Braves @ Cardinals 8/1/01 (Kile beats Maddux, McGwire Homers to tie Killebrew)

[Music] ESPN and ESPN to your home for America's pastime in st. Louis the Cardinals are looking for a big attack from Big Mac but the task is daunting tonight it's Greg Maddux on the hill for the Atlanta Braves it's hard to get more consistent and more dominant than in the Maddox mode his last loss may 30th last walk June 20th Chipper Jones of the rest of the Braves have made their move they lead the East by three the Redbirds need to move in the central and they're hoping Mark McGwire gives them a big blast one that will make history tonight on Wednesday night baseball [Music] welcome to st. Louis Busch Stadium as the homestanding st. Louis Cardinals take on the Annelise leading Atlanta Braves the Braves starting to put a little distance now between them in the Phillies as they lead by three going into this evening's play the Cardinals won the NL Central last year have some work to do there goes to about 500 and find themselves in third and a half behind the division leading Chicago Cubs hello once again everybody I'm Chris Berman so glad you'd be with us here on Wednesday night baseball but this just in we're in the heartland it's August 1st it's hot it's about a four shirt three schmutz rag day about 96 degrees and the only thing hotter than the temperature now in st. Louis is the way tonight's pitcher for the Atlanta Braves has been going pragmatics oh by the way Maddux has won his last 10 decisions oh by the way he hasn't walked a batter in 58 in the third inning the national league record his 68 ko held by the legendary Christy Mathewson and a pretty good picture of his day Randy Jones pretty good pitcher of his day and any day is my partner Rick Sutcliffe but look you're a pitcher you watch Greg Maddux year after year start after start how does he do it sighs well as a starting pitcher he's an everyday version of Cal Ripken jr. he's a blue-collar guy he brings his lunch pail to work every fifth day you can count on that he throws strikes and when he throws strikes he's terrific he also does a lot of other things to help the ball club he can handle the bat he can sacrifice runners would put people in play and how about the defense not a is he right which keeps the defense on their toes it gets him off the field quicker but he can handle the glove himself last year boomer he won his 11th straight go blue rather impressive so of course is every time Mark McGwire swings the bat last night a homestand began here for the Cardinals in a 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves Big Mac hit home run number 14 was his eighth straight hit that was a home run and tonight we could be looking in a little history with a home right he could be fifth on the all-time list but he's not the same Big Mac that we saw certainly in 9899 what the fact that he's so popular went against him because there's no way to send him out on a rehab assignment and protect him he developed some bad mechanical habits he started protecting his leg hitting with his arms and because of that he simply lost his stroke but he has been hot in the month of July he hit 11 home runs that's more than anybody else in the National League well the scoreboard in the outfield there's no mystery here where he stands historically Harmon Killebrew was 573 one over four big Maddox Eisen with the legendary twin for fifth place back in the Cardinals a new pitcher Darryl Kile go up against one of the best Greg Maddux [Music] sometimes what appears to be scary really isn't quick great take the fear out of working with concrete from spring to fall it's in the air it's allergy season that's why there's claritin for 24-hour non-drowsy relief Claridon has a low occurrence of side effects such as headache drowsiness fatigue and dry mouth similar to sugar pills so from the time you warm up early in the morning through those extra innings late at night Wendy up yells you'll be ready talk to your doctor about claritin don't you just love waiting for the Sun to go down to use your wireless phone I mean what could you possibly have to say during the hours you're actually awake the most whenever minutes only from voicestream it's the all-new pick your prize Monopoly game and McDonald's when you win pick your prize oh well take to the open seat comes the FDD of young clean Hader don't listen to those two a snowmobiles are real treat up in the Northwoods snow complicated because now winning is easy choosing yeah when the lake freezes over heat on a condition ah finally some good news about tires Pep Boys has lowered prices get high quality 55,000 mile to chill retires now as low as four four 139 hey when it comes to saving money all you need to know is where to go Pep Boys you say you don't have time to fix that crack in your driveway now that you know about quikrete crack seals looks like you'll need a better excuse [Music] ESPN's Wednesday night baseball is brought to you by claritin play it your own way in visit claritin comm by mcdonalds we love to see a smile by Pep Boys all you need to know is where to go Pep Boys and by quikrete concrete products no one makes it easier then quit great welcome to st. Louis a little earlier start and you know why would you want it to get down to 94 degrees so we got it and at 6 o'clock local time and Bobby Cox once again has his Atlanta Braves in a very familiar place first place they last time they were not in first on August the first was in 94 these strike here when they were trailing at that time the Montreal Expos and the lineup will include a new man the shortstop ray Sanchez but one of the trades at the deadline made by the Braves he will hit seven that of course Chipper Jones looks like the Chipper Jones that we saw when the MVP in 1999 hitting third yeah boomer he's really the complete package he could play anywhere defensively he came up as a shortstop that tells you his that lettuce ism he could hit anywhere in the lineup Bobby Cox to begin with this year had him hit and cleanup he's not a prototypical type cleanup hitter they wanted to get Andruw Jones going that did not happen he's back in this familiar third hole Darryl Kile was a 20 game winner a year ago as an all-star pitcher and a lot of people are amazed and he could not even miss a game have to take it a ball off his face last week at Wrigley Field well he always has been a workhorse the last five years he's averaged 33 plus starts per year and over 230 innings somebody Tony LaRussa came town on to go to right away in st. Louis officially 96 degrees 85% humidity thank god it's grass are not a sport welcome to the heartland in the summer Atlanta feels right at home in this brother this is young Marcus Giles who had certainly made a name for himself as last week clubbing a couple of homeruns hitting a 288 younger brother of Brian Giles of the Pittsburgh Pirates five foot eight little spark plug and frankly the Braves love the way he and Mark DeRozan who was the shortstop have been playing during all the injuries that Greg Maddux was telling me yesterday that those two kids play hard up the middle before Sanchez was acquired and he said when they play hard and they do things right it's easy to pull for [Applause] slow bounder to short Edgar rentería over the Mark McGwire and the hustlin Giles is out and this is the way the Cardinals line up for Tony LaRussa defensively and it is a difficult left field to play it anytime for Albert pools let's not forget he came up as a third baseman they taught him to play first base in the Fall League he didn't start playing the outfield until spring training when JD drew got hurt he was playing right field now he's out there in a very difficult Sun left field and Albert telling me before tonight's game he doesn't feel comfortable wearing glasses he never got used to that so he's basically on his own with that son BJ surhoff who's played a few positions himself deep to right field and that's JD Drew who missed 35 games with a broken hand came back last night singled early hit a two-run triple wait and the Cardinals could not welcome him back any quicker so with him there Ray Lankford missing with the club an excused absence more about that little later you talk about where a few also playing Bellanca with bird the cat becomes the odd man out a little bit in this situation with drew back never an odd man out is Chipper Jones [Applause] Kyle was in there for a strike so getting ahead of hitters chipper you know his power is much more and always has been from this side of the plate the left side continue that bed of pools there's the Sun field you talked about and that's going to be it doubled at least it's going to be a double just lost it in the Sun you called it suck if he had glasses on he would have an opportunity to shade himself and possibly pick this baseball up but what happens I was out there in left field before the game the ball goes up through the Sun that you're looking at now once it gets high enough albert fools could finally pick it up but by then it was too late for him to get to that ball and just like it does as it goes up when it comes back down it comes through that same glare right there he gave up on it had no idea where it was going to land by then it's too late and Chipper Jones with a thank you double so here is Ken helmet Caminiti new life for him back in his lead the National League at least by Texas picked up by Atlanta all of a sudden thrown in the first base one Riko brownie a didn't start playing as well as you did in April and then beat just set up and retired Tammy told me before the game said he's having so much fun although he admits you know I never really as teammates they have an over-under pool about when the first real big dirt spot is gonna happen on the Jersey whether it's you know a play makes in the field one of his legendary run downs which we've seen the last few weeks but he had a big smile on his face because I'm having as much fun as I've had in a long while Texas was a struggle forum at about 2:30 - and you know the break you're not really sure how much he's going to give you defensively at first base but as far as heart as far as grit as far as a guy that wants to win and community certainly one of those so is this fellow Kimi's kind of added to some fire to this Atlanta brave team remembers Dallas Green the gentleman's with the Cubs talking about I like players with fire Bruce Bochy likes players with enthusiasm hammy kind of brings that to this ball club just a look in his eye affects people you know he's going to play hard and as it always has been in camis past it's contagious there was a man that was a big part of King Kevin in his past merv rettenmund he was the hitting instructor with san diego when kami won the MVP very Maddox wife who will see in a moment so the double goes for not love your hair nice shirt out thanks it's true huh when you need a Wendy's mozzarella chicken supreme you just feel good great time thanks to my mom gave it to me with its whole breast fillet mozzarella and Parmesan sauce how you feeling me I'm feeling great it picks up the whole day I do fry Wendy's mozzarella chicken soup Freeman have a nice name remember Wendy's pickup window is open late so you can eat great even late in the old days athlete's foot meant using load from an AF where it's enacted for four whole weeks who does that today they're out because lamisil et changed everything lamisil 80 kills the fungus with just one week cheese do you really 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darn well what they're about to face the difference between getting a strike to hit and getting a pitch to hit is you know as a big deal I mean he's doesn't throw the ball over the middle of plates were off and so you really gotta you know work with what he gives you he's able to do little things that nobody can like hit the exact same spot and just a fraction of an inch off to try and get you a little bit over aggressive and a lot of times with great pitchers what you try to do is just eliminate one hat half of the plate figure and they can't hit the inside corner three times in a row most people can't Greg Maddux is not most people as a friend of mine once said Maddux with his pitches can go back to back to back defensively behind Greg Maddux it's so important to catch the ball it starts with Andruw Jones and infield defensively it has improved with Ray Sanchez don't forget in spring training the Atlanta Braves started with Rafael Furcal and killed me oh Barris up the middle those two guys both got hurt out for the year eventually varus was released ray Sanchez the best defensive shortstop in baseball the last two years and we should say the catcher as he is in most every one of Madison starts and Paul Bako Fernando V near going inside out in that school that just foul into the Sun field down left but how about a nice job you know what gonna be Greg Madison personal you think you might stay around a while he had that job I asked Greg about that yesterday I said what's so special about Paul Bako he said he knows the game plan might change which mean they have a plan going into the ball game they're gonna pitch a guy a certain way with nobody on they're gonna pitch them differently with runners in scoring position but that might change depending on whether Maddux has the feel for a certain pitch depending on whether a hitter moves in the batter's box or not Baco very aware of all of those things Baco getting the opportunity to to the lengthy rehab out all year long and Perez Baco coming over the middle of last year being in shops about this time for the Cardinal dugout different-looking well that's a much different looking Cardinal lineup but it is with JD druid ray lankford thought he was traded to San Diego a complained of a lack of respect for a guy that's been here over a decade clean out his locker the trade did not happen at the deadline he's been excused for a couple days to quote get his head together so he is not with the club but there's the name you won't see and JD drew his back meanwhile what's new Pina strikes out to start the game against Greg Maddux oh good realizing what happened on the previous pitch the pitch before this changeup here Fernando venya started to cheat he pulled the ball foul down the first base line Maddux realizes that he thinks he's going to come in Greg gives him a little extra motion as if to say I'm gonna pump up and really let this fastball go he puts the baseball back in his hand it's a changeup it's the first out this is Placido Polanco who in addition to be moving around a lot in positions like Albert fools has really been according to the manager Tony LaRussa I had a nice chat with before the game maybe not maybe their most consistent productive offensive player this year now drew was but he missed a month so he goes you know I withdrew back and right and then where do I play pool Polanco said if I play two balls a third that puts Polanco on the bench I'm not very smart he could play short could Polanco if something happened to Renteria Tony's convinced of Renteria the shortstop having his first real down offensive year in the bigs he's convinced he'll have a good last couple of months so that's really what the thinking is for st. Louis big picture and then will zero in automatics cards big picture cards just to above 500 and really no momentum for the first four months of the season since May 17th 27 and 35 Marcus Giles will pretty long throughout from second but now get Polanco two hours well they got to start making up some ground before too long Darryl Kile telling me this morning that no team improved at the trading deadline more than the Cardinal dick and he said the reason for that was because they got JD drew back but the whole key to success for this ballclub is going to be the man on the on-deck circle big mac last year carried this club offensively the first half of the year they really fell off the second half without him he needs to do it again the second half way but they also caught lightning in a bottle of will Clark last year this is Albert Pujols Albert Winnie the pool's I got a big thumbs up from his whole family at the all-star game from that one who all sisters smile at a big time hitter and you see just went slicing down the line over quickly is Davey Martinez who also will leg it in for a double so both teams with two out doubles and that puts a man on from the wire greg maddux who care it says the rookie just hard to believe that Albert Pujols started last year in a ball there's 21 years of age the youngest player at the all-star game this year he said before tonight's ballgame I struggled a little bit numbers wise offensively in July but he said I still feel strong well there's a number 200 that batting average that certainly tells you that Mark McGwire is just not himself I mean you're not gonna win a batting title Big Mac is at 300 seasons and certainly expects to be up toward 318 home runs 18 other hits okay that's pretty simple and a strikeout once every two and a half at-bats three to the left side and the Big Mac shift against Maddux kitchen around him some well you're finding out a couple of things here how bad this Big Mac want to drive in this run is he going to help you expand his own a little bit and just see how much you can expand the zone of home plate umpire hunter wendelstedt what's he gonna give you on the outer half he's going to give the Briar deep Shack - right back at golf bag left far enough home run number 573 to tie the killer Harmon in with a double but nothing doing on the scoreboard this is a toe this is a foot that's the difference between lamisil 80 spray pump and Lotrimin AF Lotrimin AF products are indicated to treat athlete's foot on the whole foot this is only indicated to treat between the toes so kill athlete's foot on the whole width and Lotrimin AF mr. 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Louis McGwire gave it sort of a ride give it a pretty good lumber against a Greg Maddox but just not often you call Mark McGwire warning track power and Maddux afterwards okay give up a double he got away with the pitch you can see Baco reach back across the heart of the plate normally Maddox would have probably pitched around him possibly unintentionally intentionally walked big back but let's not forget he now has 59 and two thirds consecutive innings without a walk that unintentional intentional ends that streak probably the reason Big Mac got something to hit there although I will ask you this as we watch Dave Martinez Andruw Jones and rake Sanchez about to come up for the first time as an Atlanta brave the Maddox is not one you know I'm 11 tonight not one to say well oh yeah industry I mean he'd do it if that was I mean I don't think he's worried about shedding a record or I don't know for sure about that I don't know what else don't look where's a 200 hitter there you go right there you go you know I remember Joe McGrane had a t-shirt one time I saw on a workout room it said Babe Ruth's died throw strikes okay he's not around anymore right well Big Mac is today's version of the bait but you're telling me he might take him in like geez you know if I don't have to end this streak I would think that if he thought there was the wise thing to do and put him on and deal with the next thank you strike that time on purpose and I think he knows that he's lucky it didn't result in the two-run home but you ought to be lucky when you've been as good as he's been as long as he's been luck and skill go together don't they this is Polanco in foul ground Martinez is gone one out now we said at the beginning Darryl Kile what a gamer he is his last start to the four-game series in Chicago and a takes it off the face and crawls to make the play B pitches two more innings before he comes out and it was the only reason you know here we are today and he doesn't even miss one game in the rotation and it was the only reason that he didn't go six innings except for his first start of the year and that one when he left after five and a third you can understand 20 of the 22 starts every other start by Kyle six innings for more I mean that's not Maddox but then again nobody is I would say that's pretty impressive second year for Darryl Kile although he doesn't look like he'll be a 20 game winner for this blood-like he was a year ago well nobody appreciates what Darryl Kile does every fifth day more than the st. Louis Cardinal bullpen they've been shaking up a little bit down there look at that do you think there's anybody real worried about the phone ringing I mean they've got their sunflower seeds they got their drink they're laughing they realized their workhorse is gonna be out there for a while [Applause] by the way in the first day 24 pitches for the future 17 strikes good way to start the game yeah you can get used to that though 150 innings on the year plus for Kyle he's only walked 39 guys and we've already mentioned the legendary numbers this year of Greg Maddux Andruw Jones facing Kyle Andrews been a streaky hitter this year 23 home runs and four months of play pretty good just 24 min you forget if you think forever which we have but he's still very very young [Applause] this year already 40 the count at full well as a veteran pitcher Jericho knows that Andruw Jones has been struggling particularly as of late this 19 for his last 101 at-bats and as a veteran you can you can expand his own a little bit he's not going to turn that streak around unless it gets hit to get it get hit you have to swing the bat well you need pitches in the zone to swing it big breaking ball by Kyle Jones frozen to strike out both looking for file all set up by the previous fastball in watch him give a little bit up Kyle started that pitch off in the exact same point that the fastball in on the previous started but even though it looked like the same pitch it was not Andrew gave up on it too soon catcher Mike Matheny stayed with it ad did the home plate umpire so this is ray Sanchez for his first at-bat as in Atlanta brave Sanchez you mentioned leading all shortstops in percentage fielding 994 his percentage three errors in 491 chances and it's will be for extra basis actually takes a strange carom I spoke too soon it hit the where the wall juts out and the Cardinals that get a break because that was looking like a double but welcome to Atlanta ray Sanchez you're aboard with a single that's all part of the home-field advantage that each team has knowing out of experience what's going to happen with the ball down each given line JD drew drew knows that instead of going into the corner to cut it off he immediately started coming in look at him right on top of that the second baseman Fernando Vina hustling out in case it came back to him no chance for Sanchez to get to second base so here is Paul Paco the Caddy if you will for Greg Maddux it really sounds like something should be put out a Caesar salad with barkos I don't know if you like anchovies but certainly time's up some barkos and croutons some olives you know Maddux has always kind of had his guy - it was Charlie O'Brien for a while and then Eddie Perez and now it's Bob Paco's turn and of course shift Paco hits a rare home run you know what that call has to be rare Baco Baco Baco it's good I did my best boomer impersonation Hurley huh I'm done for a while I may be done for well this guy's not got two home runs on the year Sanchez the lead off first scoreless game top two strike says hunter wendelstedt beat son of longtime umpire Harry wendelstedt Jim wolf the up at first hungry like the wolf angel in the morning Hernandez is the up at second umpire dick one of our favorites Randy mark worked late last night EgyptAir giving the signs one of our favorites because Randy Marsh is one of the best yes and has been [Music] [Applause] well just misses inside just to finish up up Sanchez we were starting to say about his defensive numbers he's involved in 99 double play which is a good dozen or more more than anyone else in the American League so he add up all those numbers you know he can pick it in short will it be a brave next year they're not concerned about that right now remember for Cal comes back to you breaking ball that Paco has a good eye count is full to out Sanchez at first Maddox on deck even if Sanchez does come back he will only be back on a one-year deal they've got a prospect 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but a young sterling Hitchcock did he go out to any move westward in the Tino trade one left and it start to be his juries and then went from Seattle to San Diego I liked them many moves it could be a real good one Jim Edmonds and get the great lumber to it one pitch one out there Greg Maddux has Sanchez Adira Troy Jimmy has [Applause] [Music] PCs in plans here shoulder really bothering at the last couple of months that's been his chronic problem the injury shoulder with his angels days and now second game back after 35 games out with a hand injury JD drew two hits last night and Marcus Giles not at times he lets it out fractured hand that fractured foot you know he's a good player right now with the potential to be a great player because there's nothing on a baseball field he can't do he can hit for power he's hitting for average now he can play defense he can throw what else can he do well Marcus Giles knows right now that he can run and because of that Giles defensively will have to play at least a step closer next time and hopes that he can get to that ball a little sooner and maybe get the throw to the base on time Caminiti holding on drew and again it's a learning process for candy holding on you know they don't come second date you soon enough of course against Greg Maddux aren't that many runners usually to hold on romantics working to Edgar rentería subpar season for him at the plate 2:38 look you know we told you at the start of the game that Maddox coming in with 58 and 1/3 innings without a walk which is last walk was June 20th Charles Johnson in the second inning against lard well if he's number 20 I mean here's the record son in the National League you know when you try to break a record by Christy Mathewson I'd say that's worth something Randy Jones are pretty darn good too so record is six eight bill Fisher with the kids in 1862 wouldn't think that but he has the overall record but Maddox can if he does it tonight and then very early and his next start would have the national league record well if he's gonna make a mistake this would be a situation where it would happen if you were to walk a guy or leave another ball over the heart of the plate the leadoff man he was able to retire on a line drive but now all of a sudden he's got a man on first he's got a guy with speed he's got to get a little bit quicker to home and when you do that when you go to the little slide step you're gonna lose a little bit of velocity your locations gonna suffer a little bit and even the great Greg Maddux could make a mistake although now he's ahead of Renteria 1 & 2 retention gets divided a little bit we've already seen throw to first twice if you were facing the other teams number four or five starter we wouldn't be so concerned about a stolen base there alright you're there with one out if I get two outs before you get a base it you're not gonna score a run but when you're facing the other teams number one or two starter kyle is the number one for a lot of people you realize it could be a nothing to nothing ballgame through five or six granary is staying alive [Music] okay you see Greg Maddux walk down the street I mean you could think he's an accountant I don't know there's a specific look to a great pitcher I mean they come in all shapes and sizes well it used to make Andre Dawson and I so mad when the three of us would go walking out into the parking lot of the Cubs as players and the two of us would be mobbed and he a sy Young Award winner could walk right through him I mean nobody believed that that's not that's not Greg Maddux no way there goes drew on the woman to bouncer and a quick throw from the Sanchez over to Caminiti Renteria is retired drew up to second let's draw it up to Billy pedo judge what do you have all right Chris to the American League and they got no ball the surprising had a oh no Moe 11 & poor's he takes the hill against Anaheim Tim salmon the hanging curveball over the monster his 11th of the year and I'm leading Boston by the count of one nothing in the meantime the A's are only three and a half games behind Boston the wild-card race Cleveland leads the AL Central by a half game over Minnesota Jim Thome 34th of the year to more than man Aoife league lead two run shot two one and eight ball flying and the shores of Lake Erie and certainly in the Northeast who's stronger than Jim tall he's homers are who loved watching him uncoil and swing drew is at second base with two outs and this is Mike Matheny the catcher staining a Gold Glove last year but never got to play in the playoffs if you remember he can get a gift a hunting knife and as he's taking it out of the sheath in the last few days of the regular season severely cut himself and he was going for the plane one of the more bizarre injuries I mean he always think Cardinals postseason Vince Coleman tarp rolling on leg but I mean Matheny was close a very dangerous obviously he was a lot like Pudge Rodriguez shutting down the 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Louis Cardinals I think I'm just a L'Orange might be that same kind of thing for San Francisco protests particularly the way Dusty Baker can fire a player absolutely what he said they haven't lost since he's gotten their six and all off the glove of a diving Vina he had it almost dug through the ball and that'll allow surhoff to get aboard for Chipper Jones with two outs [Applause] dinya really did the tough part which was get a good break and get there the easy part was securing the baseball and yet he was not able to do that you could see him slap his glove as he got up he knew he should have made that play and he also knows as well as Darryl Kile knows who's coming up now with the runner on base started to talk about it before and obviously chippers home run numbers are superior from this side of the plate the left side but as far as average at least this year side to 96 is a lefty 375 as a writing [Music] changed a couple of years ago when Don Baylor was the hitting coach here with 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takes is one you hit one home run and people are going to approach you a little bit different I'm gonna see more breaking balls Maddox is so much fun to watch he's just seeing how much on each side of the plate he can get from the home plate umpire this by about eight inches on that last one it'll probably be about two inches or maybe right on the corner well kyle has gone with a striking that Chipper Jones sitting at third-base came up Greg Maddux already a sound Award winner he's seen it all or has he he's probably one of the smartest guys I've ever played with probably be smartest guy I've ever played with it's not just baseball either I mean you could play cards with him or or play any kind of game with him and he's gonna out think you and you know I often sit there out of third base while he's pitching and trying to predict what it's pitching you know what the next pitch is going to be and more times than not it's completely opposite from what from what I'm thinking so I can see how he keeps the hitters you know off-balance this way if the first pitches Fernando venue easy play for second baseman Marcus child's two-up two-down it's fun to watch it it is fun to watch Leo Mazzoni has told me many times that when they go over a scouting report he'll sit down with Greg Maddux after they get the advance scout report everybody else's opinion and ask Greg that's how much respect his pitching coach has for his pitcher he was a lot too many people remember that he pitched quite a few years for the Cubs and actually one aside there 92 we came up while you were still there what do you remember about Hillary well I remember his first full year Dallas Green put his locker and Jamie Moyer's locker right next to mine on each side and I was supposed to pass on baseball knowledge to them well it wasn't long into the year when it happened to go the other way around both of them knew immediately how to get hitters out Maddux's control just came a little bit sooner than that of Jamie Moyer's and now they've both been terrific the last seven or eight years in there for a strike to Polanco I mean d-did he ask a lot of questions back today I'm sure he's quiet you know he was always sitting in his locker with that Nintendo thing that they had even back then I mean he'd come running in after batting practice to you know fire up a game with damon berryhill or some of his other buddies and then you'd have to yell at him to get him to go out for batting practice in field go out and do that come right back to his little machine just as chipper said always thinking and always competing and almost always winning yes four straight so Young Awards grip and chipper on the grass waits to play a collision with Tammany Polanco and Polanco is down caminetti made a heck of a play but I mean as a result he came flying down almost like a wrestling move on the shoulder and the collarbone of Polanco oh man you got the base too didn't he well we hope Blanco's all right we'll be back 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know if he's alright but he certainly okay to play is how many times do you see it the guy that makes you did a great play or the humorous play in the field leads it off Tammy with a home run swing but misses it's one of one I well we gave him three innings to get the uniform dirty and at 30 it's done Polanco tough customer in their third breaking ball Kyle Hammond and he holds off 2 & 1 you mentioned him struggling offensively in Texas and getting it together here I went to merv rettenmund right away and i said hey what did you do to fix him i didn't fix him he fixed himself he said he's as healthy now as he has been since he left San Diego said the only problem is a little ingrown toe that they've had some surgery on but you know as far as the tows concerned that means nothing with Ken Caminiti I mean at 10 he knows there's gonna be a collision he doesn't care and I don't know that you know if this guy would have taken a little bit better care of himself not dobe into the stands not slid into everybody in sight and Caminiti at hall-of-fame potential sure there was a smooth fielder over there at third base and I tell you what both of these teams and these managers Tony LaRussa and Bobby Cox know about him in the postseason 96 Padres they played st. Louis Taylor was swept of a caminetti at 3 home runs 98 as the Padres beat Atlanta he hit three home runs against the Braves that was actually 99 when he was with Houston right back to homers against Atlanta in the NLCS in 98 month my point is he's delivered on some pretty big stages and these two managers know full well because they've seen him at eight postseason home runs against these two clubs combined Darryl Kile has delivered on a pretty big stage before he won Game two for the Cardinals last year against the Atlanta Braves the wire will handle this himself tamanna tea is done handling this himself billy beetle alright Chris thank you very much the Yankees you went a number on Rob Bell they had two home runs in the first here in the second half Bonzo Soriano with a man on his 10th and then Derek Jeter later in the second with a man on his 11th so four home runs in two innings off of Rob Bell Texas who came in for No 7 1 Yanks top three Thank You Billy alright set so sterling Hitchcock has pitched two innings for the Yankees in he has seven runs you know what this is pretty good I could do this well and you know what - he's gonna be a big acquisition I agree with you on that because they're going to ask him to go five or six innings no more because they've got the bullpen to finish that game in San Diego sure they've got Trevor Hoffman there but they didn't have the depth that the Yankees have and because of it sterling needed to go seven or eight innings and a lot of times he wasn't able to do that breaking ball Kyle - Davie Martinez who popped the 3rd the first time Dave Martinez playing right for most of this week is Brian Jordan in a scary injury Sunday in Montreal I'm sure many of you saw it you talk about a hyper-extended knee is he really went hard into the bag up the first baseline his foot kind of skin it off and it got stuck in the turf it looked horrible we saw Brian he's in uniform he's not able to play in this series they're hoping him to have to have him back at some point this weekend for the Braves Braves go to Milwaukee from here and then actually after that when Jordan should be back and Martinez has been a valuable player playing wherever in he can play all three outfield positions always has been that way Braves then go on a real big homestand not that their home advantage is unbelievable although their record is I mean the home is barely over 500 forum fight after the Milwaukee series 19 of 25 at home that's a lot that's a lot here's the injury we're talking about in this mascara Brian Jordan was so fortunate that he has the flexibility in his joint and that need that it just hyper-extended rather than something in there snapping Brian said that that was because the last three years he's trained different you know he had that football player mentality everything was big strong get stronger get tougher get quicker well that didn't work he wasn't able to play a hundred and fifty baseball games he never missed the football game he said but I was always getting hurt in baseball so his training had to change he became more flexible and because of that he avoided probably a season-ending injury count remains two and two - Dave Martinez fouled off a couple from Kyle scoreless game Maddox against Kyle here in the fourth Martinez will strike out that is strengthen the before for Darryl Kile who certainly stood up to Greg Maddux and say hey see your guys score runs off me he don't throw many changeup sterols said I might throw four or five a game just to certain hitters well that certain hitter one of them anyway is baby Martinez a little split fingered fastball just enough difference in the velocity to get him out in front and get the second out with nobody on which means this should be a base hit the way it's been a pattern every inning two guys out a hit and then you get the third guy Andruw Jones struck out looking in the second swings to that one [Applause] Jones has played every inning of every game this year the only one of the bigs to do it July batting average 200 I think he wasn't psyched to turn the page target I think that batting averages is so overrated just like I think an e ra is Greg Maddux will tell you the most important statistic for a pitcher particularly a starting pitcher is the difference between wins and losses you got to be so many games over 500 as a team to win anything and as a starting pitcher you've got to do your job everything else for Andruw Jones is in order except his batting average he's got 76 runs score chippers got 79 he's got 66 RBIs 23 homers ok bring it up Maddux last 10 years 92 to 2001 179 and 76 that's the highest winning percentage to any major leaguer over a 10-year mark whitey Ford here's a 1-2-3 inning Jones gone Big Mac to hit against Greg Maddux put yourself in the batter's box the key zone on Sunday Night Baseball only on ESPN [Music] we resolved this last time I know you forgot to put gum out in the tank how many times do I have to tell you the gum out fuel additives help remove deposits the smooth rough idling and reduce it's on my to-do list those don't look like searches you know most wireless plans offer you like a bucket full of minutes but if you take a close look inside you can't even see the weekday minutes oh oh wait a minute the most whenever minutes only from voice I left the truck unlocked now his ears we're a bit bigger and their nose was been longer next thing I knew the truck was gone this dumb sir yeah that's him that's the guy can't get enough peanuts get a payday sweet caramel and tons of salty peanuts are you ready to ask your doctor about viagra [Music] get ready ask your doctor a free sample of viagra is right for you [Music] nice wrench work chief if more men would heed the call of the y-chromosome maybe more of us would have three such faucets at our fingertips hot cold chris burrman Rick Sutcliffe with you in st. Louis is anticipated pitchers duel Greg Maddux Darryl Kile seven K's no walks five hits combined Big Mac the imposing figure in the on-deck circle three four five for the Cardinals pool holes McGwire Edmonds again another Maddux note you talk about more wins than losses Rick only two active pitchers have 100 more career wins than losses guess who Greg Maddux Roger Clemens only three pitchers who pitched in the last 50 years have a hundred games above 500 Marichal Palmer Seaver now you may add Clemens matters that's a pretty good group it can be argued that during the 90s he had the best decade of any pitcher in history why because the offense was so up but his numbers stayed there the CRA was 2.54 during that period only two guys had Lauri Ras during that ten-year period [Music] who hosts with the base hit his second of the day and that will bring up Mark McGwire and here's McGwire against Maddux in the first inning and what happened there was he had a base open so he was going to be careful to him the first time he's gonna see if Mac will help me are you gonna chase out of his own he doesn't do that now the second pitch watch what Maddux does he turns his head he knows I've got to challenge him I gotta try to create a little bit of movement just enough sink and tail into the hands and the swing of Mark McGwire to just keep him from getting enough of that ball to eat it all apart strike one to Mark McGwire homered last night his 14th home run of the year you see his last eight hits her homers if he hits one tonight he'll be tied for fifth on the all-time home run list tied with the legendary Harmon Killebrew [Applause] they've been doing this since they're a couple years AG it's great getting that list up there in a ballpark every kid knows they can look at the biggest names in baseball history they're all on that list yeah I mean this I knew all these numbers as a kid I mean obviously some of the change with Aaron etcetera but these this list I have down this is the one list you knew at one time I mean growing up playing baseball weren't you every one of those guys I mean at one point I believe me it was Willie Mays usually I think as the years of going out of a comfy you know you're right he just completely changed patterns as to what he did in the first inning everything was away he challenged him too and I was fortunate to get him out and this it back the first two pitches have been on the inside corner to get a hit in Hunter wendellstat sighs he just missed the outside corner there but hunter got an earful from the Atlanta Braves dugout [Applause] Maddox to second turn to Caminiti double play and he how easy he was to second knowing that he had time to make the play exactly smoothly rather than hurry the throw with the runner right well watch how easy he is with this pitching sequence right on the inside corner strike one now the change-up in the same area Big Mac way out in front look at that how he can go from corner to corner he had to come back to the heart of the play he created a little downward movement and when you do that as Greg Maddux or Mike Hampton sinker ball type guys when you go away from a right-handed hitter with that downward moving you know there's a chance it might come back at you if you execute the pitch it's going to come back up the middle you get yourself more aware it more alert you make better plays as Maddux has well he's won the last 11 straight gold-gloves [Music] Giles busy Edmonds gone tow Maddox induces the DoublePlay ball to McGuire spoilers at IBM comm all to ascertain what small business people want we want lower conference room tables and we want higher chairs Leon small business people want value computers like IBM's powerful reliable necklace to a 28 prices well within the bounds of budgetary restraint we want to be able to see in the men's room mirror without having to get on our tippy toes all the time they want a computer like the a20 it's a good solid workhorse that's 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Louis took a while I got a say but after the Super Bowl and then another amazing offensive season Rams dolphins the game at ABC Monday night a lot all across the mark mcgwire and rage Sanchez now one for two as an Atlanta brave I back for one moment to Canton and we hope you can join us Saturday morning it's just such he talked about a town in the middle of America that goes all out I mean I've been there a dozen or fourteen times and I every year last year was so memorable like almost a hundred about a hundred Hall of Famers came back they went to all them for the beginning of the century and Montana like how he longed just to name a few were inducted in this year with the classes seven about time for Lynn Swann about time for Nick Buoniconti and Marv Levy will be the first of the Buffalo Bills circling the wagons every vote never been down there during the Hall of Fame inductions time but did have the opportunity to walk through it when I was a member the Cleveland Indians and just the the opportunities to think back right remember great players and if you haven't been there I mean you can't recommend it enough if people are can they go they plan fifty-one weeks for this thing there's parades or this and it's just a fun time and and that's not to take away from what the folks in Cooperstown are doing and we certainly all of us congratulate Kirby Pucket and Dave Winfield they get inducted Sunday meanwhile Baco he's abducted against Darryl Kile into a strikeout here's bill beetle all right Chris mark McLemore for Seattle no outs two men on they're both running with the pitch and watch this lines out to eat Damion Easley for one the second for two and we have a triple play how about that three nothing Mariners bottom four especially when you love it for the third out I mean that's unbelievable Lou Piniella told me in spring trainings that I'm going to create some motion because I want to stay out of the DoublePlay this year he's been able to do it he stayed out of the double play that motion threw him into the triple play straight Maddux will get a base hit the fourth brave hit of the night Shoji can do it on Gold Gloves 11 in a row good hitter and now he's aboard in this scoreless game here top five well speaking of good hitters there's one coming up the home plate right now he's had terrific minor-league numbers and the reason he gets to hit here on the top of the fifth inning is because Greg Maddux getting another base hit just doing the little things that in the National League can be the difference between a win or a loss swing the bat make contact field your position [Applause] they can ball into Marcus child's even if Maddox doesn't score this inning he's already created at least two more pitches out of Darryl Kile and who knows how many more will come before this inning go through and because of that you might get him out of the game a little bit sooner get into the bullpen your chances to win increase [Music] No you guys had know each other a little bit first I think speaking of Cooperstown I I don't think I need to go out on a limb to say that we'll be seeing them there one day soon hopefully not too soon that means every time I see no signs of that in Maddox it would be interesting to see as an aside mark mcgwire how his knee feels after this CCA you play every day you never have a chance to get something like that better while you're playing he is very intrigued to find out how it will be after an offseason of working on it specifically or just giving it rest and that will determine really how much longer he goes Chaya you talked about his hitting the right field he's got a good arm but Maddox certainly with two outs running don't play there and runners on the corners for BJ surhoff once again Greg Maddux not hurting himself continuing the inning giving his offense an opportunity to do something to give him the lead Marcus Giles what a tremendous offensive player he's had his problems in the past on defense but 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Louis bottom of the fifth and if you missed it or even if you son you want to watch the battle of bighorn again Tiger Woods Annika Sorenstam against David Duval and Kerry Webb battle at Bighorn on ESPN and Thursday at 7 I don't want to spoil the end but I'm gonna go out no limits to swamp and predict at the Battle of Bighorn I think Custer comes up big here it's about time that he comes up big and big boy I'm going with customer is that the Swami's first prediction yeah first pick of the year I'm going with Custer and Bighorn do you think I'm gonna have to work my way out of a hole again as I was saying JD drew one up one out as he grounds to Chipper Jones where's Greg Maddux might be why Philo they're playing Greg all the Braves pitchers are big golfers except for John Berger there's a big boulder and good gun good golf is small to the best of them John Smoltz possible closin not that not yet and that's not necessarily the plan and but John Smoltz who never worked a regular season 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to the track he's going back to the wall he's leaping he's making a spectacular catch often also has an RBI single Cleveland now leads it 4 to 2 in the bottle before all right Billy thank you very much well Lofton I mean some say doesn't play Center like he used to but he still makes the place like that I've never seen anybody climb [Music] he was the one with Atlanta was that Grissom in center that no oldest nixon's climb the wall bet but you're right Lofton even knows which won't like which walls he can put the cleats in and which ones that let me just jump for it well it helps that he can elevate like he does to playing basketball the University of Arizona that's big time Ken Caminiti struck out looking grounded to first Darryl Kile won five straight decisions from April 18 to May 16 that party was six and two they lost three decisions in a row there in early June back his record up in a ten and seven I mean he's pitched Wow if you look at his ledger he's pitched a lot better than ten and seven if you look at how he's done six seven eight innings every time out and he's matched Greg Maddux you know and that just got the Coors Field Blues when he pitched up there yeah he was 21 and 30 there he won 20 games last year but his pitching coach Dave Duncan deserves a little credit for that as well he's renowned for rejuvenating veteran pitchers careers you think about Dennis Eckersley and Oakland they Stewart Bob Welch their Rick Honeycutt yeah what he's done with tile here I think it's become more than a coincidence yes first walk of the game Caminiti aboard with one out in the sixth inning that'll bring up Davy Martinez over to pop the third struck out Andy the merchants of Bennish good start last time the Cardinals the reason they're just two above 500 is not the pitching I know then we could talk ad nauseam about Rick Ankiel from end of regular season to now that he's in single a but Matt Morris back he wasn't here it and factor it all he's back Darryl Kile another strong season Dustin Hermanson has pitched very well and Ibanez Kent pitched well they're pitching there got a half a run a game er a better than last year when they won you know 95 96 games it's been one run less a game at the plate I don't change a lot of things losing JD drew 455 games as they did I mean he's just a guy you noticed on the baseball field whether it's his speed or his power and they just the fire that we talked about Kim Kim and any bringing to that veteran Atlanta brave team I think st. Louis lost their fire when drew went down well there's some that have suggested two of the old throws not to do a big in playing time both for Frank to San Francisco now both here last year Eric Davis Sean Dunston who you know well Bobo I you know I I it's easy to say well they're not here that's why they're not winning I don't know that that's the case but I don't to either of that firing but some point to that you lose one running game for whatever the reason the results are just not going to be the same and of what we could point to this too but with 11 home runs in the month of July nobody in the National League with more with JD drew back in the lineup it gives the lineup better balance it could mean some better pitches for Big Mac to swing it Polanco two-one-one on the edge of the grass the third a lot of signs from Ned Yost down a third day be Martinez steps out here's Blanco know in a step Ocala knows too that with Ken Caminiti being healthy he might run both former Houston Astros know a lot about each other camis legs are feeling good he'll have the green light Martinez up the middle for a base hit Tam and Eddie will stop at second so now with one out the Braves have two aboard for Andruw Jones [Music] [Applause] line drive right back up the middle really a good pitch and you can see Darryl Kile no one to get down no one to get that glove up his last start that line drive caught him flush in the nose it happened there but I'm sure what's going through his mind it reminded me of what happened you know get that out of there and try to figure out a way to strike out Andrew Jones for the third time tonight gets under this one Renteria smartly calls off Polanco and makes the play in foul ground two out that's a swing of a young man pressing a little bit we've read about some of the off the field troubles Andruw Jones has had the last couple of months just over aggressive right there he almost looked like he was the guy that was in trouble rather than the pitcher a couple of men on base a little more patience a better pitch to hit it was resulted in maybe a lead for Atlanta but as of yet did not so raise sanchez his first game as a brave at shortstop won 4-2 single down the right-field line then grounded to third as a chance if he can come up with a base hit his first RBI and giving Greg Maddux maybe all the runs he needs maybe pitch by Kyle on the corner for a strike point out Kyle at home here last year game two National League Division Series beat Tommy Glavine boy the carts they mashed Maddux six in the first off him in that series mashed Glavine mashed Miller when that was hello and get out was pretty definitive last year we talked about the great winning percentage for Greg Maddux you can't forget the last two-plus non Coors Field years for Darryl Kile he's 49 and 23 [Applause] 1 & 2 so now Matheny will go out and talk to Kyle are we talking about here just Daryl Kyle maybe a little bit confused as to what he wants to do what do you know about race in chess we know he got a base hit the first time up we got the ground ball to third here with Greg Maddux on the mound the game is on the line a lot of other people you say so what I give up a run we'll get it back you might not get it back against the Braves starter so Kyle with any confusion whatsoever as to what he wants to do here I mean he calls Mike Matheny general Schwartzkopf you want to win a battle that's the guy you want to take with you in Darryl Powell's opinion breaking balls and just chop into the gun well see he might bring that big knife with him too man that's a what did you cut the ball up a little it shows you always sticking as a pitcher you know you are you out of your mind I never cut a baseball you never intentionally but if I had one with a scuff on it I wasn't stupid enough and gave it back and I knew what to drink with it that knife might be a little tough to conceal okay maybe not even Kevin gross could conceal that all right well a big pitch right here because it's down - and - yeah I want to make something happen you run it two three and two with two outs they're both gonna be going on and they both could possibly score really surprised of how shallow they're playing rent ray Sanchez in the outfield he's not going to hit the homerun but he's highly capable of hitting a ball on the gap and playing that shallow you're not able to cut off many balls in the gap it could get all the way through and cost yourself a couple of run but it's hitch a Renteria in short doesn't go to first at all Sanchez beats it out that was an odd perhaps made possible by caminetti having him take his eye off the ball running through it they're ready from second to third side well to me what happened there along with that boomer was Edgar Renteria not knowing where Fernando venya was playing defensively he was planning to the opposite field which is where Sanchez hits most of the baseball and he was playing him deep he broke as soon as he could to get to second B but he could not get there in front of a hustling Dave Martina he's trying to get there he just had too far to go Renteria should have picked that up before the ball was hit to him Darryl Kile has got to be upset about that he was upset with the home plate umpire calling ball four on the 3-2 pitch to Ken Caminiti this inning could have been over with that call it could have been over with Renteria knowing where veenu was playing he did not the inning continues now the bases are loaded and here's Paul Bako who is the caddy as we say for Greg Maddux and can make him really happy not only calling a shutout game thus far but perhaps putting a lead and now wait a minute here comes kaki he's been running he has been he was very upset at that first pitch called on Paul Bako you could see motioning how high he thought that ball was he said something hunter wendelstedt had had enough and he ejected the Braves manager well you don't know what he's heard for six innings from the bench although you haven't and feeling that whatever we said there was not the first thing the players absolutely love the Ducks heard many times he the criticize of the player he'll say what he wants to him but they really don't have to say anything to an umpire because they know anything that goes wrong their manager is going to defend them hey look your run you might as well get your couple of minutes of say Tony has been in that situation from time to time [Applause] and so Bobby cops need 12 leading winner of all time as a manager and second active manager behind only Tony LaRussa there's the pitch and it's a strike and a highway I mean I'm not gonna try to say it should have been hurt a bit well Baco turns to home plate and says you got to be kidding me and then he gets his earful and he says I've had that enough tonight he makes the call Bobby Cox won't be going too far no and there he is right there although the air conditioning is better a little bit farther in but even though the call went your way as a pitcher now you're out of your rhythm this cow get bothered by the couple few minute delay there well that was the whole reason for Bobby Cox doing what he did I mean not only is this a national TV game Bobby Cox I don't think cared about that as much as he wanted to keep Darryl Kile out there and maybe take him out of state they got baccala going to ball probably out of the strike zone right there and now it's one of two of the bases loaded it's the guy you want to take to war with you and that's a guy you want behind home plate that ball had no chance watching Matheny in between innings when Kyle will bounce an off-speed pitch even those balls don't get by [Music] shop but foul wide of first base coach Glenn Mother Hubbard [Applause] [Music] Baco stayin alive and one and two the young man from Lafayette Louisiana played his college ball right there with the raging Cajuns of Southwest Louisiana kyle has gone breaking break - what would it you'd 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provide temporary relief call toll-free [Applause] [Music] baby stars in a wheel classifier heaven can wait they Sunday night at 9:00 Eastern 6:00 Pacific only on ESPN Classic CDF will you call 1-800 classic today still fetal back in the studio the angels and the Red Sox is two-nothing Anaheim sixth inning for a gloss trying to go three for three and now three for free that's a home run at 28th of the year three nothing Anaheim in the sixth earlier Jason Giambi robbed by Kenny Lofton this time brother Jeremy deep center Lofton going back couldn't get it was a home run tied at four take your word for it Billy and we're here at Greg Maddux hoping that his club could get him some runs but Darryl Kile wriggled free with a help from two holes out in left field and there we go bottom of inning number six Maddux working to Kyle and then bean you and then Polanco Braves come up in the seventh Maddox will Backson each pitcher leading off here in a scoreless game waylynn x1 the alive in the race quietly oh by the way 63rd and a third innings now and the national league record is 68 Matthewson Brandi John it took Christy Mathewson out of the books last year for the 14th time 115 or more games the only two guys now that have done it that long Gaylord Perry and what's that award named for was that guy Maddox guns out Kyle and there was one out oh by the way very quietly four wins ago Greg Maddux won for the 250th time those active looking Roger with 275 Maddux of 254 Tommy Glavine of 218 the unit is not yet to 200 so that will surprise some people David Cone with a great year for him at Boston with 190 has a chance at 200 but in this day and age what Clemens and Maddux are vying to do to win 300 games with five man rotations with every fifth day not every fourth day I just don't think you're going to see it after those guys hardly at all do you agree the only maybe Tommy Glavine I mean I think that you know the pride that he has the conditioning that he has it could possibly happen but you know for a starting pitcher you look at the season and you know it's six months long there's a he's 1 for 3 and you think to yourself if I just win 3 ballgames every month that's 18 I'm in pretty good shape when he hears said and done well Maddox has gone to better than that he was 5 and all in June and he bounced right back with a 5 in old record in July well now what would you know about that because it's hardly ever seen a 5 and OH or a 6 and Oh month in the majors now Maddox has done that one back to back right the last time that was done let me sing the lyrics with Swami here let me it was a long time ago a Rick shockula okay was that you but if I have an O in six it I mean yeah you do you remember what city I know you do you and I have discussed as many penny does Joan you are in when you're winning games well you give up five runs they score six and when they only store one you happen to be on your game and you don't give up any I mean that's those are the intangibles that happen when streaks like that come together this looks like one of those games where they're gonna have to scuffle to get one for Greg Maddux who you traded for with the Indians early that year I mean I should know that what was the Mel Hall a minor-league kid named Joe Carter oh yeah he turned out all right I was gonna say was the biggest deal since since Brock and Broly Oakland it was a great deal it was a trade that held both clubs one of the biggest compliments I ever got Buck O'Neil signed Joe Carter with the Cubs and he spoke at Joe's retirement party and he said Joe you know and when I signed Lou Brock you know the Cubs traded him and I signed Lee Smith and the Cubs traded him and I signed you and they traded you he said but I got to admit they they got a pretty good right hander for you that's a buck with a buck still very dialed in oh very active to 104 and when I remember about Mel Hall is that he always had the glut batting gloves with the hands out in his back pocket to wave goodbye as he's which was a little bit of goldbrick at any rate back to this situation with Venus trying to get moved by falafel years ago Walter Austin the great manager with the dive has told me in a one-run ball game it's a manager's decision one way or another that makes a difference if it's a two or three run ballgame then it's usually one starting pitcher or the other four runs are more the final score somebody or somebodies offensively went off well we got a nothing to nothing ballgame one run right here it could be the difference Tony LaRussa's still intact for the st. Louis Cardinals and that's well well Pat Corrales and hanage many many clubs you got a lot of experience and he can also hear what Bobby Cox wants him to do yeah okay Corrales by the way if there's ever a scuffle he's on my side okay can I pick him early even with Matheny in the knife I'm going with Corrales I just I feel good with Pat on myself one unto the count to Polanco there goes Vina there goes the ball Xenia we'll keep moving and he does bother the left leg sir huh I think he's gonna come home the Cardinals have [Applause] but to pitch started everything rolling and they got the movement because Tony LaRussa took the chance he sent the runner Greg Maddux threw a strike the ball was hit hard and what got BJ surhoff to look up was the fact that B Nia was in motion he's off and running there surhoff knew that now he looks up a little too soon before he secured the baseball to see where V Nia was he didn't know where his throw was supposed to go was it supposed to go to third do I have time or do I need to get it to second to keep the DoublePlay and order he looked up too soon and because of it the st. Louis Cardinals have the lead and now it's Albert Pujols who is 2 for 2 lifetime against Greg Maddux that would be this aim double and single if you're scoring at home it's a single but no RBI for Polanco on the air by surhoff well you just said and it was combined with a miscue a slow chopper and they go for the lead runner and that's a smart play by rate Sanchez and Polanco is gone Wow [Applause] it's a very difficult play to make as well Sanchez was always a guy in the past that if he got to it he could make the play now he gets two more balls in he ever did before not only getting to that ground ball he knows it's going to be a tough throw to get his body reversed all the way across the infield to first Polanco hustling Sanchez hustling and that's just a good play all the way around it just didn't happen to work out for the st. Louis Cardinals and here's Mark McGwire with the shift on with the runner at first second baseman Marcus Giles as to the shortstop side of the bag with the o4 to McGuire has fallen below the dreaded Mendoza line there's the hip but look at where they playing in the outfield right grace we're in the opposite way as far as the center field is concerned everybody else kind of straight up but that's what the statistics show you when he hits it in the air he hits it to the opposite field why are we showing this you know what that guy has in his hand a three so a McGwire hits a homer were ready to go to 573 immediately that numbers taping its Harmon Killebrew cereal there's no time for time [Applause] Lerman kill afford 573 [Music] they come to see the hit home run he now has 570 creative tying one of the all-time greats Harmon Killebrew that's tremendous plaster on the part of Gregg man again he stayed off the mound never even thought about throwing that pitch until Big Mac got his dude looking right in the dugout the whole time even though he's annoyed that he's now on the short end of a three nothing town it's called respect for the game we all love how do you see Harmon in a couple of weeks [Music] he goes right now it's probably watching he might have been past where Barbara Killebrew will never [Applause] straight hits the mark mcgwire that have all been homeruns well he has that down okay just here's one of my numbers that I love about McGuire here's the wait a minute now the leave a tie game is long gone it's a tree I'll count to head what deal in the minor leagues they would find us a dollar for every guy we walked and at times Bob Welch and Dave Stewart and I have we got three and on some buy we we just go ahead and drill him so he did have to pay the alleys now three and two with Edmonds with two outs but three hole Don Smoltz is up along with Jose Cabrera reading Maddux all of a sudden behind the one guys up to help Greg get out of the inning if he needs that help the other guy is up to pitch the following inning if they so choose to pinch-hit for Maddux who leads off the top of the seventh Greg Maddux has not lost since May 30th okay it's a foul ball his last lost his his August 1st ok his last loss May 30 the way Kyle is going and as you point out that will be any he won't come back to win it he won't the Braves good the one guy that could have something to say about this victory could be Chipper Jones - he hit two home runs the last time they were foul pitched against Atlanta oh but it will you know it would have been ball four but that streak is intact but the lead is not as Mark McGwire and Harmon Killebrew are side-by-side at five 73 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this summer make everyday a day at the beach get to the 2001 Pontiac summer clearance and get into a new wide track Grand Prix it has a standard v6 abs and traction control plus its wheels are set wide for better control and grip in the curbs and now in 2001 Grand Prix comes with the 0% APR financing for two thousand cash back that's what you're gonna get this is where you gotta go Americans have places to go things to do so they go - air conditioning we do then oil changes we do then batteries and mufflers - for total car care by certified technicians who does it all - we do that hey you can get your school supplies a lot of places but there's probably only one place you can also win a free college education office max with the million dollar max to school sweepstakes sponsored by the office max charitable foundation where you could win one of fifteen scholarships each up to $20,000 per year for four years a million dollars worth of free college hey they figure pretty soon you'll need office supplies and maybe you remember who your friends are office max but mo prices guarantee why buy school supplies anyplace else [Music] janitor dried ginger ale don't you just love waiting for the Sun to go down to use your wireless phone I mean what could you possibly have to say during the hours you're actually awake the most whenever minutes only from voicestream that's my final to compete for your home equity loan and Lending Tree comm fill out one simple form and get up to four offers when banks compete you win at Lending Tree calm Darryl Kile the ones still working on a shutout here in the top of the seventh and that'll be it for Greg Maddux Keith Lockhart is the pinch hitter one of those guys that you know tools over the changes of the Braves position players he's been through he understands his role play a couple infield positions he can pinch hit he skies this to Center and Jim Edmonds is under Blackheart wrong Matt is officially gone and the streak was almost gone in the walk department well this is nothing that a thousand people before him have not done at being chase a Greg Maddux changeup in the dirt would have been ball four the consecutive streak would have been over with but at that point Maddux didn't care he had thrown three straight fastball with a three and no count on Edmonds he knew he pushed his luck a little Edmonds was out in front of the previous pitch that he fouled off down the first base line Maddux with that good solid delivery the deception and Edmonds way out in front now it's Marcus child singled his last time up one for free to ground apps is short we mentioned this team offensively very fortunate that Brian Jordan is not out longer than the four or five days projected what a big bet they know here in st. Louis back in 98 when Brian Jordan protected Big Mac he hid behind Big Mac the Year McGwire hit 70 the following year he hit for the Atlanta Braves behind Chipper Jones well what'd he do in 1999 and he won an MVP so that's a big bat to take out of this lineup Darryl Kile not missing mark mcgwire my favorite number of Magua Rouen I mean obviously 70 and 65 foot 245 homeruns in that four-year span 52 with Oakland 58 that combined year with Oakland and state lowest and 70 and 65 but I will say that since we're on the separately home runs and you know when Mac was hitting at 70 and 65 is woeful Aunt Karen trouble you know that's 755 is pretty impressive I don't see it I don't see it from anybody I don't see it really bonds but I mean anybody ever I don't see it from bonds I mean could I don't hey rod you know Griffey is in for social but I don't know he's gonna happen you know he rides gonna play for at least 10 more years I mean 25 mil a year I'm showing up well I understand that Scioscia actually is the one that's hit a ton lately he's over 400 for 21 7:55 is not well 600 it's a long way off tell you one thing - that gets me about knick knack is that he has done it and to basically pitchers ballparks nothing cheap Oakland a big ballpark solutely this is a big ballpark any pitcher that you ever talked to will tell you that but McGwire has made it look small that's all Plus this part a little Oakland a lot foul pop-ups you know those big sky balls that are hit her like McGuire's lots of foul pop ups but Alex not in the span Musa pass at any rate how about Darryl Kile getting three runs and mowing them down the one two three we hit seventh inning stretch time in st. 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Louis on a very hot evening that Mark McGwire helped warm up Greg Maddux has been knocked out and may lose for the first time since May 30th the walk streak is intact but the 10 in a row decisions one may not be intact and okay so we get rid of greg maddux and now all geez who they're gonna bring in John Smoltz hello one of the all-time great postseason pitchers twelve and four overall force multi dearly missed by the Atlanta Braves last year probably looking at his role for the rest of his career being out of the bullpen he's throwing hard Chipper Jones in on the grass will throw out beam yet they throw out to Drew and there is one out drew one for three tonight so three hits and his two games back off off a month off the shelf and you talk about pure gas and he can he can bring it is of all the Braves pitchers you know they all have they're all similar in as far as they go deep into the games they they work out they understand on the same pitch program but as we watch Edgar rentería Lavin Smoltz Maddux each with unique characteristics it's not the same sort of staff at all and I ran off will cease multi start this year maybe but we might see him be a bigger factor in the bullpen I would really be surprised if he started and I would be surprised if he pitched on back-to-back days and speaking of back-to-back this one is down the line and it's in the corner and a nice play out there by Gabby Martinez to hold you Edgar in arena was single way in the corner let's see that's the main priority when Bobby Cox puts together a lineup is people that can play defense if you can catch the ball with our pitching staff we can win Martinez has always been outstanding of this our team is in perfect position they're almost out of the ballpark just missing by about a foot but look at where Dave Martinez his position that's not by accident he knows how hard that ball is gonna come off the wall he knows the direction it's coming he's in perfect position and defensively keeps a runner out of scoring position are we it's at that particular part of the park is out of our vantage point from the boots I realize it was that close that was like one foot gone well I go back to the defense part of it too and BJ surhoff with his error not only letting vini get the third which he probably would have anyway but he let Polanco get to second base that took the DoublePlay out of order vini escort on the very same ball who knows men on first and third one out Greg Maddux gets the ground ball from Albert pools DoublePlay nobody scores we're still in a tie ballgame defense so underrated in baseball today but not by the Atlanta let's get a Laker game with i black out there you know football seasons coming when you see that in the house [Applause] there ain't neither di black on the ball up there he's our director Jimmy Moore feeding meat comedy now that what is his world come to the truck giving a little buy plate what a ballgame an opportunity to watch Greg Maddux Mark McGwire same field yeah and tying Harmon Killebrew now there's a name that most young fans they see on the list but they really know very little about it came up as a Washington senator came up I guess is the second baseman it has started playing at third then of course moved over to first base in his earlier days did hit one on the mass pipe over everything at Fenway farming big strong upper body not that tall ago you've envisioned him in the pictures as a guy as tall as McGwire not the case at all Harmon from Idaho we'll be seeing him in a few weeks I will say this about Harmon he put together and I'm going to in a couple of weeks the Danny Thompson memorial golf man is it was a shortstop on the twins later in Harmons brother died of leukemia athletes didn't put their names to charity events to raise money for disease in memory of someone or just do that he was way this could 25th year that he was way ahead of the curve on that so you know his legacy lives on in more important ways than five hundred seventy three home runs that Harmon put that tournament on the map you ever met anybody nicer than Harlan Dillon oh great wonderful man great [Applause] all the way and as you think about the list you know he's still primarily a first baseman so McGwire and Killebrew they're the top first baseman together on that list now everybody else outfield aron baynes Frank Robertson Steve Kline who leads the National League and appearances is independent for two innings last night six up six down I'm sure the reason Tony LaRussa has him up and drawing if mike matheny were able to do something offensively maybe a first and third situation only one out and he might go to the bench and pinch it for Darryl Kile even though kyle has a seven hit shutout going here reaches out cool cues that perfectly pass Caminiti and a little bit gimpy on that play gimpy or not this copyrighted telecast presented by the authority of the office of the Commissioner of baseball it have to be reproduced or 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12 and 3 on Wednesday nights we won 12 games in the month of April you know what we we've had him a lot on wins in there yeah [Applause] Pop's it Giles grabs it so Kyle will take his time Smoltz walked through the seventh raves are trailing three nothing to the top of the eighth resistance becomes strict becomes power the power to change moon shape your entire body [Music] is Bowflex an entire gym and one easy-to-use machine so Connor it delivers over 60 health club quality exercises with up to 410 pounds of resistance in any room in your home strength training with both legs is so effective that we guarantee you'll get the results you want in six weeks for Less one simple wood 20 minutes a day three days ooh Bowflex is real the results are real and you can own one with no money down in payments as low as $33 per month call right now for a free penguin brochure Bowflex the power is yours par our birdie whoa must be a Golf Magazine subscriber call out your free trial issue and learn how 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and once again is gone real deep real deep into the ball game against Greg Maddux when you know as you point I hate games on the line when you give up one or two runs even early especially early because then you tie your managers hands offensively you're down to two nothing you're taking a chance putting somebody in motion you got to sit back and watch Darryl Kile was able to put up seven zeros eventually Tony LaRussa got a man on base he put him in motion and it led to a run eventually three runs and a great shot of the Cardinals bullpen in the first three or four innings kicking back relaxing sunflower seeds drink styles and different now while there is the closer de Vere's who has not been he's not to me bird-watching I think yeah these days over with mr. veers Steve blind different story for those two guys they don't have binoculars in their hands [Applause] Cabrera still throwing to the I'll add a complete game shutout May 16th against Pittsburgh one of two complete games for the cards this year will we she is there at a night that Mark McGwire tied Harmon Killebrew all-time home run list for number five Chipper Jones fouls it back Harmon never wins at that great seven-game series was 65 with the Dodgers that was his shot really to win a World Series sandy koufax shutout in the seventh game I believe was against Mudcat grant with new Johnson at the South Pole [Applause] meanwhile Chipper Jones getting no closer the Darrell finally doubled off him in the first I know that a pitched one on a ball lost in the Sun but since then he's been groundout groundout K and a guy that is making another run at an MVP year Chipper Jones he got a double with some help from the Sun his first at-bat but other than that Darryl Kile has not only handled him tonight but easily handled the Atlanta Braves eight strikeouts now and Caminiti will come up [Applause] but couldn't remember dad took a ball off his face the last start and he's doing this he knows what he's paid to do he knows his job is to take the ball every fifth day and what a horse he has been I mean he was the same way with the Houston Astros he won 19 games before he decided to go to Colorado he liked Mike Hampton thought that would work out another thing Mike Hampton had the Cardinals believing that he was going to be wearing their uniform this year and that really crushed their hopes over the winter and and going into spring training now their hopes have been revived a little as the hopes of the Atlanta Braves will revive with that base hit by cam an inning and a feeling he's gonna be coming out of the game though yes he's limping down there we was limpid on the little blooper that was overhead and we'll see if the now acting manager Pat Corrales now the Cox was tossed earlier we'll go for a pinch runner although there's no action yet it doesn't look like there will be actually yeah he says honey sticky see look at that says I'm alright well what that tells me is that it's not a hamstring or a growing it's that toe that he's had the problems with and he can just deal with the pain it shot him right there and he had to pull up just for a second knowing that he had plenty of time to go ahead and get the first there was not another base to be taken knowing the toughness of Ken Caminiti he's got a threshold like very few people in any sport he'll find a way to touch home that the opportunity presents itself in this any [Applause] really kind of short-handed denied is not available my carts already been used you're not gonna use your backup catcher Javy Lopez DeRosa pounds and Gilkey are all that acting manager Pat Corrales acts is really not a lot in the long ball department they're gonna have to build a three run don't want to use one for a pinch runner either because you're going to get to some guys here before too long that you're gonna pinch it for you'll probably pinch it for Bako maybe with javi maybe with Bernard guilty you're gonna pinch it for the pitcher spot hit not bad [Applause] Martinez to pitch to Davi whose 1 for 3 full halt makes the catch the left to out Caminiti back to put and it's been a great duel between Darryl Kile and Greg Maddux but the difference in the game might be Albert Pujols in left field that terrific play that he made to end the top of the sixth inning sinking line drive off the bat of Paul Bako we're talking about a guy that's a third baseman well then he played first when Mac went down what a right field then he played right when JD drew went down he just started playing the outfield in spring training but Tony LaRussa said that his versatility has given Tony an opportunity to get different bats in the lineup and create more offense [Applause] andrew leading 200 in the month of July hoping that August will bring better things not thus far under the first day of August while Sun has gone down and we're actually still playing although they got to give these guys the nod in the eighth inning here and we played an hour send me 2 hours 16 to our 7 teen but don't worry even though the Sun has gone down the moon is out it's about a full board now for the Braves the Phillies are in Colorado so they have not yet gotten under where they're about to you know the Braves know that they're not in the strongest division they're probably in the weakest division internationally you know and somebody has to win it they feel like that might as well be doing well they usually do as the force is made from Polanco lavinia Caminiti gone Darryl Kile has been master is team trying to get to the bottom of the age it's too hot take it down beer got a Zima we're out of decaf next town now business and racing get done wanna get right through yet Nextel Direct Connect the digital two-way radio feature Americans have places to go things to do so they go - alignment we do that air conditioning we do that breaks we do that so for total car care by certified technicians who does it all - we do that people do some strange things to 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Louis John Smoltz has worked in in a relief of Greg Maddux who stands to lose for the first time since May 30th and Jose Cabrera will work the 8th trying to keep this a three-run game this is an amazing bullpen they have here in Atlanta normally you have a guy or two that pitching games that you know you're gonna lose they don't have that guy every one of their guys in that bullpen has the ability to pitch in games you're winning Wes Helms goes into first the night is over for Ken Caminiti [Music] [Applause] picked up off of waivers back in April from the Houston Astros really put together a fine year always through hard but that command of the fastball and come and go created the inconsistency thank you sister felissa hello Mazzoni being able to grab those guys with good arms and get a lot out of [Applause] what are you right from the old Boston and Milwaukee Braves [Applause] it's not sergeant is up and who knows something [Applause] Sam think you're an idiot in sign up by beanie but syrup had a play perfectly there is one out Philip II don't what situations could we develop here we go Chris with the Mets and the Astros Benny Agbayani here in the fourth base hit up the middle by piazzas gonna come around Richard Hidalgo to the plate the throw hits Piazza skips away and that allows Todd Zeile to come in Mets up two-zip playing the top of the fifth Billy tank of the Mets a really broke the Phillies hearts with those two 9th inning home runs over the weekend now they're playing spoiler Maynard their team that got young in a hurry with all those trades but you know a lot of guys on there and you just heard to Alou Piazza and Zeile hey we can't win it we're gonna make sure that the team we're playing in this series they have trouble winning it too it's not surprising me that the Mets will be a team that contenders don't want to play late late bye the wall Polanco is looking for three Jones hunter and slow over to get it and it's an uncontested triple for Placido Polanco [Applause] their offense struggled in the month of July Polanco just continues rolling alone 333 he hit in July and he sees what he what's in front of him he knows the situation there's one out if I can get the third I can create an opportunity to score not easier they'll bring the infield in now pitch me different he looks to third-base he doesn't need any help he knows where the baseball is he knows his feet and he's got himself a trip there remember he took a a body block from Ken Caminiti earlier in the game he was fine [Applause] LDP of their team but so lot of them said Tony LaRussa says he he's been my most consistent offensive player this year any book site correct Cabrera [Applause] that's what we mean by the pitcher is in trouble show the patients make him make the mistake it's a physical mistake on the part of Cabrera [Applause] might have daring to use looking at third based on there's only one out and looking in the on-deck circle even if I do get pools out that Big Mac waiting on me [Music] [Applause] ball hit well to write gave Martinez sat in front of the track and pulses going and here comes Mark McGwire [Music] he's back he's back and he has the floor in his hand huh his lasted back mark mcgwire tine harmon kilovolt 4/5 on the all-time home run list he almost ended jim edmonds season right there by lining one through his team's on-deck circle [Music] Farha strength he won the Triple Crown of the American League 6075 in the homerun department believing his 44th sighs apartment Philip way back [Applause] his last of all this was Hartmann look at the Big Shoulders although certainly not as tall as Big Mac and these two men are on 573 a majestic homerun the way Killebrew used to hit him McGwire ties him can he go past [Music] two mates will happy with because if wired charges amount he's not only going to beat you up but he might beat half the other guys in a brave uniform up as well [Applause] one fall made it over the fence 200 was gave it a ride it's put yourself in the batter's box the key zone on Sunday Night Baseball only on ESPN Americans have places to go things to do so they go - air conditioning we do that oil changes we do that batteries and mufflers - for total car care by certified technicians who does it all - we do that dear Casanova Zima this is a tow this is a foot that's the difference between lamisil 80 spray pump and Lotrimin AF Lotrimin AF products are indicated to treat athlete's foot on the whole foot this is only indicated to treat between the toes so kill athlete's foot on the whole foot with Lotrimin AF [Music] dreary ice-cream in eighteen flavors [Music] this could be a problem this summer the entire cast of American Pie is back come on Ozzy It's Showtime join Jim this is my son Earl of Stifler Jim can't you leave your shirt on you're scaring the chicks away Jim's daddy but real homers and the rest of the gang in the new movie that proves times change people change but friends and family are forever where's my big guy American Pie to rated R at theatres Friday August 10 Aaron C Lewis are Lotrimin key plays at the game Paul Bako on a strike ball to him but a widow stacks tosses Bobby Cox later in the event who makes the big catch in left field to stall a bases loaded when BJ surhoff ADA missed you in left it was one run in and then when Mark McGwire hit his one off Greg Maddux he tied Harmon Killebrew forfeit ball he took the curtain called the cards had a three nothing lead they've just added one and thanks to the brains of Darryl Kile the long ball of Mark McGwire and you saw the big catch by fool holes in the 6th inning that allowed them the Cardinals to get the 3 spot in the bottom of the sixth Kyle is gone but his work has certainly born many have fruit and McGwire has the dod grin because maybe the Cardinals are making a move and maybe gave beers he's been in and out as a closer kit also settled into some sort of rhythm yeah and they need some consistency from their closers position the rest of this year you just cannot blow us safe during the last two months of the season when you have to gain as much ground as the st. Louis Cardinals have to pick up swinging at the first pitch and at late backhanded play made by and range Sanchez's how nice play by via always playing [Music] for to Cordoba once the Rookie of the Year in the lead when it was with the twins now any and to out what's hit drives into in the seventh president for for tie as Cordova come through six for a team's top eight Corinthian leather bars a quarter goal one out here in the ninth nice play by V Nia now heard Paul Bako is first of that since that situation that we showed [Applause] Barnard Gilkey two years with the cards Chavez is brave so greg maddux may lose probably will for the first time since May 3 and we just that's amazing ten straight wins there's a shutout tonight now the Braves are down to their last out tears get Pynchon of guilty well Darryl Kile certainly opened up eyes and a night that Mark McGwire will get the headlines no question it's a game that's more important to the st. Louis Cardinals than it is the Atlanta Braves not that Maddux tried any less with some defensive help this game could still be scoreless but I'll tell you the reason Mark McGwire was smiling there's there's reason to smile when you hit a home run 573 of them but you hit home run off Greg Maddux you've really done something guilty swinging beam yure Cardinals winning well we came for a pitcher's duel tonight and we got one for the grape sluggers and this or any other year hit a ball deep a historic home run off one of the great pictures of this or any other career he carried the st. Louis Cardinals offense last year the first half of the year they need him to carry it the second half of this year to pick up that ground they need enjoyed it set two in a row huh and look at that there it is the number was ready McGwire was ready killer and Big Mac together at number five Darryl Kile bests Greg Maddux and the cards have won the first two of this three-game set four to nothing the score tonight thanks for watching this edition of Wednesday night baseball long ball for max of cards or directs unclip it all of us I'm Chris Berman thanks for watching stand by for Billy Pino [Music] this has been a presentation of ESPN the worldwide leader in sports for more log on to espn.com [Music]

Channel: Cardinals Baseball Classics

Views: 3,350

Keywords: mlb, baseball, mlb baseball, st. louis cardinals, 2001 st. louis cardinals, atlanta braves, albert pujols, mark mcgwire, darryl kile, greg maddux, placido polanco, mcgwire homers, mcgwire home run, tony la russa, dave duncan, busch stadium II

Id: kFh0AJFhEac

Length: 159min 27sec (9567 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 12 2020