Sports Report for 8/31/08

The Sports Report
August 31, 2008

My Piccz
Baseball – 8-7 (48-46-51%)
Football – 0-0 (11-5-69%)
College Football – 1-1 (20-19-51%)
Parlay – LOST
Guaranteed – LOST

Major League Baseball
· Philadelphia aquired Matt Stairs from Toronto for a player to be named later.
· Toronto also traded David Eckstein to Arizona for Chad Beck.
· In the American League…
· Detroit (66-70) def. Kansas City (57-79) 4-2. Miguel Cabrera (Det) hit his 29th homer of the season.
· Toronto (70-66) def. The Yankees (72-64) 6-2. Roy Halladay (Tor) got his 17th win of the year (17-9). Alex Rodriguez (NYY) hit his 29th homerun of the year. Jason Giambi (NYY) hit his 28th homer of the year.
· Seattle (53-83) def. Cleveland (65-70) Adrian Beltre (Sea) hit two homers (22,23).
· MY WHITE SOX (77-59) def. Boston (79-57) 4-2. Gavin Floyd (CWS) got his 15th win of the season (15-6). Bobby Jenks (CWS) got his 27th save of the year. Jim Thome (CWS) hit his 29th homerun of the year.
· Tampa Bay (84-51) def. Baltimore (63-73) 10-4. James Shields (TB) got his 12th win of the season (12-8).
· Texas (67-71) def. The Angels (83-53) 4-3. Josh Hamilton (Tex) hit his 30th homerun of the year.
· Minnesota (77-60) def. Oakland (63-74) 12-4.

· In the National League…
· Cincinnati (61-76) def. San Francisco (59-77) 9-3.
· The Mets (76-61) def. Florida (69-68) 6-2. David Wright (NYM) hit his 27th homerun of the season.
· Washington (52-85) def. Atlanta (59-78) 8-4.
· Milwaukee (80-56) def. Pittsburgh (57-79) 7-0. CC Sabathia (Mil) is now 9-0 as a Brewer (14-8) and he had 11 strikeouts. He pitched a controversial 1-hitter.
· Houston (71-66) def. St. Louis (74-63) 3-0. Jose Valverde (Hou) got his 37th save of the season.
· Philadelphia (75-62) def. The Cubs (85-52) 5-3. Brad Lidge (Phi) got his 33rd save of the season.
· San Diego (53-83) def. Colorado (64-74) 2-1.
· The Dodgers (67-70) def. Arizona (69-67) 8-1. Mark Reynolds (AZ) hit his 26th homer of the year.

· In the races for playoff spots…
· The AL East is led by Tampa Bay over Boston by 5 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 17 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 by4 ½ games.
· The NL West is led by Arizona over The Dodgers by 2 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) .326
· The NL Leader in Batting Average is Albert Pujols (Stl) .364
· 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) 117
· The NL Leader in RBI’s are Ryan Howard (Phi) 114
· 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 Jose Valverde (Hou) 37

· 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
· Yesterday, The Eagles released DL Jerome McDougle. Today, MY GIANTS signed him to a 1 year $1,000,000 contract.
· New England released S John Lynch.
· The Miami Dolphins sign RB Ricky Williams to a 1 year extension.

National Basketball Association
· No news to report.

College Football (TOP 25)
· No Top 25 teams in action today.
· The National Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Drew Willy (Buf) 261.03 rating.
· Passing Yards – Graham Harrell (Texas Tech) 536 yards.
· Rushing – Shun White (Navy) 348 yards.
· Receiving – Taylor Price (Ohio) 14 rec.
· Revieving Yards – Dennis Pitta (BYU) 213 yards.
· Interceptions – Many Tied with 2 Interceptions.
· Scoring – Donald Brown (Uconn) 24 pts.

Pro Wrestling
· TNA Impact did a rating of 1.1, which was the exact same as last week.
· At the RAW tapings in St. Louis, Shawn Michaels suffered a serious torn tricep muscle.
· There was a WWE Raw House Show to report as well as a WWE Smaccdown House Show…
WWE Smackdown & ECW House Show Results
- 8/30/08
Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Here are a list of quick results from the Smackdown and ECW house shows here in Jonesboro.
Big Show defeated Carlito.
R-Truth defeated The Brian Kendrick via DQ
.Michelle McCool & Maria defeated Maryse & Natalia via pinfall
Vladimir Kozlov defeated Super Crazy via pinfall.
Finlay defeated Kenny Dykstra via pinfall
Hawkins and Ryder defeated Jessie & Festus to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles.
Jeff Hardy defeated MVP in a NO-DQ match.
Triple H & The Undertaker defeated The Great Khali & Shelton Benjamin.

WWE Raw House Show Results
- 8/30/08
Location: Peoria, Illinois
- D-Lo Brown defeated Lance Cade.
- Snitsky defeated Primo Colon.
- WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella & WWE Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Kofi Kingston & Mickie James.
- 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
· Suge Knight got arrested for battery again and drug possession.
· Da Brat got sentenced to 3 years in prison for aggrivated Battery.


My Picc’s for TONIGHTS Games
(P = Parlay / G = Guaranteed)
Baseball
· Detroit
· Boston
· Cleveland (P) (G)
· Texas
· Florida
· The Mets
· Philadelphia
· Colorado
· Houston
· Arizona
· The Dodgers (P)

College Football
· Fresno State +5
* UCLA +7