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From the NFC North Blog on ESPN.com , the Brett Favre to New York Jets trade may not be dead as previously thought earlier in the day. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, the Jets have had serious talks with Favre's agent James Bus Cook. This is a contridiction to a report from ESPN this morning that said that Favre had no interest in the Jets or Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Then again, there was a report on SportsCenter that said Favre could consider staying retired and take the $20 million offered to him by team president Marc Murphy. Clearly there are tons of rumors. Don't know if any are legit, but this is getting more interesting by the minute.

ANGLES 12 YANKEES 6 With Manny Ramirez gone to the Dodgers, and the Yankees stocked up on All Star talent after the trade deadline, one would think the Yankees would begin their march to overtake the Red Sox for the wild card. Then the Angles came . The LA Angles of Anahiem have always had their way with the Yankees, and it didn't change tonight as the Halos spanked the Bombers 12-6 at the Stadium, Thursday night. The Angles got it going in the third. Chone Figgins, who was a pest for the Yankees all night long, led off with a single to center. A batter later, Mark Texeria singled up the middle to put two on with one out. After Vladamir Gurrero flyed out and Texeria stole second, Torri Hunter blasted a three run homerun to right to give Anaheim a 3-0 lead. Things wouldn't get better for Yankee ace Andy Pettite. Garrett Anderson singled up the middle, and Howie Kendrick singled to right. Finally, Juan Rivera homered to left to give Anahiem a overwhelming 6-0 lead. The Yankees re...

Well somethings don't always go the way you want. In fact, maybe we should start to suspect that the next time a trade is talked about 'most likely' happening we should interpret it as it is a deal doomed for failure. That was the case with rumors that said that Boston slugger Manny Ramirez was heading to Florida in a three team deal involving the Pirates. Then around 1:00 it was annoucned by ESPN that the deal was dead. By 4:00 nothing had been said about any deal involing Ramirez and it appeared that Manny was going to stay a Red Sox. Until 4:30 pm. At that time it came across the wire that Manny Ramirez had indeed been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, not the Florida Marlins, in a three team deal involving Pittsburgh. Boston got in return Jason Bay of the Pirates, an All Star outfielder to plug into left. This deal is terrible for all sides except for maybe the Pirates. At least Pittsburgh gets promising prospects in Craig Hanson and Brandon Moss from the Sox. Manny w...

It appears that any trade involving Brett Favre going to the New York Jets or Tampa Bay Buccaneers is dead, as a report from ESPN.com reports that Favre has not spoken to either ball club. It appears he has no interest whatsoever to play for either team. Favre is still presistent on playing in Green Bay or somewhere else in the NFC North, and it seems that the Packers will have to succumb to his demands. The Packers are still holding firm on not welcoming Favre to camp. Yesturday, team president Mark Murphy offered Favre $20 million over 10 years, a little more than $2 million a year, to stay retired and away from the Packers. The Packers have also threatened that if Favre does show up to camp, then he would be limited to individual drills, not team drills. Also, the Packers are considering trading Favre to the Vikings or Bears. It sounds ridiculus, but the Packers may be in a situation where Favre will not ok a trade to the Jets or Bucs, and will only go where he wants if the Packer...

MARLINS 7 METS 5 So much for good carma eh? The Mets good carma may be falling off, and maybe it is time for GM Omar Minaya to start considering trading for some top talent before 4:00 PM ET tomorrow, when the trade deadline ends. Tonight the Mets dropped a crucial game to the Florida Marlins 7-5, losing the series 2-1 and putting the Mets a half a game behind the Philadelphia Phillies for first in the NL East. The Marlins are just a game back of New York for second place. This latest disaster saw Mike Pelfrey, who has been an ace in every sense of the word, finally have a bad night. It all felll apart for Pelfrey in the fourth, as Florida put up a five spot in the inning. Jorge Cantu singled to bring home Jeremy Hermida to tie the game at one. Later, Cody Ross, who has killed the Mets in this series, trippled to right field to drive home Cantu and Josh Willingham to give Florida a 3-1 lead. John Baker doubled in Ross to make it 4-1.Finally the pitcher Josh Johnson doubled home Baker t...

Bad news Met fans. :( Not only is your team doing nothing to improve itself at the trade deadline, making the stupid argument that injury prone Fernando Martinez is an untouchable commodity, the Phillies or Marlins could land unhappy Manny Ramirez before tomorrow's deadline. In a story by Ian Browne on MLB.com, there is a strong possiblity that Manny Ramriez could end up in Florida. The Red Sox would want eitehr Jeremy Hermida or Josh Willingham in the deal, and the Sox would have to give some cash to the Marlins to pay off Ramirez. The Phillies were also rumored to be interested, and they would send Pat Burrell to Boston in exchange for Manny. I think the Philly deal is the best deal for Boston. Burrell, while not Manny, still has 30 homerun power, and has been Philadelphia's most consistent hitter the last two seasons, outside of Chase Utley. The Red Sox are fed up with Manny, after pushing around a staff member of the Red Sox clubhouse, and raising a roucus about his contra...

The Yankees have, once again, fleeced another ballclub for top talent a few days before the non-wavier trade deadline. The victim: The Detroit Tigers. The player: Ivan Rodriguez . Rodriguez, who is better know as Pudge, and has made a career as a Yankee killer, beating the Bombers in the 2003 World Series as a member of the Florida Marlins, will join the Yankees as their primary catcher replacing the injured Jorge Posada, and pushing the hard working Jose Molina to backup catcher again. I - Rod is not the player he used to be with the Texas Rangers and Marlins when he was belting 30 homers and 100 RBI a year. He was once the second best hitting catcher of the 1990's behind Mike Piazza. But, Pudge has lost a lot of power in his bat, maybe becasue he is no longer on steroids, but is still a solid hitter. He is batting .295 this year with five homers and 32 RBI for a Tiger team that was expected to win 110 plus games this year and has been a complete disapointment. The Tigers are in ...

ORIOLES 7 YANKEES 6 The Yankees failed in their attempt at an ninth inning rally to drop their third staright ballgame, and fall to four games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays, with a 7-6 loss to the Balitmore Orioles at the Stadium. It appeared that Baltimore would be on its way to another blowout, having destroyed the Bronx Bombers 13-4, Monday night. With two on in the first, Melvin Mora singled to center, to bring home Nick Markakis to make it 1-0 O's. Later, in the fourth, Kevin Millar homered for the second time in this series. This one a solo shot made it 2-0 Baltimore. Finally, in the sixth the Yankees got back into it, as Alex Rodrigeuz went yard for the 22nd time this year to cut the deficit to one. But the Orioles would figure out Darrell Rasner and newcomer Damaso Marte in the seventh. First Brian Roberts singled, and Adam Jones was hit by a pitch. Rasner was then taken out in favor of Marte, who completely imploded. Markakis singled to center to load them up, and ...

METS 4 MARLINS 1 The Mets had to really fight in order to win this one tonight in Florida, as they continue to struggle in this roadtrip in Miami. Things, seemed to get off to the right foot, when Jose Reyes lined a double to the left field corner to start the game, but he was tagged out at third as he tried to extend himself for a tripple. It was a stupid baserunning mistake, and it cost the Mets a run, as Nick Evans followed Reyes with his own double. David Wright then doubled in Evans to give New York a 1-0 lead, but it should have been 2-0 if it weren't for Reyes. Florida tied it quickly; in the bottom of the first, Josh Willingham doubled to center to bring home Jorge Cantu, but that was all the Marlins would get tonight. Oliver Perez was brilliant yet again for New York, and this time in quite fashion. He pitched six innings, surrendering the one run, while walking three and striking out five. Perez is now 7-6 on the year. The Mets grabbed the lead in the sixth as the struggl...

Brett Favre has officially reinstated into the NFL, sending a fax of the nessecary paperwork to Commisoner Roger Goodell in the NFL offices in New York City. Now Favre and the Packers have to come to a resolution in 24 hours in how to proceed. There are three options: 1) Favre and the Packers kiss and makeup and Favre returns to the Packers as a backup and soon to be starter over Aaron Rodgers . Rodgers is then traded in August to end any controversy. 2) Favre returns as the backup and is quickly traded to either the Jets or Buccaneers, or some other darkhorse that we don't know about like the Redskins, Ravens, Bills, Chiefs, or Panthers. 3) Favre is granted his release and he gets into a bidding war between Minnesota, Chicago, and Detroit for his services. He will most likey chose Minnesota, since they have the best chance to go to the Super Bowl from the NFC North division, other than Green Bay.

As the Brett Favre saga enters its final 24 hours of drama it is becoming quite clear that the longer Favre and the Packers make us wait, the more likely it is that he will return to the Packers. Just listening to the press conferences of Coach Mike McCarthy and GM Ted Thompson, and niether ruled out the possiblity that Favre could have a future with the franchise. Even McCarthy said out flat that Favre could have his future in Green Bay as a backup. But do you really believe that a quaterback who has started and played every single game for the Green Bay Packers since 1992 will be a backup to Aaron Rodgers on opening night? Give me a break. This much is clear, the Packers are angry that Favre didn't unretire in March or April and June; missing all of spring minicamps and forcing them to design a playbook for Rodgers, hence signifying that the club was moving forward. During this time, the Packers pleaded with Favre to unretire but he refused. This is where the stalemate is. So, w...

ORIOLES 13 YANKEES 4 Well, I guess that eight game winnings streak means little now. The Yankees have lost two in a row, and got totally spanked by the happless Baltimore Orioles, Monday Night. Even with the loss, the Yankees didn't lose any ground in the AL East and Wild Card race, as the Red Sox lost to the Angles and the Rays lost to the Blue Jays today as well. The Orioles knocked around Mike Mussina all night long; it was the veteran right-hander's worst start of the year to date. Mussina was charged with six runs and two homers in just five innings. His ERA is now 3.56 and is now 13-7 on the year. In the second inning, former Red Sox Kevin Millar blasted a three-run jack to left to give the Orioles an early 3-0 lead. A few batters later, Ramon Hernandez blasted a solo shot to make it 4-0. Later, in the fifth Baltimore blew the doors wide open. Adam Jones , whom the Orioles got in the Eric Bedard trade with Seattle, laced a tripple to right to bring Brian Roberts to make ...

MARLINS 7 METS 3 Once again John Maine could not complete a ball game due to arm stiffness, and once again the Mets bullpen imploded in a terrible 7-3 defeat to the energetic and for real Florida Marlins. In case you are still doubting the fish, you better stop and start believing in them. They are getting big crowds, today over 23,000, and are playing inspired baseball. Pretty good for a young team, and this one may be the team the Marlins keep around for more than a year or two. With the Mets already up 2-0 in the fifth, Maine started to give up huge hits. He gave up a homerun to John Baker to cut the Met lead in half, and then pitcher Ricky Nolasco nearly missed a homer himself, hitting to the warning track in right field. That was enough for Jerry Manuel, who pulled Maine with arm stiffness. This is the second time this month Maine has been pulled becasue of his arm - with the lack of arms out there on the market, the Mets will have to put up with Maine for the long term. In the e...

In a story from ESPN's Chris Mortenson, who has been the one breaking all of the Favre stories, reported Sunday night, that Brett Favre HAS SIGNED HIS REINSTATEMENT PAPERS, but will not send it to the NFL until Monday or Tuesday. Why? Becasue that is when the Packers are willing or maybe hoping to end this drama. In the article, Favre has admitted that he had illegal discussions with the Minnesota Vikings, and has told NFL commisoner Roger Goodell that he has done so. "'Roger is willing to help but he has to be careful," said Favre. "I told him I could easily send in this letter [of reinstatement] but they really don't want me there and it'll be a big circus. They play this both ways. Privately, they don't want me there. Publicly, if I sent in the letter but didn't show up right away, they could always fine me or say, `See, why isn't he here? He really doesn't want to play.' Give me my release and see if I want to play or not." I...

Read this fantastic article by New York Daily News columnist and legendary writer Mike Lupica, on the Jets and Brett Favre. Lupica takes a stance that I totally agree with: that the Jets should go out and trade for Brett Favre, no matter how high the price. It is time for a frachise that has had mediocre quaterbacks like Richard Todd, Browning Nagle, Neil O' Donnell, Glenn Foley, Ray Lucas, Boomer Esaison, and Rick Mirer to name a few to make a move at the a legendary quaterback in Brett Favre!!! Here's a quote: "You don’t bet on the Jets, because they’re the Jets. But they have to try. They have to try because right now they are as much the Other Team as they have been in all the years since Joe Namath won them the one and only Super Bowl in which they ever played. They have been in operation for almost 50 years. The Giants are bigger than ever because they were the best finishers we’ve ever had around here, ... And the Jets are supposed to fight back with Mangini’s syst...

YANKEES 10 RED SOX 3 Times are good to be a Yankee fan. The Bombers bombed Tim Wakefield and the rival Red Sox 10-3 on the FOX Game of the Week today, extending the Yankees winning streak to eight games. The Red Sox meanwhile continue to tumble, having lost five of their last eight ball games, and are just a game ahead of the Yankees in the wild card and sill a game back of Tampa Bay for first place. It looked good early for Boston, as the built a 2-0 lead, thanks to a David Ortiz RBI single, and a Manny Ramierez ground out, but it was not enough to keep the Yankees at bay. Typical of the Yankees, they put on their hitting shoes in the middle of the contest, and kept pounding until the final out was recorded. In the fourth, Robinson Cano, who went 3 for 4 today, blasted a solo homerun to right to tie the game at two. Later Johnny Damon drove home Melky Cabrera with a single to center to make it 3-2 Yankees. In the sixth the Yankees exploded all over Wakefield and the Sox. With the base...

YANKEES 1 RED SOX 0 This Rivarly just brings out the best in everyone doesn't it?!?! ;) Once again fire works were flying in Fenway Park for another redition of Yankees/Red Sox, or better know as baseball's World War. This time Joba Chamberlin did his best immitation of Roger Clemens, as he just missed drilling Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youklis in the head with a 95 mph fastball. The ball barely missed Youklis's head, and apparently, hit his edge of his bat instead for a foul ball. Youklis got up and yelled profanities at Chamberlin, and vice versa, but there was no melee that resembeled the fight in 2004 when A-Rod and Jason Varitek went WWF on us, and Pedro Martinez sacked Don Zimmer. It appears that Chamberlin has taken some cues from Clemens who had him under his wing last year. We all remember Clemens drilling Mike Piazza of the Mets in the skull in 2000; this was very reminisent. Lets hope Joba isn't using roids too! Anyway Joba was fantastic tonight, going seve...

METS 7 CARDINALS 2 The New York Mets continue to rock and roll in the month of July. Call a block party summer why don't you? Behind another stellar performance by Mike Pelfrey , as well as the hot bats of Carlos Delgado, and Angenis Reyes, the Mets beat up the struggling St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 tonight at Shea Stadium. Pelfrey continues to be the master of his domain. He went seven more strong innings, giving up one one run, while striking out five and walking none. There is not much you can say about Pelfrey, other than that he has clearly been the Mets ace for the last two months. He is completely in command of his pitches and is confident about what he brings to the table every fifth day. As for the Mets offense, they continue to stay on the offensive. In the fourth inning, Fernando Tatis led off with a single and was later followed by a single by Brian Schnieder. Three batters later, Jose Reyes crushed a pitch to center field that fell in front of the wall; Reyes legged out t...

The Yankees have made a splash, and a big one in the non-wavier trade period that is less than a week away from expiring. The Yankees sent Russ Olendorf, and minor leagueres George Kontos, Phil Coke and Jose Tabata to Pittsburgh for Xavier Nady and reliver Damaso Marte . This solidifies the Yankees in two spots of need: middle relief and outfield. Nady, a former New York Met, is having his best year, a free-agent year, hitting .330 with 13 homers and 57 RBI. If he didn't get injured he probably would have close to 20 homers, and 75 RBI. He provides the Bombers with a needed right handed bat, and a glove in left field. Now the Yankees can leave Johnny Damon as a DH, or make Melky Cabera a DH on occasion. As for Marte, he give the Yankees a needed middle reliever. This season Marte is 4-0 with five saves and 15 holds. He has a 3.47 ERA. He may not be the best guy to find for the eighth inning bridge to Mariano Rivera, but considering the prices for Colorado Rockies closer Brian Fu...

Mike Tannenbaum had to bite his tounge and played the party line in a rather uncomfortable interview with Mike Francesa on the "Mike and the Mad Dog" show on WFAN at 6:06 pm ET. Francesa asked Tannenbaum if he had successfully signed all of his rookies to contracts, in which Tannenbaum gave two answers that there were some players who haven't signed, and later backtracked that everyone was in camp and accounted for. Francesa soon got to the meat - Brett Favre. Tannebaum refused to say that the Jets were talking to the Packers and Favre, saying that they "have had numerous discussions with every team about trades," but "they were private discussions" meaning they do their typical trade talk with all teams as a standard proceedure. Tannebaum said that he and coach Eric Mangini usually talk about different players at every position everyday, but they are "private conversations." Tannenbaum also talked to quaterbacks Chad Pennington and Kellen C...

A report from ESPN earlier this afternoon stated that Brett Favre plans to file the nessecary paper work for reinstatement into the leauge to play football. He will then try to report to Green Bay training camp as he disscussed two weeks ago. Still, the Packers have stood firm to their belief that life will be better off without Favre, and will trade the Hall of Famer, before he makes training camp into another reality TV show. Therefore, as expected the New York Jets are one of the frontrunners for Favre. They have thrown their hat into the ring, and have been granted permission to talk to Favre about his contract status, his desire to play at least two more years, and his taste for the New Jersey/New York area. Don't be surprised if the deal gets done. I think it would be a great fit for the Jets, as they free themselves from the missery of Chad Pennington, once and for all, after eight years of mediocrity. Keep in mind this summer is the ten year anniversy of the Jets bringing ...

METS 3 PHILLIES 1 The Mets have officially come full circle. After months and months of turmoil, the Mets find themslves in sole possession of first place in the NL East for the first time since April 18 . The Mets have taken two out of three against Philadelphia and have won each of the last four series against Philadelphia. The game was a real classic pitchers duel, as Oliver Perez and Jamie Moyer both went the distance for their respective clubs. Perez was fantastic striking out 12 batters and seeming totally unhittable until a Jayson Werth homerun in the sixth inning. Perez got into some trouble in the seventh loading the bases, after he hit Ryan Howard on a 3-2 pitch. Aaron Heilman then came in and was able to get Werth to fly out to Carlos Beltran in center field. As for Moyer he was great as well. Moyer went seven innings, and gave up only two hits and a run. At one point he retired 14 Mets in a row. It seems fitting that neither pitcher figured into the decision. Finally, in th...

YANKEES 5 TWINS 1 Theeeeeeeeeee Yankees Win AGAIN ! For the sixth straight time the Yankees find a way to win yet again, this time blowing away and sweeping the Minnesota Twins in a Wednseday matinee at the Stadium. Mike Mussina was brilliant again, going eight strong innings giving up only six hits, walking none, and striking out seven. He threw 105 pitches. Offensivly, it took five innings for the Yankees to figure out Minnesota's Glenn Perkins. In the fifth a smoking Robinson Cano singled to start things off. He was followed up with a Melky Cabrera single. But it was a Justin Christian double that brought both runners home to make it 2-0 Bombers. In the sixth, the meat of the Yankee order got a chance to play around with the Minnesota right hander, tacking three more runs on the board. Derek Jeter doubled, and Bobby Abreu walked. This was followed by a double for Alex Rodriguez to make it 4-0. Later newcomer Richie Sexson drove in his second RBI as a Yankee with a Sac. Fly to ce...

PHILLIES 8 METS 5 Once again the Mets found a way to lose, and this time it was earily similar to their disaster's in the 2006 NLCS and the final 17 games of the 2007 season. With their ace on the mound, Johan Santana, who pitched a fantastic game, eight innings, scattering seven hits and allowing only two runs; with huge homeruns by Carlos Delgado and Ramon Castro, and still the Mets found a way to lose. With the Mets up 5-2 going into the ninth inning it appeared that the Mets were on their way to winning the game, and taking sole possesion of first place in the NL East, and the bottom fell out, as usual. Billy Wagner could not pitch because of arm trouble, and as a result, his bullpen mates could not pull the team out of the fire. Duaner Sanchez came in and gave up singles to Jayson Werth, Greg Dobbs and Shane Victorino to load up the bases with no one out. Jerry Manuel had to make a move and brought in Pedro Felicano. Then a familiar face to Met misery came to the plate: So Ta...

YANKEES 8 TWINS 2 The Yankees are hot! Red HOT! They continue to chop away in the AL Wild Card and AL East race, as they seem determined to overcome all of the injuries and misfortune that plauged them in the first half. Tonight the Yankees dismantled the Minnesota Twins 8-2, disparaging any thoughts that this offense is still struggling. They are not. Down 2-1 in the sixth, the Yankee bats exploded. First, Johnny Damon led off with a single to center. Two batters later, Bobby Abreu blasted his 11th homer of the year to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. A-Rod later singled, Jason Giambi walked and Robinson Cano drove in A-Rod with a single of his own to make it 4-2. Finally, in the seventh the Yankees put it away, as Derek Jeter doubled to bring home Damon. Later Abreu who had a big night with three RBI, doubled in Jeter to give the Bombers a 6-2 advantage. Finally, Giambi singled home Abreu to make it 8-2. It was a fantastic comeback for the Yankees, who are clearly playing their best b...

The Green Bay Packers have reportedly begun shopping the rights to Brett Favre to other NFL teams that do not appear on the Packers schedule. This means that the Vikings, Bears, Lions, Buccaneers, and Panthers are probably out of the Favre sweepstakes since they are all on the Packers schedule in 2008. However, this means that the Jets, Bills, Ravens and Redskins are probably the four teams that are the best fit for the Packers and Favre. All four, except for really Washington, have quaterback problems. The Jets have no leadership at the position, with oft-injured Chad Pennington and Kellen Clemens set to battle for the starting job. The Bills have Trent Edwards as their future QB, but if they are not convinced with him, Favre could be a fit, since he worked with Head Coach Dick Juron in Green Bay. The Ravens have issues at quaterback. Like the Jets they have an unreliable veteran in Kyle Boller and an inexperienced rookie in Delaware product Joe Flacco. All three teams would be a per...

YANKEES 12 TWINS 4 The Yankees contin ue to beat up their AL Wild Card competition as they destroyed the once hot Minnesota Twins 12-4 at the Stadium. The Bombers got it going early and often against Minnesota starter Nate Blackburn, touching him up for six runs, three earned, in just one and two thirds innings. It started with a two - run homer by Alex Rodriguez to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the first inning. In the second inning, with the bases loaded, Johnny Damon, who has returned from the DL, reached on a fielders choice to bring home Melky Cabrera to make it 3-2. Derek Jeter than singled to bring home Jose Molina. Later, Bobby Abreu grounded into a fielders choice to plate Brett Gardner. Finally A-Rod did it again with a single to left to bring home Damon. 6-2 Yankees. In the third the Yankees added on, as Robinson Cano continues to turn around his season with a solo homerun to right; it is his eighth homer of the year. Finally in the sixth, Jeter homered to right field to m...

Well thank God Almighty, Giant fans, fianlly some good news! The Giants finally traded frustrated and cantackirous tight end Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for a second and fifth round pick in the 2009 NFL draft. This ends what has been a long and tourtured stay for Shockey, who made a reputation bad mouthing teammates and coaches, especially Eli Manning and Coach Tom Coughlin, on the field and off the field. The Giants had no use for Shockey during their postseason run in the final five weeks of the year last year, as Kevin Boss delivered clutch catches almost every week, including a big third down conversion in the Super Bowl. Shockey in case your wondering was seen sitting in the Giants suit during the Bowl drinking a Budweiser - nice job! Shockey isn't a terrible player, he does have 57 career grabs for 619 yards, and would add a needed passing weapon for the Drew Brees and the Saints, but it is his bad attidute that will make many wonder what the Saints will get from...

REDS 7 METS 2 Earlier in the day, the Philadelphia Phillies lost 9-4 to the Florida Marlins, giving the Mets an opportunity to once again tie the Phillies for first place. All they had to do was beat the Reds and Josh Fogg with his 7.50 ERA. Well, as baseball would have it...the Mets got blasted. The Mets never took adavantage of their opportunities, and whenever the Reds gave them an inch, the Mets never took it. Already up 1-0, the Reds tied it, when Ken Griffey Jr. doubled in Fogg from second base. This was a rough night for pitcher Oliver Perez, who was given two leads and reliquished both of them. The Reds finally took the lead in the sixth when David Ross singled in Edwin Encarnacion to take a 3-2 lead. The Mets had a chance to really do some damage in the top of the seventh. Nick Evan led off with a single, and was followed up by a single by Jose Reyes and a clutch single by Angenis Reyes to load them up for the big boys. As a result, David Wright was caught looking at a nasty ...

YANKEES 4 ATHLETICS 3 It was not pretty Saturday afternoon, as the Yankees had to take a hit batter in order just to win a game, that they should have won easily. The Yankees got out to a quick start, as Melky Cabrera singled to right to bring home Robinson Cano for a 1-0 lead. Later Brett Gardner doulbed to center for his seventh RBI. 2-0 Bombers. Against the light hittting A's, one would think that this would be enough with Joba Chamberlin on the mound, but the oppisite was the case. Chamberlin was good, going six innings, scattering six hits and surrendering only one run, but the bullpen gave it up. First Jose Veras's wild pitch allowed Wes Bankston to score from third to tie the game. Later in the ninth, Mariano Rivera continues to struggle with tied games, allowing Oakland to take the lead as Ryan Sweeney drove in Rajai Davis; 3-2 A's. But the Yankees charged back. With two out in the ninth, Robinson Cano hit a double, and was followed up with a single by Wilson Be...

REDS 5 METS 2 This time there was no comeback by the Mets; finally for the first time since July 4 the Mets lost a ball game, this time by a score of 5-2 to the Cincinnati Reds. John Maine for the third striaght start was just awful, throwing tons of pitches and walking the ballpark. There must be something really bothering Maine, who earlier this month complained of arm stiffness. Maine walked five and gave up five runs on five hits in just four and two-thirds innings. In the fifth Paul Bako singled with one out; then Maine walked Jay Bruce, and gave a single to Jeff Keppinger to load the bases. Ken Griffey Jr. walked to bring home a run to tie the game at two. Moments later Brandon Phillips singled to right to bring home Bruce and Keppinger to give Cincinnati a 4-2 lead. Finally Edwin Encarnacion was hit by a pitch to bring in Griffey, and that was it for the Maine and the Mets. The Mets are no longer in first place now that Philadelphia won their game tonight against Florida.

Ok, as many of you know by now, the New York Giants are putting into place a PSL (Personal Seat Licenceing) system that will basically force the fans to help the franchise pay off it's debt for building a bigger stadium, as well as other buildings, such as a stupid looking ski lift and the Xanadu Amusement Park. The Giants feel that in order to make up the difference for a $1.6 billion dollar stadium located at the major eye sore that is Route 3 in East Rutherford New Jersery, loyal fans should sacrifice their mortgage and college education in order to be a season ticket holder. Here are some of the prices: If you are ticket holder in the lower level, you would be forking over $700 a ticket. Multply that by two tickets for two people and your already paying $1400 for a single game. Multilpy that by 10 games, which is the entire season package of games, and you're paying $14,000 dollars just on game tickets. Add this to the fact that you will have to pay $20,000 to hold each of...

METS 10 REDS 8 The Mets had to comeback twice in a wild, wild night in Cincinnati, beating the Reds 10-8, earning their 10th straight victory, which is their longest winning streak in a season since 1990! The Mets thought they would not need 10 runs to win this one, with Johan Santana on the mound, but the lefty, once again, underperformed putting his club in another large hole. With the Mets up 2-0 in the fourth, thanks to a Carlos Delgado two-run jack in the top of the inning; Santana surrendered back to back homers to Adam Dunn and Edwin Encarnacion to tie the game at two. Then it got really wild. With two more men on base for the Reds, Jay Bruce doubled to right to bring home David Ross to give the Reds a 3-2 lead. Moments later ex-Met Jeff Keppinger laced a tripple to left center to bring home two more runs, giving Cincinnati a 5-2 lead. This chased Santana out of the ballgame. Still the Mets chipped away. In the top of the fifth with Brian Schiender and Nick Evans on base with s...

The Green Bay Packers have filed a tampering charge against NFC North rival the Minnesota Vikings, after it was reserached and discovered that the Vikings were in contact, over the phone, with controversial and unhappy quaterback Brett Favre. STORY ON NFL.COM Favre was in discussions with Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, who spent five years with the Packers coaching staff. Favre is still under contract with Green Bay for three years and $39 million. The Packers will not release Favre with the fear he will go to either Minnesota, or Chicago, or Detroit. Favre wants his realease, and has hinted that he will attend Packers camp to spite Aaron Rodgers and the ball club. It's getting to the point that the Packers have to trade the former pro-bowler to an AFC team that the Packers do not see on the schedule. BTW, in case your wondering the Packers and Vikings meet on to open the season on Monday Night Football at 7:00 on ESPN on September 8. WATCH VIDEO .

Desperate for a bat since Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon are on the DL, the Yankees signed the awful, dispicabile, and pathetic Richie Sexson today to a tentative contract, ESPN.com is reporting . The signing of Sexson is totally stupid! Jason Giambi may not be a great defensive first baseman, but he is having a renissance season with 17 homers. There is no need for the Yankees to add another first baseman, since they could easily live with Giambi's defense in favor of his red hot bat. The Yankees true needs are in the outfield, speicifally left and center fields. Hideki Matsui is gone for the year with his injury; Johnny Damon is on the DL, and is no longer the player he was in Boston and Oakland, and Melky Cabrera is too small to play center field, and he has been batting around .240 all season. Logical tells you the Yankees should try to trade or aquire an outfielder. Don't tell that to Brian Cashman, who out of desperation brings in Sexson, who was released from the last p...

AMERICAN 4 NATIONAL 3 FINAL 15 INNINGS This was arguably the craziest, zaniest, and possibly, the greatest All Star Game ever played! Michael Young, who won the All Star Game in 2006, won it again, with a sacrifice fly in the 15th inning to bring home Justin Morneau of Minnesota to give the AL home field advantage once again for the World Series. Unfortunately, that is not the whole story. This was a classic night that started with Hall of Famers from all ages, standing at their respective positions with the All Star starters. Hall of Famers included Whitey Ford, Ralph Kiner, Gary Carter, Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Cal Ripken Jr., Wade Boggs, George Brett, Willie McCuvey, and many more. However, it was the emotional tribute to Yankee Stadium that was most memoriable, as an visibly ill George Stienbrenner was driven on a golf cart around the park to meet Ford, Jackson, Goose Gossage, and Yogi Berra, handing them baseballs to throw out the first pitch to A-Rod, Derek Jeter...