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2B ♦ FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2006 STANDINGS, MORE CURTAIN CALL American League EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO Boston 50 32 .610 - 27-10 23-22 453 394 Lost 3 6-4 NY Yankees 47 35 .573 3 26-17 21-18 458 395 Won 1 5-5 Toronto 47 37 .560 4 29-17 1 8-20 449 405 Lost 1 6-4 Baltimore 39 47 .453 13 24-21 15-26 416 473 Lost 2 4-6 Tampa Bay 38 47 .447 13.5 21-17 17-30 371 434 Won 3 5-5 CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO Detroit 57 28 .671 - ’ 26-14 31-14 445 323 Won 1 7-3 Chicago Sox 55 29 .655 1.5 31-12 24-17 495 386 Won 2 6-4 Minnesota 46 37 .554 10 30-10 16-27 412 382 Lost 2 8-2 Cleveland 39 44 .470 17 22-20 17-24 467 421 Lost 1 6-4 Kansas City 29 54 .349 27 17-21 12-33 369 505 Won 2 6-4 WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO Oakland 44 40 .524 - 23-19 21-21 367 376 Lost 1 4-6 Texas 43 42 .506 1.5 23-24 20-18 434 417 Won 1 3-7 Seattle 42 44 .488 3 23-22 19-22 421 411 Lost 4 5-5 LA Angels 40 44 .476 4 19-23 21-21 389 403 Won 5 6-4 National League EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO NYMets 50 34 .595 - 24-16 26-18 437 380 Won 2 4-6 Philadelphia 38 45 .458 11.5 19-24 19-21 401 441 Lost 1 3-7 Florida 36 45 .444 12.5 18-20 18-25 383 383 Won 1 5-5 Atlanta 37 48 .435 13.5 18-22 19-26 415 428 Won 1 6-4 Washington 37 49 .430 14 19-21 18-28 386 445 Lost 1 5-5 CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO St. Louis 45 38 .542 - 26-17 19-21 416 408 Lost 1 3-7 Cincinnati 44 41 .518 2 20-22 24-19 427 438 Lost 5 4-6 Milwaukee 43 43 .500 3.5 28-17 15-26 402 464 Won 3 6-4 Houston 42 43 .494 4 27-19 15-24 391 411 Lost 1 5-5 Chicago Cubs 31 53 .369 14.5 14-25 17-28 333 439 Won 1 3-7 Pittsburgh 29 57 .337 17.5 20-24 9-33 398 448 Lost 2 3-7 WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO LA Dodgers 44 40 .524 - 26-16 18-24 448 392 Won 3 5-5 San Diego 44 40 .524 - 23-24 21-16 370 353 Won 1 5-5 Colorado 44 40 .524 - 22-19 22-21 396 379 Won 2 7-3 San Francisco 43 42 .506 1.5 23-20 20-22 395 384 Lost 2 6-4 Arizona 40 45 .471 4.5 19-23 21-22 409 435 Lost 3 4-6 CLEATS Sf 600PY PIVEi (jOMPSTmo^ Play Better Golf with JACK NICKLAUS Thursday's Major League Linescores By The Associated Press Detroit 024 112 000-10 13 0 Oakland 000 301 000- 4 10 1 Rogers, Colon (6) and IRodriguez Saarloos, Flores (5), Sauerbeck (7), Gaudin (8), Halsey (9) and Kendall. W-Rogers 11-3. L-Saarloos 3-5. Sv-Colon (1). New York 010 800 020-11 13 0 Cleveland 001 200 000- 3 6 3 Mussina, KWilson (7), MRivera (9) and Posada Byrd, RBetancourt (4), FCabrera (8), Mota (9) and VMartinez. W-Mussina 10-3. L- Byrd 6-6. Boston 010 010 000-2 4 1 Tampa Bay 130 100 OOx-5 8 0 JJohnson, Tavarez (5), Hansen (8) and Varitek Corcoran, Harville (7), Switzer (8), Meadows (9) and Paul. W-Corcoran 3-0. L-JJohnson 3-10. Sv-Meadows (4). Baltimore 000 001 001-2 9 0 Chicago 400 000 00x-4 9 0 DCabrera, Birkins (7), Hawkins (8) and RaHernandez Garland, Thornton (8), Jenks (8) and Pierzynski. W- Garland 8-3. L-DCabrera 4-6. Sv- PRO, COLLEGE BRIEFS Franc* quaflfy lor Arab MUNICH, Germany (AP) - Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty kick in the 33rd minute, giving the French a 1-0 victory over Portugal and a berth in the Work! Cup final. France, which was sup posed to be soccer’s over-the-hill gang, meets Italy at Berlin on Sunday night in a matchup of blue - France's Les Bleus vs. the Italian Azzurri. The French will be making just their second ever appearance in a World Cup final. Fadirar ivmbbs tots in Andc WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Roger Federer avenged a loss to Mario Andc at Wimbeldon four years ago, winning 64, f TEAM, YOU KMOW- Vlpwct a' WAEPE YOU JUMP / COLff-ETITIOI OFF TME PIVIMS fSOARP AkiP WILPLV V j WAVE YOUP APMS> AjJP KICK YOUR FEET / V fTO 1 Syndicate _ (TCtYonS C 2006 by km* Fcauucs Syndicate Inc World nglus reserved | ~ Jenks (26). Toronto 001 020 000-3 8 0 Texas 032 001 12x-9 14 1 Janssen, Tallet (4), Schoeneweis (6) Speier (8) and Zaun Padilla, Mahay (7), FCordero (7) and Barajas. W-Paditla 8-5. L-Janssen 6-7. Sv-FCordero (6). HRs-Toronto. Catalanotto (6). Texas, MYoung (6), Blalock (12), Kinsler (7), Barajas (7) Minnesota 001 020 000-3 9 0 Kansas City 101 100 30x-6 14 0 Radke, Crain (6), DReyes (7), JRlhcon (7) and Mauer Duckworth. Wellemeyer (7), Affeldt (7), Dessens (8) Burgos (9) and Buck. W-Affeldt 4-5. L-Crain 2-5. Sv-Burgos (14). Los Angeles 000 040 000-4 6 0 Seattle 000 000 000-0 4 1 Coton and Napoli Moyer, Fruto (8), Sherrill (9) and Johjima. W-Coton 1-4. L-Moyer 5-8. San Diego 000 120 003-6 9 1 Philadelphia 010 000 020-3 8 0 Peavy, Linebrink (8), Hoffman (9) and Piazza, Bard (9) Mathieson, Rhodes (9), Gordon (9) and Ruiz. W-Linebrink 6-2. L-Rhodes 0-3. Sv-Hoffman (21). 64, 64 to reach his ninth consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. He was joined in the final four by two improbable semifi nalists: Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. (toads' trsiwr Md to contempt SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Bonds' personal trainer was held in con tempt of court and taken to prison for refusing to testify to the federal grand jury investigating the San Francisco Giants' slugger for perjury. Greg Anderson, who served three months in prison after pleading guilty last year for his role in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroid scan dal, will be housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in nearby Dublin. Ayj [ FIkIAUY-l'M A V a natural! J e-mail Cleatsmad@aol com Pittsburgh 000 000 000-0 7 0 New York 500 000 00x-5 4 0 KWells, Grabow (7) and Paulino OHernandez, Bradford (8), DSanchez (9) and Lo Duca. W OHernandez 5-8. L-KWells 0-4. St. Louis 000 121 000-4 10 1 Atlanta 500 621 00x-14 16 0 Suppan, TJohnson (4), Hancock (5), Kinney (7), Flores (8) and YMolina, GBennett (8) James, Yates (7) Mcßride (8), Paronto (9) and McCann. W-James 3-0. L-Suppan 6-5. Florida 340 080 300-18 19 0 Washington 400 001 400- 9 151 Petit, Pinto (7) and Olivo, Treanor (7) O'Connor, Bergmann (2), SRivera (5), Bray (5), Stanton (7), Majewski (8) and Schneider, Fick (7). W-Petit 1-1. L-O'Connor 3-6. Sv-Pinto (1). HRs-Ftorida, MiCabrera (14), Willingham (10). Chicago 000 010 000-1 81 Houston 000 000 000-0 7 0 Marshall, Howry (8), Dempster (9) and Barrett Oswalt and Ausmus. W-Marshall 5-7. L-Oswalt 6-5. Sv- Dempster (13). San Francisco 001 000 101-3 9 0 Anderson was initially ordered in March to testify to the grand jury inves tigating whether Bonds perjured himself when he testified to the original BALCO grand jury in December 2003 that he never knowingly used steroids or other banned performance enhancing drugs. Cameo tndtod to Armada LOS ANGELES (AP) - Only one game into his comeback, Jose Canseco was traded because of family obliga tions. The Golden Baseball League approved the swap, sending the 42- year-old Canseco from the San Diego Surf Dawgs to the Long Beach Armada for Cuban pitcher Yoankis Turino. Canseco said he requested the trade because his 9-year-old daughter, Josie, SPORTS Thursday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press ■ BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Signed 3B Billy Rowell. ■ MINNESOTATWINS-Optioned RHP Boot Bonser to Rochester of the IL. ■ NEW YORK YANKEES- Claimed OF Aaron Guiel off waivers from the Kansas City Royals. Optioned OF Kevin Reese to Columbus of the IL. Purchased the contract of RHP Kris Wilson from Columbus. ■ ST. LOUIS CARDINALS- Acquired RHP Jeff Weaver from the Los Angeles Angels for OF Terry Evans. ■ SAN DIEGO PADRES- Reinstated OF Dave Roberts from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Ben Johnson on the 15- day DL. ■ CHICAGO BULLS-Named Jim Paxson consultant. ■ LOS ANGELES LAKERS- Signed G Jordan Farmar. ■ NEW ORLEANS HORNETS- Signed C Hilton Armstrong and F Cedric Simmons. Waived G Moochie Norris. ■ NEW YORK KNICKS-Signed F Renaldo Balkman and G Mardy Collins. ■ ARIZONA CARDINALS- Signed LB Brandon Johnson and WR Todd Watkins to three year contracts. ■ CHICAGO BEARS-Signed S Danieal Manning and DT Dusty Dvoracek to four-year con tracts. He said it... “It may not change fundamental beliefs, but you can certain ly change people’s behaviors.” - Jesse Gutierrez, who teaches sensitivity training to athletes “Last year when I was struggling, and we were coming home from races on Ray’s plane, I’m explaining why I’m slow and this and that. Half the guys are sleeping. The other guys are looking out the window, and Kenny is looking straight at me trying to listen ... He was always inter ested in making things better.” -Kasey Kahne, on team director Kenny Francis Colorado 040 001 00x-5 11 0 Wright, Kline (7), Accardo (8) and Alfonzo Fogg, King (8), Fuentes (9) and Torrealba. W-Fogg 7-5. L- Wright 5-8. Sv-Fuentes (16). HRs- San Francisco, Feliz (15), Alfonzo 2 (5) Colorado, Holliday (16). Cincinnati 000 102 000 100 1-5 100 Milwaukee 003 000 000 100 2-6 16 1 (13 innings) Elßamirez, Weathers (7), Mercker (8), Coffey (9), Yan (11), Shackelford (12), Standridge (12) and Laßue Villanueva, Capellan (6). BShouse (8), Wise (9), Turnbow (9), Kolb (11), Helling (12), Gonzalez (13) and DMiller. W-Gonzalez 2-0. L-Standridge 1-1. HRs-Cincinnati, Dunn (27). Milwaukee, Jenkins (8). Arizona 000 110 002-4 10 1 Los Angeles 014 000 00x-5 11 0 CVargas, Aquino (5), Choate (7), LVizcaino (7), Lyon (8) and JEstrada Penny, DBaez (8), Saito (8) and Martin. W-Penny 10-2. L-CVargas 7-5. Sv-Saito (6). HRs-Arizona, OHudson (7). Los Angeles, Ethier (6) will be spending the rest of the summer living with him and he didn't want To drag her around to hotels." Long Beach is about 25 miles south of Los Angeles, where Canseco lives. Canseco went 0-for-3, striking out all three times, and was hit by a pitch in his Golden League debut Tuesday night. tapk sand Wnvtp ta Cards SEATTLE (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels traded disappointing right-hander Jeff Weaver to the St Louis Cardinals for minor league outfielder Terry Evans. Weaver, 29, was designated for assignment by the Angels last Friday after going 6-10 with a 6.29 ERA in 16 starts this season. Sensitivity Ming: You get out what you put in By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Ozzie Guillen said he was glad he went. John Rocker called it a farce. Fisher Deßerry went and, judg ing by his experience, didn’t learn his lesson. The majority of people who attend sensitivity training, both in and out of the sports world, do it because they have to. What they get out of it depends almost complete ly on whether they have an open mind when they go in. “It may not change fun damental beliefs, but you can certainly change people’s behaviors,” said Jesse Gutierrez, who runs Cor Communications in California. “At the minimum, people have to realize they can’t use certain behaviors, and if they do, there are going to be consequences.” Gutierrez teaches sen sitivity training in classes, seminars and in one-on one sessions, much like the one Guillen was sent to in the wake of the derogatory comment he used in a rant against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti. Guillen used a term that describes someone’s sexual orientation - the kind of word it would seem is obvi ously out of bounds. The quest at sensitivity training is as much about identifying inappropriate words as it is about recog nizing the right and wrong times to spout them. Gutierrez said about 80 percent of the people who come to him have had a “quote, unquote, bad experi ence,” often related to their work. While Guillen spent two hours with a counselor, Gutierrez’ one-on-one ses sions last the entire day. They start with a long introduc- PAIR From page 1B Holder are attending Georgia Military for the summer term to get a jump start on the academic side of college. Plus, they are in the weightlifting and running program with the Bulldogs. “Byron is coming into a situation at running back where we will have to have a freshman tote the mail, so to speak,” said Williams, speak ing at Peach State Pigskin media day at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. “He’s competing with a young man out of Atlanta and a young man from Bradwell Institute. They are compet ing with and against each other, trying to push each other. “Brian is coming into a situation where we have a returning guy at free safety. But we need depth. We are going to play more than one guy. He’s going to have a chance to get on the field and do some good things for us.” There is one more Northside alumnus on the Georgia Military roster who made an impression on Williams in spring practice. Sean Mayo will have the opportunity to put points on the board as a placekicker. “One of the things we take into account when we go recruiting is the pro gram they come from,” said Williams. “What can you say about Northside? It’s one of the best in the state, if not the country, in how they are prepared by coach (Conrad) Nix. “When they come to our program, it’s like a continu ation. They’re used to being coached hard.” Williams didn’t just dis cover Northside, either. His quarterback last year came from Eagle country. Ferlando Williams turned his Georgia Military career into a chance to transfer to Youngstown State in Ohio. Sanders will get his first chance to work in pads with the Bulldogs in fall camp. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL tion, in which clients intro duce themselves to him, tell the story of who they are, their family and background. After establishing rapport, they discuss definitions and beliefs about gender, race, sexual orientation, disabili ties, among other things. Often, at Gutierrez’s office, there are several follow-up appointments. The process normally lasts months, not weeks or days. In November 2004, Deßerry, the football coach at Air Force, hung a banner in the athletic complex that said “I am a Christian first and last ... I am a member of Team Jesus Christ.” The banner was ordered removed and Deßerry received reli gious sensitivity counseling that had been instituted campus-wide in the wake of complaints of religious intol erance at the Academy. But last year, Deßerry got into trouble again when he blamed a loss on the fact that the opposing school “had a lot more Afro-American play ers than we did and they ran a lot faster than we did.” He was reprimanded but not fired for those comments. Rocker, meanwhile, was sent to sensitivity training after offensive comments he made in a Sports Illustrated story in 1999. “The guy told me when I got there I had to show up to make it look good for people, so after about 15 minutes I left and walked right out of the room and it satisfied the powers that be,” Rocker recently told The Chicago Tribune. And Guillen, who will attend another session after next week’s All-Star game, said he was glad he did it. But will it change him? “I will be the same guy,” he said, “use a different word.” Williams is looking to throw him into that mix at running back and give him a look at wide receiver. “What an electrifying tal ent he is,” said Williams. “I think he’s excited to get back on track to where he wants to go with his college academic and athletic career. There’s a lot of potential for him to be an impact player. “Again, you look at the program and see a guy who led his team to a state cham pionship, especially in the higher division. It makes you excited to bring them in because they had that histo ry of winning behind them.” In addition to Ferlando Williams’ transfer to Youngstown, three players from last year’s Bulldog team signed with South Carolina, two with East Carolina, one with Oklahoma State and one with Louisville. So scouting eyes from all over the country will be looking at all of these Warner Robins players the next two years. “One thing we’ve been suc cessful with is getting guys on track and making sure they stay on track towards graduation and matricula tion to another college,” said Williams. “I think it lets the guys know it can be done. It’s just a matter of working hard consistently and apply ing yourself.” The Georgia Military sea son not only includes games in Milledgeville, but also road trips to New York and Texas. The aim of every season for the Bulldogs is one of several junior college bowl games across the country. The one most in their sights is the Sea Island Company Golden Isles Bowl in Brunswick. Last year, Georgia Military won the Golden Isles Bowl against Coffeyville Community College 21-17 to finish No. 2 in the final national poll. “It’s a different feel when you go to a bowl game,” said Williams. “We’ve been (in Brunswick) five times now since we brought foot ball back in 1991. I know we’re anxious to get back there and play for a national championship.”