4:35 :: MASN :: 85° NW 6 MPH :: Rain: 50%
Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA HR BB K W-L Vicente Padilla - RH - #44 17 104.2 4.13 1.39 .261 19 40 71 10-4 Jeremy Guthrie - RH - #46 18 115.2 3.50 1.20 .239 15 34 74 4-7
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind" -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution. But from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.
And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared, in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!" We're going to live on! We're going to survive!
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
IN THE WORDS OF MY GENERATION...
UP YOURS!!!
Rangers AB AVG OBP HR RBI 1 Ian Kinsler - 2B 353 .323 .381 13 50 2 Michael Young - SS 347 .288 .339 7 45 3 Josh Hamilton - CF 334 .308 .364 19 82 4 Milton Bradley - RF 247 .320 .437 17 51 5 David Murphy - LF 319 .266 .306 10 52 6 Frank Catalanotto - DH 172 .291 .368 2 10 7 Chris Davis - 1B 19 .316 .381 3 7 8 Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C 125 .216 .333 3 17 9 Ramon Vazquez - 3B 188 .314 .380 5 28
O's AB AVG OBP HR RBI 1 Freddie Bynum - SS 99 .192 .238 0 5 2 Nick Markakis - RF 319 .288 .390 12 41 3 Aubrey Huff - DH 315 .283 .349 17 52 4 Ramon Hernandez - C 242 .252 .295 7 32 5 Luke Scott - LF 247 .271 .348 14 33 6 Melvin Mora - 3B 298 .228 .296 10 40 7 Kevin Millar - 1B 292 .236 .335 11 44 8 Adam Jones - CF 297 .276 .317 4 33 9 Brandon Fahey - 2B 38 .211 .231 0 4
