The Heat and the city of Miami celebrated in grand fashion yesterday as an estimated 400,000 people witnessed the championship parade through the streets of downtown Miami.
Good coverage from Fox Sports Florida:
Here’s ESPN.com’s coverage of the celebration:
Dwyane Wade likes the idea of three-peating:
Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra have no time to rest as they are now concentrating on getting Ray Allen and the Birdman to return:
In other news from around the NBA, Brian Shaw finally landed a head-coaching job, and it is with the Denver Nuggets. Great choice by the Nuggets. Shaw is a winner. The Memphis Grizzlies, who recently fired Lionel Hollins, the most successful coach in their history, promoted Dave Joerger to the position. The 39-year-old Joerger has been an assistant with the Grizzlies for the past six seasons.
From the NFL and Police Squad! files, here is today’s update on the Aaron Hernandez story:
Here’s Hernandez’ attorney talking and saying absolutely nothing:
In the NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks are the 2013 Stanley Cup Champions as they eliminated the Boston Bruins in six games, closing it out last night with a 3-2 victory. From
Yahoo! Sports:
The Marlins are enjoying their best month of June in a long time, with an 11-9 record so far this month. Remember that the team only won twelve games TOTAL in June 2011 and June 2012 COMBINED. Today, the Fish begin a homestand in which they face the Minnesota Twins for two games, and the San Diego Padres for four games.
The Fish are still the worst run-scoring team in MLB, with 235 runs in their 75 games. Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:
TEAM W-L Runs
Marlins 25-50 235
Nationals 37-38 263
Dodgers 33-42 267
White Sox 31-42 272
Mariners 34-43 277
In the major leagues yesterday, in the American League,
Rays 4 Blue Jays 1
Jeremy Hellickson threw seven innings of shutout ball, allowing only one hit to end the Blue Jays’ winning streak at 11 games. James Loney, Wil Myers, and Sam Fuld hit consecutive homers in the second inning.
Indians 5 Orioles 2
Michael Brantley connected long distance and drove in four runs. The Indians have now won nine of their last twelve.
Over in the National League,
Dodgers 3 Giants 1
Yusiel Puig went 3-4, including his seventh homer and drove in two runs.
Padres 4 Phillies 3 (10 innings)
Kyle Blanks’ run scoring single in the 10th inning was the game winner. Jonathan Papelbon blew his fourth save in the last eight days.
Today’s games, first, in the American League,
Rangers @ Yankees 7:05 pm
Yu Darvish vs Hiroki Kuroda
Indians @ Orioles 7:05 pm
Justin Masterson vs Chris Tillman
Angels @ Tigers 7:08 pm
CJ Wilson vs Rick Porcello
Blue Jays @ Rays 7:10 pm
Mark Buehrle vs Matt Moore
Rockies @ Red Sox 7:10 pm
Juan Nicasio vs Ryan Dempster
Braves @ Royals 8:10 pm
Kris Medlen vs Ervin Santana
Mets @ White Sox 8:10 pm
Zack Wheeler vs Chris Sale
Cardinals @ Astros 8:10 pm
Jake Westbrook vs Lucas Harrell
Reds @ Athletics 10:05 pm
Bronson Arroyo vs Tommy Milone
Pirates @ Mariners 10:10 pm
Jeff Locke vs Joe Saunders
Over in the National League,
D-backs @ Nationals 7:05 pm
Trevor Cahill vs Gio Gonzalez
Twins @ Marlins 7:10 pm
Kevin Correia vs Jose Fernandez
Cubs @ Brewers 8:10 pm
Edwin Jackson vs Kyle Lohse
Phillies @ Padres 10:10 pm
Kyle Kendrick vs Jason Marquis
Giants @ Dodgers 10:15 pm
Mike Kickham vs Stephen Fife
There is nobody in major league baseball hotter right now than Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig. With just 20 games under his belt in the major leagues, Puig’s line looks like this:
GP
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AB
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R
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H
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2B
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3B
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HR
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RBI
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BB
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SO
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SB
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CS
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AVG
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20
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77
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14
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34
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3
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0
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7
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14
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3
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17
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2
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0
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.442
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HERE IS TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Speaking of good starts, Yankees’ rookie outfielder Zoilo Almonte is the third player in the team’s history to have at least four hits and four RBI combined in his first two career starts. Who were the other two? Tell you later, alligator.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports looks at some of MLB’s most disappointing teams this season so far:
Alex Rodriguez has been officially cleared to start playing rehab games on July 1st:
Unfortunately, not all is well with Mark Teixeira:
Here are the up-to-the-minute standings in MLB:
Here are the individual league leaders in MLB:
Last night at the College World Series in Omaha, with UCLA defeated Mississippi State 3-1 to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three final. The Bruins can take home the championship tonight in Game 2. The action starts at 8:00 pm. You can watch it on ESPN.
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Speaking of good starts, Yankees’ rookie outfielder Zoilo Almonte is the third player in the team’s history to have at least four hits and four RBI combined in his first two career starts. Who were the other two?
Some guy named Brian Dayett in 1983, and the incomparable Lou Gehrig back in 1923.
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