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Talk about irony. Not only did both the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils hold seemingly commanding leads in their opening round playoff series, they both ended up blowing it big time in New York Met-like fashion. Hope the boys of the ice enjoy their summer while they fume about what has happened to another season of broken promises. In the Rangers game seven against the Washington Capitals, the Broadway Blue Shirts gave it their all but just couldn't figure out the Capitals defense. It didn't help matters either that the soul of the team, Sean Avery, was limping around either. The Rangers put up only 15 shot on goalie Simeon Varlamov, not exactly enough to make the Capitals defense nor the goalie sweat. With the score tied at one in the third period, Sergei Federov's goal with less than five minutes to play, iced it for the Capitals. The Rangers never answered as they limped away into the off-season, having blown a 3-1 series lead. The Rangers were so close but so far...

Red Alert! Red Alert! Brett Favre is now a free agent. The New York Jets offically released Favre from the reserved-retired list and released the future Hall of Fame quarterback from his contract, making him a free agent. This means that Favre, who retired, again, in Februrary, can come back to football without having to worry about his contract status with the Jets. Throughout the entire Favre saga last year, Favre professed a desire to play for the Minnesota Vikings or Chicago Bears as a way to get even with the Packers for not welcoming him back with open arms after he retired in March 2008. Are we in for Favre Sage Part II? When asked about it, Favre, through his agent Bus Cook, said, “Nothing has changed. At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football.” That is because it is not June. It is still April in fact. Give Favre another month and a half, and he will turn around on that statement pretty quickly. Let the speculation games begin all over again.

TIGERS 4 YANKEES 2 After suffering a sweep at the hands of the hated Boston Red Sox , the Yankees showed little bite against the hungry Detroit Tigers; in fact, they didn't even show up. Whoever was playing in the Yankee uniforms tonight, they were not the Yankees, or, at least, not a team that spent $400 million in the off-season and posts a salary of over $200 million this season. Justin Verlander cruised by the Yankees, scattering seven hits over seven innings while striking out nine and walking none. In five career games, Verlander is now 3-1 against the Bombers. As for Tiger offense, they knocked around C.C. Sabathia . In the first inning, Miguel Cabrera's single to center drove in Placido Polanco for the game's first run. It seemed that Sabathia settled in after that, giving up just one hit, but in the sixth, the Tigers went back to hitting around the Yankee ace. Curtis Granderson's bunt single got things started, and Sabathia was unable to throw up the ...

METS 7 MARLINS 1 Wow! Break up the Mets! Better yet, break up the Mets rotation! Finally, someone other than Johan Santana pitched extremely well in a baseball game. Such cynicism goes to show you how far the Mets have fallen this season. John Maine, who entered tonight's game with an ERA well over seven, shut down a good Florida Marlins lineup for a 7-1 victory, representing Maine's first win of the year. Maine stymied the Marlins for six innings, surrendering only one hit and an unearned run in the first inning. He was sharp with his pitches and carried the swagger that he used to have in 2007. The Mets offense did enough to give Maine some run support. In the bottom of the first, Gary Sheffield made up for a fielding error in the top of the inning by lacing a single to center to drive in Luis Castillo to tie the game. Next, David Wright, who has been anything but clutch, singled to right to drive in Carlos Beltran, giving the Mets a 2-1 lead. Moments later, Omir Santos, th...

Last summer, when the Jets were successful in ridding themselves of Chad Pennington in a trade that brought in Brett Favre, owner Woody Johnson professed that he would never again have a weak-armed quarterback start for his ballclub. That proclimation didn't last long. This afternoon, the Jets pulled off a Mike Ditka-like performance, trading all of their day one draft selections: highly touted prospect quarterback Brett Ratliff, defensive end Kenyon Coleman and saftey Abram Elam to the Cleveland Browns, in order to move from number 17 to number 5 to nab quarterback Mark Sanchez of USC. According to Randy Lange of New York Jets.com, Johnson " bounced out of the team's draft room, his face lit up as brightly as his green tie ... declaiming, "It's very exciting ." (Lange, NewYorkJets.com ). Yes, that's right the same guy who never ever, ever again wanted a quarterback who couldn't throw, tossed away his draft for another quarterback who can't throw...

Well, the Jets did it again. They have found a way to screw themselves again, trading defensive end Kenyon Coleman, quarterback Brett Ratiff, and safety Abram Elam, and their entire day one draft to old friend Eric Mangini and the Cleveland Browns, to trade up to the number five pick to select the tiny quarterback from USC, Mark Sanchez. Sanchez played in only 16 games in his four year college career, and didn't even listen to the advice of his former coach Pete Carroll who warned the quarterback that he was not ready to make the jump from college to the rigors of the NFL. The Jets don't seem to care obviously. They feel that Sanchez is ready to beat out Kellen Clemens for the starting job. Jet fans inside Radio City Music Hall were excited about the pick, but point in fact is this: Sanchez won't even play until at least mid-season when it clear the Jets are not going anywhere. When he plays Sanchez will be so raw and so untested that it will brutal to watch. Who knows how...

METS 8 NATIONALS 2 In what has been a week full of woe and misery for the Mets, they finally got something to smile about on a steamy Saturday afternoon in New York. Ryan Church led the way with a three RBI day, as the Met offense pounded Daniel Cabrera, who struggled with his control. Cabrera lasted only two and a third innings for the Nationals, walking four, giving up six hits and five runs to all but cement this game for the Mets early. Mike Pelfrey was not great for the Mets, he was shaky at times, walking three and throwing 95 pitches in just five and two-thirds innings, but most of the outs were induced ground balls, which was a big plus for a Met team that has seen its pitches give up nothing but moonshots for the last three weeks. The Mets got on the board early, thanks alot to Nationals center fielder Elijah Dukes. With Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado on base, David Wright skyed to center. Dukes, who was not wearing sunglasses, misplayed the ball entirely as it dropped beh...

Forgetaboutit! The 2009 season is O-V-E-R! Over! Over! Over for the New York Mets! And it is only April. For 15 games this season the Mets have played comatose baseball, looking more like a corpse than an living, active ball club. For all the delusional Met fans, who spent most of the winter trying to fool themselves that this team did not need to be ripped apart at the seems after their second straight September collapse wake up! This team stinks to high heaven! After getting swept by the St. Louis Cardinals, the Mets are now 6-9, and all the fears about the lack of starting pitching, the lack of clutch hitting, and the fears about the bullpen, other than K-Rod and J.J. Putz have all come to fruition. The Mets are 11th in the National League with runners in scoring position, leaving little confidence in their fans that they can get it done when it really matters. On Sunday the Mets were 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position, and only manufactured two runs in a 4-2 loss to the Bre...

Whatever the Jets decide to do when their number 17 pick is called upon Saturday night, and whatever they decide to do in the rounds that follow, one thing is clear: this draft is a lose-lose for the Jets. For a team that has no really experienced player at quarterback, the team has flirted with the idea of drafting another rookie quarterback, which would be the fourth straight season that they have drafted a quarterback. The team is rumored to be in love with quarterbacks Mark Sanchez of USC and Josh Freeman of Kansas State. Sanchez is supposed to be 6'2", but if you watch him on film, he looks smaller than that. He doesn't have a great arm and is compared a lot to Chad Pennington. Not exactly the ringing endorsement Jet fans want to hear. The upside that Sanchez has is that he is a great leader, which is nice, maybe he should run for president of the United States someday. But what is most troubling about Sanchez is the fact that coach Pete Carroll demanded that Sanchez...

During off-season the Giants have been debating in-house what to do about their vacant wide receiver position. First, it considered what to do with disgraced Plaxico Burress, who got the ball rolling by shooting himself in the foot around Thanksgiving at a New York night club. After gathering enough information over the last three months about Burress and his complicated legal proceedings, the Giants finally decided to release him two weeks ago. Now, the Giants are involved in another deliberation. Whether to trade for Browns receiver Braylon Edwards, or play Russian roulette and acquire one of the many so-called talented receivers in this year's unimpressive NFL draft. The answer is pretty clear at this end. Trade for Braylon Edwards already! Even though there are rumblings that Edwards doesn't have a great personality, which is nothing new for wide receivers nowadays, combined with the fact that he drops a lot of passes, he is a better risk than any 22-year-old coming out of...

CARDINALS 5 METS 4 Can we say it? The New York Mets are an average baseball team. No. Better yet; the New York Mets are a lousy baseball team. As has been the case for the past three seasons, and now in the first two and a half weeks of 2009, the Mets have a series of debilitating problems that cost them one game after another. (1) Bullpen, (2) Starting pitchers NOT named Johan Santana, (3) Lack of clutch hitting, (4) Poor defense. The Mets had built a shocking 4-0 lead, shocking insofar as the lead came against the St. Louis Cardinals, a team that has haunted the Mets for over three seasons now;. nevertheless, the ghosts of 2006 NLCS past came back to bite the Mets ... as usual. Oliver Perez lost total control of his pitches in the fifth inning. With two men on base, Albert Pujols lined a double to the left field corner to drive in two runners to cut the Mets lead in half. Then, Perez went wild, really wild. He walked Met killer Yadier Molina and surrendered a single to Chirs Duncan ...

YANKEES 5 ATHLETICS 3 After two days of constant debate how the new wind currents seem to be affecting the jet stream in the new Yankee Stadium, causing ball to fly out of the park with ease, and, more importantly, after days of concern about Chien Ming Wang, the Yankees finally started playing like the Yankees and drove right past the soft hitting Oakland Athletics in the first regular season night game at the new stadium. With the always reliable Andy Pettitte on the mound for the Bombers, the Yankees were able to put this one away early. In the bottom of the second, Nick Swisher led off with a walk, then Hideki Matsui lined a double to left to move Swisher to third. Brett Gardner laced a single to right center to allow both runners to score easily. Two batters later, Johnny Damon singled off of his former team to drive home Gardner to make it 3-0. Finally, Mark Texieria added another single, this one to left to drive in Derek Jeter . The four runs were enough for Pettitte , who...

HURRICANES 4 DEVILS 3 This is turning into a very difficult series for the New Jersey Devils. After holding both a 1-0 and 2-1 series lead against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Devils just can't seem to be able to put their thumb down on the feisty Carolina team. For the second time in the series, Carolina came back to win a game and tie the series, this time at two to send it back to Jersey for game five, Thursday night. Carolina got off to a fast start, as Eric Staal and Ryan Bayda scored successive goals in just over a minute apart to take a 2-0 lead over the shell shocked Devils. Martin Brodeur was really put the test in this game, having to defended against 46 different shots on goal but was only able to save 42 of them, not good enough to help his team win the game. Brodeur's opponent, Cam Ward, got off to a very good start, shutting out the Devils for almost two hole periods but struggled late in the game. With Carolina up 3-0, Brian Gionta scored his second playoff goal ...

CAPITALS 4 RANGERS 0 This was supposed to be a chance for the Rangers to drive the nail in the proverbial coffin Monday night as they took their 2-0 series lead against the Washington Capitals home to rabid Ranger fans at Madison Square Garden. In the end, the Rangers disappointed. It was not Alexander Ovechkin who did the damage; it was another Alexander, Alexander Semin, who scored the Capitals first two goals of the night to give Washington a 2-0 lead after one period. The Rangers had no answers for Capitals gaolie Simeon Varlamov, who recorded 33 saves in 33 shots on the night. In the second period, Brooks Laich scored on the powerplay to make it 3-0, and Tom Poti scored the final goal of the night in the third period to put the capper on this one. Game four is Wednesday night. BOX SCORE .

RANGERS 1 CAPITALS 0 Get you brooms ready Ranger fans! The Rangers shut out the offensive powerhouse that is the Washington Capitals today in D.C. by a score of 1-0, to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the opening round of the 2009 NHL playoffs. This game was all about Henrik Lundqvist who recorded a perfect 35 saves in 35 attempts, and more importantly, holds one of the league leaders in scoring, Alexander Ovechkin, to no goals on six shots. It was a brilliant performace by one of the game's top goal tenders. Offensively, the Rangers didn't get much accomplished against Simeon Valamov, who surrendered a goal to Ryan Callahan early in the first period. The Rangers will now come home for games three and four on Monday and Wednesday night, where fans will pumped for a possible sweep.

INDIANS 22 YANKEES 4 This was not exactly a good day to be at the ballgame, especially if you were rooting for the Yankees, or if you were Yankee pitcher Chien Ming Wang. Wang who has been just awful this season, got worse, and, yes, that was possible, believe it or not. Wang couldn't get out of the second inning, before he allowed eight runs to cross the plate for Cleveland in a second inning where the Indians put up a 14 spot, all but ending the competitive nature of this game before it even started. Wang's already astronomical ERA climbed up to 34.50. There must be something wrong with Wang, physically, because it doesn't make sense that a guy who won 19 games in 2006 and again in 2007, can't seem to get the ball boy out in 2009. The Indians sent 17 men to the plate and pounded out 13 hits in the second inning. Shin Shoo Choo hit a three run homer to get it started. Mark DeRosa hit a double to right to drive in two runners to make it 6-2 Cleveland, and Victor Martine...

METS 1 BREWERS 0 It was a simply gorgeous day to be at the ballgame Saturday in Queens, New York, as Johan Santana made his first appearance in brand new Citi Field, and made the place sparkle with an electrifying seven inning shutout performance to earn his second win of the 2009 season. Santana had to pitch most of the game without any run support whatsoever but still found a way to shut down the difficult lineup of Corey Hart, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and J.J. Hardy. None of these players could touch Santana throughout the afternoon; he struck out seven batters and surrendered only five hits. The Mets just couldn't figure out Yovani Gallardo, who was surprisingly brilliant. Gallardo went six innings of shutout ball, surrendering only five hits and striking out seven as well. It appeared that the game was turning into a replay of last Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Florida Marlins, where Santana fanned 13 Fish yet still lost because the Mets couldn't help him past a Dan Murp...

YANKEE 6 INDIANS 5 There is a reason why Derek Jeter is Mr. Yankee. He always comes through in the big moments at the biggest times in Yankee history. That storyline did not change at all today, as Jeter hit a solo home run to right field in the eighth to give the Yankees their first ever victory in New Yankee Stadium. As for the game it was a slug fest. In the opening moments of the game, Mark DeRosa hit an opposite field home run to right, off Joba Chamberlain, to give the Indians a quick 1-0 lead. Unlike Thursday's debacle, the Yankees did not shrink under the pressure. Johnny Damon and Mark Texieria went deep for their first Yankee Stadium homers to give New York a 2-1 lead in the third inning. The seesaw continued throughout the afternoon. Chamberlain walked Travis Hafner and Shin Shoo- Choo then surrendered Ben Francisco drove in Hafner for the tying run with a single to center. Cleveland didn't enjoy the tie for very long; Melky Cabrera homered to right to give...

Here are a series of videos I have made critiquing the Jets latest attempt at excuse making. The Jets are upset that the NFL scheduled two home games during Jewish holidays in September, and they want the game moved to different times to accomidate Jewish fans. I have a problem with the Jets paranoia over the schedule. The fans will show up no matter what holiday the game happens to fall on. WATCH BELOW!

PADRES 6 METS 5 How does pitcher John Maine reward Carlos Delgado and his teammates for giving him a 3-0 lead early in Thrusday night's game against the San Diego Padres? Surrender five runs in the third and get slapped around by a guy named Chase Headley. Nice job. With the Mets lead now dwindled to 3-2, Maine walked Adrian Gonzalez intentionally to load the bases, with the fear that Gonzalez would bop the ball out of the ballpark. Maine should have been more fearfull of Headley. Headley singled to right center to drive in Jody Gerut and David Eckstein to give the Padres a 4-3 lead. Finally, Kevin Kouzmanoff singled to left to drive in Gonzalez to give San Diego a 5-3 lead. The Mets, who had a chance to beat up on Jake Peavy early in this game, had no more answers for the Padres ace. Peavy lasted through five innings and only surrendered that three run homer to Delgado in the first innning. Peavy is now 2-1. In the fifth, Headley added to the Padre lead when he doubled to right to...

INDIANS 10 YANKEES 2 Not exactly what Yankee fans envisioned when they were dreaming about the first regular season game in the history of the new Yankee Stadium. After a pre-game ceremony to inaugurate in the new ballpark, the Cleveland Indians went ahead and broke in the Yankee stadium, pounding 13 hits and scoring 10 runs in the opening regular season game. C.C. Sabathia once again was shaky in a big spot. He surrendered only a single run but lasted only five and two-thirds innings, throwing 115 pitches, walking five batters to boot. It was the first time that Sabathia faced his old team since they traded him to Milwaukee last summer. Was it nerves again? One never knows, but if Sabathia continues to build a repuation of a guy who gets nervous when it matters most, the Yankees are in big trouble. After the Yankees tied the game on a Jorge Posada homer in the fifth, the Indians brought out their hitting gloves in the seventh. Cleveland torched the Yankee bullpen for nine runs and fiv...

For the past 28 years, whether on CBS, or FOX, or ABC, or NBC, John Madden changed the way NFL games were covered by in-game analysts. His presence at a game, meant that it was clearly the "Game of the Week." Today, Madden retired from broadcasting at age 73, ending his legendary Hall of Fame run. Madden got his start in football as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1969, after serving as a linebackers coach for the previous two seasons. He was one of the youngest and most successful coaches during that time, capturing a Super Bowl title in the early 1970's but retired from coaching in 1979. He never coached again. Madden quickly became the icon of Sunday afternoon broadcasts. Over the decades he became even more famous for his Thanksgiving Day turkeys, his multi-million dollar video game, and his traveling bus. " It's time," Madden said. "I'm 73 years old. My 50 th wedding anniversary is this fall. I have two great sons and their families...

DEVILS 4 HURRICANES 1 Unlike the Rangers, who had to sweat out their game against the Washington Capitals, the New Jersey Devils took a walk in the park against the Carolina Hurricanes in Newark, Wednesday night. The Devils totally dominated the contest with 39 shots on Carolina goalie Cam Ward and held a pretty good Carolina offense to only 19 shots on goalie Martin Brodeur. In the first period, the Hurricanes got off to a terrible start when they were called for penalty for having too many men on the ice. Yes, even the NHL can have NFL-like rules about the number of men on the field of battle. That pretty much set the tone for the night; later in the period, the Devils started to tighten the noose on the Canes, as Mike Mottau scored an unassisted goal to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead. In the second period, Zach Parise opened with a goal of his own to make it 2-0 Devils. Patrick Ellias would add the third goal of the game to give New Jersey the commanding 3-0 lead. Brodeur had a pretty q...

RANGERS 4 CAPITALS 3 Looks like the Rangers are gearing up for a long playoff run in 2009. The Rangers stuned the number two seeded Washington Capitals 4-3 in Game One of a best of seven series in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers lead the series 1-0. After a scoreless first period and a goal by Washington's Thomas Fleischmann, the Rangers stormed back to take the lead and quiet the Capital faithful. Scott Gomez tied the game with an unassited goal with 7:49 to go in the second. Later, Nik Antropov scored on a power play goal to give New York a 2-1 lead. Two minutes later, Markus Naslund scored on another power play goal, giving the Rangers a 3-1 lead. But the Capitals would come back. Viktor Kozlov and Alexander Semin scored on consecutive goals to tie the game at three in the opening minutes of the final period. The game went into a defensive standoff from there, as neither team could get anything past the respective goalies. Finally, 11:43 into the thrid, Brandon Dubi...

It's April. Baseball season has just started, and spring has sprung. The farthest thing from anyone's mind is fall and football, but the NFL has finally released the 2009 NFL schedule. The Giants will open the 2009 season at home against the Washington Redskins for the second straight season. In 2008, the Giants opened the year with a 16-7 thumping of the Redskins, the lasting images of the game being Justin Tuck and the Giants defense swarming all over quarterback Jason Campbell. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 on FOX. The Giants will end the season exactly the way they ended it in 2008: home to Carolina and on the road to Minnesota. The Jets will open the season on the road for the second straight year. This time they will start against the Houston Texans. The last time the Jets played Houston was in 2006, a 27-11 victory for Gang Green. The Jets have not played in Houston since 2003 when they beat the Texans in the first ever matchup between the two by a score of 19-14. Kickof...

In a digital world, it is now more important than ever to publish, produce and edit online videos. So here at Cohen's Corner, I will post videos produced and edited by myself as video blogs that will feature commentary and predictions on the daily events in sports. Above is my first video created a week ago on Opening Day of the baseball season. You can also find my videos on YouTube by either typing in "Cohen's Corner" into the search box on YouTube or log onto http://www.youtube.com/user/mcohen07834 . More videos will be on the way in the coming days.

RAYS 15 YANKEES 5 Anyone thinking that the Tampa Bay Rays were phony last season, better think twice. The Rays went to the World Series for a reason, and they are a good young team for a reason as well. That was on display and more, as the Rays bombed the Bronx Bombers 15-5 on Monday night. Chien Ming Wang got blasted for the second straight start. Wang lasted only a single inning, surrending six hits, eight runs and walking three on the evening. His ERA is now 28.23. Maybe it is time for Wang to consider working on his pitches a tad more. Maybe now is a good time to have a pow wow with pitching coach Dave Island and manager Joe Girardi about his work thus far this season. Wang opened the evening the way any pitcher at any level of baseball would NOT want to start a game: walking the lead off man and hitting the second batter of the game before anyone got a chance to bite into a lukewarm hot dog. After Evan Longoria struck out, Carl Crawford and B.J. Upton advanced on steals of third a...

PADRES 6 METS 5 At least the Mets are consistent. The Mets opened brand spanking new Citi Field the same way they burned down Shea Stadium in September ... in ignominious defeat. Only the Mets can find a way to start things off on the wrong foot. After a pre game ceremony that included a first pitch by Tom Seaver to Mike Piazza, a fly over by B-15 jets, and the National Anthem performed by the cast of the recent rendition of "West Side Story, Jody Gerut became the next tough trivia question as he laced a solo home run to the right field corner to give the Padres a 1-0 lead, silencing the crowd of 41,000 plus. The home run was the first in Citi Field history. Mike Pelfrey just didn't have it for the Mets . He was slapped around all day by the formerly light hitting Padres for eight hits and five runs over five innings. Surpise! It was such an embarrassing night for Pelfrey that he actually fell off the mound when he was trying to deliver a pitch. Someone forgot t...

Baseball and the NFL lost a legendary voice today. Harry Kalas, who has been the voice of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1971 to today, and the voice of NFL Flims highlight reels, suddenly died in the broadcast booth before the Phillies were to take on the Washington Nationals in Washington D.C. this afternoon. Kalas was known for his familiar and uncanny deep voice that made him a Hall of Fame broadcaster. He received the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Fick Award in 2002 "for contribution to the game"( Yahoo Sports ). “ Major League Baseball has lost one of the great voices of our generation,” Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. “Baseball announcers have a special bond with their audience, and Harry represented the best of baseball not only to the fans of the Phillies, but to fans everywhere. ” The Phillies gave Kalas a great gift in the last year and a half. In the fall of 2007, the Phillies beat out the Mets on the final day to capture the NL East title, and ...

Well, I hope the L.A. Dodgers now know what they got when they finally resigned Manny Ramirez to a two year $45 million contract late last month. They have the biggest conundrum in baseball. Manny Ramirez is exactly what Tom Hanks said in the movie Forrest Gump, "A box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get." Nobody ever knows for sure what is going through Manny's head, but the latest episode is even more puzzling. Ramirez was quoted by USA Today as saying, " I would like to play for Cleveland one more time to go back where I started .... I have so many good memories there; why not? I think to go back where you started is everyone's dream ." In other words, thank you Dodgers management for giving me $45 million, but the truth is I want out ... that is basically what Ramirez is saying when one week into his first full season with the Dodgers, he is already, ALREADY, complaining about his time in LA in speaking of his desire to play for t...

ROYALS 6 YANKEES 4 If there is one aspect of the 2009 Yankees that will need to concern the team's fans and supporters, it is this: the Yankee bullpen, excluding Mariano Rivera, is a crap shoot. The Yankees don't have the perfect bridge to Rivera now that Joba Chamberlain is cemented in as the club's fifth starter, and it is very apparent that the Bombers better start to rethink the idea of having Chamberlain in the pen, or they must go out and try to find a decent eighth inning reliever. Speaking of Chamberlain, he did get the start this afternoon, and his performance was average at best. Joba went six innings, allowed five hits and three runs on the afternoon. His biggest mistake of the day was a fat pitch he threw to John Buck who ripped the pitch out of the ballpark to tie the game at one in the third inning. However, it was not until the fourth inning that the Royals started to hit Chamberlain hard. First, David DeJesus walked, and Mark Tehan was hit by a pitch; not a ...