How!? How!? How!?
Down five runs, Ryan Free gets picked off. I have NEVER seen a team get picked off as many times as the Reds. It's staggering.

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Things heard
Hal McCoy, of the Dayton Daily New, reports Duane Shaffer, Mariners Special Assistant to the Executive VP, Player Personnel, is at Shea Stadium. He is there for the sole purpose of watching Ken Griffey Jr.
Marty to Hal, during 2nd inning on WLW: "Do you think they'd trade Jr before he hit #600?
Hal: "Yes, the organization doesn't seem to be making a bid deal out of it anyway"

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Riddle me this Batman
IF Jay Bruce is the RF of the future...then why has he only started 8 games in RF?
Bruce starts this year:
CF 17
RF 8
LF 5

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One girl wins team state title in track
ESPN
Richardson was the only Rochelle athlete to qualify for the state meet and stunningly won the team title. University Interscholastic League officials said it was the first time they can remember a single athlete winning a girls' team title.

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Lorenzen shocked by Woodson pick
Lexington Herald Leader
"This is for a job," Lorenzen said. "This is your livelihood. At Kentucky, I knew if I lost the quarterback job, I had a chance to win it back. But this is all about your career, your future, and taking care of your family."

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Big night for Bruce, really bad night for Bailey
Louisville Courier Journal
Lost in the hitting heroics for the Bats was starting pitcher Bailey's worst game in two seasons playing Triple-A. He allowed six earned runs, which tied the number he allowed against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on July 12, 2007.

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Kelch gets the call to Reds radio booth
Louisville Courier Journal
"It's very emotional because I've done this for 25 years in the minor leagues and done a handful of major league games," Kelch said. "As many years as I've done it, I still have the vision of working full time in the big leagues. I look at it as an opportunity to show them that I'm good enough to do it."

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Clones win again!
CINCINNATI  -  The Cincinnati Cyclones exploded for four third period goals, to
erase a three goal lead and force overtime against South Carolina Saturday
night.  Thomas Beauregard's goal 4:52 into the extra session gave the Cyclones a
5-4 win.  The triumph was the first three-goal come-from-behind win in the two
seasons that Chuck Weber has been Cincinnati's coach.
Beauregard re-directed a Barret Ehgoetz feed from behind the net for his eighth
goal and league-leading fourth game winning goal to end the game.
The win gives the Cyclones a two games to none lead over South Carolina in the
best of seven American Conference championship.  The winner of this series will
advance to the Kelly Cup Finals which will begin Memorial Day weekend.  It is
the eleventh time in the Kelly Cup playoffs that a team jumped to a 2-0 edge won
the series in nine of the previous
A crowd of 4853 watched the contest at U.S. Bank Arena -the second-largest
playoff crowd in Cyclones history, behind Friday night's throng.  The weekend had
10,063 fans checking out Cincinnati postseason hockey.
The third game will be Wednesday night at South Carolina