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Sunday Morning Quick Hits

Michael Phelps finished these Beijing Olympics the way he started, with Gold in World Record time. Phelps is now the single most decorated American in 1 Olympic year, besting Mark Spitz’s 1972 Munich performance of 7. Phelps won his 8th, swimming the Butterfly 3rd leg to help the USA get the Gold with a time of 3.29.34.

Tyson Gay fails to qualify for final, his cousin Randall and Uncle Ben are crushed….

Dana Torres get her last medal of these Olympics, winning silver in the 4×100 Relay.

Roy Halladay pitched a complete game 4 -1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Halladay was spectacular at times, spoiling the Red Sox debut FOD…Friend Of Dentist…Paul Byrd. The Sox missed a golden opportunity to gain a game on the Tampa Bay Rays.

There is another blogger that lends credence to the V-tek conspiracy, and offers reasons why (thanks to WEEI’s internet stream for that)
The Tampa Rays were shut out by the Texas Rangers…WHAT?!? I say, I say, I say…….The Texas Rangers shut out AL East leading Tampa Bay Rays 3 – 0.

The ho-hum New York Yankees squeaked out a win against the Royals 3 – 2. Maybe they can consider it a moral victory…

The Seattle Mariners scored 6 runs in the 6th inning, but Joe Mauer comes to the rescue in the 9th, scoring the winning run as the Twins beat the Mariners 7 – 6.

John Danks helps the Chicago White Sox keep pace with the Twins, beating the Oakland A’s 2 – 1.

Pedro Martinez pitched 7 solid innings, helping the Mets to a 7 – 4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets have won 4 in a row and 7 of their last 9. They hold a 2 game lead over the Phillies for 1st place in the NL East.

Kevin Gregg saves game for the Marlins, beating the Chicago Cubs 2 – 1. The Marlins are 3 1/2 back of the Mets.

The Phillies offense continues to make any and all pitching staffs they face look like unhittable, and Kyle Kendrick’s struggles continued in last night’s 8-3 loss to the Padres.

Oh no is it time to push the PANIC BUTTON?!?

Tom Brady will not play in Tampa Sunday night.

Tarvares Jackson injured his knee in the 1st Quarter of Saturday’s game against the Ravens.(reports are that it is just a contusion)

A couple of QBs make their debuts with new teams. Chad Pennington looks good in is 1st game with the Dolphins and Brett Favre started for the New York Jets.

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

Michael Phelps won his 7th Gold Medal Friday night, beating among others, still World Record holder, Maine’s own Ian Crocker. Phelps won the 100M Breaststroke with a time of 50.58 seconds. Overnight, controversy over the win abounds.

Maine’s Anna Willard goes to steeplechase finals. In other news, Big Brown was terrible in the 100M backstroke, and his trainer blamed the jockey.

The LA Angels officially lost Maicer Izturis for the season on Friday. The Angels also lost the game, losing to the Cleveland Indians and Cliff Lee, 3 – 2.

Mike Pelfrey had another strong performance as the Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2 -1.

Daryle Ward hits a 3 run, pinch hit HR in the 9th to push the Chicago Cubs over the Florida Marlins, 6 – 5.

The New York Yankees are finding new ways to lose. Mo Rivera’s wild pitch loses the game to the Royals 4 -3. In other Yankee news, the 2nd coming of The Mick, Melky Cabrera, was sent to AAA yesterday.

The Tampa Bay Rays blasted the terrible Texas Rangers 7 – 0 on Friday. Matt Garza pitched a complete game 2 hitter for the win.

The AARP was very happy with The Philadelphia Phillies 1 – 0 win over the San Diego Padres Friday.

The LA Dodgers rallied late to overtake the Milwaukee Brewers 5 – 3.

ESPN’s John Clayton is reporting the Baltimore Ravens LB Terell Suggs has signed a new deal and is expected in camp Saturday.

Some New York Giants player named David Tyree…whoever he is…will probably end up on the PUP list….really not even sure why I posted this, no one knows who he is anyway.(No really I’m not bitter about that catch he made in the Super Bowl, seriously, I’m not. Just stop talking about it. Really. I’m serious. F^%k you!)

Micheal Finley opts to stay in San Antonio.

Ben Gordon says he is done in Chicago.

Friday Real Quick Links

The Red Sox completed a 4 game thrashing of the Rangers 10-0. 7 scoreless from Dice-K, including his normal 5 walks, but whatever, they won.

The Rays survived another injury, this time to the DL-bound Troy Percival, and knocked off the hapless A’s in 12.

The White Sox knocked around the Royals, thanks to 4 home runs in the 6th. The winning pitcher was sent back to AAA after the game.

The Twins tried to make a deal, but couldn’t.

The Mets finished off the Nats and regained first place in the NL East.

The Phillies offense took the night off again (a paid night off) and were downed by Hiroki Kuroda and the Dodgers. Manny finally cut his hair, albeit just a bit ( he went 0-3). Brad Penny is going back on the DL.

Michael Phelps adds to his remarkable Olympic Gold totals.

Maine’s own Ian Crocker had the 3rd fastest 100M butterfly in prelims this morning, which sets the stage for what may be Michael Phelps only real challenge in these games. The 100m Butterfly final is 10:10 PM live Friday Night EST.

US Gymnast Nastia Liuikin won gold.

The US Baseball team lost a close one to Cuba in extras.

The New England Patriots bolstered their secondary with more veteran leadership Thursday, by signing veteran John Lynch.

Buffalo played in Toronto last night and looked sharp in victory.

In Celtics news rookie JR Giddens signed a 2 year deal.

In related news Jayme Parker from NESN loves the Central Maine Sports Blog.