visit homedepot.com/spring, more saving. more doing. that's the power of home depot. >> buck: you see some of the notes on rich hill drafted by the cubs out of university of michigan. fourth round pick in 2002. 21-18 hinges with the cubs and orioles. 183 strikeouts in 2007 with the cubsment so far this season, a3- 1 record. we mernd mentioned the club is 6-1 when rich hill goes to the mound. >> jim: jorge cantu leads off takes a breaking ball inside. 1-0. uggla on deck then paulino, four, five and six against the oriole left-hander who is 6'5". he is the shorter of the two pitchers in this game. cantu hit in three straight games. he takes a fastball low. 2-0 on jorge cantu. rich hill began the year on the disabled list with a bad elbow in spring training. pop-up right side. wigginton backing up on it and the first baseman has it for the out and one away as rich hill retires his fourth consecutive batter. >> buck: let's take a look at the defense behind rich hill. nolan reimold returns to left field as he got the night off last night. jo

but i see the numbers going down to zero sometime in the spring of 2010. the exception to that probably being 30 marines or less who would work with the fledgling iraqi marine corps who has security responsibilities in

hours to go to a packer game where it was 50 below. i imagine clemson did look god in the spring. >> no doubt. >> i have to tell you, we just ran video of him dribbling a basketball. he was an outstanding baskel player and throwing a touchdown pass, so he does have the vid. we want you to know that. >> and badminton and volleyball, too. >> kevin, we really appreciate you joining us. it's great to have the insight on jason berken as we take a look at him during the ballga. best of luck to you at the university of florida. thanks for being with us. >> we're all proud of jason ad his family, and i hope everything works out well tonight. >> gary: swing on and miss. strikeout to murphy. that's two in a row against murphy, and four in the ballgame for jason berken. and we thank kevin sullivan, the coach when jason berken was at clemson. i think it's the same. ♪ introducing the next iphone. it's the iphone you love, now with video. just one of the amazing new features on the iphone 3g s. the fastest, most powerful iphone yet. ♪ change it up a bit... and y

the first year we came in here, i say with nationals came in with 13 arms out of the spring training in which two or three people knew. ic they overachieved. last year not getting a good read on the ball club. last year, manny says this is the best team we've had. then the bullpen is awful. >> winning changes everything. time for the stay of the game hold of the game brought to you by just for men hair color. most holes in inner league play

last spring troy patton, the pitcher of the orioles, got in the me gel tejada trade. he elected to have the surgery.

he came out in spring and really struggled. they were going to make him a starter and they said you're going to the bullpen and he seized the opportunity. she a long armer, so he's got to be able to get the ball down. and that splitter goes down, the two home runs, the one that howard was up and i think it was a splitter to hanley ramirez for the grand slam down in florida, and that's not where he wants to hang out, up in the zone. >> bob: and a double play ball. roberts turns it, 6-4-3, and the nationals are done. it's seventh inning stretch time here. the jack daniels' seventh inning stretch. jack daniels, tennessee whiskey. bless drink responsibly! it is all orioles right now. >> we are back at camden yards. before making the drive up here to baltimore this morning, the nats' skipper manny acta teamed up with masn to speak to some at-risk kids. now, these youngsters come from troubled back growns, and manny had some words for them about how life is a lot like baseball. >> our message was basically that there are no excuses a

didn't really think he was going to be able to get through spring training. tried to make him a starter. he got arm strength. the rest has been history. he's been jowz outstanding. >> gary: and a big, big situation here. here is wright. bases loaded. wright will take it inside. he's faced baez only once. 1-1. the major league's leading hitter an rbi single in the ballgame 1-3 now has an 11-game hit streak going. >> jim: pretty good career average .364. >> gary: 1-0 delivery to him. slider will miss outside. no place to put him here. looking for an out that would keep this a two-run ballgame. >> jim: you made a great point. you come oust bullpen bases load to the number one and thn number -- number two and number one leading hitters in the national league and you have to relax. >> gary: there is is the 2-0 victory. baez falls behind. the bullpen of the orioles last dozen games they've been outstanding a 2.72 over those games. wright is taking in there for a strike. 3-1. >> jim: when danys baez is on, you can see 94 the ball sinks. you pretty much have to trust

tampa, across the bay, was th spring training home of the washington nationals way back from 1920 to9 feat world series championship team of92. so this area knows a litt about washington history. that's in the bird, 2-2. >> rob: i know this area quite well. this is where i had about four spring trainings, three at the major league level. >> bob: i kn you just love plan city i. it's plan city, strawberry capital of the world. but tampa, now, the winter home of thdyork yankees. >> bob: used to play at al lopez field, didn't you? >> rob: al lopez field and played the florida state league. extended through spring training, group 5 here. >> bob: stammen does not want to walk the leadoff man after getting three gift runs. and he gets an out. >> rob: he walked the leadoff hitter in his last start. the fifth start of his career, don't give up. if you give up a hit on one of your best pitches, come right back with it. see what matt garza did. >> bob: facing the stolen base king in major league baseball right now. carl crawford has 35 of them in 38 attempts. he is hitting .325, making him even

last spring troy patton, the pitcher of the orioles, got in the me gel tejada trade. he elected to have the surgery. a base hit up the middle by gonzales. he rehabbed all of last year and now he's in triple a they're bringing him back slowly. it is interesting how two guys had similar-type shoulder issues, one hahway through the season it was diagnosed and the other in spring training and matt decided to go the rehab route and it has worked out with him. >> rob: and smoltz had the tear at his age and he had the surgery. i had a ruptured labrum that had to be removed and that's pretty much what ended my career. it is the cartilage on the inside of your shoulder. it is what the ball joint really goes on. the same thing, the cartilage in your knee. once that tears, if they can't repair it, they usually have to take it up or they have to staple it together and to rehab it is just amazing to me because it is just such -- you know how hard cartilage is. it is not going to heal up on it own. you to strengthen everything around it. >> jim: and if you have ever had a torn cart

and yet a lady wret a book called "a silent spring" in which she said that all the research showed, i hate it when people say all the research shows, all the research shows that if we continue to use d.d.t., we will have no insect life on earth and the birds will die and we will have a silent spring. when spring comes, the birds won't be singing, the crickets won't be cricketting, and they'll go away. and being loyal progressive believers we launched a campaign to get rid of d.d.t. we got rid of it. it's been gone. but we now have one of the -- we actually give millions, maybe even billions now of dollars from this congress to fight malaria. something that was almost eradicated when i was a kid is now a major worldwide problem because we did away with d.d.t. and guess what? now the research, the real present-day research, 21st century research says everything they said about d.d.t. is not true. it was made up. and now we're even finding out the lady knew she made it up. but she didn't like d.d.t. now you talked about global cooling. i remember global cooling. i remember people talking

so he signed with the short season and then went to extended spring training. he stay there had until june. he went right back to short season. he was brought along very slowly, so he had to really earn his way through. >> rob: i came up drafted at 19 after one year of college after a ball my first year, half season, went back to the extended spring training. so what we call group five. so, you know, when i do choose to write the book, it will be group five to the big leagues because that is the lowest level you can go. and then i went to another half season again, and then you start progressing, a ball again, high a, yeah, i have a lot of respect for a guy who has gone backwards and then gone all the way up to the big leagues. >> jim: and he did make every step. 3-1 pitch lined to left field. that is going to be what base hit. reimold to the line. willingham. the throw towards third base and out at third base! he said that mora got the tag down. it was a high tag. it looked like the foot might have been in on the bag, but the call is out and two men down. >> r

was a small army, 2500 british soldiers in virginia, cornwallace took his army into virginia in the spring of 1781 to link up with that british army and he thought that with that larger british army in virginia and with the british navy, its ability to use the rivers through virginia and use their speed, that they could simply out race the continentals, and they would be successful in shutting down those supply routes. but as we know, something else happened. when cornwallace went to virginia, it opened the possibility of yorktown conlan and that was something that washington didn't envision so much as the french did. washington, twice, with the french commander in america, met with him in hartford, in september of 1780, and at whethersfield, conn. in may of 1781. in both of those meetings, he asked washington, what do you want to do? both instances, washington said i want to campaign to take new york city. and he argued with washington, we can't succeed, we cannot succeed in an attack on new york city. the british have held it too long. they have had 6 years to prepare their defense, we c

josh from syracuse, went to spring training with the sox. he thought he had made the ball club and put himself out of the job. he was signed as a free agent march 21st. that's late isn't it? >> rob: it is. most teams already have their rosters set. trying to hook up at the major league level at that time length is almost impossible unless there's an injury. >> rob: a swing and high pop. hairston has it. two down. our nats xtra coming up with byron kerr and ray knight. they'll be talking about theouting tonight. there was only one mistake the homer by bruce. the nats xtra pregame tomorrow will be at 4:00 and the first pitch a little after 4:30. >> rob: you also have to score a run to win. you may think it's a mistake. the hitters are getting paid to get runs on the board for their ball club too. shairon did an excellent job. >> johnny: 0-9 the last four games willy has played in. he went through three straight sunday through thursday. >> rob: in the last few innings, harang has stepped up velocity against our hitters. now he's throwing a lot

they just got back from runnig extended spring training. they've been watching players force three months. >> thank you. good to see you. >> that's scott mcgregor. aberdeen starts their season tomorrow night. here is the pitching line lin. livan, he is 5-1, and jason berken trying to stop a 3 game losing streak.  >> i call friend of mine that works for the packers, he has tickets on the 45-yard line, he -- drove 15 hours to get to wisconsin, went to the game. it was like 50 below, and it s a loss. but a great experience. >> so jason berken, you're a major league player, you have connectionths in the front -- connections in the front office. the giants beat the packers tt day. today we will cover the bass during the telecast with jason berken, home depot covers the bases. visit www.homedepot.com.  rick, tonight, he's looking for his first win since his debut. he has pitched pretty well, hd one rough outing in oakland, t for the most part, he keeps the team in the game. what

these are spring titles. >> usually to talk about fall books, we bring spring books that have just landed, that was published last month. 2 books here on the economy, 2 divergent takes, perspective, robert frank, to simplify things, liberal economist for the new york times, teaches at cornell, this is the second book he has done for a, it is a collection of pieces about how to think about the current crisis through economic terms, he helps people come up with vocabulary to understand the garbage that you hear in the news, to sort through it, he has a lot of descriptive solutions as well. tom soul is a conservative economist at the hoover institution in california. widely respected. both of these men are enormously respected. we approach prof. stoll and said the the like you to read a book about what happened in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about housing crisis because in his opinion housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom bust. >> we have travel, the economy and this book by chris mooney about science in america. tommy about that. >> chris o

starters in there to actually put a represented club out there for a spring training buying a ticket. they are so hurt and they need help, and they need the play a perfect game on the offensive side of the ball. >> mets' manager jerry manuel says the team is entering a crucial period right now. how do they get out of it with some wins? >> well, the crucial period is they have milwaukee on the road. then you've got the fill -- phillies and then the cincinnati reds and the l.a. dodgers. they have a make-up game against pittsburgh. most of those teams are very, very solid. they're chasing the phillies, so they have to play well there, but they'll be undermanned. the pitching has to come through. that's been banged up. you have a newcomer on the mound that has done very, very well, but they need a surprise at times in the good side of the category. >> well, good side is red hot fernando nieve who you had eluded. to why has he been so good lately? >> well, back in '06, he had 11 starts. he was the 3-3 with a 4.20 e.r.a. he was like 24 years old. in '07 he hurts his arm. he has to have tom

>> no, i got this long early in the spring training, when i get to spring training, i try to concentrate more on the home plate, tried to hit the best pitch i can. so when i got sent down to triple-a, i say i want to work more in the play, want to work more in the defense. so when i get to triple-a, i try to hit the ball i want to hit the best i can. >> gary: markakis back, not going to have a play, it will be up and into the seats and a ground rule double. so a one out double puts the potential tying run on at second base. we are being joined by oscar salazar here on our wired wednesday. i don't ask this base your playing career is coming to an end, i always looked at you and wondered do you want to be a manager, a coach in baseball when the playing days are done? >> yes. i like to be all my life in baseball. i want to see my house, i want to see my kids grow up, i'm big with my wife, i'm big with baseball field. >> that about covers it, doesn't it. this has been, you are one of those people as you said, you started playing at 4. your whole life has really been the game of baseball. >>

that promise was made by the president this spring in london. the employment numbers are in. the government reports that employers cut 345,000 jobs in may. that is the fewest since september tree the jobless rate has risen to 9.4%. that is the highest in more than 25 years. the joint economic committee is meeting this morning to review the numbers. we will have that for you later this morning. a new position will be announced next week. the administration is expected to name kenneth feinberg to monitor executive pay at companies receiving assistance from the $700 billion in troubled assets relief program. we will have more on the supreme court nominee. arlen specter says he is withholding judgment on sotomayor for now. he had been a member of the senior judiciary committee before switching parties this spring. he is refusing to committing himself to supporting the judge until the conclusion of the confirmation hearings. government officials said that dick cheney held secret meetings for lawmakers in 2005 to defend our interrogation. to defend harsh interrogations'. the republ

last year, didn't get it right into spring training. he started the year in double, so he's in the big leagues, they have been trying to adjustment as his perching coach said, it's a good thing he's here. he's a smart kid, but we can't do too much too soon. it's not about the walks but commanding the fastball. he has better stuff than peope think he has. >> gary: jason berken will go for his second win. he has lost his last three. cora will take the first pitc, and we are underway. down low for a ball. core remarks the left-hander n that leadoff spot. who will work you. as jerry manuel talk about whn he's in that number one spots. he says he sets the tone for everybody else. he is so patient at the plate that everybody up there watchg on the bench gets a chance to see maybe every pitch the starter has. >> jim: ideally, that's always been what a leadoff guy wants to do. wants to require a lot of pitches to be thrown. >> gary: he's just not afraido wait. he's comfortable hitting with two str

this is a guy that wasn't on the radar screen coming into spring training. in fact he was not billion bat club in spring training but has earned his keep so far with the orioles. >> gary: the orioles have done very well at home. hitting .300 in the american league. on the road they are dead last in an average of .232. this road trip is not helping the cause. >> it sure isn't. the only game they won was a 1- 0 game against seattle. scoring under two runs a game and 2-18 with runners in scoring position. that has been a good number for them all yearlong until recently. they have to turn it around. with that in mind tonight, dave is shaking up the lineup. >> gary: move jones to the number three spot, put markakis in the two hole. and the hottest hitter they've had in the last couple weeks in the clean up spot. >> managers lay awake at night to figure out what they're going to do to get the offense going. luke scott is hotter than anybody in baseball right now. so why not put him in the clean up spot. >> gary: another beautiful night here in oakland. orioles hop

i thought he would make the ball club with spring training. but with the problems he had he ended up making the ball club and put oscar back in triple a ball. he showed he could come off the bench, hit with a little bit of power. he could play around the infield. i liked him better on the corners at 1st base or 3rd base. i don't like him in the middle. you have to appreciate this guy's bat. send him back down to triple a ball. he hits home runs down there. he drives in runs. kind of guy waiting in the wings to be a utility player up here at the major league level. he did a good job last year and you can't forget. very tough to come off the bench. he's comfortable, understands his role. i enjoy having him back with this ball club because he's right-handed and can hit the ball out of the ballpark. that will give him some respect by the opposing pitchers. >> and as you mentioned i think he had three home runs in maybe 50 at bats which is good. >> it is good. that shows if you have to play him on a regular basis least not a guy that's going to wal

these are spring titles. >> this show is usually to talk about all books but we also talk about spring books that have just landed. that was published last book. 2 books on the economy, two divergent takes on the economy. from 2 -- from two different perspectives. robert frank simplifies things, a liberal economist who writes for the new york times, he teaches at cornell and has done this economic naturalist, the second book he has done for us, it is a collection of pieces about how to think about the current crisis through economic terms. he helps people come up with a vocabulary to understand the garbage that you hear in the news, sort through it. he has a lot of prescriptive solutions and on the other side, a conservative economist at the hoover institution, tom sowell, we approached and said we'd like you to write a book about what is happening in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis. in his opinion the housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom/bust. we have some travel, the economy. >> and this book about science ameri

be sure to visit home depot on the web at homedepot.com/spring more saving, more doing, that's the power of home depot. >> buck: rich hill grew up in the boston area. still lives there. went to michigan. he had a fine collegiate career. signed with the cubs. now here with the orioles part of this young, developing pitching staff. it will be good to cover the bases with rich hill tomorrow. >> jim: you see he's charght the game. he'll be on the mound -- charting the game. he'll be on the mound tomorrow night. base hit down the left-field line. scott quickly over as uggla heads to third base. he's being sent. scott having trouble. there will be a play at the plate. here is the throw. safe! he got the foot in. cody ross sends up -- ends up at third. luke scott disappeared from our view down the line and all of a sudden bo porter the first base coach sent the runner dan uggla. >> buck: yeah, i don't think luke scott had any trouble in the corner but porter was close to the foul line so he could look down the line. no problems for luke. he hits andino with a good cutoff and andino relays it, b

. >> all the books we're talking about here on the table are out right now, these are spring titles. >> that's right. this show is usually to talk about all books that don't also bring spring books that had just landed. that book just published last month. >> two books on the economy. two divergent takes on the economy? >> robert frank to just simple by things i would say a liberal economist. he writes for "the new york times." here that cornell and he has done this economic national is the second book he has done for us and it's a collection, pieces about how to think about the current prices through economic terms. he helps people with their vocabulary to help them understand all the garbage that you hear in the news, just sort through it. been on the other side you have tom sold to a conservative economist out of the hoover institution in california, a very widely respected. both of these men are enormously respected. we said we would like you to write a book on what's happening in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis because in his opin

he was the first-round pick in 2007, and he had a pretty disasterous spring training and nobody really expect him to be here. the plan was to deep him at syracuse and let him develop, but he has pitched well enough here to keep him full-time and stammen has been in the minors full-time and was not really on anyone's radar to be here but kind of came in the back door a little bit and also has pitched well. it will be interesting to see what the nationals do in terms of -- they've had these two guys on the big league roster and they're going to be sending one counsel down. they're going to have things to work on and have to stay on the team's radar and perform well enough to get back up here in september. so when olson comes back up, which will probably be mono, that decision is going to be worth watching. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, the hot corner segment here from the washington timeses. a look at the upcoming schedule for the nationals. they have two more ballgames tonight in baltimore at camden yards against the o's. that will be tomorrow night at 6:30 at masn two and o

in spring training, everybody said velocity is down and opening day it seemed to come back. that pitch at 96. this is the fourth -- >> gary: this is the fourth 3-2 count of the ballgame. here is the 3-2. runner not going. ground ball going to get one. that's all. it will be at first. they will get the out. castillo is retired. schneider will go down as mora makes the play w that bad hand he had hit in his last at-bat, throwing hand, see how he played this. >> jim: i think melvin is going to second base. he had a play. again, you're not playing that deep with castillo because of his ability to run, but they don't take the out. it would have been close atsecond. get the sure out at first which is the second out of this inning. again, the difference going 3-2 as you mentioned, gary. even though the runner wasn't going, it doesn't duds make a -- it does make a difference. >> gary: that one left field. reimold over. that is a foul ball and fortunate one for the o's. with two down, schneider is going and would have scored easily. cora the leadoff batter popped out his first time u

these are spring titles? >> that's right. this show is to talk a little bit about fall books but then we bring spring books that just landed and it published last month. >> let's talk on two books on the economy. you talk about two takes on the economy. >> certainly from two different perspectives. robert frank is just to simplify things is a liberal economist. he has a column for the "new york times." he speeches at cornell and he's done this economic naturalist this is a second book he's done for us and it's a collection of pieces about how to think about the current crisis through economic terms. he helps people come up with a vocabulary to help understand all the kind of garbage that you hear in the news to sort through it. he has a lot of prospective solutions as well. then on the other side you have tom sowell who's a conservative economists out in the hoover institution in california. very widely respected. both these men are widely respected and we approached professor sowell we would like to you write a book on what

i think you can draw a parallel between when the prague spring were repressed and the polish worker, and by the way, ronald reagan stood up for them right away as well as conservative republicans. but forever this governing body and this way that iraq -- iran is being governed is discredited in the eyes of the world. so i think over time you will see a significant change in iran. now, it -- how long it will take and under what circumstances are impossible to predict. but those young people who sacrificed their lives and their physical well being in the streets of tehran, their legacy will be fulfilled. it's just a matter of when. >> we have a political tweet from david ryan wondering whether you will run for president in 2012. >> guest: no. [laughter] i've had my, i've had my chance twice, and it's humbling, and i'm so grateful to have had the nomination of my party, but it's time for a new generation, and we've got a new generation of republican leaders out there, and i'm confident we're going to rebound. i can remember when the pundits said that one party or the other was done, tha

has been the most efficient auto plant in america and while volkswagen chose tennessee and why the spring hill plant of gm will be successful. >> [inaudible] >> you cannot run the country that way. that's the direction we're headed. i am trying to go the other way. i'm trying to say get the stock out of washington so everyone in washington with trying to run the car companies. >> it may be more efficient for gm to downsize the headquarters, but the president is quickly on the phone with the mayor of detroit, saying don't worry, we will keep headquarters in detroit. that's the kind of political decision that has no place in the running of the company for the value of the stockholders. >> [inaudible] >> i will try to forecast what we're going to see tomorrow. the unemployment problem is a serious one and is a tragic one for those people have lost their jobs. i say that as one who has lost my job at various points in my career and as one who has seen my son lose his job in the financial crisis. it is a time of great, great difficulty for the individuals and their families. fortunately, my so

. >> giving him a target is an excellent idea, and that's what they try to teach you in spring training.

and that doesn't change until the spring of 44. so he is as delighted because he is still dealing with the bulk of the german army at that point. so that's an excellent point. host: the next call comes from washington. go ahead. caller: hi. thank you for having this program. my dad was a sergeant in the army in the pacific theater. and i've always found it harder to find out what was going on on d-day in the pacific theater and did it affect what was going on in europe? guest: most definitely. you've got by the summer of 19 44 a monumental not just allied effort but american effort. we're looking at this from the american perspective. think of it this way. you had a major effort in italy and further fighting from there. you have a massive strategic bombing campaign in europe. then the normandy invasion. in the pacific at this very same time, you have fighting going on in new guinea, mcarthur's campaign in new guinea at that point still raging on. and you have the centerpiece of the allied effort in the pacific that year, the invasi

i got one at bat spring training, and i got hit. i've had one at bat since high school. >> mike, it's father's day. did you get that great fastball from your dad? >> oh, yeah. he had a good fastball. >> four in a row, obviously better than three in a row, and winning is better than losing. do you feel like the club has turned a corner at all? >> i think we've grown confident and we're definitely on a roll. looking good. >> mike mcdougalle, national's closer. here's a little bit more on the two guys sort of like imitating the umpires right behind home plate. >> i'm tim williams. >> i'm joe ferrell. we're going to be your umpires for this evening. we're going to do a called first strike here. second is a swinging strike and a called third strike with a chain saw. >> how about everyone in the stadium knows is not close at all? >> season ticket holder in tran toe and had an opportunity to meet a bunch of umpires at a restaurant i like to frequent, and they recognized me from the seats. they liked it so much they ended up sending us a fe

this is brought in once in the fall and spring, you will pay the same price, alaskans were doing this until one month ago. we do not want a repeat of this. >> are there any more questions? >> even though you are not that enthusiastic about this, if this is ok to gain your support at the moment -- would it be ok to say this? >> if we keep out the ugly amendments, this is ok to gain my support. >> would you consider trying to keep major changes from happening on the floor? with the compromise that is going on? >> as you all know, you can say that i will work hard, to take this out, but this is a challenge. we all recognize this. you see, will you promise me, will you work for something higher? i do not believe it is difficult to predict the delivery. >> i was thinking, do you think that the senate will be better off, to change the legislation? the house bill is climate change legislation. were you think they should draft their own bill? and if the committee is going to take the legislation, how will this be reconciled with the energy policy? >> i would prefer, that we have our own bill,

he was very high on their prospect list and made the team out of spring training in 2007. >> johnny: he signed with the ball club this year. 3-0 to adam dunn. they're trying to get a runner on base now in this bottom of the 10th inning. 6', 235 ou st. florida. nobody on, one out here inthe bottom of the 10th. >> rob: adam dunn probably has the green lighto try to win this. >> johnny: it would be nice to talk about adam's th home run of the year. [cheering and applause] nice recovery by brandon phillips ththe nationals first run, will come upswinging again. 0-3 tonight. .264 average. nick masset retiring the first two here's in the 10th. >> b: used to say to our guys late in the ballgame, right man, right time. go up there thinking, two outs -- >> johnny: right back. easy toss to 1st base. it's a one, two, three 10th inning for masset. we go to the top of the 11th. we are tied 2-2 in washington. 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 imp

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the case just didn't, just didn't spring up. like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it had an earlier existence. two years earlier, the united states attorney had prosecuted and convicted tuscaloosa dr. philip vogel, medicaid fraud. he was a friend of governor siegelman, who, in the same year, 2002, had been narrowly defeated in his re-election bid. by 2004, ex-governor siegelman was leading in the polls for the next gubernatorial race, and that's for both potential democratic and republican candidates. dr. vogel had a number of contracts with medicaid to provide medical care in the western area of alabama's -- it was alleged he had violated the state's competitive bid laws and committed other acts of fraud in connection with those contracts. he was tried, convicted. the case went to the 11th circuit court of appeals, and the circuit reversed the convictions. remarkable in itself, because the 11th circuit is no bastian of liberality. the circuit found that the indictment was defective, that the competitive bid law was not applica

another pamphlet came out in spring of 1775, he makes that argument in both of those pamphlets, that we would be better off remaining tied to great britain. then we would if we become independent. in the introduction, something that came out in 2003, a meet in the park, that was not galloway's phrase but it was the phrase of someone from pennsylvania who was taken from an essay in a philadelphia newspaper that was published 6 weeks before independence was declared. sweeping out to the pacific, made the argument that to declared independence was a leap in the dark. there were too many uncertainties in trying to become independent, and we would be better off remaining with great britain. not many people remember this but for the first fifteen months of the war, the objective was not independent but reconciliation, to force great britain to make peace on our terms. once the cat was out of the bag, and the war begins and the british begin killing american soldiers and american politicians hold positions that they had never held before in state governments and in congress, the idea of ind

they are limiting their anger nancy in colorado springs colorado, go ahead. i am concerned that we have decided to become chicken littles because we have used methods to district information from very, very bad people that we train our own military with this method -- that we've used these on our own military and yet we find it a horrible way to treat people that don't have any regard for life at all. i am very afraid that we have come to a point in america that we have become very strong. the debate about the use of the techniques has been a real hot topic. one of the things that originally was supposed to happen was after president obama released declassified bush administration legal memos used to justify these techniques. we thought we were gooding to have a full investigation truth commission to find out as we came about to justify and use these issues. democrats dance around that. when the speaker got involved in the issue and raised questions about her involvement when she was ranking member on her intelligence committee on what she was told. democrats

i just think he came into the season either tender from spring training or hurt himself early and just didn't want to tell anybody, and his ineffectiveness was due to that. >> you appreciate good defensive plays, do you not? >> don't i, yes, sir. >> for example, a catcher throwing out a guy at second base. maybe a outfielder scooping a ball off the turf. >> this is coghlan after a base hit. there's 150, didn't get the ball home that quick. but right on the money. didn't have to do anything. anytime you get it down there under 35 and you've got a chance. perfect throw. just like you're taught, my man. willingham singles. >> my guy josh. >> come in here, baby. this is a third diving play that we've seen him make. as he said, he's going to keep working at it and nobody in the game is going to work at it harder than that, young man. tough little play. he made the play. a loft times people don't try to make that play, because if you don't, it's a triple. >> and both willingham and olsen against their former teammates. you know their pumped up level was just a little high tonight. >> i heard

when you get your fuel barged in once in the fall and once in the spring, you are paying a lot in price. those alaskans were paying the price till just about a month ago. we do not want a repeat of $140 oil. >> any more questions? >> even though you are not enthusiastic about this bill, it sounds like it will get your support at the moment. >> if we keep out the ugly amendment, yes, it would get my support. >> would you consider to keep major changes from happening on the floor? >> we will certainly try. as you all know, you can say, i will work hard to keep it as is or to take this out, but it is a challenge. i think we all recognize that. i am sure the chairman is in that same situation. some say, will you promise me that when you get to the floor you will work on this. i do not think it is difficult to predict any [unintelligible] on that. >> would you be better off to change the bill and amend it or draft their own bill? if they end up taking the climate portion of the legislation, how would that be reconciled with the senate? >> i would prefer that we build our own bill. i think th

he had a birthday march 9th, early spring training. that ball is hit to right. not very well. elijah dukes is right there and stammen gets that quick inning he and the nats were hoping for. top of the 5th coming up. ryan zimmerman, 1-for-2 tonight. it will be zimmerman with his great grandmotherwatching followed by that old guy dunn and the young guy dukes. 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. . >> bob: nationals baseball brought to you by southwest airline. book your next trip on southwest. brought to you by ge, imagination at work. st. petersburg is a beautiful town. not exactly a beautiful baseball park but a useful one with the roof and, no, i would not want to be outside in florida tonight. it was a sizzler today. 85th of the game by matt garza and he misses against ryan zimmerman. you see this from outside and you can't really tell but the roof slants. how far is it going

. >> he did have a nice hairdo coming into spring training. overall, i think these are good hair dos. >> which one do you rock? >> i think the jerry curl back in the day. the perm piece looks nice. >> thanks, brad. >> your welcome. >> enough about hair. and that wraps up the first edition of dennis the men as. stay tuned next week when we cover. >> he needs something to do while on the disabled list. >> and remember oscar gamul, it almost didn't fit in the helmet. >> every now and then the ball would get lost in there if it came close. he would dig it out of the afro to tag him out. it was horrible. >> isn't it amazing that the styles didn't change. we had the wide lapels on our suits and sport coats and now everything is short, back to normal. >> how about the high heel shoes. rich used to wear them. >> and the players obviously spend a lot of money on clothing and dress, don't they rick? >> yeah, they do. they're in the city and they know where to get things and that's fun for them. sometimes they have contests to see who can look the worst.

but when i used to pitch spring training games in the national league, when you played a national league team, you wanted to let them know that you were talented, that you were going to be at your best. i think the same thing applies when you play during the regular season. it's the american league against the national league. >> gary: he takes that one to right center field. hauled in, runner tagging, beltran's throw will come into second base. so roberts retired on the long fly ball out. andino will move over to third and there are two down here in the 8th inning. there's the bobblehead given away to the first 25,000 that were in the ballpark here tonight. a great collector's item. he'll get one more shot at it here. he started the day 7th in average in the league. there are some of those bobbleheads that will be taken home as souvenirs tonight. >> jim: if you can blow bubbles when you're hitting, when you're running the bases, you're not uptight. that's the way you want to play the game. >> gary: he does that. >> jim: they tell you if you throw the ball, don't put a death grip on it.

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. >> 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 the pitch. >> bob: outside to hill. and you saw in the centerfield camera replay a good drop of traffic control by wil nieves pointing and barking, 1, 1, 1. base hit. that was a breaking ball. adam dunn. they're going to send the runner. and that was not good by the nats. adam dunn missed the cutoff man ant and the tying run is at second base. that does not go down as en error but

he did pitch well in the world baseball classic this spring. red sox came up with a rain-shortened loss to the mar lins. the home team makes the final determination if the game will be played. some to have red sox players