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Albany, NY – WAMC's Ian Pickus goes around the world of sports.
IT WAS A DAY OF LONG-AWAITED HOMECOMINGS AT YANKEE STADIUM YESTERDAY THE ANNUAL OLD-TIMERS' GAME BRINGING SEVERAL FIRST-TIMERS BACK TO THE BRONX FOUR-TIME CHAMPION MANAGER JOE TORRE AMONG THE GREATS CENTERFIELDER BERNIE WILLIAMS ALSO RETURNED, AND LOU PINIELLA DONNED PINSTRIPES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES.
THE CURRENT YANKS DIDN'T DISAPPOINT, EITHER THEY RALLIED PAST THE ROCKIES 6-4 ON BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS FROM NICK SWISHER AND JORGE POSADA MARK TEIXEIRA ALSO WENT YARD WITH HIS MAJOR LEAGUE-LEADING 23RD BOMB. BOSTON REMAINS A HALF-GAME BACK AFTER BEATING PITTSBURGH 4-2 TO HALF A FOUR-GAME SLIDE. THE METS GOT FOUR HITS FROM JOSE REYES TO EDGE TEXAS 8-5.
INTERLEAGUE SCOREBOARD NOW ROY HALLADAY IS THE MAJORS FOURTH 10-GAME WINNER .PHILLIES GETTING PAST OAKLAND 3-1. IT WAS THE GIANTS 3, CLEVELAND 1 DETROIT SCORED SEVEN RUNS WITH TWO OUTS IN THE EIGHTH TO TOP ARIZONA 8-3 IT WAS THE NATS 2, THE WHITE SOX 1 AND WASHINGTON NAMING DAVEY JOHNSON AS ITS NEW MANAGER. THE 1986 METS SKIPPER HASN'T MANAGED IN 11 YEARS.
THE ORIOLES BEAT THE REDS 7-5 TORONTO BLANKING THE CARDINALS 5-NOTHING TO COMPLETE THE SWEEP. MILWAUKEE 6, TWINS 2. THE ROYALS OVER THE CUBS 6-3.
RAYS EDGE THE ASTROS 14-10 THE DODGERS RALLYING FOR TWO IN THE NINTH TO GET PAST THE ANGELS 3-2 SEATTLE GETTING A WILD 2-1 WIN IN 10 OVER FLORIDA .AND THE PADRES BEAT THE BRAVES 4-1 IN THE LONE NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME.
WIMBLEDON GEARS BACK UP AGTER AN OFF-DAY YESTERDAY .FOURTH SEED ANDY MURRAY IS IN ACTION AGAINST RICHARD GASQUET .TOP-RANKED RAFAEL NADAL FACES JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS, CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, MARIA SHARAPOVA, ROGER FEDERER, MARDY FISH, AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC ARE ALL IN ACTION TODAY.