Sports Report for 8/30/08

The Sports Report
8/30/08

My Piccz
Baseball – 6-9 (40-39-51%)
Football – 0-0 (11-5-69%)
College Football – 15-14 (19-18-51%)
Parlay – LOST
Guaranteed – WON

Major League Baseball
· In the American League…
· Toronto (69-66) def. The Yankees (72-63) 7-6.
· Seattle (52-83) def. Cleveland (65-69) 4-3.
· Tampa Bay (83-51) def. Baltimore (63-72) 10-9. Aubrey Huff (Bal) hit his 30th homer of the year.
· Boston (79-56) def. MY WHITE SOX (76-59) 8-2.
· Kansas City (57-78) def. Detroit (65-70) 13-3. Billy Butler (KC) hit two homeruns (8,9).
· The Angels (83-52) def. Texas (66-71) 4-3. Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) got his 53rd save of the year.
· Oakland (63-73) def. Minnesota (76-60) 3-2. Jack Cust (Oak) hit his 25th homer of the year.

· In the National League…
· Philadelphia (74-62) def. The Cubs (85-51) 5-2. Ryan Howard (Phi) hit his 37th homer of the year. Jayson Werth (Phi) hit two homers (19,20). Brad Lidge (Phi) got his 32nd save of the season.
· Milwaukee (79-56) def. Pittsburgh (57-78) 11-3.
· Houston (70-66) def. St. Louis (74-62) 8-5. Jose Valverde (Hou) got his 36th save of the year. Rick Ankiel (Stl) hit his 25th homer of the season. Albert Pujols (Stl) hit his 29th homer of the year.
· Cincinnati (60-76) def. San Francisco (59-76) 7-6. Randy Winn (SF) hit two homeruns (8,9).
· Washington (51-85) def. Atlanta (59-77) 9-8.
· Florida (69-67) def. The Mets (75-61) 4-3. Mike Jacobs (Fla) hit his 27th homer of the year. David Wright (NYM) hit his 26th homer of the season.
· The Dodgers (66-70) def. Arizona (69-66) 6-2. Manny Ramirez (LAD) hit two homers (28,29).
· San Diego (52-83) def. Colorado (64-73) 9-4.

· 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 ½ game.
· The AL West is led by The Angels over Texas by 18 games.
· The Wildcard is currently held by Boston
· The NL East is led by The Mets over Philadelphia by 1 games.
· The NL Central is led by The Cubs over Milwaukee by 5 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 Dustin Pedroia (Bos) .327
· The NL Leader in Batting Average is Albert Pujols (Stl) .362
· The AL Leader is Home Runs is Carlos Quentin (CWS) 36
· The NL Leader in Home Runs is Ryan Howard (Phi) 37
· The AL Leader in RBI’s are Josh Hamilton (Tex) 116
· The NL Leader in RBI’s are Ryan Howard (Phi) 113
· 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) 53
· 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
· Tampa Bay released QB Chris Simms
· San Francisco released WR Ashley Lelie
· Dallas G Larry Allen has announced his retirement.
· Denver released CB Tyrone Poole
· Cincinnati released HB Rudi Johnson

National Basketball Association
· No news to report.

College Football (TOP 25)
· #1 Georgia (1-0) def. Georgia Southern (0-1) 45-21.
· #2 Ohio State (1-0) def. Youngstown State (0-1) 43-0.
· #3 USC (1-0) def. Virginia (0-1) 52-7.
· #4 Oaklahoma (1-0) def. Chattanooga (0-1) 57-2.
· #5 Florida (1-0) def. Hawaii (0-1) 56-10.
· #6 Missouri (1-0) def. #20 Illinois (0-1) 52-42.
· #7 LSU (1-0) def. Appalacian State (0-1) 41-13.
· #8 West Virginia (1-0) def. Villanova (0-1) 48-21.
· #24 Alabama (1-0) def. #9 Clemson (0-1) 34-10.
· #10 Auburn (1-0) def. Louisiana-Monroe (0-1) 34-0.
· #11 Texas (1-0) def. Florida Atlantic (0-1) 52-10.
· #12 Texas Tech (1-0) def. Eastern Washington (0-1) 49-24.
· #13 Wisconsin (1-0) def. Akron (0-1) 38-17.
· #14 Kansas (1-0) def. Florida International (0-1) 40-10.
· #15 Arizona State (1-0) def. Northern Arizona (0-1) 30-13.
· #16 BYU (1-0) def. Northern Iowa (0-1) 41-17.
· East Carolina (1-0) def. #17 Virginia Tech (0-1) 27-22.
· #19 South Florida (1-0) def. Tennessee-Martin (0-1) 56-7.
· #21 Oregon (1-0) def. Washington (0-1) 44-10.
· #22 Penn State (1-0) def. Coastal Carolina (0-1) 66-10.
· Bowling Green (1-0) def. #25 Pittsburgh (0-1) 27-17.

Pro Wrestling
· Walter “Killer” Kowalkski passed away this morning at tha age of 82 due to complications from a heart attack on August 8th.
· There was a WWE RAW House Show to report…
WWE Raw House Show Results
- 8/29/08
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- D-Lo Brown defeated Lance Cade.
- Snitsky defeated Primo Colon.
- WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella & WWE Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Kofi Kingston & Candice Michelle.
- Jamie Noble defeated Jake Hager.
- World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr. defeated Cryme Tyme.
- Batista defeated William Regal.
- ECW Champion Mark Henry defeated Matt Hardy in a No DQ Match.
- World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defeated Kane.

Personal Notes
· I drank ALL mutha fuccin day yesterday. Neva stopped except for my nap hours.
· I think I fell asleep playin baseball on tha PS2.
· I am gonna try to think of a few ways to make my overall blog page and sports reports look betta. If you have any ideas, let a playa know.

My Picc’s for TONIGHTS Games
(P = Parlay / G = Guaranteed)
Baseball
· Cleveland
· Detroit (P)
· Toronto
· MY WHITE SOX
· Tampa Bay
· The Angels (P) (G)
· Minnesota
· San Francisco
· The Mets
· Atlanta
· Milwaukee (P)
· St. Louis
· The Cubs (P)
· San Diego
· Arizona (P)

College Football
· Louisville –4
· Colorado –12