New York Mets at Atlanta Braves Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 33-35 Atlanta Braves play host to the 36-33 New York Mets tonight in MLB action on the grass of Turner Field, June 20, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST. Betting Odds Moneyline: Mets-112/Braves +102 O/U Total: 7.5 Pitching Matchup Noah Syndergaard (R) W/L 2-4 WHIP 1.25 ERA 3.76 Williams Perez (R) W/L 3-0 … [Read more...]
European-Belarusian Amialiusik wins road race gold in Baku (Reuters)
European-Belarusian Amialiusik wins road race gold in Baku (Reuters) Belarusian Alena Amialiusik won a three-way sprint finish to secure European Games road race gold around the streets of Baku on Saturday. Amialiusik, 26, prevailed in searing temperatures to come home in front of Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Dutchwoman Anna van der Breggen. Dutchwoman Ellen van Dijk, who won time … [Read more...]
European-Amialiusik pounces late to take road race gold (Reuters)
European-Amialiusik pounces late to take road race gold (Reuters) (Adds details, quotes) By Justin Palmer BAKU, June 20 (Reuters) - Alena Amialiusik's power-packed finish in a three-way sprint secured European Games road race gold for the Belarusian around the streets of Baku on Saturday. Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma took silver and Dutchwoman Anna van der Breggen bronze with the trio … [Read more...]
Best XI: Aston Villa Season Review
Best XI: Aston Villa Season Review Final Table Position: 17th Points: 38 Rotoworld Season Reviews: CHE | MAC | ARS | MAN | TOT | LIV | SOU | SWN |STO | CPL | EVE | WHU | WBA | LEI | NEW | SUN 2014-2015 Summary After a very rough start to the 2014-15 season, Aston Villa found themselves in the bottom three once again after just two wins in their first 21 matches. They were in a relegation … [Read more...]
The Eye: The best of the rest of Friday's action
The Eye: The best of the rest of Friday's action The eyes of Major League Baseball were on New York Yankees icon Alex Rodriguez heading into Friday night's action. He was sitting on 2,999 heading into a meeting with right-hander Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium. It didn't take long for the historic 3,000th hit, as A-Rod took Verlander deep to right field in the bottom … [Read more...]
Albert Pujols’ late-inning grand slam helps Angels top A’s
Albert Pujols' late-inning grand slam helps Angels top A's Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. On a night when Alex Rodriguez made history, joining the 3,000-hit club, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols reminded … [Read more...]
Eric Byrnes sells out to catch foul ball, perhaps gets Dan Haren in trouble
Eric Byrnes sells out to catch foul ball, perhaps gets Dan Haren in trouble Your browser does not support iframes. If you remember anything about Eric Byrnes during his 11-year MLB career, it's probably the fact he was always willing to sacrifice his body to make every play he possibly could in the outfield. Now that he's retired and working as a studio analyst for MLB Network, it would … [Read more...]
U.S. Open: Five things to watch from Chambers Bay on Saturday
U.S. Open: Five things to watch from Chambers Bay on Saturday The U.S. Open rolls on this weekend, the field lightened by half. It's been a challenging but winnable battle for the players so far. That won't continue. As the leaders prepare to tee off at Chambers Bay on Saturday, here are five key storylines to watch. 1. Patrick Reed: Golf's version of a wrestling heel is playing in only his … [Read more...]
Sonny Gray snags line drive, saves himself from dental damage
Sonny Gray snags line drive, saves himself from dental damage In recent years we've seen far too many pitchers on the business end of vicious line drives. Brandon McCarthy, now of the Los Angeles Dodgers, always comes to mind first because of the serious damage he sustained. McCarthy suffered a skull fracture, brain contusion and epidural hemorrhage and continued dealing with the after … [Read more...]
Rodriguez gets No. 3,000
Rodriguez gets No. 3,000 A-Rod reaches 3,000 >>> Ichiro, Pujols, among active players who could reach 3K On Friday night, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez became the 29th member of the 3,000-hit club in baseball history. His 3,000th hit was a first-inning solo home run off Justin Verlander of the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. Rodriguez is now tied with Roberto Clemente for 28th all-time with … [Read more...]