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CARDINALS GO FOR A SERIES SWEEP AT HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAINST MILWAUKEE. THE RED BIRDS WON THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT TUESDAY BEATING THE BREWERS 9-4. THE CARDS ARE 10 GAMES OVER .500 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 1ST AND LEAD THE CUBS BY ½ GAME FOR FIRST PLACE.
- THE CARDS RECEIVED 9 WALKS FROM MILWAUKEE PITCHERS
- RED BIRDS SCORED 4 IN THE 6TH AND 4 IN THE 7TH TO PULL AWAY
- RED BIRDS HAVE A 6 GAME WIN STREAK AGAINST THE BREWERS
- CARDS HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS BY 31 RUNS SO FAR THIS SEASON, CROSSING THE PLATE 549 TIMES
- CARDS AND CUBS ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE DIVISION
- RED BIRDS ARE 67-57, 36-23 AT HOME, 31-34 ON THE ROAD
- COLORADO WILL BE AT BUSCH FOR A 4 GAME SERIES WITH THE RED BIRDS STARTING THURSDAY
ROYALS LOOK FOR A SERIES WIN AGAINST THE ORIOLES THURSDAY. THE BLUE CREW CAME UP SHORT TUESDAY, LOSING 4-1. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME WAS AN 8TH INNING 3 RUN HOMER FOR BALTIMORE.
- KC STARTER BRAD KELLER GAVE UP JUST 3 HITS AND 0 RUNS IN 6 INNINGS
- BALTIMORE AND DETROIT ARE THE ONLY TEAMS IN MLB WITH LESS WINS THAN THE ROYALS
- THE ROYALS ARE 45-81 ON THE SEASON, 24-39 AT HOME, 21-42 ON THE ROAD
- KC IS 4-6 IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES
- OPPONENTS HAVE OUTSCORED THE ROYALS BY 115 RUNS SO FAR THIS SEASON. KC HAS SCORED 537
- ROYALS WILL BE BACK HOME MONDAY TO OPEN A 4 GAME SERIES AGAINST OAKLAND
- ROYALS WILL HAVE THE A’S, O’S AND TIGERS AT THE ‘K’ FOR THEIR SEASON LONG 10 GAME HOMESTAND STARTING MONDAY
FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OCTAVIO DOTEL AND LOUIS CASTILLO HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS PART OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION. THEY WERE AMONG MORE THAN A DOZEN ARRESTS MADE. DOTEL EARNED $41 MILLION DOLLARS DURING HIS 15 YEAR MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER, CASTILLO EARNED $57 MILL.
JUST HOW RICH ARE SOME FAMOUS PRO SPORTS TEAM OWNERS. SHAQ IS A PART OWNER OF THE SACRAMENTO KINGS AND WORTH AN ESTIMATED $400 MILLION. MICHAEL JORDAN OWNS THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS AND IS WORTH ABOUT $1.9 BILLION. COWBOYS OWNER JERRY JONES IS WORTH ABOUT 6.7 BILLION. MAVERICKS OWNER MARK CUBAN ABOUT $4 BILLION. CHIEFS OWNER CLARK HUNT IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED $2 BILLION. TIM MCGRAW OWNS A STAKE IN THE ARENA LEAGUE NASHVILLE KATS, HE’S WORTH ABOUT $85 MILLION.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS –COACH ANDY REID SAYS HE IS INCLINED TO PLAY THE STARTERS INTO THE 2ND HALF SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE FORTY NINERS TO HELP THEM GET READY FOR THE SEASON OPENER. THE CHIEFS HAVE SPLIT THEIR FIRST TO EXHIBITION GAMES, WINNING THE FIRST AGAINST CINCI AND LOSING LAST WEEK IN PITTSBURGH. THE STARTERS HAVE PLAYED VERY LITTLE SO FAR, THE COACHES TRYING TO AVOID INJURIES.
- CHIEFS OPEN THE REGULAR SEASON SUNDAY SEPT. 8TH WITH A NOON GAME IN JACKSONVILLE
MISSOURI TIGERS FOOTBALL – THE MIZZOU TIGERS ARE JUST A WEEK AND A HALF AWAY FROM GAME NUMBER ONE OF THE NEW SEASON.
- THE TIGERS HAVE A NEW QUARTERBACK THIS YEAR, KELLY BRYANT TRANSFERRED FROM CLEMSON, WHERE HE LOST HIS STARTING JOB LAST SEASON.
MISSOURI ST. FOOTBALL – THE BEARS OPEN THE SEASON A WEEK FROM THURSDAY AT NORTHERN ARIZONA.
- BEARS PLAY 3 OF THEIR FIRST 4 GAMES ON THE ROAD