willie harris has been spectacular defensively and it's been amazing to watch this guy. he came through in the clutch when we needed him most last night, got the double to get us going early in the ball game and steals third and puts himself in a situation where the number eight guy can drive in a sac fly and he took them deep. he just said he was trying to hit a line drive. that's what we talked about. try to hit a line drive and the ball will carry. >> happy father's day. how about this? how about josh and rick wellingham, hit the ball and give me 20. then there's adam and brady dunn. happy father's day, guys. at chrysler, we build viewmasters. we build motion detectors. we build troop transports. we build moving vans. we build tv stations. we build the 25 mile per gallon chrysler town & country. come see what we've built for you. >>> the blue jays are hitti .277. only the angels higher in the league. frimairefor parties martis, he was in line. >> it just didn't happen for him, but hopefully today he'll go back out there and have the same type stuff. it's been over

with willie harris, the ball is going in the gap and he's on the run. as is with adam jones and blair. >> rob: you had paul blair and i had eric davis. eric would be in full dead stride on a ball going away from him and tapping his leg. as soon as i saw the glove tap the leg, i knew he had the catch. >> bob: did anybody play more shallow than paul blair? >> jim p.: blair played really shallow. he'd play where he, the one thing about paul blair, i'm sure eric davis, he had such great body control. so if you play shallow, you better be able to go back and not jump into the wall. paul just had, he was a very good basketball player, great leaping ability, shot too much when he played in the off- season, but he could go over the fence and never hit the fence because he had great vertical leap. >> rob: actually eric davis made one of the greatest world series catches that gets overlooked and he pierced his kidney. lacerated his kidney on the catch because he was 6'3", 185 pounds, about 4% body fat, his elbow went up underneath his abdomen and into his kidney

c-span: you mean boxcar willie is equated with president bush? >> guest: yeah. you see, david icke does people's genealogies to work out whether or not they're genetically descended from these malevolent lizards. and what confuses me is how he actually even decided to do boxcar willie's genealogy. i asked him once if he'd done dennis healy's genealogy, who is the founder member of the bilderberg group, and he said no. and i said, "so you haven't done his genealogy, but you've done kris kristofferson's genealogy?" c-span: the lizards were how big, by the way? >> guest: roughly 12 foot. c-span: and when he made these presentations in the public square or forum, people said, "yeah, right. they're from lizards." >> guest: a lot of people agreed with the lizards. some david icke supporters said, "ok, i don't necessarily agree with the lizards, but i respect his right to believe in lizards." and then you had a large anti-racist coalition form kind of all over the world -- in america, in canada, in england -- who are convinced that when david icke said giant lizards ru

willie harris, a wonder play in new york last night. dukes is in right. then, guzman, hernandez,zimmerman, johnson and behind the plate josh bard. adam dunn back in left field. he told debbi taylor he really enjoyed dhing a couple of days ago in new york. here is aaron hill perhaps their purest hitter. he has 90 hits to lead the american league tied with miguel tejada for the american league lead -- major league lead and has 28 multihit games woirt. >> rob: you would think scutaro wouldn't walk as much, but scutaro has 47 walks on the season, bob. it's the guy in front of him you want to get around him to get to this guy. i wouldn't think so. >> bob: aaron hill is a former sec player of the year and all american from lsu in his fifth year with the blue jays. 27 years of age a really good second baseman and a 13th overall draft pick back in the first round. there's a swing and a foul tip and zimmerman strikes -- zimmermann strikes him out. blue jays and the nats have not met since 2007 and the jays haven't been in the district since 2006. vls is -- vernon

willie hits his second double of the ballgame. kearns singles to left on the first big base hit he's had in a long time. and that put us up. at that point 3-1, but that's it other than the missed opportunities which we're going to show you in a moment. >> was happy to see austin kearns get his 16th rbi of the season. willie harris a base hit tonight, a single, a run. ryan zimmerman not enough hits tonight, only 8 for the nats. we have talked about opportunities. the nationals had plenty of chances to get some runs tonight. we've seen this storyline before. bases loaded, nobody out, and they just can't get the runs across. got to drive manny acta nuts. >> it's driving a lot of us nuts. manny is the one getting paid to have to deal with all this stuff. yeah, we're getting in situations every night, where we're getting runners on second and third. then a walk. now the bases are loaded. you've got oh get a good ball to hit. that's a fastball middle in up, you're going to hit that ball on the ground unless you pull it foul or rake it f

that play willie made we felt from the bench he had no chance getting to that ball. just play very well and other guys played lights out yesterday defense at yankee stadium, today struggled a little bit. it's part of the game. tomorrow we'll be back at it again. >> jordan's role -- [ indiscernible ] your thoughts on that? >> that's something that we are very impressed about with the fact that we in the future might be able to put five starters that are not going to be your automatic, get a bunt down, strikeout if you don't bunt type of pitchers. guys like him and martis and olsen and stammen and lannan is getting better. guys, athletic, detwiler that can run the bases, can slash and do not only bunt but swing the bat once in a while and run down the first-base line like he did when the situation calls for it. so, that was impressive. he's a very good athlete. >> dunn obviously on close pitches you kind of know what to expect he's go going to take them a lot of time. that said when gets in the same situation at the end, how nice was it to turn on an 0-2 pitch and do w

willy aybar hit a solo home run. his sixth. that's a complete look at the scoreboard. we'll be back around take a look what's ahead with brad bergesen pitching tomorrow night at oriole park at camden yards as the others return home to face the nationals. commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba ...fast processor, a big screen and something to cut video. ...for under $2000. we told her... you find it, you keep it. - i'm a filmmaker. - this is a fast processor. for video editing, that's going to help you a lot. for under $2,000, this is the best apple. it only has 2 gb of ram. let's keep looking. firewire, webcam, usb. oh look, this laptop has everything. - what? - it's a wrap. and a pc. my new laptop. ( laughs ) i'm a pc and an artist. >>> just a remiebder -- reminder of the bat am of the beltways with pre-game coverage at 6:30 from oriole park at camden yards. tomorrow night, jim hunter's guests. they played togethe

willie harris is there. number 11 will lead off the bottom of the 11th. ryan zimmerman, adam dunn and elijah dukes to follow in a 3-3 tie. pp it's easy to identify the leaders of tomorrow. they're all around us. which is why pnc created grow up great. a $100 million program that prepares young children for school. and the world they'll inherit.... sooner than you think. pnc. leading the way. at dodge, we build mechanical bulls. we build freight trains. we build toolboxes. we build field offices. we build fan clubs. we build the all-new, award winning dodge ram. come see what we've built for you. . >> bob: the nats have bucking the national league east and especially in interleague, the american league east. zimmerman, dunn and dukes. adam dunn really got it -- well -- didn't last night. let's see if the boys can go to the hop again tonight. >> rob: happy i left the game when i did because now you get a beating to get a hero. you get the winning hit and everybody beats the heck out of you. i don't understand that ritual but that's what the kids are

willy taveras tried to make a diving grab. guzman pops it up. there's two down. nick johnson will come up for the third time. he's 0-2. june 11th is kids day. they get in for a dollar a ticket with a purchase of one full priced adult ticket. they're available at the box office only. children must be present for purchase. for information call 202675nats. two down in the bottom of the 5 5th. 2-0 cincinnati lead. they try to take the series with this win tonight. one game coming up tomorrow and a rare thursday afternoon encounter. >> rob: 59 pitches. 38 strikes. only one bad pitch to bruce, the home run. that's the difference in the ballgame. >> johnny: washington out hitting cincinnati 4-2. two hitters so far. johnson 0-2. .320. >> rob: we could use a double here from nick. >> johnny: out field play, johnson straight away. 1-1. aaron harang has racked up over 1000 strikeouts against the nationals career wise, against the franchise. he's only faced them one time here in montreal back in 03. he lost the ballgame. 5 inning, 9 hits six years ago. 1-1 to johnson. >> rob

willie tavarez hauls it in. top of the 7th and now it is a one run game. golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. y taveras hauls it in. top of the 7th and now it is a one run game.  >> johnny: 2-1. get your red on and buy yourself a grand slam flex plan today. hello. you can enjoy ultimate flexibility. pick your plan and your games and get a free game. it is just that easy. for more information on the all new grand slam flex plans call 202-675-6287 or go to nationals.com/grand slam. owings,, he is in line to get the win unless the nationals come back and take this lead. 5 1/3 innings, 4 hits, one run, four walks and four strikeouts as you look at julian tavarez. he is the second nationals pitcher this afternoon. following lannan to the mound. >> rob: 12 starts for owings and

willie harris is next, then austin kearns, here in the ninth. a reminder, the nats are coming home to play the blue jays and the red sox in the next home stand. give a call, order some tickets for toronto and ask them if they have any left for boston. broken bat, base hit center field for dukes. elijah now 2-8 in the series.  >> bob: next up is will harris who is 0 for 3 tonight. and willie will break his bat, right field, easy play. gabe gross, one out. johnny holliday and ray knight, "nats xtra" presented by verizon fios, starring those two, straight ahead. i know this has to be frustrating for ray, because for several weeks he has just like you have, and me, too, that this ball club was just on the verge of better things. it's just very slow coming together here. pitching has been good, bergmann had a nightmare in the sixth inning tonight. other than that it's been a solid week for the pitching staff. here are the nats now. if they don't score any more runs tonight it will be 13 runs in their last six games. >> rob: the pitching is

flied out to willie tavares and then walked in the sixth. >> rob: he was hurt the whole year with the mariners in '07 and they let him go in october. >> johnny: johnson takes a called third strike on the outside part of the plate.   ryan zimmerman heads to  plate now. and, in the past, some pretty good selections here, rob, of buys that the nationals drafted leading with detwiler just two years ago, jordan zimmermann two years ago, ryan was first in '05, lannan, stammen and bergmann also draft picks by this ball game club. >> rob: now zimmerman, jordan zimmermann was the compensation pick for soriano, so that was well-done there. detwiler sixth pick overall in '07. always nice when you draft guys high and they do well. i talked to former orioles general manager ... and he said that very high draft picks pretty much 50:50, 52% make it. so it's not an exact science, it's very difficult to project young men, a lot of them high school kids, to the major leagues three, four years down the road. it's definitely a gift that these scouts have, these ev

. >> in the 8th inning, willie harris comes up as a pinch hitter. he finishes 1-for-1 in the afternoon against the reds in that 3-2 comeback win. they say, yes, the win is nice but there is still work to be done. >> it definitely is a plus for us, especially going to tampa and then new york. this is not going to be an easy ride for us. no ride is easy, but the last couple of games, our pitching has been tremendous. we have not been able to score runs. lannan, he pitched well. the last couple of times out, he has been pitching well. the bullpen, pitched well. we have to get those runs in from third with less than two outs, that will be huge for us. >> in the series at tampa bay, the nationals will not get to david price. he won't pitch against the nats. he was the number 1 pick for tampa bay in 2007 and byron kerr filling in for debbi taylor had a chance to catch up with the tampa bay. >> if you want to see a post at how things will be like for stephen strasburg, here is david price. he was the number 1 pick for tampa bay. we'll take you to the first

willie harris -- the runway is clear and he's coming in for a landing. robbing a-rod of a hit. bottom seven, bases loaded, willy taveras gets derek jeter to ground to short, cristian guzman, nice play. jeter 0-1, still dealing with the sore left ankle. top eighth, 3-0 nats, austin kearns to left center. brett gardner makes the catch but hits the wall hard. manager joe girardi comes out. gardner is carted off. the nationals win 3-0. the nats are the second worst team to shut out the yankees and the worst to win a series from the yankees in new york. here are notable rain delays that compare to the yankees' 5:26 delay. >> the phillies have put left fielder raul ibanez on the d.l. with a groin injury. in his first season in philadelphia, the 37-year-old ibanez began the day second in the national league with 22 home runs and 59 r.b.i.'s. john mabry jr. will take his place on the roster. blue jays going for a three-game sweep of the phils, 7-7 game, pinch-hitter rod barajas coming through in the pinch -- the former philly burning his old team with a solo home run to straightaway ce

willie harris makes that catch to save a base runner that would have ended up scoring. cristian guzman robs derek jeter of a hit. it was striking to see it not only that there weren't -- they weren't losing games that way, but they were actually saving enough runs to win the game. it was something if they can keep it up, i think you'll notice the difference simply because it's going to save some runs and make the pitching staff that much better like manny was talking about. you can cover over some of the errors and cover over some of the problems defensively they've been having if you do a few extra things defensively. >> somebody says when -- said when the boarding house ex employees -- exploded, rumors floating. more rumors about the nats and the deadline. how imperative they do something? >> well, it's tough to say that. i guess it's imperative that they do something to salvage this season. you know, you have a little bit of a mitigating factor in the sense that you may be tradeoff in kearns but who is going to take that contract and same thing as probably if you're

. >> that's my man, willie harris. it's safely six, look at that catch, six of his last eight games. pride and joy of georgia, four for his last 11. guess where he's going to be in the line-up today? would you say leading off? >> that's where i would put him. >> that's what he's going to do. lead-off spot for willie harris, cristian guzman in the number two hole, adam dunn will be the dh today hitting fifth behind zimmerman, elijah dukes in right field and wil nieves will get the duties today catching john lannan against the baltimore orioles. for the o's, second baseman ty wigginton, six game hitting streak, he's 13 for 26 during that streak. what a game he had against the braves on june 14. he'll be hitting in the number two hole, because adam jones leads off for baltimore, he'll be in center field, wigginton the second baseman, nolan reimold in the cleanup spot who homered last night in left, the dh is luke scott for the birds, third base oscar salazar, matt wieters will catch and robert andino at shortstop. ty wigg

this isn't the first time this week willie harris has hit in the lead-off spot. he'll pop this one up. melvin mora is coming back. he's got it for the first out. >> jim p.: high sky so everybody's pointing. you've got to understand, the nationals, those three runs were, what, they'd only gotten four in 28 innings in the previous four starts. >> rob: since june 4th, most times scoring less than five leagues. hington nationals le >> jim p.: i saw that. 18 times. >> rob: less than five runs since june 4th. what happened to the offense. >> bob: june 4th isn't that long ago. that's 18 times in 23 days. >> jim p.: guzman is 2 for 4. >> bob: guzman has multihit games in eight of his last 10 and h batting average is climbing toward the .340 mark. he started the night fifth in the league in the national league, so he's becoming one of those line drive machines again. he has to fight off an 0-2 pitch. and mora swipes it and makes a very good play. >> jim p.: andino, the shortstop sprinting after that. but what a play by meln mora. four rbi's last n. he took one look tsee

. >> johnny: willie harris leading off, anderson hernandez in the number 1 hole, and francisco cordero comes out of that reds bullpen. 25 innings pitched, 21 hits allowed, four earned runs, struck out 23 and only walked eight batters.  among national league  in saves. hasn't given up a run in his last 8 appearses. this cincinnati bullpen is tough. >> rob: very tough. as i said before, fourth in earned run average in the major leagues as far as the bullpen goes. they have a lead, tough to get it back from 'em. but only a difference right here, a couple of home runs, string together a few hits, maybe a walk or something, and got to send it to extra innings. >> johnny: willie harris popped out swinging, popped to second grounded out to second. he is 0-3, leads off the bottom of the ninth. takes a strike call.  francisco cordero first  save was july 21st of '08 against san diego. his last blown save was that, a year ago.    another one of these guys  have been around a l

here is willie harris. it is inside 1-rbgs-0. >> jim: i think another thing is if we were going to go back to our pnc scouting report, brad bergesen cannot witch when he gets behind. only dukes was he ahead of him in this inning. >> jim: he falls behind another hitter. >> jim: it looks to me the nationals are do black the nationals did against john smoltz where they hit the ball all over the place. he elevated, talking about smoltz last night. he elevated some pitches and they took advantage of it. >> rob: they were very patient. they had great approaches at the plate. and then they went away from that and started expanding their own zones, especially ryan zimmerman when they started struggling, and we can talk about that. peaks and valleys and some guys get depressed. last night against smoltz they started to go back to their old approach. smoltz threw 35 pitches in the first inning. >> jim: 2-1 to harris. low curve ball high and ball three. >> jim: again he gets behind, i'm talking about brad bergesen. he

there is willie harris. he move ins on it and has it for the out. here comes jones to score that is is a sac fly and an rbi and the orioles get on the board first and a 1-0 lead. >> jim: that infield hit does it. if you're huff, and he is .278 life-time hitter to lefties and the minute you get a guy to hitter with two outs, you make it easier for the guy to elevate the ball and that's what they do and the orioles take the lead. >> rob: huff gaffe up the trip the last time we faced you guys and he is one tough come tommer to left-handed pitch ors. a great job by huff against detwilerer. >> these were the biggest, plumpest blue berries i have ever seen where are they? new jersey. top crop. how about that? >> bob: jim is -- jimmyville, that would be in new jersey. it is off exit 11. >> jim: frank grows them and he pack annals them. >> bob: where are mine? come on. the southern part of the state. >> jim: our producer don knows that because -- dawn knows that because her people are there. her people are everywhere. [ laughter ] >> bob: i'm jus disappoint

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adam dunn homers, so does willie harris. the nats knocking off the orioles at camden yards, 5-3. tomorrow night the first of a three game series in florida against the marlins. the nats 0-6 against the fish this year. 6:30 is our air time, masn 2 tomorrow night and tuesday. how about this. we're going to be with you 11:30 wednesday morning for the wrap-up game for the nationals and marl anyone's florida. then the atlanta braves come to town for a big weekend series over the fourth of july at nationals park. welcome back, everybody. happy to have you with us on sunday afternoon. tomorrow night it will be scott olson coming off the dl against ricky nolasco of florida. >> scott won 12, he pitched three straight years. they're saying his velocity is up two miles per hour. it was 88 to 91 when he was here. we were talking about his velocity. nolasco struggles for two starts. giving up eight runs. but his last four he's only given up five runs. he's striking out a lot of people, he struck out 25 and walked five, so he's back on top of that stretch. >> the nats really about due to take

i think that's about all willy taveras has. macdougal in his 9thyear in the major leagues. phillips grounded to right, grounded to second. >> rob: he's still -- >> johnny: leaves the ball club in that category. phillips 0-1. nix is next. hernandez after him. >> rob: 17 homers in 06; 30 homers 07. >> johnny: macdougal delivers, a swing and a foul. mike had terrific years with kansas city. 68 games he pitched in 2003. came back a couple of years later, did the same thing. 54 with the white sox two years ago. he racked up 144 innings with kansas city in omaha before he got to the big leagues. 1-2. fouled off the plate at his foot. left hander getting ready in the nationals bullpen. this ballgame began four hours five minutes ago. >> rob: the first 8 1/2 innings took 2 1/2 hours. >> johnny: this is the 10th time in all the home games there's been rain which has forced delays in nationals games games. i don't think any team in baseball has had this much problems with weather. >> rob: still holding on to the conspiracy, bad karma. >> johnny: 2-2 to brandon phillips. nobody on and

there's been very little debate about his strike zone út%%- willie strikes out. >>> things a little quiet here. nats have one hit since the third inning. they got two in the 6th last time, first time in ages they scored in the second half of the ball game. josh bard levels off and singles. the nats need hits, base runners. belliard three for 17 with a pinch-hit -- a change-up that dipped down into the dirt. top of the order coming up, a good time to get a hit with a man already on base, and there's 80 feet of hitting room on the right side. belliard pulls it third baseline. low throw, and they turn it around the horn 5-4-3. another inning ending double play for the blue jays. their second in a row. ♪ ♪ ♪

willy taveras is next for the reds. then comes brandon phillips. >> johnny: he's ahead 1-2. lowest era since may 21st. that's a pretty good number. >> rob: that weakness we had has now turned into a strength. now we're having trouble getting runs. you know what, the hitters did it now it's time for the pitchers to go on a role. the hitters will catch back up. >> johnny: hairston retired a ground ball to guzman. >> rob: our over all run average is a run er than the closest competitor. we need to get that downder four. if our starters ke going a t mo >> johnny: the ball came right to his glove. the umpire racing out to$ retrieve what's left of the bat. there's two quick outs. he grounds out to hanrahan. >> rob: so surprising that the modern day bat turned into hards of wood. all the bats are just for some reason, i know they're very top heavy. a lot of guys in my day used to shave the middle of the bat to try to harden the end where you're rubbing on the sink in the bathroom to have the bat last as long as possible. i've never seen the explosion and strength of the hitters thr

then after bonifacio triples to deep center field, ball that willie almost ran down, hanley ramirez hitting .333 coming into this game. one of the best players in all of baseball singles up the middle. nolasco k'd, replay here on the pitch track as he gets a slider down and in to ramirez, cantu chases. seven strikeouts on the night. couldn't pitch much better. glad to have you back and glad that he's healthy. >> take a look at olsen's numbers tonight. gives up six hits, two of the runs were earned. didn't walk anybody. that's amazing for a guy that's been out of the rotation for more than a month. he strikes out seven. five ground outs, eight fly outs, 94 pitches, 66 strikes and 28 balls. >> that is great command. i always look for 70% on the top side strikes. that's a little over 70% there. he just threw his breaking ball very effectively around the plate, his change-up was good. he just pitched, the way we remembered him pitching. as i think bob said, this is a guy that we acquired. this is what we expected. i just think he came into the season either tender from spring training or hurt h

no balls two strikes to willy. line drive to left. dunn has a beat on it. two quick outs here in the top of the first. hernandez will be working behind the plate. we wish him well. scott at first base. andy fletcher will be working at 3rd. did you see eckstein come out of the dugout? he was after andy on that call on kearns last night to end the ballgame. two down quickly in the top of the 1st. cincinnati 30-27. they're starting rotations in 35 ballgames, bullpen 5. brandon phillips the 2nd baseman. comes in hitting .275. >> rob: the kids would enjoy this. they looked back at the video on eckstein going after andy. he did not swear at him once. he was a gentleman saying you weren't doing a consistent job. >> johnny: quick one, two, three first inning. the nationals coming to bat. know -- no score here at nationals park.  >>> you heard the expressio ominous. these are ominous clouds. starting lineups tonight. let's look at the nationals. guzman leads off. johnson at 1st. zimmermann left field. dukes center field. willingham first career s

is civil procedure requires that a plaintiff having a short statement of claim showing the pleaders willies. justice kennedy says there is nothing in the complaint that shows he is entitled to release. these are conclusive statements that he is discriminated against because he is a muslim. it is not surprising given the events of 9/11 that moslems may have been in proportionally impacted -- moslemuslims may hae been in proportionally impacted. they were looking at people who were more likely to be connected to the events of 9/11. the way to understand the role in this case, and i think it is a dramatic case, that in pleading, you have to show that there is some reasonable this mission. even at a pleading stage, the inference is of some facts that you can infer or that it is possible or plausible that some violation has occurred here. let me tell you why i think it is important practically and why it is important to understand the decision on this case more generally. first, the court in an antitrust context made much of the same argument in dealing with a case at the pleading stage because

willie harris dazzles again notice outfield and tomorrow, shairon martis against ricky romero. >> rob: i don't think that detwiler had his best stuff there. it was his best start. didn't have a great breaking ball, didn't have the overpowering fastball but he made it work and did exactly what he was supposed to do, put this team in a position to win. >> bob: scutaro 0-for-3 tonight. >> rob: i just think that the transition or transformation from spring training, when we were told -- or i was told that he made coffee nervous, he was fidgety. this kid has trans ford. >> bob: there is a bunt there is a play, there is an out. give them a sacrifice. they always do, but he was bunting for a base hit. kip wells, the way he falls, you saw him fall towards first base. the momentum took him that way. he has to get off, field his position and just a perfect throw. watch this, momentum taking him towards first. now he will stop, get back so he can field his position. and that's the thing that is easier said than done. hey, get off that mound and cover the third base side. first, you have to make

today's hearing demonstrates the importance of encouraging vigorous competition in the industry as willis' focusing on text messaging pricing. we will continue to closely follow these issues on this committee. i believe the justice department's should beat -- just as the permit should take action and racial barriers in the cell phone industry are removed including by the . reform -- including by they fcc. we thank you all for being here today. this hearing is completed. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> today on "america and the courts" commencement addresses given the sheer by the supreme court justice anthony kennedy. that is 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> tomorrow on "washington journal", and look on iran. former congressman tom davis talks about health care and republican politics. later, a look at the cover story @

and farmers would sometimes shoot birds, willy-nilly. and it was the survey that said not to destroy them. they eat pests. and the biological survey is putting out information to farmers why wildlife is important to keep on farm. you don't want to get rid of birds, you want to attract birds. remember that scare crows were to scare birds. but the sophistication and the soil erosion and for the help of ecosystem to stay alive. it was issue of deforestation. i don't believe that people in america realized how serious trees are. if you lose trees, you will lose everything. you will get soil erosion and get run-offs, and have problems with every growing produce. so theodore roosevelt as president would plant trees, even for corn. and back then you had to have trees around the corn. you had to keep a forest around it just to blunt winds. so the wildlife wasn't just about limits, or protecting animals. it had a mission of helping farmers and people living in the wild. and co-exist with nature that was economical and aesthetic. >> going back to

. >> host: i wanted to note that your book, "mirrors" is probably one of the most dish willy the word feminist books i have ever read. the overwhelming number of portraits of women are favorable, admiring, adoring. men come in for much moritz simple in your book. >> guest: yes. perhaps we are tough of humanity. we are not all of humanity, just half of it. so it's time to put forward so many important. >> host: maybe 40,000 years ago before it was written down, before the men wrote down the history, women had that equality and were drawing the cave drawings? >> guest: why not. the book tried to recall or to rediscover the memory of the spies, the scorn, so this is blacks, not only women, blacks. it's very important the fact that the united states have a black or half-black president. very, very important. a lot of the stories about blacks, not only in the united states, and even in one of the first stories here, adam and eve were blacks because all the experts saying the fact we all came from africa. we are all african immigrants because the human beings began existing there in africa.

you've got to have a centerfielder, willie harris is great, but on an ideal ball club, he's going to be a guy that's going to be a utility guy and shore up everything. if you could get a centerfielder that could go wall to wall, go gap to gap, charge the ball hard with a good throwing arm, that gives you tough at-bats. i don't see the professional at- bats that we need to have in the middle of the batting order in order to drive in those runs in key situations. >> and the nationals only put two runs on the board tonight early in the ballgame. the offense really kind of generating around that second inning when ryan zimmerman connects for his 13th home run of the season. >> he got all of this one. he seems to love this ballpark. that's center cut. starting a little bit away. adam just missed that ball. i don't know if he hit it on the end or not. willingham doubles hard to center field. he hit that ball 420 feet. then after hernandez grounds out on a ball that gets in on him and advances willingham to third, nieves hits a chopper past the mound. look how hard he's getting down there.

. >> bob: willie harris under that fly ball, and two outs. >> rob: so we just have to support josh willingham and his family right now. >> bob: the nationals have called up corey patterson, who was hitting .302 in 39 games at syracuse, with six home runs and 23 rbi's. corey patterson, 29 years of age. we know him well. he was with cincinnati last year, the orioles two years before that and six years before that with the cubs. interesting left-handed bat with some power and some speed. to serve as a fourth or fifth outfielder right now. gabe gross the hitter, struck out swinging first time up. so the nats bench got a little older and a little more experienced here. bases empty, two outs. beauty. 95 on our gun. but -- >> rob: it's so difficult for a guy that's hitting. you also have to look for a slider, breaking ball and change-up that jordan has been featuring tonight also, throwing them all for strikes. >> bob: the nationals had to make another move, too. because putting josh willingham on the bereavement list an bringing up corey patterson necessitated removing somebody off of one dl to the

they are still awaiting some mri results but there's willie and there is a pretty solid defense lately despite three unforced errors last night. big story in baseball, kerry woods blows another save for the indians. the cubs win. this end league thing is really hitting up. here is marco scutaro. nats held him to a 1-for-6 last night. detwiler misses with the first pitch underway at 7:08. it's quite breezy tonight. 20 mile-per-hour wind, 85 at game time. interesting that the weather is so warm but the wind's coming out of the north. 2-0. scutaro walks a lot. number 1 in the american league with 47 along with carlos peqa. that's why he has a .400 onbase average. that's in there. bucknor, brian gorman mike everitt and james hoye. detwiler throws one. he jacks it into right center, in the sun, elijah dukes, one out. >> rob: a little bit, too, rob, it's going to be tricky. a lot of shadow here, especially late in the afternoon. the sun is shining in the back of the field. you saw elijah dukes go from the shade into the sun and made the catch. >> bob: somewhere, george harrison is smiling be

willis position, it seems that there seems to be a problem, and the proposed regulation of tobacco by numerous agencies or an agency that has been given dominance over the other agencies in the federal government to regulate the tobacco. be done in that area to curve the abuses, being that the general american public suffers from this product. and if mr. will does not believe that's a positive step, what proposals do you have? we know this is an issue that's been adversely affecting, a product that is adversely affecting the american people. it seems in the united states if there is a product that affects the health of the general public as illegal drugs or marijuana or something of that nature. it's regulated. there is an agency that steps in and does something about it. and we know for years that the american public is adversely affected by tobacco. guest: he used an interesting word, the "abuse" of this product. and what makes it interesting, you don't have to abuse cigarettes to be injured by them. used as intended they are unhealthy. questionably they have a big public risk to th

runner on, bottom five, for willy aybar, nice effort in this one, that is a shot to right, a two-run homer, his fifth home run of the season, lackey, eight earned runs he allowed in five innings pitched. coming in seven straight wins against the rays, 9-1 lifetime against tampa bay, this one 9-5 is your final. and after losing three in a row tampa bay has now won a game. that losing streak by the boards. evan longoria struggling for tampa bay. remember in april, a .369 batting average? things have changed since then. .296 in may. he's yet to get a hit this month. his current streak of 18 at-bats without a hit is the longest drought of his career. mariners and orioles in baltimore as we continue to swing around the majors. that's jorse lopez, the second home run of the game, eighth of the year, the ms win it, ichiro suzuki on a 14-game hitting streak, against the orioles. seattle has won six of its last seven, hernandez gets the win, 4-0 in his career at camden yards, and the ms win it 4-1. let's go to fenway. tying run on second, top nine, papelbon, posada. flies out to left. and tha

but to add on to that, people like willie mcgee, rickey henderson, her eric davis, andy van slyke. i wanted to to carry myself that way. i really respected those gees. when i see those guys playing baseball, they had a lot of fun, a lot of enthusiasm and they love what they are doing. >> johnny: when you look at the people in the major league, guys give back to the community. no question about it. but nothing has done it the way you have and the way you have done it here in washington, d.c. it takes funds, takes money to back up when you are trying to do. >> definitely. that's the most important thing. to give a kid that opportunity to go out and excel, they have to get the proper education and that's where i fall into problems where i get into the proper people, proper coaching, things that they need as far as equipment and the management on the field. i really didn't know how important or how costly baseball was once i started redoing pitching mound and putting grass on the infield, building dugout, batting cages, things of that nature where it takes a lot of funds, and get the p

willie harris will pinch hit for john lannan. wait a minute, now. nick johnson heading up to the plate. nick is going to step in. when you talk about a guy that is overdue, i think johnson is overdue. johnson went up to the plate and micah owings is finished for the afternoon. dusty baker with a call to the cincinnati bullpen. nationals threatening with runners at first and second. we will be back in just a moment. 2-0 cincinnati leading washington. ÷xxppúú nce 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your ne

bottom five, runner-up for willy aybar, and that is a rocket to right, a two-run homer for aybar, his fifth home run of the season. lackey seven straight wins against the rays, careerwise 9-1 against tampa bay, he got shelled, eight earned runs in five innings of work, 9-5 is your final. they snap a three-game skid. >> after stumbling out of the gate, justin verlander has been virtually unhittable over the last month. he was 0-2 with an earned run average of 9. in his last eight outings, he's been stellar, 6-0, an e.r.a. of 1.12. but verlander careerwise 0-6 at u.s. cellular field, tigers-white sox, 2-1, verlander trying to notch that game, a little run support, seven ks through eight innings of work and has walked one, verlander trying to hold on for the win, he's two outs away, tigers up 2-1. >> phil mickelson is returning to the pga tour for the first time since he and his wife, amy, discovered that she has breast cancer. mickelson is making his emotional return to the tour in memphis. >> i've never been this emotional where if i'm driving alone or what have you, i'll just start cr

willie aybar off cc sabathia, three-run shot. rays up 5-3. cc eight innings, five runs, four earned, tied at 5-5 in the ninth, joe dillon r.b.i. single against mariano rivera. the rays got four runs off rivera. yankees mounted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth. tying run at the plate. robbie cano hits it hard but b.j. upton tracks it down. tampa holds for a 9-7 win. the yankees this season have dropped 9-11 to the rays and red sox. meanwhile, tampa 10-6 against new york and boston but three games under .500 against everyone else. >> the rangers had their eyes set on a second straight win over boston. jon lester had his eyes set on a perfect game. struck out 11 perfect batters. he was perfect through four innings. more on lester in a moment. bottom sixth, david ortiz facing kris benson. ortiz's second round-tripper of the year, first home run since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. top seven, lester still pitching a perfect game but there it goes. michael young into the gap. young was the only ranger with a hit. red sox win it 8-1. lester is now

willie harris making the big play. >> ray: manny pulling the string. he gets a hard line-drive this it to right field. and hernandez comes up, gets a base hit. and a failed bunt attempt. this is more about them making a great play. it wasn't down the line. blooper to right field. wasn't able to score. we held up making sure the ball wasn't caught. the run scores there. hernandez and here it comes. guzman for the third run to put us ahead. and beimel slams the door. >> byron: there's the line score. the nationals win it 3-2 with nine hits. they left 14 on but when i know you get the win, it makes it that much sweeter. herrera the loss and beimel his first save as a washington nationals. the numbers there. we will break down the 8th inning. it is a lot of things that happened on that one play. zimmerman really hustling and gonzalez making a great slide into 2nd base. >> ray: you have to do as we have said a million times the little things in a game and we haven't done it. getting the bunts down, driving in runs. but tonight although we had 12 guys left o

.  elijah dukes is on willie harris. zimmerman with a lead at first base. and it's 2-0. . >> rob: end of the nationals dugout. >> johnny: and tomorrow wired wednesday with manny acta. >> rob: he'll be on headset. we'll pepper him with questions in the third inning, he always likes that. but he does a great job. >> johnny: he sure does. and then covering the bases with adam dunn. a high pop-up behind the plate, the catcher drifting back into the stands. and no play for ryan hanigan, the count is each with two balls and two strikes, 3-1 here in the bottom of the sixth. >> rob: ryan has made a lot of strides in one area where people say he struck out 200 times a year, he only struck out 164 times last year, 122 walks, he makes it very difficult on the pitchers, but he is kind of a throw-back. that's what you wanted your four-guy to be, a big power guy and now that he is that big power guy, that's when all these other guys now are saying "oh well he still strikes out," that's the evolution of this game. this isn't 50 years a

they've got andrew miller, dontrelle willis, miguel cabrera trade. great, young left-hander. >> bob: ryan zimmerman this year having a very ought year -- odd year in one respect. he's hitting .333 against right- handers and well under .300 against lefties. 0-2 here. he's gone for the second out. first strikeout by sean west. adam dunn coming up. >> rob: well, 0-2. this is a perfectly placed breaking ball right here in on his feet on the ground. >> bob: if you hit it, it's going to hurt. >> rob: if you hit it, it's going to be foul or in the ground. you can't hit that fair. it looks good coming in and then bottom drops out of it have. especially from a 6'8" guy. >> bob: how about the size of this matchup? that's a short hopper to uggla in right field. the nats go in order in the top of the third. they've outhit the marlins 3-2 and it's time.   >> bob: nats fans well represented here in south florida whenever we come here on to the bottom of the third. let's check defense. it started with hanley ramirez trying to steal third.

top sixth, willie aybar off cc sabathia, sabathia, eight innings, five runs, four earned. top of the ninth, joe dillon r.b.i. single off mariano rivera. tampa got four off of rivera in the ninth. yanks had the tying run at the plate in their half of the ninth. robbie cano, b.j. upton makes the catch for the final out of the game. rays hold on to win this one 9-7. new york now 2-9 against boston and tampa, this year. meanwhile, the rays 10-6 against the yanks and sox this year, three games under .500 against everybody else. >> the rangers have their eyes set on a second straight win over boston but jon lester had other ideas -- pitching an absolute gem. ask ian kinsler and michael young, for that matter, and how about andruw jones. lester struck out 11 batters. he was perfect through four innings. more on him in a moment. bottom of the ninth. big papi. second home run of the year. his first homer since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. now top of the seventh, lester still with a perfect game but michael young says, "here is what i think of that perfect game." broke it up. was the

in the sixth, cc sabathia serves one to willie aybar. ayb bar's fourth of the year. 5-3 rays. cc, eight innings, five runs, four earned. 5-5 in the ninth, joe dillon, his third hit of the game. tampa four runs in the ninth off mariano rivera. yanks let threaten in the bottom of the ninth. tying run at the plate, robbie cano drills it to center, b.j. upton an eventful ninth inning in the field holds onto that one. the yankees this season have lost 9-11 to the red sox and the rays. meanwhile, tampa 10-6 against new york and boston but three games under .500 against everybody else they've played. >> the rangers had their eyes on a second straight win over boston. jon lester had his eyes a perfect game. ian kinsler goes down. so does michael young. andruw jones as well. lester, perfect through four innings. he had 11 k's. bottom of the sixth. red sox up 4-0. david ortiz, high, deep, gone -- second of the year, his first home run since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. top seven, lester still pitching a perfect game but michael young hits one into the gap. the perfect game is broken up. y

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and he takes it outside. .500 is a big number on this date, ernie banks and willie mayes who had already hit 500 both had a home run in the same game. it was the first time ever, two 500 home run hitters caught one in the same ballgame. two more deserving there couldn't be in that department than banks and mayes. and since then, home runs in the same game by double 500 hitters, sosa and griffey the last two, bonds and palmeiro, aaron and mayes, and mayes and banks. that's about it. >> jim: there's only 25 in the history of the game. >> gary: so there aren't many active at once. >> jim: the amazing thing about sheffield, he's also 25th in rbi's. so he can drive runners in. you can see the numbers right there. >> gary: fouls it back. there will be no play on it. >> jim: i asked him, i said at 40 do you feel like you have to cheat on the fastball. he said, no, because the games i've seen him play over the last 10 days, looked like he was ex-banding the -- expanding the strike zone in. that's what the yankees were trying to do. over the years, quickest tbhat i've seen. >> gary: and it's as h

. >> bob: got a fly ball to center for willie harris. scott olsen, flashing the form the nats thought they were getting when they traded for him last winter. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. >> bob: story of this game so far, good pitching, some timely hitting on the part of the nats. they've been outhit by the marlins 5-4, but this is the scott olsen the nats thought they were getting to start this season. >> rob: the last inning before that, that's the kind of stuff you want from scott olsen. challenge them with the fastball. he's throwing above 90 miles per hour which is excellent. he's throwing nice off-speed breaking stuff. he's in total command of his pitches now. so is ricky nolasco. this is just the kind of outi

willie harris with the gift of grab. a-rod 0-4, batting .212 on the season. bottom seven, bases juiced, julian taveras gets derek jeter to ground to short. cristian guzman, nice glove work. jeter was 0-1. top eighth, 3-0 nats, one on with no outs, austin kearns to left center. brett gardner. nice grab. but he hits the wall hard. down on the ground for several moments. writhing in pain. he would be carted off. the nationals go on to win it 3-0. joba chamberlain ends up taking the loss. his nine decisions are the fewest for any pitcher in his first 25 starts in mlb history. this was the first homerless game at the new yankee stadium. the yankees have lost back-to-back games against the nats, 18-46, with the win the nationals become the worst team to defeat the yankees in a series in new york and the third worst team ever to defeat the yankees in any series. thursday was a shutout win for the nats. washington has the second worst record of any team to shut out the yankees. >> the phillies have put left fielder raul ibanez on the d.l. with a groin injury. in his