. >> 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 area, it was still a game saving catch. we went on to sweep the a's. and he was pl

i talked to eric davis. >> bob: kearns to short, can the orioles turn it? yes, they can! it was bases loaded, nobody out. and baltimore still leads. ú from that first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything. that's why pnc is introducing your new cfo, cash flow options designed to effectively improve your cash flow. cfo helps every dollar work harder. from the very first dollar to the last dollar of the day. get in touch with your new cfo. pnc. leading the way.  >> bob: we're back here, orioles lead 4-3 over the washington nationals. in the fifth inning, melvin mora running towards the foul line in left field, sees reimold out of the corner of his eye. he just makes an amazing athletic play right here. he catches the ball over the shoulder. there you see it. unbelievable over the shoulder catch by melvin mora in the fifth inning. your coors light freeze cam. >> jim p.: you saw the smile on andino. and who is leading off. melvin mora against we'll cacal m ththk ttttle ol 17 yrs in tthe sw, s so n i thnk is

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

i had eric davis in center, mariano duncan. those guys didn't have to wear spikes. they could wear turf shoes, almost like sneakers and run around and get great traction and we didn't have to worry about a bad bounce in the dirt. here you get both. you get turf and it goes into the turf. i think it's hard to field. i was watching the rays take the balls off the pongo. it drops. there is a lip there. 1-0 to willie harris lo is hitting .250. willie broke an 0-for-10. garza behind hip, 2-0. right now, it's a 30-pitch inning for one of the better young pitchers in the american league. garza 4, e.r.a. 3.55 coming into his 13 starts. top 9 in the league in strikeouts with 70. now, he goes 3-0. >> rob: it's number 31. >> bob: how about that, on the 7th man he is facing this inning. >> rob: here it is, 13 balls, 17 strikes. 30 total. and as i told you, 80% of his pitches, nothing but heaters. >> bob: and the nats might want more here. that's above the belt. he may be a little bit off in his command and control but he is still changing eye level. look at what willie has done

eric davis was wonderful. he would never let you feel satisfied. he was just on your back to try to better yourself. tom browning. obvious lyly paul o'neal and chris. they had their own little language. >> johnny: but that was a veteran team, wasn't it? >> rob: a lot of veterans. >> johnny: dukes has a bead on it and one down. >> rob: nice jump on that ball by dukes. very difficult to get a jump on a ball sometimes when you see the swing and looks like it was hit very hard and all of a sudden it is about 20 feet behind 2nd base. toughest part of a reed for centerfielder or any outfielder. >> johnny: and he can fly with the best of them. willy taveras will step in. lannan delivers inside for ball one. >> rob: the thing about our clubhouse leaders, it wasn't just that. we all hung out together. it wasn't clicky at all. i'm not saying it is here. they are just a lot younger in the clubhouse. but if there was a barbecue, the whole team went. even the coaches and trainers. if we were going to have an adult beverage, 20 out of 25 guys went. some guys, th

i have eric davidson's pitch down pat. just loving baseball that. carried me this far. i want to keep it the same way. >> like most good athletes, played other sports in high school. >> writhe right. i also played basketball and football. it kept me busy and i played golf in the summer when i wasn't doing one of those. >> how did you wind up university of dayton? >> it's a college close to home and i watched their basketball games on tv and i was always a big fan. i never got recruited by a lot of big schools, so kind of fit into what i wanted, the type of school i wanted academically and worked out baseball wise also. >> last night as tradition would have it when you have your first major league victory, your buddy lannan from the blindside puts that baby right in your face. >> right. >> done he was coming? etalkeding about it like two weeks ago. he's like when you get yours first one, you're getting shaving cream in the fares face. i could see him waiting on it when we took hands at the end of the game. debbi asked me question and i was thinking what i was going to an