Sports Report for 8/28/08

The Sports Report
8/28/08

My Piccz
Baseball – 5-3 (23-26-47%)
Football – 9-3 (10-3-77%)
College Football – 3-3 (3-3-50%)
Parlay – WIN
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
* This was a VERY SLOW day in BASEBALL!!!
· In the American League…
· The Yankees def. Boston 3-2. Jason Giambi (NYY) hit his 27th homerun of the year.
· Tampa Bay def. Toronto 3-2.
· The Angels def. Texas 7-5. Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) got his 51st save of the season. Milton Bradley (Tex) hit his 22nd homer of the year. Mark Teixeira (LAA) hit his 28th homer of the year.
· Oakland def. Minnesota 3-2.

· In the National League…
· Houston def. Cincinnati 3-2. Jose Valverde (Hou) got his 35th save of the year. Ty Wiggington (Hou) hit two homers (18,19).
· Atlanta def. Florida 4-2.
· Washington def. The Dodgers 11-2. Manny Ramirez (LAD) hit his 27th homer of the year. Elijah Dukes (Was) hit two homers (7,8).
· The Cubs def. Philadelphia 6-4. Kerry Wood (CHC) got his 28th save of the year. Amaris Ramirez (CHC) hit his 24th homer of the season.

· In the races for playoff spots…
· The AL East is led by Tampa Bay over Boston by 4 ½ games.
· The AL Central is led by MY WHITE SOX over Minnesota by 1 ½ games.
· The AL West is led by The Angels over Texas by 16 games.
· The Wildcard is currently held by Boston
· The NL East is led by The Mets over Philadelphia by 1 game.
· The NL Central is led by The Cubs over Milwaukee by 6 ½ games.
· The NL West is led by Arizona over The Dodgers by 3 ½ games.
· The Wildcard is currently held by Milwaukee

· The League Leaders look like this…
· The AL Leader in Batting Average is Milton Bradley (Tex) .322
· The NL Leader in Batting Average is Chipper Jones (Atl) .359
· The AL Leader is Home Runs is Carlos Quentin (CWS) 36
· The NL Leader in Home Runs is Ryan Howard (Phi) 36
· The AL Leader in RBI’s are Josh Hamilton (Tex) 116
· The NL Leader in RBI’s are Ryan Howard (Phi) 112
· The AL Leader in Wins is Cliff Lee (Cle) 19
· The NL Leader in Wins is Brandon Webb (Az) 19
· The AL Leader in ERA is Cliff Lee (Cle) 2.43
· The NL Leader in ERA is Tim Lincecum (SF) 2.43
· The AL Leader in Saves is Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) 51
· The NL Leader in Saves is Brian Wilson (SF) 36

· My piccs for the Award Winners look like this…
· AL MVP = Carlos Quentin (CWS) or Jermaine Dye (CWS)
· NL MVP = Ryan Howard (Phi)
· AL CY YOUNG = Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL CY YOUNG = Brandon Webb (Az)

National Football League
· The NFL OFFICIALLY reinstates Dallas Cowboys CB Adam “Pacman” Jones.
· Indianapolis Colts C Jeff Saturday will miss the first 6 weeks of the season with ligament damage.
· In pre-season action…Detroit (4-0) def. Buffalo (2-2) 14-6.
· Tennessee (3-1) def. Green Bay (1-3) 23-21.
· Kansas City (2-2) def. St. Louis (2-2) 21-17.
· Jacksonville (3-1) def. Washington (3-2) 24-3.
· MY GIANTS (2-2) def. New England (0-4) 19-14.
· Dallas (2-2) def. Minnesota (1-3) 16-10.
· Tampa Bay (3-1) def. Houston (2-2) 16-6.
· Miami (3-1) def. New Orleans (2-2) 14-10.
· Chicago (1-3) def. Cleveland (0-4) 16-10.
· Atlanta (2-2) def. Baltimore (1-3) 10-9.
· Pittsburgh (3-1) def. Carolina (2-2) 19-16.
· Cincinnati (2-2) def. Indianapolis (1-4) 27-7.
· The Jets (3-1) def. Philadelphia (2-2) 27-20.

National Basketball Association
· No new NBA news.

College Football
· Today was the beginning of the College Football Season.
· Connecticut (1-0) def. Hofstra (0-1) 35-3. Donald Brown (Conn) ran for 146 yards and 4 TD.
· Vanderbilt (1-0) def. Miami (OH) (0-1) 34-13. Chris Nixon (Van) ran for 166 yards.
· Troy (1-0) def. Middle Tennessee (0-1) 31-17.
· Stanford (1-0) def. Oregon State (0-1) 36-28. Lyle Moevao (ORST) threw for 404 yards and 3 TD.
· Georgia Tech (1-0) def. Jacksonville State (0-1) 41-14.
· Miami (1-0) def. Charleston Southern (0-1) 52-7.
· South Carolina (1-0) def. North Carolina St. (0-1) 34-0.
· #23 Wake Forest (1-0) def. Baylor (0-1) 41-13.
· Ball State (1-0) def. Northeastern (0-1) 48-14.
· Buffalo (1-0) def. UTEP (0-1) 42-17.
· Central Michigan (1-0) def. Eastern Illinois (0-1) 31-12.
· Eastern Michigan (1-0) def. Indiana St. (0-1) 52-0.
· Cincinnati (1-0) def. Eastern Kentucky (0-1) 40-7.
· Iowa St. (1-0) def. South Dakota St. (0-1) 44-17.

Pro Wrestling
· No news to report.

Personal Notes
· Today is my 28th birthday. I am getting drunk than a bitch!

My Picc’s for TONIGHTS Games
(P = Parlay / G = Guaranteed)
Baseball
· Boston (P)
· Seattle
· Detroit
· Toronto
· Tampa Bay (P)
· The Angels (P) (G)
· Minnesota
· The Cubs (P)
· Milwaukee
· Cincinnati
· The Mets
· Atlanta
· St. Louis
· The Dodgers
· Colorado

Football
· San Francisco –2 ½
· Seattle –3
· Arizona -3

College Football
· Army +7
· Rice -3