Ness Notes (July 27)

is going to beat the LA Dodgers, but the team apparently lost its ritam.10-3 loss Padres on Wednesday afternoon, the LA eighth straight loss and drops club miserable 1-13 of interruption, while getting outscored 81 - 29! LA gets the day Thursday as the team is waiting for Washington Nationals, who are coming into town for a three game series beginning Friday.

My free play on Thursday at Col Rockies over Padres SD at 09:05 ET. It is very rare for me to go, but I am on Thursday, the second time in three days. No, I will be back on Friday with a big finish for the month in July

Interestingly, citizens actually own the longest active winning streak of any team in MLB. Entering their Thursday afternoon game with the Giants (01:05 ET), citizens have won five straight games, matching the best teams to start this godine.Divovi / name of the game was an eight-game schedule on Thursday.

Thursday is usually the day where teams are either completing the current series, play the first game of a four-game weekend series or getting ready for the three game series to begin Friday. In that sense, this Thursday is very typical.

With the Giants / name, D'backs plus Phillies and Marlins and Braves are concluding the series on Thursday, playing games starting at 01:05 ET.D 'back / Phils are completing the three game series, while the Marlins and Braves close the four series of games (on WTBS). Also, completing the three game series are red and Astros, the 8:05 ET.

four groups of four teams opened the weekend series of games, including Cards / Cubs (at 8:05 ET on WGN) and the Padres / Rockies (09:05 ET) in the National League. In the American League, the Orioles / Royals at 08:10 ET and the Blue Jays / at 10:05 ET.

While the name of his own the longest active winning streak in MLB, the Minnesota Twins, who make up the majority of 'noise' in these days with their pobjedu.Blizanci completed the three game sweep of the White Sox yesterday, defeating defending Champs 7-4.

Twins have now won a quite remarkable 34 of the last 42 games and at 59-41, tied with the White Sox (Chicago has lost 12 out of 15!), 8 1 / 2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The two teams are only half a game back 59-40 Yankees, the AL wild card spot. However, the Tigers remain the "team to beat ."

Their 68-33 record is the best in more than 6 1 / 2 games. Even more worrying for the AL Central division rivals Chicago and Minnesota, the Tigers own a record 35-13 against division foes, the best winning percentage (.698) of any club against its division. What happened to the collapse of Detroit?

Note the interests of today's short schedule a game between the Padres and Rockies. While Coors Field has seen his scoring decrease this year, the Rockies have become 'the' team (! 35-55-7 on the year), Major League teams have compiled .309 batting average and 6.10 ERA - the highest of any Park -. Coors Field in since it opened in 1995

What a game tonight, so it is interesting to. San Diego starter Woody Williams has the highest career ERA of any pitcher with at least five starts in the ballpark's history. He allowed an opponent batting average of .447 and 15 homers in just 24 innings over six career starts, posting 15.75 ERA!

NFL notes

Hall of Fame game is less than two weeks (August 6th) and I'll begin my review of the NFL on 31 August. You may have noticed the other day in the USA Today article noting that 10 leagues 32 teams (just over 31 percent), will open the 2006 season with new head coaches, only three previous head coaching experience.

"has been there before the crowd," includes the hell Jauron Buffalo, Kansas City's Herm Edwards and Oakland Art Shell. Shell is the most interesting stories, like back in the squad has spent the Hall of Fame career as a player and has been practiced from 1989 to 1994.

As eight of the 10 new head coaches have in common is that they all take on losing teams. Just Herm Edwards of the Chiefs (10-6 SU / ATS 9-5-2) and Brad Childress of the Vikings (9-7 SU / ATS 9-7) will take over teams that were better than 0.500 in 2005.

the other eight new head coach in 2006, (Buffalo's dick Jauron, Detroit's Rod Marinelli, Green Bay's Mike McCarthy, Gary Kubiak Houston, New Orleans 'Sean Payton, New York Jets' Eric Mangini, Oakland Art Shell and St. Louis' Scott Linehan), everything will be assuming that the government in the team who were under .500 in 2005.

and not just barely! St. Louis had the best record of eight at 60-10 with Texans '2 -14 record as the worst. Collectively they went 33-95 SU (.258) and 48-77-3 ATS (.384). Good luck guys!

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