How about Barrett's Grand Slam last night?!?
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it sucked....i'm a cards fan but i saw it coming when the cards stopped throwing strikes...the cubs deserved the win and the sweep, they played well all weekend so i'll tip my cap\n\nps - barrett is an excellent catcher, too bad he's underrated by the rest of the league
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Sad to say it is over. It was fun to watch and I wish he had broken the record. But even though he was 18 games away from the record, 18 games is HUGE on the tail end of that chase. If that record is ever broken, it will be a LONG time. Probably someone who won’t be born for a long time will eventually do it. That is a very tough record to break; I give him props for going 38. Had he continued it beyond today as the games got closer and closer to the Record 56 the pressure would have become really intense. I think it already was. In the long run, it is better for him and his team. Now he is out of the Limelight and can focus on what is most important, his team winning.
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June 5, 2006 - Michelle Wie fails in bid to make US Open.\n\nYes this is long, but it will give you the answer your looking for.\n\nCANOE BROOK COUNTRY CLUB, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY -- Michelle Wie tugged her cap over her face when a 3-foot par putt skimmed over the right edge of the cup, and the 3,500 fans who thought they might witness history gasped and groaned.For nearly 10 hours Monday at Canoe Brook, in an electric atmosphere that at times felt like a U.S. Open, Wie tantalized an overflow crowd, raising their hopes that a 16-year-old girl could join Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at Winged Foot in two weeks for the toughest test in golf.But it won't be this year.That putt was the start of three straight bogeys, sending Wie to a 3-over 75 in her second round of U.S. Open qualifying. She tied for 59th at 1-over 143, five shots short of even having a chance for the 18th and final spot in the 153-player field."Obviously, I'm disappointed I didn't make it," she said. "I'm satisfied with the way I tried. I played my hardest out there."She won over the crowd, and even the two men with whom she played."She's very, very good. And she's only bloody 16," said Long Island club pro Rick Hartmann, who finished at 4-over 146. "You guys are going to be writing about her for a long time."Wie played well enough to make the cut, but that wasn't what she was playing for.That required more than she had.She missed six birdie putts inside 12 feet in the morning on the easier South course and still shot 2-under 68, holing a 60-foot chip for birdie on her final hole that set off a frenzy for those lucky enough to watch. Interest was so high that Canoe Brook closed the gates shortly before lunch because club officials didn't think it could handle so many people.When she saved par with a tricky, 5-foot putt on her ninth hole in the afternoon, Wie still was at 2 under and needed two birdies to have a shot at going to Winged Foot. But the cheers that carried her along the tree-lined fairways soon turned into sympathetic applause.The next stop for Wie is a major — against women.She headed south to Bulle Rock near Baltimore for the LPGA Championship, where she was runner-up a year ago and will be one of the favorites. Her parents said she will throw out the first pitch Tuesday night when the Baltimore Orioles play Toronto. The fans at Camden Yards won't see the first woman in the U.S. Open, only one who tried."I'm very proud of her," said her father, B.J. Wie. "A little disappointed, but very proud. I think Michelle demonstrated that it's possible for a woman to play in a men's major."Replied his only child, "I think finally my dad said something right.""Hopefully, this just shows or motivates people to do what they want to do," Wie said. "I feel a lot more motivated after today."The putts that kept her from a low round in the morning doomed her chances in the afternoon.After hitting a fan in the leg with her tee shot on the fourth, she was 25 feet away for birdie and ran the putt 3 feet by. Wie missed the par putt for only her second bogey of the day. She three-putted the next hole for bogey, too, a slippery 25-foot putt that she ran a few feet by and missed coming back. Then on the 442-yard sixth hole, she again missed the fairway, chipped across into more rough, and when she finally reached the green, Wie had to make a 5-foot putt to escape with bogey."I felt like I was playing very well, but my score didn't show it as much as I wanted to," she said. "I was hitting my putts very solid. I guess the ball was afraid of heights or something."  The string of bogeys ended her hopes, and a crowd that had been so electric under mostly gray skies turned somber as the sun broke through the clouds, casting long shadows across the fairway.Mark Brooks wondered if it was just as well. Winged Foot is one of
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I too am not a fan of the big serve, but with Sampras you get probably the all-time most effective first and second serves, outstanding volleys, and a strong forehand. He also competes in the classy manner of the Australian pros--no trash talk, just competing to their utmost.\nSo, I'm glad he is playing in WTT. This is an opportunity for the newer generation to meet the older. Given the format of WTT, conditioning is less a factor, and oldsters can often do surprisingly well.
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I sincerely hope that Danny Greene absolutely creams Mundine.\nFrom the research and reading I have done Greene has the harder hit and also can go the distance.\nMundine is still yet to fight a worthy opponent.\nHe gets his chance on Wednesday night.\nI'm guessing but I think if Mundine fails he will blame the rift with his father.
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Nadal's next match is Wednesday evening (or Wednesday morning in the US) against Robredo.\n\nhttp://www.masters-cup.com/1/results/oop.asp
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The media has some things to answer about Tim's Wimbledon experience but they cannot be responsible for how well he performs and plus would you say that reaching 4 semi finals is poor form and loosing to the winner each time is poor? I certainly wouldn't and this doesn't account for the 4 quarter finals he has also reached! The media have criticised unjustly in my opinion.
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Sans aucon doute la finale de RG 84 entre Lendl et Mac Enroe. Deux monstres sacrés du tennis mondial. L'avènement du Tchèque et le début du déclin de l'Américain. Enorme.\nIl ne faut pas oublier aussi Edberg-Courier (finale US Open 91) où le Suédois joua un tennis parfait que je n'ai jamais revu sur un court (y compris avec Federer) mais également Agassi-Sampras (finale US Open 90). \nEnfin, comment oublier marathon-man Edberg à l'US Open 92 et ses 5 matchs en cinq sets pour gagner le tournoi, qui plus est en ne jouant pas que des manchots (Lendl, Chang, Sampras...). Inoui.
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JUNE 11     SUNDAY       B/W  FEDERER AND NADAL
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HE WAS AMAZING!!!\ntaylor sucked..i hope he leaves tomorrow hes starting to annoy me!
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It's baffling because Federer pretty much owns everyone else.\nIt seems to be the high bounce of Nadal's shots. Clay makes it even worse. That said, a player of Federer's calibre should have figured out something by now.\nThat said, Hewitt, Henman, Ferrero, and Agassi all had dominant winning records against Federer before he was able to turn it round. So maybe it will just take him a little while.
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i do miss her, i think the last time i saw her play in t.v. is the U.S Open, though i cannot really remember. That's a sign that she has been gone for a while now. I hope she comes back because i do believe in her talents and abilities, she is a really good tennis player. It would be good to see her back, with Martina Hingis one of her rivals also in the tour now.
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Barrett overreacted. It was a clean play. Even though the ball hadn't reached him, he had the plate blocked. No where to go for AJ but through Barrett.
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Yes if Federer has a really bad day!
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Great to see her back. Just when You think the power game has hijacked the womens game and turn it into a high-mph slug-fest, Hingis comes back to save the day. She's impressed everyone so far, and certainly proved that she can compete with the harder hitters on the tour. Hopefully she'll add another Major or two to her resume, but it's nice just to see her back in the mix again. Can't wait to see her start winning titles again. The way she's performed so far this year, it looks fairly likely.
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omg...this is exactly the same question i asked... Can't you come up with your own questions? JK. I was actually going to pick your answer as BEST ANSWER but i have to wait at leat 24 hrs. But here is the deal, if you pick my answer as best answer, ill pick your answer as BEST ASNSWER too. Deal?\n\nBut anyways. I think he is a great player. He demolished France's Monfils in straight sets, and i think he had a good chance of defeating Nadal in the quarter final. He is also extremely good looking. I bet if i was playing against him i would loose 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, not because because i suck but because i would be staring at him, not the tennis ball, all the time.
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Well, today, Venus Williams lost in the first round of the Austrailan Open. So, its up to Serena to win it (and its not looking good) if you want to sell it after they win a grand slam.\n\nI would say, however, that their popularity is pretty stable and to go ahead and sell it now while people still know who they are. Because their fitness and game are really going downhill.