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Himself here at williamsport worldwide. he is now trending on twitter, the number one in the united states. lorenzo butler and he has no idea. >> nomar: what a great day for the second baseman. now bradley smith leads things off as california comes up. last chance. and a good way to wrap up his chance on the mound. brock myers, faces the best. it looks like he has a little extra light on his bulk. brock myers, good pitch right there. he knows that is the 84th pitch. this is the 85th pitch. no ma...

>> karl: often times i want bradley smith to swing away. but you need base runners right here, so. thats what youre worried about for california. and he did. he took it. good job right there. you know he can knock one over the wall. thats not going to tie this game up. you need him to get on base. >> karl: 3-1 pitch on the way to big bradley smith. on the ground. fair ball down the line and left field. its going to get to the wall. rounding third -- and scoring the 12th run of the game for calif...

The duke of edenburg is back in the hospital. he was taken from balmoral castle. precaution, its a recurrence from back in june. he was in the hospital. prince philip is 91. hes been very active of late and attended a number of olympic events in london. melky cabrera has apologized to his team and his fans. hes been suspended 50 games without pay for testing positive for testosterone. the former yankee, now a giants was having a monstrous season, notably the mvp of the all-star game, which dec...

Finally tonight a woman who is making new history on a field that has seen a lot of that already. she is in a league of her own and nbcs kristen dahlgren has her story tonight. >> swings on a fly ball!

[ applause ] >> brian williams today in washington. eight decades after his last major league at-bat, babe ruth is still the king, smacking another home run in the sports memorabilia department. the babes earliest known yankees jersey still around, sold at auction to an anonymous bidder for more than $4.4 million. thats a new record, surpassing the $4.3 million paid for jay naismiths founding rules of basketball. in case you missed it, it was a dramatic finish at this weekends preakness stak...

Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues. a ceremony was held at dodger stadium. and every major leaguer today wore his number, 42. tonight tony guida looks at the changing face of baseball 65 years later. >> reporter: on this hard scrabble penned lot in brooklyn three miles from the field of dreams where jackie robinson integrated baseball a group of youngsters is learning the games essentials. >> i grew in this neighborhood playing baseball. >> dr. quentin redden saw that th...

>> reporter: at least best for me, not her. >> i dont know. >> reporter: got this real toledo mud hens game jersey when i was living in toledo. the hens were getting rid of their own uniforms so i asked if i could have one and they gave me number 26. the guy who wore it never amounted to much as a player. in fact, the only thing memorable about him was his name. it was alliterative, kind of funny, too, which is the only reason i even recognized it all these years later when hollywood started buz...

Completely innocent." you cant be any more straightforward for that. >> this reporter covers brauns team, the milwaukee brewers. he cautions fans. >> we need the wait and see what the substance is that triggered the positive test. i think we need to see if the appeal is successful. >> fans may never forget, but they do seem to forgive. attendance at baseball games is robust. superstars like barry bonds and roger clemens have been linked to performance-enhancing drugs. slugger alex rodriguez admi...

Transfer of guantanamo detainees to the united states, is sending yet another message that they dont have faith in the administrations ability to deal with the detainee issue at large. >> the administration is accusing congress of micromanagement at the expense of national security, vowing the president will veto the bill if it reaches his desk. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >> ahead, a stunner for big league baseball. doping charges against national league m.v.p. ryan braun. >> baseballs all-t...

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