It's Thursday. Let's see what's happening....
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Today is Hammock Day!
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Free agency blog.
Predators owners reach agreement to buy Del Biaggio's shares.
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Today is Spooners Day. (Be sure to celebrate with someone you love.)
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July 31st home game with Hamilton is a sell-out.
The Riders take their 3-0 record on the road next Saturday to face the 2-1 Calgary Stampeders. Kickoff is set for 9:30pm EDT. Listen links for the game are on the right side of this blog.
Check out Riderville.com for the latest on "Canada's (And Clearwater, Florida's) Team."
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Today is Ratcatcher's Day.
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Today in Sports History:
1926 - At Mitchell Field in New York, Babe Ruth caught a ball that had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.
1991 - Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged she'd been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was later convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison.
2002 - A judge issued a gag order in Allen Iverson's assault case. He said that he wanted to "buffer" prosecutors and defense attorneys from intense media coverage.
2002 - Lawyers for former NFL player Rae Carruth (Carolina Panthers) filed an appeal on his murder conspiracy conviction.
2005 - The NHL's board of governors voted 30-0 to pass the cap-based collective bargaining agreement that the players' association had approved the previous day. The deal ended the 310-day lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season.
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Today is National Penuche Fudge Day.
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A sixth-inning walk with the bases loaded was the difference, as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Baltimore Orioles 5-4, before 19,286 at Camden Yards in Baltimore yesterday afternoon.
The Rays built a 4-0 lead early in the game. In the first, Evan Longoria blasted a home run into the left field seats, giving Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. In the second, Reid Brignac singled home Matt Joyce, and Ben Zobrist doubled home Willy Aybar. With two outs in the third, Aybar's double brought home Longoria and the Rays had a 4-0 lead.
Baltimore tied the game quickly. In the fourth, Ty Wiggington homered, bringing Adam Jones with him, and a double to left by Jake Fox brought home Jones. The O's tied the game 4-4 in the fifth, as Luke Scott rolled a grounder to first, allowing Tejada to score the tying run. Tampa Bay got the run they needed for the win in the sixth, as a bases loaded walk to Longoria forced home Kelly Shoppach. The Rays held on from there, winning the game 5-4.
James Shields went 6 1/3 innings for Tampa Bay, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits, with 1 strike out and 1 walk. The win moved his record to 8-9. Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect ninth with 1 strike out, posting his 24th save of the season. Bergesen took the loss for Baltimore, allowing 5 runs on 9 hits, with 7 strike outs and 3 walks. He's now 3-8.
The Rays are now 57-37 and remain 2 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the A.L. East. They also lead the A.L. Wild Card chase. Tampa Bay starts a three game series in Cleveland starting tomorrow night at 7:05pm EDT, before returning home on Monday, July 26th for their longest home stand of the season, 11 games, with the first of a four-game set against Detroit, to be followed by three against the Yankees and four against Minnesota. You can follow the Rays on 620AM WDAE and the Rays Radio Network. All games through Friday, September 3rd, can be seen on Sun Sports. The Monday, July 26th game with Detroit will air on ESPN, the Sunday, August 1st game will be on TBS, and the Saturday August 14th game against Detroit will be on FOX.
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Today is Pied Piper Day.(Kinda goes hand-in-hand with today being Ratcatcher's Day, doesn't it?)
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The Yankees lead the A.L. East by 2 1/2 games over Tampa Bay and 7 over Boston. Toronto is 12 back and Baltimore is 29 1/2 games behind.
In the A.L. Central, Chicago leads Detroit and Minnesota by 2 1/2 games, Kansas City is 11 back and Cleveland is 12 1/2 games off the pace.
Out in the (not-so)wild A.L. West, Texas leads the Angels by 5 games, Oakland is 7back and Seattle trails by 18.
In the N.L. East, Atlanta leads the Mets by 6 1/2 games, Philadelphia is 7 behind, while Florida is 9 back and Washington(First in war, first in peace and last in the N.L. East) trails by 14.
In the N.L. Central, St. Louis leads by 1/2 games over Cincinnati, Milwaukee and the Cubs trails by 11 1/2, Houston is 15 behind, and Pittsburgh(heading towards their 18th consecutive losing season) is 19 1/2 games off the pace.
San Diego leads the N.L. West by 4 games over San Francisco, by 4 1/2 over Colorado, 6 over the Dodgers and 19 over Arizona.
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It's Wiley Post Day. Today in 1933 Post became first person to fly solo around the world after traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
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Chad Billingsley pitched a five-hit, 125 pitch shut out last night, as the Los Angeles Dodgers broke a six-game losing streak, with a 2-0 win over the San Francisco Giants.
Casey Blake supplied all the offense the Dodgers would need, wrapping a lead of homer around the foul pole in left, then singling home a run in the eighth. The Giants threatened in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but Billingsley shut them down each time, improving to 8-5. Barry Zito was tagged with the loss for the Giants, he's also 8-5.
San Francisco opens a four-game set at Arizona starting tonight, before returning home Monday for 4 against Florida and 3 against the Dodgers. The Giants have a big 3-game series at home against San Diego coming up August 13th through 15th. This coming Saturday's game with the Dodgers airs on FOX, with the Sunday game against the Dodgers showing on ESPN.
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Robert Sosebee of Austell, Georgia, came home to find he had been ticketed for keeping livestock in the city. But he doesn't own any chickens. Sosebee believes that one of his neighbors might have seen his ceramic chickens on his front lawn and called the county, thinking that the chickens were real.
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Youso still chasing D-1 dream.
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Hi Daddy, I sure like my nummys.
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A new study says people who love to eat meat gain more weight. (They needed a study to confirm this? They could have just spend an afternoon at McDonald's.)
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Today in Elvis History:
1968 - Filming began on the Elvis Presley film "Charro."
1969 - The recording "Elvis," of the NBC-TV special, was certified gold by the RIAA.
1972 - The album "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden" hit #3 in the U.K.
2003 - Lisa Marie Presley was a guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". She did not perform on the show.
2004 - Lisa Marie Presley was the featured guest on Soundstage!
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Coming up:
Tonight --
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40pm EDT
Friday --
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 7:05pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40pm EDT
Saturday --
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 7:05pm EDT
Arena Football: Alabama Vipers at Tampa Bay Storm 7:30pm EDT
Nascar Nationwide Series: Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Indiana 8:00pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 8:10pm EDT
Sunday --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series: Brickyard 400 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana 1:00pm EDT
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 1:05pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:10pm EDT
Monday --
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Tuesday --
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Wednesday --
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 7:05pm EDT
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Thursday --
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 12:10pm EDT
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 3:45pm EDT
Friday --
Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Saturday --
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 4:10pm EDT
Nascar Nationwide Series: U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa 7:00pm EDT
Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Arena Football: Orlando Predators at Tampa Bay Storm 7:30pm EDT (Final game of regular season.)
Sunday --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Iowa 1:00pm EDT
Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 1:40pm EDT
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 8:00pm EDT
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That's all for today. See you tomorrow!
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