Man! The series of the Tigers and the Cardinals this week could only be described as one word. AMAZING!

Game 1

The first game was all cardinals. Production from Brendan Ryan, Brian Barton who hit a homerun , and Skip Schumaker who all drove in 2 runs apiece...not to mention Rbi's from Nick Stavinoha (1rbi) and Adam Kennedy(1rbi).

Now on the Tigers Production, Gary Sheffield was the main man knocking in two rbi's, he also hit a homerun in the game. Miguel Cabrera who knocked in a single Rbi off a solo homer. Ivan Rodriguez also got a single Rbi off a solo homerun.

The Final Score of the game was 8-4 with the Cardinals taking the victory.

Game 2

Now in the second game, things got a little more interesting, the bats got swinging on both sides.

In the top of the first inning Skip Schumaker and Rick Ankiel both Hit solo homers making the score 2-0

In the Bottom of the second inning Edgar Renteria singled and Adam Kennedy allowed Gary Sheffield to score, Then Granderson singled which brought home Renteria. After that the score was tied 2-2

In the top of the third, Rick Ankiel hit a sacrafice fly which allowed Skip Schumaker to tag up and score. The score was 3-2 after this.

In the top of the fourth, Nick Stavinoha grounded to third, however, Yadier Molina Scored on the play. The score was 4-2 with the cardinals winning after that.

In the bottom of the fourth Placido Palanco and Curtis Granderson were brought home by a homer which was knocked off the bat of Carlos Guillen. The scored was now 5-4 with the Tigers leading.

In the top of the fifth, Rick Ankiel Hit his second homerun of the game to tie the score at
5-5.

In the top of the seventh the bases were loaded and Yadier Molina took a walk, which forced home a run. The Scored was now 6-5 with the Cardinals winning.

in the bottom of the seventh, Edgar Renteria Grounded into a double play, however, Miguel Cabrera Came home, which knotted the score once again, 6-6.

In the top of the eighth Aaron Miles singled which scored Brendan Ryan. This broke the tie yet again. 7-6 with the cardinals on top.

In the Bottom of the eight, Magglio Ordonez singled which scored Placido Palanco. The score was tied again. 7-7

In the bottom of the ninth Gary sheffield singled, which scored the go ahead run
(Clete Thomas).

Game 3

In this game, there was more pitching than offense. Nate Robertson and Todd Wellemeyer Had a pitchers duel going for most of the game. One by one that batters were sent down. Very few runs were scored.

In the bottom of the sixth, the bases were loaded and Clete Thomas was walked, which scored Curtis Granderson. The Tiger took the late lead 1-0.

In the Top of the seventh Aaron Miles Doubled which scored Brendan ryan. the score was even again at 1-1

In the Top of the Ninth Albert Pujols singled and scored skip schumaker causing the cardinals to take the lead 2-1.

In the Bottom of the Ninth, Gary Sheffield once again proved his dominance by homering to left and tying the game. 2-2.

In the Bottom of the Tenth, a walk-off walk took place, as Clete Thomas was once again walked, and once again Curtis Granderson scored. The Tigers won 3-2 and took the series 2-1.

Now i dont like the tigers as much as the cardinals, but they definately deserve some recognition.

On Tuesday, June 17th 2008. The Celtics Made History. They captured their 16th NBA FINAL Championship. Pierce, Allen, and Garnett also made history. They became the third "Big Three" to win a championship in the same year that they first became a team. And all big three were in boston too.

The final score of the game was 131-92 with boston winning with a huge lead. Paul Pierce was named the MVP and he deserved it because he played hard from the beginning of the Post Season all the way to the end.....heck, he played hard since the beginning of the season.

The Celebration was crazy......So many records were broken and i think some lakers fans hearts were broken as well. Soo much champaign was being sprayed, you couldnt even walk to feet in boston without getting soaked in a champaign bath.

Today in baseball, there are some men who play starter, who may not look like they are keeping up with others around them. Maybe the let up a bunch of runs in just the first few innings. Many people just say "oh it is just their fielding, the pitcher is fine". In some cases that may be true, but you cant just rely on their fielding. I mean sure the fielders have a heavy burden too, but your pitcher shouldnt be letting up 15 hits a game either. What i think is one of the main issues is that some starters dont have enough stamina, and they only pitch 4 or 5 innings, and yet they have long relievers who have pitched 7 innings, because the starters didnt feel like pitching their best. Some starters just need to give up the starting role to those who are actually going to give it  their all. Before John Maine became a starter, he was a long reliever. Willy Randolf of the mets saw he had potential, and started him in his first game, and we now know John Maine today as one of the most Underrated starters in the League today. Hopefully this will continue in the future.

well, lets see how many time barry zito has got rocked this season....wait, i can show you his faciall expressions and everything.

There has been some fuss going on about whether power hitters or Contact hitters are better. I thought and thought about it until i couldnt think anymore, in which i didnt come up with an answer. So i did some reasearch.

I found that Contact Hitters usually have high averages, high on base percentage, Less strikeouts than power hitters, Less Walks than Power Hitters, Not a lot of homeruns, a decent amount of Rbi's, and they are usually fast. Power Hitters dont have an average as high as contact hitters but still have a decent average, more homeruns and Rbi's than Contact Hitters, More Strikeouts and Walks than Contact Hitters, and A Higher Average with Runners in scoring position.

I then came upon the answer that You have to have both to be good. Just look, every team has at least one contact hitter and one power hitter if not more. Blue Jays, Cardinals, New York, etc. all have Multiple of these players.

You Might even be lucky enough to have a player who is both a power and contact hitter. Take Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals. He has all of the traits that you need to be a contact hitter, and a power hitter.



-Zanman720

Yesterday, some huge victories were won.

First Game

Seattle beats Kansas City 11-6. Seattle has shown that they are improving every season, they used all of their strength to beat the new and improved Kansas City Royals.


Second Game

Toronto continues to do good in the season by crushing the young Baltimore Orioles team. the Final Score was 11-3


Last Game

In the final big game yesterday, the LA Dodgers Trounced the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-2

Today an epic game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic Took Place in Orlando, Florida. In the Game the Timberwolves were once Trailing by 18 points. It was in the final Quarter that Minnesota came back and won by a single point.

Randy Foye was one of the many superstars who helped in the comeback, but the special thing about Foye was that he was the one who got 4 basket in a row (8 points) to start the Timberwolves on their comeback.

Since Ricky Davis left the Timberwolves a few months back, Randy Foye has had to step up and be a team leader. I personally think he has done a good job.

-Zanman720