The Morning After

LSU 7 Texas 6: LSU tied the game in the 9th and won the game in the 11th to take a 1-0 lead in the CWS final. LSU has now won 14 straight games and can win their 6th national title with a win on Tuesday night.

Braves 2 Cub 0: Javier Vazquez pitched 6.2 shutout innings and 4 Atlanta pitchers combined to shutout the Cubbies despite allowing 10 hits and 3 walks. Atlanta is 4 games behind the Phils in the East. Chicago falls to 2.5 games back in the Central.

MLB News: MLB Players Union head Donald Fehr retired after 25 years. As head of possibly the wealthiest Union in American History, Donald Fehr will be remembered for Steroids, record contracts and the canceled '94 World Series. I feel like there is more to this story since this is happening 1 week after Sammy Sosa joined Alex Rodriguez as names leaked from a 2003 positive steroid test that the Union could have destroyed. Dirty Wudders will not miss Donald Fehr and is pushing for Bud Selig to join him.

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The Morning After - Weekend Edition

O's 7 Phillies 2: The Phillies home woes continue as Rich Hill pitched a rare good game holding the Phillies to 2 first inning runs over 6+. Antonio Bastardo pitched relatively well allowing 4 runs over 7 innings. Jayson Werth, the only Phillie who showed up for this homestand, had a 2 rbi double for the Phillies in the first inning giving them an early 2 run lead, beofre th Phillies decided to put their bats away for the night. For anyone looking for a bright spot, the Phillies got 7 innings from a starter and only used Bastardo and Jack Taschner so they should have a fairly rested bullpen for tonight's game. The NL East lead is down to 2 games. Happ looks to right the ship tonight against Brad Bergesen, another no-name who the Phillies will try to make look like Cy Young. No, I think Happ pitches a gem tonight and Hamels wins tomorrow. Go Phils

LSU 14 Arkansas 5: LSU cruises into the CWS Final riding a 13 game winning streak. Arkansas tried to keep it close using Closer Stephen Richards to start the game due to an exhausted rotation. He did, up until the third inning when LSU scored 3 runs off of him and relievers. There was no stopping LSU. Tigers starter Anthony Ranaudo pitched 6 scoreless innings, only throwing 77 pitches, which may make him available for game 2 of the finals on Tuesday.

Texas 4 Arizona State 3: Two outs from forcing a rematch to decide who makes the CWS Final Arizona State could not hold on. Texas' Cameron Rupp hit a game-tying solo homerun with one out in the ninth and two batter later Texas won on a walk off homer by Connor Rowe. The Instant Classic sets up a CWS final between Texas and LSU.

U.S. OPEN: Mike Weir (-6) has a 2 stroke lead after round 1.

U.S. Basketball: Villanova's Corey Fisher and Penn State's Taylor Battle are two of twelve collegiate players named to the U.S. Team for the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia in July. Road Trip anyone?

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The Morning After

Blue Jays 8 Phillies 7: Rod 'friggin' Barajas hit a pinch hit home run leading off the ninth inning to give the B Jay's an 8-7 win and a three game sweep over the defending champs. Joe Blanton gave up 4 runs in 5+ innings as the Phillies continue to not get any consistant innings from their rotation. It is a developing problem. Rollins, Werth, Mayberry Jr and Dobbs all homered for the Phillies who lost their 5th out of their last 6 games. Scott Rolen, 6 hits in the series and Rob Barajas, 4 hits, 2 hrs continued the trend of Ex Phils hurting the Phillies this year. Wes Helms anyone? Ronnie Paulino? Their still bums

O's 5 Mets 4: K-Rod blew his second save in a week as the Mets lost to Baltimore 5-4. The Mets have lost 10 of 14. Rookie phenon Matt Wieters led off the inning with a hustling double and after a walk, a bad defensive play and another walk, Aubrey Huff hit a game winning single. The Phillies are blowing a golden opportunity to bury these frauds.

US Open: The first round of the US Open was suspended Thurday due to inclement weather. Friday's forcast calls for morning rain before dry conditions move in during the afternoon. Saturday looks like it could be more like Thursday. Maybe they can get one of those retractable roofs that they have in Arizona? Why would they have a retractable roof in Arizona? Nevermind...Namesake's boy Mediate will pull through once they get going. Heard it here first. Play resumes at 7:30 am

Sixers: Moved training camp from State College to St Joes this year. Camp opens on September 29th and runs thru Oct. 4th. Its because Penn State didn't want YOU Dalembert.

Arizona St 12 North Carloina 5: Hero Kole Calhoun hit a game tying Salami in the fifth and the go ahead double in the 7th to lead ASU over UNC in the College World Series. Calhoun ended with 6 RBI's in the game and has homered in each of the Sun Devils CWS games. The # 5 seed Sun Devils plays # 1 Texas on Friday night. ASU would have to win Friday's game and another Saturday also against Texas to advance to the best of 3 final. UNC is eliminated, finishing 48-18.

NHL: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals beat out Evgeni Malkin, winning the Hart Trophy for the second straight year. Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins was voted as the NHL's top goalie. The Flyers Mike Richards was robbed by the Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk as the Selke Trophy winner, NHL's top Defensive Forward. Datsyuk edged Richards 945-942 into total votes, but Richards received more first-place ballots. Its rigged.

NFL: Donte' Stallworth has been suspended indefinitely by Roger Goodell and the NFL. Stallworth was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail, a controversial ruling that drew a great deal of criticism.

The conduct reflected in your guilty plea resulted in the tragic loss of life and was inexcusable. While the criminal justice system has determined the legal consequences of this incident, it is my responsibility as NFL Commissioner to determine appropriate league discipline for your actions, which have caused irreparable harm to the victim and his family, your club, your fellow players and the NFL

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College World Series Preview

Its that time of year again. Time to determine who the NCAA National Champion of Baseball is for this year. I will tell you, the College World Series never disappoints. Last year we saw a Fresno State team, who had to win their conference tournament just to get a bid to regionals, go all the way and win the whole thing. They were ranked 162nd in the nation at the time of the conference tourney. The 2 years prior to that, Oregon State and UNC battled it out with the same outcome of Oregon State winning it back to back. Defending champ Fresno State did not make it this year, so who will be the cinderella story?

The University of Virginia made the College World Series this year for the first time in school history. They took the hard road to get there defeating the #1 pick overall in this year's draft, Steven Strasburg in the regionals. Then beating Ole Miss in the super regionals, on Ole Miss' home field. This is a team that can really cause some problems for some teams in this year's series.

North Carolina is making their 8th appearance in school history (fourth in a row), but still has never won the whole thing. This year could be different with Dustin Ackley, the 2nd overall pick in this year's draft leading the way for UNC with insane numbers. .422 BA, 22HR's, and 70 RBI 's in only 63 games. UNC has a tough bracket to come out of with Texas, Arizona State, and Southern Miss. Texas being the top ranked team in the nation, and Arizona State #5 overall.

LSU is back in the tournament this year making their 15th appearance in school history. They already have 5 titles under their belt, and who can forget that LSU team that beat Miami on a walk-off home run back in '94 against a stacked Miami Hurricanes team. LSU is coming in as the 3rd ranked team in the Nation. They have one of the best closers in the nation in Matt Ott, so if it is a close game going into the 9th, other teams better watch out.

Southern Miss knocked off Florida in the super regionals to make their first trip to the College World Series in school history. Could this team be the next Fresno State? Southern Miss has won 12 of its last 15 games, getting hot at the right time.

Texas comes into the Series as the Nation's top ranked team. They have more College World Series titles than any other school in the tournament with 6. This is the first appearance for the Longhorns since 2005. Texas has the lowest batting average of any team in the tournament, but they will bunt and "small ball" you to death. Texas had a fairly easy road to the Series, but they did go 25 innings in a game, that saw one of their relievers go 12 1/3rd innings of no hit ball.

Cal State Fullerton is another team that has been here once or twice before. They have one of the better baseball programs in the nation, and won it all back in 2004. They come into the tournament ranked #2 in the nation, and are going to have to knock off LSU if they want to get into the championship game.

The #5 team in the nation, Arizona State Sun Devils, are making their 21st appearance in school history. The Sun Devils have stormed through the regionals and super regionals, going 5-0. Arizona State and UNC are the only teams to have gone undefeated.

The last team that has made it into the College World Series is the University of Arkansas. The Razorbacks beat a tough team in Florida State to advance in the super regionals. Arkansas will take on Cal State Fullerton in the first round. Arkansas has never beaten Cal State Fullerton.

Who will take it this year? Will there be another cinderella story, or will a powerhouse win it all. There is a good mix of teams in it this year, and no matter who wins, I am sure that the College World Series will be fun to watch.

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