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The Rain Maker Sports: Sports Bytes – June 3, 2010

How good was Ken Griffey, Jr.? “The Kid” hit 630 homers and is virtually guaranteed a spot in the Hall of Fame; yet when people talk about him the first thing they say is, “Imagine how good he would have been if he didn’t have all those injuries” . . .

Last night the Yankees again pounded the American League punching bags, the Baltimore Orioles. Robinson Cano stretched his hitting streak to 16 games while Phil Hughes won his seventh game . . .

Detroit Tigers hurler Armando Gallaraga lost his bid for a perfect-game with two outs in the ninth inning because of an admitted blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce. It was a tough break for Gallaraga, but Joyce deserves credit for owning up to the mistake and even visiting the Tigers locker room after the game to apologize. That takes character . . .

The Diamondbacks lost their 10th consecutive game yesterday. Their latest display of futility was a 14-inning,1-0 decision to the Dodgers . . .

High blood pressure must be rampant among Mets fans since the ballclub continues to discover new ways to lose. Yesterday, it was reliever Raul Valdez’s turn to play the role of goat. With the bases loaded in the 11th inning and the score tied 1-1, Valdez served-up a gopher ball to Adrian Gonzalez, who drilled it into the left field seats for a walk-off, game winning grand slam. The 5-1 victory gave the Padres the series win two game to one . . .

The Atlanta Braves have an eight-game winning streak and are 8-2 in their last 10 games. One other club is also 8-2 during that stretch: the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won again yesterday thanks to a strong performance from Daisuke Matsuzaka and another long-ball from David Ortiz. It was the second consecutive night that the Sox defeated the A’s after falling behind early . . .

The Phillies continue to shoot blanks. Last night the Braves completed their three-game sweep of Philadelphia by limiting the once high-powered offense to a single run. The 2-1 victory increased the Braves divisional lead over the Phillies to 2.5 games . . . In yesterday’s game Chase Utley and Ryan Howard were a combined 1 for 8 . . . Philadelphia has now lost four straight and is 2-8 in their last 10 games . . . Since Game 1 of their series against the Mets last week, the Phillies have been outscored 37-11 . . .

In case the young upstarts in Cincinnati had any ideas about running away with the NL Central division, Tony LaRussa and his Cardinals put those dreams to rest by taking two out of three from the Reds. Yesterday’s 4-1 Cardinals victory put St. Louis back into a tie with Cincinnati for first place . . .

The difference between AL batting leader Justin Morneau (.376) and NL batting leader Martin Prado (.324) is 52 points. There are nine American Leaguers with higher batting averages than Prado . . .

It’s not over yet. The Flyers 4-3 victory in overtime could change the momentum of the Stanley Cup series, which the Blackhawks lead 2-1 in games . . .

I imagine Cowboys’ QB Tony Romo is too busy working on his putting game to offer an opinion on Patrick Crayton’s trade demands . . .

Those NFL insiders who are picking the Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl this season are probably the same delusional people who are predicting that the Washington Redskins will make the playoffs . . .

I never thought I would tire of hearing someone’s name more than that of Brett Favre. Ben Roethlisberger has managed to prove me wrong . . .

Fallacy Football, excuse me, Fantasy Football, will soon begin dominating the pages of sports sites such as ESPN.com and SI.com. For any who care, and I am not one of those people, of the 59,700 NFL.com viewers who responded to the question, “Which player is at the top of your fantasy football draft board?” 36% selected Titans RB Chris Johnson. Saints QB Drew Brees was second at 26% . . .

Tomorrow I will give my prediction for Saturday’s Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman title bout at Yankee Stadium . . .

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