Fashion mogul Mark Ecko won the auction over the weekend for Bonds 756th home run record breaking ball. Now he is giving the public an opportunity to decide what to do with the record breaking ball at this website. I think you know how we feel about Mr. Bonds here at SportsUnderground.com, but in case you don’t we voted for that damn ball to be shipped off to space.

The Texas Rangers went the F#%k off lasts night against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles were up 3-0 going into the fourth inning when the Rangers decided it was time to get the offense going. When the game was over the Rangers won by a staggering 30-3 score. It’s the second-most runs all-time right behind the Chicago Colts [now the Cubbies] scored 36 against the Louisville Colonels on June 29, 1897. The Rangers hit six home-runs with two of them being grand slams and Jarrod Saltamacchia had seven RBI’s in the game. I got a strong feeling this EMBARASSING loss will not sit well at all with the Orioles.

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Do you know who is on pace to strike out more batters than any AL pitcher has since 2000 when Pedro mowed down 284? It is no other than Erik Bedard! What do you mean you don’t know Bedard? He is the ace of the Baltimore Orioles and…..oh wait I guess that says it all.

Brandon Webb pitched his third straight complete game shutout today and his scoreless innings streak has reached 42. He has 18 more innings to go if he wants to break the record of 59 innings set by Orel Hershiser. Webb is definitely one of the key reasons the Arizona Diamondbacks lead the NL West.

Brandon Webb went out for the second time in a row and pitched a complete-game shutout for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Webb the ace of the first place Diamondbacks extended his streak of scoreless innings to 33 with the shutout against the Nationals. The reigning Cy Young award winner still has a long ways to go though to catch the 59 scoreless innings record set by Orel Hershiser.

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Most of us have memories of Rick Ankiel as a highly touted prospect going totally mental during his short stint with the St. Louis Cardinals as a starting pitcher. Towards the end of his tenure as a pitcher he truly had issues even throwing the ball over the plate. Over two years later Ankiel has fought his way back to the majors, but no longer as a pitcher. Ankiel is now an outfielder and before being called up to the Cardinals he hit over 50 home runs in his last two years in the minors. Ankiel didn’t slow up in his debut as an outfielder in the majors by hitting a three-run homer in the seventh inning against the Padres leading St. Louis to a 5-0 win. Two days later Ankiel hit two bombs for the Cardinals lagainst the Dodgers leading to a 6-1 victory. Ankiel and his bat are bringing new life to a Cardinals team that has suffered through tons of injuries and a very disappointing season to date. They are now 6.5 games back in the NL Central and Ankiel could just be the edge they need to turn things around.

Bonds broke the record held by Hank Aaron after hitting his 756th career home run last night against the Washington Generals.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th home run today against recently acquired Kyle Davies (Davies was traded from the Braves to KC for closer Octavio Dotel) of the Kansas City Royals. A-Rod homered eight days after his 32nd birthday to surpass Jimmie Foxx (32 years, 338 days) as the youngest player to ever reach the 500 club. Love him or hate the guy is a stud. I would like to hear if you think he can break the overall home run record that will eventually be set by Bonds?

The Atlanta Braves have required a much needed first baseman in Mark Teixeira today from the Texas Rangers. Teixeira is batting .297 this season with 13 home runs and 49 RBIs and will be a major upgrade from Julio Franco who was playing first for Hotlanta. Texas traded Teixeira and middle relievevr Ron Mahay for Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus and two minor league pitchers. Saltalamacchia and Andrus were considered by many to be the Braves top two prospects. The Teixeira acquisition will be helpful this year, but did the Braves actually give up too much?

Jon Lester a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox has been called up from the minors and will start in tonight’s game against the Cleveland Indians. Why is this a big deal? It was only a year ago that Lester was diagnosed with cancer. I hope this leads to a long stay in the big leagues for Lester who obviously has tremendous perseverance and he deserves the best.

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