Posted on 07/06/2004 5:22:25 AM PDT by Petronski
Good Day Sports Fans!
If you plan to watch tape-delayed sports events like the Tour de France later in the day, be aware that this thread will probably contain actual results. Caveat Lector
I didn't watch the Tigers game past the first eight Yankee runs. Congrats to Carlos Guillen, you all-star, you!
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Eric Gagne's streak of 84 consecutive saves ended against the same team he couldn't hold off two years ago: the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Gagne's major league-record streak ended Monday night when he blew a two-run lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who came back to beat Arizona 6-5 in 10 innings.
Gagne relieved with a 5-3 lead at the start of the ninth but allowed pinch-hitter Luis Gonzalez's RBI double and Chad Tracy's run-scoring single on an 0-2 pitch that went past the glove of a diving first baseman Olmedo Saenz. Both hits came off changeups.
``I never really thought about the streak at all,'' Gagne said. ``I'm not really relieved about it, but it was so much fun to be a part of it.''
Realizing that Gagne's streak was over, the crowd of 32,929 at Dodger Stadium gave Gagne a standing ovation as he stood on the mound with his head down.
``He had a great run,'' Gonzalez said. ``The Dodgers have had a great run of pitchers with streaks -- Orel Hershiser with his scoreless inning streak, and this one with the saves.
``Gagne did a fantastic job, but finally we got over the hump to get him to blow a save out there. There was one team out there that was eventually going to break it.'
Viele Danken fur das ping!!!
Das ping ist gut, ja? Guten Morgen Herr Raybbr.
Given the likely Indian swoon this week, I must say I didn't mind seeing a Yankee win last night.
It's a put-up-or-shut-up week for the Tribe...there's no getting around it.
And, uh, too bad about them Royals this year, huh?
Don't look now phillies, but my braves are a comin'...8-2 in the last 10 games.
How about them pirates too.
I'm pulling out my "green weenie" from the 1960 season!
Sigh, I miss the days when the gunner, Bob Prince, used to announce the Bucco's games.
Anything is better than Lanny Fratere. Susan Estrich on play-by-play and Carol Channing on color would be better than Lanny Fratere. [spit]
When Bob Prince was broadcasting baseball, the rain delays were BETTER THAN THE GAME itself!
WASQUEHAL, France, July 6 (Reuters) - Leading placings in
the 210-km third stage of the Tour de France from Waterloo to
Wasquehal on Tuesday:
1. Jean-Patrick Nazon (France) AG2R 4.36:45
2. Erik Zabel (Germany) T-Mobile
3. Robbie McEwen (Australia) Lotto-Domo
4. Tom Boonen (Belgium) Quick Step-Davitamon
5. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg) Fassa Bortolo
6. Danilo Hondo (Germany) Gerolsteiner
7. Jaan Kirsipuu (Estonia) AG2R
8. Alessandro Bertolini (Italy) Alessio-Bianchi
9. Fabio Baldato (Italy) Alessio-Bianchi
10. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spain) Phonak
11. Michele Scarponi (Italy) Domina Vacanze
12. Levi Leipheimer (U.S.) Rabobank
13. Laurent Brochard (France) AG2R
14. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) Fassa Bortolo
all same time
15. Paolo Valoti (Italy) Domina Vacanze 5 seconds behind
16. Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spain) Illes Balears - Santander
17. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spain) AG2R
18. Jan Ullrich (Germany) T-Mobile
19. Sylvain Chavanel (France) Brioches La Boulangere
20. Georg Totschnig (Austria) Gerolsteiner
21. Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland) Quick Step-Davitamon
22. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway) Team CSC
23. Jens Voigt (Germany) Team CSC
24. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spain) Liberty Seguros
25. Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spain) Fassa Bortolo
26. Marzio Bruseghin (Italy) Fassa Bortolo
27. Aart Vierhouten (Netherlands) Lotto-Domo
28. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spain) Illes Balears - Santander
29. Gilberto Simoni (Italy) Saeco
30. Richard Virenque (France) Quick Step-Davitamon
all same time
Leading overall standings (yellow jersey):
1. McEwen 13.42:34
2. Cancellara 1 second behind
3. Voigt 9
4. Nazon 12
5. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) US Postal 16
6. Hondo 22
7. Zabel 23
8. Jose Enrique Gutierrez same time
9. Leipheimer 24
10. Oscar Pereiro (Spain) Phonak 25
King of the mountains standings (polka-dot jersey):
1. Paolo Bettini (Italy) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 points
2. Janeck Tombak (Estonia) Confidis 14
3. Voigt 9
4. Bram de Groot (Netherlands) Rabobank 7
5. Jerome Pineau (France) Brioches La Boulangere 3
Leading overall points standings (green jersey):
1. McEwen 93
2. Nazon 85
3. Kirsipuu 74
4. Hondo 74
5. Thor Hushovd (Norway) Credit Agricole 70
Leading team standings:
1. US Postal 41.08:56
2. Fassa Bortolo 4 seconds behind
3. Team CSC 6
4. Phonak same time
5. Rabobank 21
6. T-Mobile 25
7. Liberty Seguros 29
8. Fdjeux.Com 31
9. Gerolsteiner 32
10. AG2R 35
Leading young rider (under-25) standings (white jersey):
1. Cancellara 13.42:35
2. Boonen 27
3. Scarponi 32
4. Pineau 34
5. Mark Scanlon (Ireland) AG2R 35
Props to the Cubs for sweeping the White Sox!
Advertisers line up for piece of Sharapova
BBC ^ | 5 July, 2004
Maria Sharapova might have lined up her first post-Wimbledon sponsorship deal just moments after clinching the title.
Desperate to speak to her mother in Florida, Sharapova grabbed her father's mobile phone and tried to call her, as the Duke of Kent waited patiently to come onto Centre Court and present her with the trophy.
Several advertising executives would have been rubbing their hands in glee.
Sharapova's life will never be the same again.
Already, marketing experts are predicting that the 17-year-old could become one of the richest sports stars on the planet, rivalling even Tiger Woods and David Beckham.
Woods, let us remember, earned £44m in the last year while the highest earning female athletes, all five of them tennis players, did not even make the top 50 in Forbes magazine's most recent sports rich list.
"You could make her £100m in the next 10 years," reckons PR guru Max Clifford.
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