The News Review:
- A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
- SPRTS F THE TIMES; Rodriguez and Teammates Unravel And the Yankees…
- Sports Briefing
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
- Character issues: PR SPRTS.
A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
ESPN – Oct 8, 2006
No player with as many as 121 RBI in the preceding regular season had ever before started in the bottom third (seventh eighth or ninth) of his team’s lineup during a postseason game. The previous record was held by Gil Hodges who batted seventh for Brooklyn in the first two games of the 1949 World Series against the Yankees after driving in 115 runs during the regular season. • For the second consecutive year Alex Rodriguez had at least 100 RBI during the regular season and then failed to drive in a run during the postseason. nly one other player in major-league history who played in the postseason after each of two consecutive 100-RBI seasons did that:.
SPRTS F THE TIMES; Rodriguez and Teammates Unravel And the Yankees…
New York Times – Oct 8, 2006
They have a nice little season. They qualify for the playoffs. And then bad stuff happens to them. This pattern worked well in Atlanta for a long time but I have the feeling that Yankee fans (and the Yankees principal owner) are not going to put up with this not for one more year.
Sports Briefing
New York Times – Oct 8, 2006
Jacob Peterson scored in the fourth minute for Colorado. The Red Bulls (8-11-12) have 36 points two behind the fourth-place Kansas City Wizards in Major League Soccers Eastern Conference. They must defeat the Wizards next Saturday to make the postseason. GLF LVE AND CUCH SHARE FIRST — Davis Love III shot a four-under-par 68 in rainy and cool conditions yesterday on the course he redesigned to gain a share of the lead after the third round of the Chrysler Classic in Greensboro N.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Oct 8, 2006
Alonso crossed the finish line 16. 151 seconds ahead of Felipe Massa. The victory was Alonso’s seventh of the season and 15th of his F1 career. The win gives the Renault driver a clear path to a second consecutive World Championship.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Oct 8, 2006
The 7-foot-Valuev nicknamed the “Beast from the East” came into the fight at 328 pounds nearly 100 more than his challenger. The vast difference showed as Barrett the quicker of the two could never gain control. The 33-year-old Valuev (45-0 33 Ks) who retained his title for the second time since beating John Ruiz last December knocked down Barrett (31-5) twice in the 11th round. James Bashir the trainer for Barrett surged into the ring after the second knockdown officially ending the bout with 48 seconds remaining in the 11th.
Character issues: PR SPRTS.
Free with registration – Houston Chronicle – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 8, 2006
(08-CT-06) Houston Chronicle (Houston TX). 8–When the Dallas Cowboys take the field in Philadelphia Sunday there will be the kind of police presence that would rival a visit by a head of state — men in blue wa.
