he is like joey bott with the reds. -- votto with the reds. >> johnny: homerun age 4 in tee ball. i hit my first homerun at age 32 also in tee ball. >> rob: how do you hit a homerun in tee ball? over the fence? it is ante at home plate. -- it is on a tee at home plate. >> johnny: you have a lot of young kids in the outfield that can't run and can't catch the ball and thing bring the ball in. i guess. >> rob: anyway, adam's got to be good -- [audio indiscernible]. >> johnny: imposing figure at 6'6"290. but i don't think you will meet a nicer guy on this ball club than adam dunn. 2-0 fastball. gonzalez at 1st base. adam's numbers for his career. .347, 295 homeruns and 716 driven in. in three of these years in cincinnati, over a hundred rbis in 2004 and 5 and 2007. rob, when you think about 46, 40, 40, 40, 32, his homerun years -- >> rob: in arizona it was 40 last year. so, he has five straight seasons with 40 or more homeruns and he is tied with only babe ruth for the most consecutive years. if he gets 40 this year he is all by himself. >> johnny: and he draws a lot of walks and he

arthur rhodes of the red has 193. he has been around a couple of years. >> rob: just a few. >> johnny: i think thinking when they are it is -- i'm thinking when they are sitting out there in the bullpen, the young guys are listening to what tavarez is theying and colome says. >> rob: i hope so. >> johnny: julian grew up as a shortstop. >> rob: arthur rhodes right there. >> johnny: phillips walks away. two balls and two strikes. >> rob: right here, great breaking ball that kind of backs up. doesn't get any better than that when you are pitching. phillips jammed himself. >> johnny: bouncing ball to zimmerman. got to hurry. on the run, throw to first, got it. and phillips can fly, too. nice play by zimmerman and there's two down. >> rob: this is an outstanding play right here by ryan zimmerman. airmailed the ball earlier in the ballgame. he puts that behind him right there. he knows i have got a very fast brandon phillips coming down the line. actually on the inside and he hits adam dunn right here. that could have been

here is the lineup for the reds. at center field, will lead off, jerry hairston, brandon phillips, ramon hernandez keep happen up at first, johnny domes is the left fielder, price in left field, hand eye gan the catcher and johnny quay tow the starting pitcher. eliza dukes the nationals, he has been stumping the ball, three for four and a big employee out against the mets. looking for more from him to power up the national's offense. here is the lineup for washington. cristian guzman leading off as usual, nick johnston, ryan zimmerman, adam dunn in left field, eli zsa dukes, willie harris, anderson hernandez in second base, will he nieves will catch, because ross detwiler will pitch for the nats. we're ready to go. byron curran and ray knight with you as we count down nats extra and a big day for the nats as they try to get the top picks on the board. and what they want to get here with these next picks, they get steven strasbourg, pitching always something they are looking for but is there a possibility they could l

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reds 2-4. the nationals 0-7 in extra inning games. macdougal will face alex gonzalez to begin the 10th inning. the reds short stop -- belliard quick scoop and made the play. >> rob: that's not an easy play. it's all muddy out there. ronny belliard here. this is going towards the bag, coming in. look at the mud all over the ball. nicely done. >> johnny: the reds' catcher ryan hanigan will step in against macdougal. if you're wondering why it's so quiet, there aren't many fans here. i'm counting them now. 28, 33 -- these are die hard fans, rob, right now. >> rob: yes, they are. >> johnny: fans sticking around for two hours and 10 minutes of rain and coming back. [cheering and applause] standing down there on a cellphone -- those are new glasses aren't they? i read on your blog you were getting a new pair. >> rob: they're not new. i didn't get any. >> johnny: flanagan flew to center field his second time up. 2-2 in the top of the 10th. >> rob: big play of the game was hanigan throwing out dunn at 2 2nd. hanigan has a rocket for a right a

walked the first time up for the reds. those are good old focal points that i'm sure that steve mccat tee will bring up with ross when they go over today's oiling. >> johnny: and this would tie his longest outing of the year if detwiler gets through the sixth inning. mighty close to bruce, almost got him. two balls, two strikes.  bruce at .216. 14 home runs, 13 though off right-handed pitchers. and the 2-2. goals taking second, goals will go back to first, they have a bead on it and it's one down.  i tell you will a lot of ground out in center field. >> rob: yeah, when he did lie gentleman and willie is out there we have our fastest outfield, they can cover some ground offensively.  always have to find  adam though. >> johnny: yup. got to keep that battle in the lineup don't you. >> rob: yeah. and a lot of teams do that. guys are not gold gloves at that position and as a pitcher you know that and it's your job to do you

maybe that is what the red cross will do, or maybe that is the national guard. comment on the national guard and the ready reserve idea. >> the national guard is a key component in responding to disasters. upon my confirmation -- one of my first visitations was with general mckinley. we have a strong system and we leverage this with the national guard. we have capability and will identify another state, to make certain that things like the joint operation center supports each other and this is a good team, a key component of the national defense strategy, these are the first of the assets available and they can request from the other governors additional guardians to manage the disaster. there is actually a requirement, to take the existing structures and provide more training and capability within the reserve force. as far as the standing reserve, this is something i would like to research by elements of that is what we already see. we're building community response teams, building capabilities that are more adequately leveraged, through this -- people stand re

i've been trying to tell people, don't sleep on the reds, and they're not. >> reds up 2-0 ; but, 2-1 in the eighth. ryan zimmerman did walk twice. doesn't get all of this. but phillips, and the nats get two runs out of it, and win the game 3-2. look at that! your washington nationals. and people are dancing in the nation's capitol. >> washington now 15 wins on the season. no other baseball team has less than 25. they're in tampa tomorrow. the reds are in kansas city. >> let's update you on the games that are currently in progress. >> yankees-red sox. that's 1-0 on. zach greinke pitching a gem for the royals. they're up 2-1 in the eighth in cleveland. and the mets and phillies now all tied up at 3. >> you saw it earlier on espnews. usain bolt, running in his first race of 2009. starts off, and says, kid, i'm the fastest one out here. standing room only. went for $25, no problem. bolt wins in 10 flat. let's look at the world record that usain bolt currently holds he had a field day at the beijing olympics last summer. setting the record in the individual races. and ran the third leg in

reds have a lead 4-2. the nationals and the more work to be done here in the bottom of the 12th inning. they're down by 2. we'll be back in a minute. we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. >>> gomes with a pitch and reds have a 4-2 lead. here come the other outstanding members of the bullpen. david weathers who shut out opponents in 20 of his last 24 appearanc

it's an honor to testify before you on behalf of the american red cross. we appreciate this opportunity to share the details and ability to respond to the challenges that may face the american people during the coming months. before i begin my testimony i would like to take the opportunity to thank the new fema administrator for his work in florida and express appreciation of the red cross for his support to the disaster preparedness response efforts in the state. for more than 125 years the red cross has provided released to the victims of disasters help families and individuals prevent prepare for and respond to emergencies from single-family house fires to large-scale disasters like hurricanes to red cross works to provide essential life savings sustaining services to those in need. we shelter, feet, provide critical supplies and emotional support to those impacted by disasters in communities across the country. we rely heavily on generous contributions from the public including donations of time, money and blood. today the report on preparations for th

mascelli, let me ask you this about the red cross. i understand that -- i don't understand, i know congress just appropriated a significant amount of money for the red cross which maybe is not unprecedented, but it's not usual. can you comment about the financial stability right now of your organization and what resources you have to address this pending hurricane season? >> yes. in addition -- we did receive an appropriation from the federal government. we're in the process of drawing funds through the federal emergency management which is the executor of the grant -- >> and how much was that? >> $100 million total. and we're in the process of drawing from that reimbursement for ec pences -- expenses for the last hurricane season, and it continues until the end of this fiscal year, federal fiscal year. in addition to that, we've taken a number of activities to basically come within budget and in looking at our finance and part of that is we've restructured our organization fairly substantially. our national headquarters, and then our

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red sox up 3-1. seventh, mark teixeira, after johnny damon homered the yanks go back-to-back, tex's a.l. leading 19th of the year. yanks within one. top nine. jonathan papelbon on to close it out. yanks have the tying run on second. jorge posada to left. a >> the w.t.p., kids, "warning track power." red sox lead the a.l. east by one game, chien-ming wang gets the loss. his 21.61 e.r.a. is the highest in major league history for any starter through his first five starts of a season. >> threw a lot of pitches in 2 2/3 innings, and i know he's not happy with his performance, and this is not what he wants to do, but i just told him, "you threw a lot of pitches, i'm going to take you out." >> his balls were way out of the zone, his strikes in the middle of the plate, we got a couple of walks, doubles, that's pretty much much how we scored some runs. >> i don't know, to tell you the truth, some pitches up, some pitches down. it was not a good night for the hitters. that's about it. >> the eight-game win st

reds lead the nationals 2-0. two great pitcher, great starters tonight. martis one error, one bad pitch to bruce for the offense of the nationals, once again having trouble getting going. >> he made one bad pitch to bruce. as good a game as he's done all year. harang has had a habit of doing that a lot during his six year career. >> we're going to break down pitchers. we'll hope for a comeback. we'll head back upstairs. >> thanks. nationals fans braving the rain now as the rain continues to fall in the 9th. they bring in this closer francisco, kind of the same scenario we saw last night. >> rob: guzman touched up rhodes for the second run allowed this year. cordero he has been lights out all year 15-15. you have to manufacture a run here any way you can if you're elijah dukes and leading off this inning. >> johnny: cordero comes out of the bullpen, has not given up a run in his last 12 appearances. he posted a 0.250 era. the right hander delivers. dukes takes the ball. josh willingham next on deck. then it would come ronny belliard. 2-0 bottom of the 9th.

red sox win it 8-1. lester is now 19-4 at fenway -- the best home win percentage among active pitchers with at least 15 career home starts. a routine play becomes anything but for the mets. how it became an adventure. >> last year he was the league's m.v.p. what kobe bryant is saying about his game might surprise you. undefeated professional boxer floyd "money" mayweather has the fastest hands boxing has ever seen. so i've come to this ring to see who's faster... on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can browse the web faster, email business plans faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than floyd mayweather. (announcer) switch to the nation's fastest 3g network and get the at&t laptopconnect card for free. do you remember when making dinner meant finding just the right stick for your hot dog? when every new fork in the trail led to a new adventure? then keep the tradition going with great father's day gifts from bass pro shops. like the bass pro hamm

this is what i did against a couple of the reds. they may move on to another ball club especially in your division, put that away for later, worked well with will nieves, so a lot of good things happened tonight for the nats, they just didn't, they didn't get enough runs to win but it's a very well-pitched game and that's a good sign for the nats. >> outside of the home run by elijah dukes and the homer by cristian guzman ran into a heck of a starting pitcher in johnny cueto and a strong bullpen that they have got. >> >> rob: ray can tell you that's gonna happen. guys are going to stick it to you; have their best stuff, going to go out and make a rough night. we did get to arthur rhodes, he didn't give up much, weathers and then cordero. that's a good pitching ball club. hopefully tomorrow we can scratch a few more hits out and get a pugh more runs. >> thank you johnny and rob upstairs as we break down this game and look at the offensive side of it. key moment was the bottom of the fifth inning, down 3-1, one out already on the boar

next we will hear from arman maselli, vice president of disaster operations at the red cross. he is responsible for coordinating response to domestic disasters, and managing logistics technology and resource systems. the chain has gone through a major reorganization, and we're looking forward to hearing some of the outcomes today. and last but not least, janet burton, president of northeast louisiana united way who said she served as corny councilperson for louisiana 211, a nationwide response system which can be very, very helpful in all of the issues we talked about this morning. so if you will again, thank you. pull the microphone closer. there you go. >> normally, my booming voice works wonders. thank you for the opportunity to be with you this afternoon and talk about the important work of the partnership. we provided testimony and request it be included in the record. the partnership is an initiative of the corporate crisis response officers association, seeking to identify and implement best practices and support improvements in public and private sector does after repo

red cross rep. regularly participates in activities to build capacity to partner to plan, prepared, exercise and evaluate our capability is here this spring is a critical time of year for us because typically responding to tornadoes and floods in one part of the country what the same time preparing for potential demands of the upcoming hurricane season. to meet expected needs and material resources have been prepossession and 23 warehouses across the country for easy access and mobilization, we have completed a detailed assessment of our communications equipment inventory and verify their readiness of our nation wide disaster fleet. the national shelter system is ready and now contains shelter locations in capacity information for over 55,000 buildings that could be potentially used as shelters across this country. the national shelter system is used for both planning and operational decisions and records all shelter openings and closings and overnight populations on a daily basis. we have made the

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. young was the only ranger with a hit. red sox win it 8-1. lester is now 19-4 at fenway. the best home win percentage among active pitchers with at least 15 career home starts. still to come, a routine play becomes anything but for the mets. how it became an adventure. >> who was the m.v.p. last -- he was the m.v.p. last year. but what kobe bryant is saying about his game might surprise (announcer) introducing tuscani pasta pairs from pizza hut. pick any 2 of our 4 restaurant quality recipes. that's three pounds of delicious pastas starting at $13.99 with breadsticks. tuscani pasta pairs. pizza and pasta from pizza hut. now you're eating. yep, born and raised. big-time deal minnesota. that "fargo" was a crazy movie, wasn't it? uh, that was north dakota. ah, you're

red sox-yankees? >> not yet. it almost is. game two of a three-game set between the yankees and red sox, tied for the lead in the a.l. east, the yankees 0 for the season against their arch rivals. let's set the scene. posada at the plate, runner on second, top nine, papelbon is in for the red sox. they're trying to close the deal. boston going back to last season has beaten the yankees seven straight times trying to make it eight, that would be 7-0 this season, posada fouls one off, the game may be moments away from concluding, and we will show you highlights as soon as it's over. the angels and rays are complete in tampa. john lackey got bounced around. rays up 5-3, pena, that is an opposite field shot. solo homer, 18th of the season, rays up by a score of 6-3. 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 agai

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 still only 4 times he has gown 6 plus innings. >> johnny: finish in line to get a win, too. leading off the cincinnati 7th, adam rosales. the 1st baseman. he is a 1-2 afternoon. singled and struck out swinging. >> rob: that is a lot of work for 5 1/3 innings. 102 pitches like you said. 4 walks, 4ks. 0-2 with a strikeout for micah. >> johnny: dickerson getting set to pinch hit. tavarez delivers outside. a ball and two strikes. >> rob: that is a pretty good pitch. really good pi

how does the red cross -- red cross utilize the buildings that may suffer catastrophic flooding and destruction, do you have another plan using schools in some areas -- this may not be the best in that circumstance. >> right now there is work being done, but this is a long way from a solution. what happens when you have a large number of people dislocated on a certain basis -- there is the past four -- task force that should be the natural connection, getting people in other housing. i know that looking at the evacuation as to the other people -- reaction -- evacuation to the other people, there are trials and tribulations with these numbers of people. as this is right now, in these communities they are -- when people go from one community to another, and that community would like to get back to normal, this is something that until a solution comes up, for large numbers of people, we will be struggling with that. >> in the model on the sheltering program, do you have a framework of one week or three days, or 30 days, this is for long-term and not immediate. what is your definition of this? >> w

recent history says the red wings have the edge at home. the host team has won the last six game 7s in the stanley cup. the last road team to win game 7 in the final. the four major sports, the pittsburgh pirates, 1979. home teams are 18-0 since. >> usain bolt. the first 100 meter race of 20 2009. bolt starts out behind. runs a 10 flat to take first. 6:then trots around. standing room only tickets for $25 to watch the greatest. >> coming up, the orlando magic have come up strong tonight. we'll fill you in. >> and also, at fenway, the yankees trying to salvage one game of the series. cc sabathia, playing the role of stopper.

against the reds, a couple of starts going, 103 pitches in 6 innings. that is still a little bit too high for a young man. we have been told by mike rizzo that these guys are not on any count for the year. there will come a time when, if they have to, they will shut down some of these young arms on the staff and i agree with him. if you've got some kind of plan for these kids for the future, which they do here and you're going to stick to it, then you have to shut them down but you have to find pitching somewhere he is else in the organization and that's when they have to go down to the minor league and bring people up. >> bob: september is going to be interesting around here. >> rob: everybody will wear name tags. hey, hi, my name is -- and i came from -- harrisburg or syracuse. >> rob: some of the young bucks there, lannan. >> bob: yeah, lannan, the old man now. it's so funny watching because, two years ago, you could not get john to say anything. now, he is lying leading those kids around -- he is like leading those kids around. >> rob: look at that.

the red cross was there so hurricanes are what we're talking about. so coastal communities can be hit by many different ways. ron osborn, the director of the emergency management division office of the general could not be here but he prepared a report about hurricane preparedness and i'd like to submit it to the record. they're doing a major exercise in south carolina today. ron is a very smart guy and i'd like to put this in the record. >> without objection. >> and one final thought, as you talk about -- you know, when you go down to the coast of south carolina, land is obviously very valuable. but when -- there are a lot of minority communities. where do they go? their people have been literally there generation after generation after generation and where do they go and what do they do. from someone who may live in nebraska or in the upper part of south carolina where hurricanes are not such a factor, i think we want to make sure that our coastal residents can get help. i mean, people are not being irresponsible. they're not living in areas for mud

they are 6-4 against the red sox this season. 10-8 against the red sox last year when they won the division. >> bob: 2-2 again. that's the base hit to right. elijah dukes has a great arm. heads home on the fly and that runner is safe. he got in under the tag. the other runners are hung up now and a bad mistake by the hitter navarro. and manny acta cannot believe that zobrist was safe at home. the rays get a run but the inning is over. @ geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly?

count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national league in homerun e.r.a. 10 starts. ted lily. >> johnny: lannan delivers to gonzalez. fouled back. count is even at 2-2. reds are 6-7 against opponents from to the national league east. the nationals looking for their 10th win at home this year. 16th overall. rob, we were talking before this ballgame, you were comparing this year's record at the same time compared to last year. and this is a much, much better ball club. line-drive to left field, base hit for gonzalez. and it is hard to believe it is a 15-42 team. >> rob: it is. and this team was nine games better last year with the wins. but, you know what, it comes in cycles. they can still with a 66-29 flurry at the end of the season finish 500. >> johnny: right. >> rob: that is when you look at numbers and you have to start with small goals. try to win series. obviously we are not going to wi

then you've got the red sox coming in. so as they say in soccer, nick johnson, the man of the match today. he was really great all weekend long. >> when you look at what's gone on, basically week after week, nationals pitchers two outs, struggle getting the third out. they get two strikes on the guy and struggle to get the third strike or at least get the guy out. i mean, it seems like it's over and over again. >> you're dead right with that one. you need ultimate concentration to work ahead, get your team back in there and that's one of the. the next time we visit with you, get ready. i hear there's going to be a lot of navy blue ball caps with a big b on them in our ballpark tuesday night. this is going to be some atmosphere when the red sox come in. >> you send them out of here with losses does how you handle that. back at you on tuesday night, the first of three against the boston red sox. >> obviously being down 4-0 after one inning was bad enough. there's two outs. we talked about this. he walked vernon wells. here c

both ball clubs with two hits, the reds have a run on theirs. zimmerman takes a pitch hand- tight for one ball an one strike. >> rob: now how many years were you a d.j.? >> johnny: almost 20 i guess. Ároll? rock >> johnny: yup. yup. >> rob: meta lot of the old- timers, eh. >> johnny: give me a name. >> rob: i don't want to date you. >> johnny: that's all right. i think you already have. i was -- i started -- >> rob: ever meet elvis. >> johnny: beatles, rolling stones. >> rob: and if somebody don't remember radio like you and i do, the groups had to sell their albums and when they were touring they would come by the radio station and you would play their album. >> johnny: you would play it and they would sit there and visit with you. >> rob: did you ever meet deep purple? >> johnny: yes. yes. janis joplin. jimi hendrix. there was the era of the 60s and the 70s, the '70s about interesting when the music kind of changed a bit. >> rob: did you have long hair? >> johnny: longer than it is now. not very long now. tight pants and everything. well san

and the reds up 1-0. >> rob: more good friend that do the television for the reds. george brand. george worked with my dad back in the 60s and 70s. worked with espn. >> johnny: adam dunn walked book in the 1st inning. he's got the count of one ball and one strike. owings with a check of the runners. misses just outside for ball two. >> rob: that is probably an unintentional intentional walk right here. they are not going to give him anything. you talk about the walks. 124 last year. 56 right now. >> johnny: 48. >> rob: he doesn't want to walk, but they don't give you anything to hit. you can't swing. that is kind of a backdoor breaking ball, way outside. and these pitches aren't worth swinging at for adam and he talks the walk. put the pressure on the defense. now you have to get out elijah dukes. when dukes is swinging well or zimmerman, that is the protection he needs to see better pitches. but with 1st base open here and one out. >> johnny: and he swings through a fastball. >> rob: he expanded his zone. we talked about that. he didn't get anything to hit the first time up. sec

right outside the red porch is the plaza area way lot of statues and history. come out here and you'll learn a lot more. johnny, rob. >> thank you very much. >> johnny: nix, hernandez and nix to face martis during the top of the 2nd in this scoreless ballgame. first pitch right down for a strike. >> rob: we told you last night some of these guy versus a lot of home runs off right handers. this guy has a lot of pop. >> johnny: didn't play in last night's ballgame. 7 homer, 18 driven in. when you compare the two team's batting averages, the nationals have better than the reds .250. >> rob: a lot comes down to close games. they're the top five bullpen. when you have a bullpen like that and you're playing a lot of close game, you're going to win the bullpen. they spent an awful lot of money on him. sometimes for a specialized position like closer, you're going to have to fork out big bucks. >> johnny: the thing you like about him storen, he understands. he wanted to get this signed and out of the way. he wants to play baseball. he doesn't want to linger with these

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the washington nationals e back to defeat the cincinnati reds. they finally get one on get away day as they head off to tampa bay and puts smiles on the faces of everybody. >> ray: everybody. >> byron: byron kerr with ray knight. we are getting ready for nats xtra minutes away. >> ray: it was a fielder's choice that gets the win. important contact. phillips tried to and had to chance. the great thing was the lead-off pinch hit by harris and another pinch hit by hernandez to get it started. >> byron: in the 9th, joe beimel got the job done. debbi taylor is stand by with him right now. >> debbi: thank you. the bullpen has been fantastic the last 17 games. your third save overall. e.r.a. under 3. and your first save here as a national. >> we have kind of turned it around from where we were earlier in the year. got some new guys in here. everybody has been pitching well. and for our team to come back like they did today and get a win, you want to go out there and throw a scoreless inninging and help them. >> debbi: this team clawed and scratched its

but i don't know if i'm more tied to the reds like ray is. i know ray, um, speaks so highly of the oirgs but to me, when i was there, it was fun, it was great, we won a world championship. >> johnny: 6 years, huh? >> rob: 7 1/2 seasons with them and, to me, you know, it is great but that was so long ago now, i have been doing this for 12 years, that you've got new ownership, new management, a whole new coaching staff, and there's not one player that i played with still there so. >> johnny: makes a big difference, yeah. >> rob: the name, yes, but a lot of people still think i have this alliance or allegiance to the reds, yes in some ways i always will in terms of being drafted there and playing there but i like to think of being part of the nationals now and i've long since moved on to that and went to the white sox and the brewers and the marlins an, you know, you got to, you know, try not to live out of your scrap book. >> johnny: right. hernandez, as you mentioned, it's because joey balance low has been on the dl. fouls one off to the right

now, don't say that mica is saying that we are mired in red tape. let me just give you a sampling of commentary that i have and apart from the public record. norwalk, connecticut mayor, said after a merris conference, we really need to talk about eliminating some of the bureaucratic things that washington forces on the states. he is talking about why he can't move forward with the stimulus package. missouri doe director, pete rand, this is what he said. that are requirements have been taken to a new level. we are going to have to dedicate additional staff even to the recordkeeping and auditing required under these new procedures. madison-- i guess this is madison wisconsin, npo informed their locality about the difficulty in getting money disbursed for projects. koranic click on to much for job creation this year, because the american recovery and reinvestment act requires piles of red tape to get federal funding and it will delay people going to work. i am just giving you a small sampling of what they are telling us as far as the difficulty in gett

that's the 2-0 reds lead. it's been that way since the 2 2nd. >> rob: 14 off right handed pitcher this is year. two nights in a row, well pitched ballgame by the starter. he is giving the nationals an opportunity to win the ballgame. two hit, two run ballgame now by shairon martis. >> johnny: gonzalez a hit and the home run by bruce. that's it. both of those coming in the 2 2nd inning. this has got to be one of shairon's better efforts of the year. it will go up against the wall. bruce with a second base hit in the 2nd with a double. one down. jay bruce collects his second hit and the reds third of the night. >> rob: this is in the strike zone. bruce take this is and drives it down the line. he got a home run today. adding to it there realizing i can't get full extension to lift it out of the ball park. >> johnny: gonzalez got all of that one. elijah dukes is backing up against wall. he makes the catch. a terrific play by dukes in the field. does he cover the territory out there? >> rob: yes, he does. when he'

a great play by the shortstop and the reds are out of the inning. so we go to the bottom of the sixth and the nats are trying to tie this up, they are down by two. pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. maybe five. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. . >> deb: nats looking for runs as we look to the bottom of the seventh inning. another pick to tell you about. the 81st pick in the third round, trevor holder, a right- handed pitcher out of the university of georgia, 6'2", 205 pounds and the senior captain with the team so some leadership qualities goin' on there. johnny. >> johnny: debbie thank you very much. you can see the list of the major league. >> rob: going old. mike rizzo dana brown, i know they helped build up that arizona razorback prospects, a lot of o

micah owings and john lannan today in the series fi family with the reds -- finale with the reds. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. welcome to chili's. something new is on the grill. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. like our bacon-ranch chicken quesadilla, flame-grilled tortillas layered with all white meat chicken, applewood smoked bacon, jack cheese, and ranch dressing. they're crispy on the outside, melted to perfection on the inside. you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. only at chili's. >> byron: fans filing in foe reds and nationals. today's pitching matchup, right-hander micah owings taking on left-hander john lannan. we talked about the big 6'5" hurlers going ray, >> ray: mike rizzo signed him out of atlanta georgia, georgia tech.

they trail the reds 2-0. the bats kind of silent. >> rob: it must have been a heck of a scouting report over there in the cincinnati locker room. they have kind of had the nationals number but that is going to happen. peaks and valleys, you will have the slumps as far as the entire batting order. john lannan is battling out there and you have got to try to scratch out a run right here, maybe try to manufacture a run, play some small ball. get a speedster like gonzalez on and have somebody drive him in. right now, against micah owings, nothing has seemed to work. he is making it work. two hits in his first four innings. >> johnny: let's see if alberto gonzalez can get things going. bottom of the 5th inning, nats have only two base hits to show for their efforts today. lannan hanging tough in the mound. oh! caught him on the left hand i think. that is the second hit batter in the last four that he has faced. >> rob: micah owings knows he has to come inside. he doesn't have overpowering stuff and he comes way up

tim redding has stayed away or at least tried to, in the inside part of the plate. anything on the inner half to matt wieters in the ballgame. >> jim: most of the hits left- handed have been middle in. and he took it the other way. >> gary: redding is going to be close to the end as wieters gets the three ball one strike count. wieters, limited at-bats so far. bear in mind it is only his 14th game, and just closing in on the 50 at-bat figure since being called up. reimold off first base. tim redding with the 3-1, runner goes. center field, adam, just picked up now by reimold. he'll make his way back to first. having to touch up on his way back. wieters hit it all, but out on the play by beltran. >> gary: and redding is done for the night. but he battled on. he'll be responsible for the runner on at first base. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understandin

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