Phillies Beat Cardinals By The Score Of 20-2 Saturday , June 14, 2008
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Friday Night, The Philadelphia Phillies were playing the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. In the 1st inning the Phillies’s sluggers Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Pat Burrell hit 3 consecutive home runs. Kyle Kendrick pitched 7 strong innings and also went for 2 hits, which include his first extra-base hit and an RBI. The Phillies had a season-high with 21 hits in a single game. Ryan Howard went 3-5 with 5 RBIs and Carlos Ruiz went for 4 hits and 4 RBIs. The Phillies tied the MLB high for the season in runs scored in a single game, which they set before on May 26 against the Rockies. This was the only non-interleague game that went on Friday Night.
Ryan Howard Smacked 2 Home Runs
Major League Ballparks To Go Blue For Father’s Day Friday , June 13, 2008
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On June 15th, Major League Baseball will again team up with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) to increase awareness and early detection of prostate cancer this Father’s Day. In an effort to emphasize the impact of a disease that strikes one out of every six American men. The MLB will recognize those whose lives have been affected by prostate cancer and communicate invaluable health information regarding the disease. On-field personnel including players, managers, coaches, trainers, umpires and groundskeepers, will wear blue wristbands, blue eye glare, and blue ribbon uniform decals symbolizing prostate cancer awareness. The blue ribbon logo will also appear on the bases, commemorative home plates and the official dugout lineup cards. Game-used bases, team-autographed commemorative home plates and lineup cards from each ballpark will be auctioned off at a later date to raise additional funds for PCF.
Happy Father’s Day
Tim Russert, Host Of Meet The Press, Passes Away Friday , June 13, 2008
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Friday, the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” and a board member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame collapsed and died at work of an apparent heart attack. Russert was only 58 years old. Tim Russert joined the board of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He was joined on the board by players in the Hall of Fame including: Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Robin Roberts and Tom Seaver, Commissioner Bud Selig, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, Cardinals general partner Bill DeWitt and Royals owner David Glass. Russert was also a Washington Nationals season ticket holder.
Tim Russert
R.I.P. 
P Tim Hudson Treated For Dehydration Friday , June 13, 2008
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On Thursday Afternoon, the Atlanta Braves were playing the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field with Tim Hudson on the mound for the Braves. Tim Hudson allowed 1 earned run and 7 hits in 6 2/3 innings. He seemed to be growing tired in the 7th inning and when he left he game and was heading to the clubhouse, many of his body parts began to cramp. When the clubhouse was open to the media they told them that Hudson couldn’t speak because he was still in the Trainer’s room with an IV giving him fluids. The braves said he was just battling dehydration and that he was probably going to accompany them on the flight to Anaheim.
Tim Hudson
OF Hideki Matsui Hits Grand Slam On His Birthday Friday , June 13, 2008
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Thursday, New York Yankees Outfielder Hideki Matsui celebrated his 34th birthday in GRAND fashion. In the 6th inning with no outs of Thurday’s game between the Yankees and Athletics Hideki Matsui drove a changeup over the right-field fence for his first Grand Slam in nearly 4 years. This gave the Yankees the win and sweep of the Athletics by the score of 4-1.
Hideki Matsui
2B Ray Durham Reaches 2,000-Hit Mark Friday , June 13, 2008
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Thursday, San Fransisco Giants 2nd Baseman Ray Durham collected his 2,000th career hit in a 10-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Ray Durham becomes the 22nd 2nd baseman in Major League History to reach 2,000 hits in their career. The 2,000th hit came in the 4th inning with 1 out and a 1-0 pitch from Greg Reynolds that got hit up the middle. This single drove in 2 runs giving San Fransisco a comfortable lead of 8-4. His first hit was a bunt single with the Chicago White Sox.
Ray Durham’s 2,000th Career Hit
Ray Durham
2B Dan Uggla Hits Walk-Off Grand Slam in 9th Thursday , June 12, 2008
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Wednesday Night, Florida Marlins 2nd baseman Dan Uggla hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th inning against their division rival the Philadelphia Phillies. This home run came on 3-1 pitch with one out and the bases loaded. The ball went high over the left-field wall and was his 19th home run of the 2008 season. The walk-off grand slam came off of Tom Gordon. It was the second walk-off grand slam in Marlins’ History the only other person to do so is Bobby Bonilla against the Rockies in their way to winning the World Series in 1997.
Dan Uggla
DH David Ortiz Becomes An American Citizen Wednesday , June 11, 2008
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On Wednesday Afternoon, Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter and biggest hitter, David Ortiz, became an american citizen. Ortiz and 220 immigrants became U.S. citizens at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in boston, Massachusetts. The 32-year-old was born in the Dominican Republlic. He held an American flag in one hand as he recited the Pledge of Allegiance with all of the other new citizens. David Ortiz has been out of the lineup since June 1 when he injured his wrist while batting.
David Ortiz
MLB Donates To The Taylor Hooton Foundation Wednesday , June 11, 2008
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Tuesday, Commissioner Bud Selig announced that the MLB has agreed to donate $1.5 million and other forms of support to the Taylor Hooton Foundation as part of an anti-steroid educational program. Taylor Hooton, the nephew of former big-league pitcher Burt Hooton, was a 17-year-old who took his life on July 13, 2003 trying to quit steroids. His father, Don started this foundation and was a witness at the March 17, 2005, Congressional hearing about steroids in the game of baseball. The new agreement, which extends through 2011, includes a Web page created by MLB.com that will link to the site of the Taylor Hooton Foundation, which has been granted full use of MLB logos.
Taylor Hooton
Torii Hunter Hits Home Run No. 200 Tuesday , June 10, 2008
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On Monday, Torii Hunter of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hit his 200th career home run in the series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. Hunter blasted the home run to left-center-field on a 2-1 count against pitcher Edwin Jackson in the bottom of the 4th inning with a runner on 1st base. This is his 8th home run of the 2008 season and 1st season with the Angels after signing a five-year, $90 million in the offseason.
Torii Hunter
