 15 0
Los Angeles 100 110 100-4 13 0
Byrd, RBetancourt (7), Carmona (7), Wickman
(9) and VMartinez Lackey, Romero (5),
Donnelly (7), Gregg (9) and JMolina, Napoli
(9). W-Byrd 7-6. L-Lackey 8-6. Sv-Wickman
(15). HRs-Cleveland, Broussard (12), Boone
(5). Los Angeles, JRivera (14).
Chicago 001 010 000-2 5 1
Detroit 000 005 00x-5 7 0
JVazquez, McCarthy (7), Cotts (7), Riske
(8) and Pierzynski Bonderman, Rodney (8),
JWalker (9), TJones (9) and IRodriguez.
W-Bonderman 10-4. L-JVazquez 9-5.
Texas 001 000 400-5 7 0
Toronto 000 120 010-4 9 1
Millwood, FCordero (8), Otsuka (9) and Laird
Janssen, Speier (7), Downs (8), BRyan (9)
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ago today - will stand.
TRADE CHATTER: No deals
went down for the Braves
on Wednesday, but it wasn’t
because GM John Schuerholz
wasn’t trying. Schuerholz
was scurrying around the
visitors’ clubhouse, some
times conferring with man
ager Bobby Cox to get his
input. But Schuerholz and
Cox said no trade was immi
nent, but a few possible deals
were at least being bandied
about. The trade deadline is
July 31.
MURPH IN THE HOUSE: Dale
Murphy, Mr. Brave, paid
a visit to the team before
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SPORTS
Wednesday’s Sports
Transactions
By The Associated
Press
■ BOSTON RED SOX-Agreed
to terms with RHP Josh Beckett
on a three-year contract exten
sion through the 2010 season.
B KANSAS CITY ROYALS-
Traded 2B Ruben Gotay to the
New York Mets for 2B Jeff
Keppinger.
■ TORONTO BLUE JAYS-
Designated 18-DH Shea
Hillenbrand for assignment.
■ SAN DIEGO PADRES-Waived
3B Vinny Castilla for the pur
pose of giving him his uncondi
tional release.
■ CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-
Signed F Othella Harrington.
■ WASHINGTON WIZARDS-
Signed F Darius Songaila.
■ CHICAGO BEARS-Released
0T Qasim Mitchell and LB
Stephen Larsen.
■ CLEVELAND BROWNS-
Signed DB Demario Minter and
DT Babatunde Oshinowo to
four-year contracts. Signed DL
Ulrich Winkler.
■ MIAMI DOLPHINS-Signed
0L Joe Toledo to a four-year
contract.
B MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Agreed
to terms with 0L Ryan Cook on
a four-year contract.
B TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-
Signed TE Tim Massaquoi.
Released TE-LS Boone Stutz.
B LOS ANGELES KINGS-Re
signed C Eric Belanger to a
one-year contract,
fl MINNESOTA WILD-Signed
C Wyatt Smith to a one-year
contract.
B NEW YORK ISLANDERS-
Signed G Wade Dubielewicz
to a one-year contract.
Announced the resignation of
Pat LaFontaine, senior adviser.
B NEW YORK RANGERS-
Acquired RW Adam Hall from
Nashville for C Dominic Moore.
B PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-
Signed F Geoff Sanderson a
two-year contract.
B PHOENIX COYOTES-Signed
D Bryan Helmer to a two-year
contract.
and BMolina. W-Millwood 10-5. L-Janssen 6-
9. Sv-Otsuka (20). HRs-Texas, Deßosa (6).
Toronto, Overbay (16).
Tampa Bay 010 001 000-2 4 0
Minnesota 010 042 00x-7 15 0
Seo, Camp (6), EJackson (7), RLugo (8) and
Navarro Radke, DReyes (8), Crain (9) and
Mauer. W-Radke 8-7. L-Seo 0-4.
Colorado 010 003 001-5 10 0
Pittsburgh 000 303 00x-6 9 0
JJennings, RRamirez (7), Mesa (8) and
Torrealba Duke, STorres (7), Capps (8),
MGonzalez (9) and Paulino. W-Duke 7-8.
L-JJennings 6-8. Sv-MGonzalez (15).
Washington 000 000 000-0 2 0
Florida 010 000 00x-1 6 0
ROrtiz, Bowie (8) and Schneider ASanchez,
Tankersley (8), Borowski (9) and Treanor.
W-ASanchez 3-0. L-ROrtiz 6-9.
Wednesday night’s game.
Murphy’s son, Taylor, just
graduated from high school,
and the pair is taking a ball
park tour starting with new
Busch Stadium. Taylor was a
batboy for Wednesday’s rain
delayed game against the
Cards.
A handful of Braves came
up to and got him to auto
graph a ball. Georgia-born
players Ken Ray, Chuck
James, Macay Mcßride,
Kyle Davies, Jeff Francoeur
and Brian McCann seemed
to take particular delight in
meeting him and telling him
they watched him growing
up.
Sadler leaving RYR
By Adam Van Brimmer
Morris News Service
Robert Yates Racing
announced today that driver
Elliott Sadler has requested
and been granted a release
from his contract to take
effect at the conclusion of
the 2006 season.
Yates has started searching
for a driver to take over the
No. 38 Ford Fusion for 2007.
“We would like to thank
Elliott for his commitment
to our organization over the
past four seasons and for all
the success we’ve enjoyed
together”, said Robert Yates.
“We are excited about the
opportunity to find a new
driver who will continue the
successful run of the #3B
Ford as we maintain our
focus on the future of our
organization.”
“Our objective this year
is to finish the season on
a strong note,” said Doug
Yates. “It is our goal to con
tinue to build this team so
we will be better positioned
next season to contend for
the championship.”
Editor’s Note: The above
story was from a release from
RYR and not attributed to
Brimmer.
BROWN TO STOY AROOND:
Wally Brown will remain as
Carl Edwards’ crew chief,
the driver acknowledged
Tuesday.
Brown inherited Edwards’
No. 99 team earlier this sea
son when team owner Jack
Roush moved crew chief Bob
Osbourne from Edwards’ car
to that of struggling first-
LEAGUE
From" page 1B
10th and above - approxi
mately 50 players - have
been attending the league.
In other news, the Demons
have added a couple of new
coaches on staff to help out
with the 9th-grade pro
gram. Pete Boyd, a former
Demon player like Way,
joins the club after a year
at Hawkinsville, as does
Greg Pope who Way said
just graduated from Georgia
Southern. He also previously
played under Warner Robins
defensive coordinator David
Bruce when the latter was
at Westside.
■■■
This from Way in regard
to the Demons’ standing
of 18th overall and 15th
for both girls and boys in
the final standings of the
Georgia Athletic Directors
Association Directors Cup
- a measure of a school’s
entire athletic program (a
related story on Warner
Robins as well as the rest
of the county’s schools in
Thursday’s Houston Daily
Journal).
“It’s an honor really to all
of our athletes and coaches
in all of the sports,” he said.
“They all work real hard and
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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
year Roush driver Jamie
McMurray.
Roush said he would
revisit the move after a
“90-day trial.” The drivers,
crew chiefs and owners met
Tuesday morning and decid
ed to leave the teams how
they are.
“The thinking of that is
that either guy would be
great, but right now, change
for either of us may set us
back farther than any long
term benefits to the change,”
Edwards said on a confer
ence call.
Osbourne guided Edwards
to a third-place finish in the
Nextel Cup points standings
in 2005, his first full season
driving on NASCAR’s pre
mier circuit.
KYLE BOSCH NO IINCIR
DARKHORSi. BROTHER OATS: Kyle
Busch’s victory in Sunday’s
Lenox Industrial Tools 300
vaulted him to fourth in the
Nextel Cup points standings.
And at least one former
Cup champion thinks Busch
is a contender.
“To have him in that
points position, he’s poised
for a solid run in the Chase
this year,” said 2004 champ
Kurt Busch, Kyle’s older
brother. “He’s not a dark
horse anymore. He continues
to mature each and every
race.”
Kurt Busch rated his
brother an eight on a scale of
one to 10 -- 10 being the best
driver around. Kyle Busch,
who turned 21 years old in
May, has three career Cup
wins in 61 starts.
this is a testament to all the
hard work they put in.”
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