Sunday, August 13,
2006
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MLB
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NY Mets Trachsel 11-5 personal, 15-7 team
record, Mets over 16-6 when he starts
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Pittsburgh
has an 8-15 ream record against St. Louis
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Houston
under 5-1 with Backe
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Cubs over 7-3 with Marmol
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Yankees Wang 13-4 personal record
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Cardinals Weaver 5-0 team record
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White Sox Buehrle has an 11-5 personal career
mark to Detroit
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Seattle Moyer 12-6 personal record to Texas
Personal record is a pitcher’s record in his decisions
including relief appearances. Team
record is how the team did in his starts whether or not he was involved in the
decision.
NFL
Redskins-Bengals
Associated Press
Bengals QB Carson Palmer will be on the sideline Sunday
night when the Bengals play their preseason opener against the Washington
Redskins, a team with far less pressing matters at hand. Only seven months
after his reconstructive knee surgery, Palmer isn’t ready to play. Whether he
will be ready for the season opener remains anyone’s guess, lending weight to
Anthony Wright’s debut as the starting quarterback. His performance during the
first two weeks of training camp earned him the chance to start Sunday. His play so far has won him the first shot at
the No. 2 job – which could turn into the No. 1 job if Palmer isn’t ready for
the season opener. Doug Johnson and rookie Erik Meyer will get to run the
offense after Wright takes his turn against the Redskins. While the Bengals get
accustomed to a new quarterback, the Redskins will get their first experience
with someone other than coach Joe Gibbs calling the
plays. Gibbs has turned the offense over to assistant Al Saunders, who is
expected to open it up during the season. In the first preseason game, it may
not look a whole lot different. Most teams show little of what they’ll do once
the games start to count. Brunell is expected to play about a quarter. Then,
newcomer Todd Collins and quarterback-of-the-future Jason Campbell will launch
their competition for the No. 2 job. Collins will play the second quarter, and Campbell
will finish the game. They’ll switch roles in the second preseason game. Campbell
didn’t get onto the field as a rookie last year, when he was a first-round
pick, learning by watching. Now, he gets to show how much he has picked up from
the sideline.
Mercury News
Todd Collins will be first off the bench when starter Mark
Brunell leaves the game, Gibbs said. Don’t read much into it. Collins is first
in this week because Jason Campbell got that honor last week. Collins spent the
past five seasons with Redskins assistant coach Al Saunders in Kansas
City and is familiar with his system, often sharing
his knowledge in quarterback meetings, Gibbs said. n their preseason meeting
last Aug. 19, the Bengals defeated the Redskins 24-17 at FedEx Field with the
help of two second-quarter interceptions of Patrick Ramsey.
Cincinnati Post
The entire 2006 home schedule, including the preseason
games against Washington and Green
Bay, is sold out at Paul Brown Stadium, which holds
65,500. It’s the first time since the stadium opened in 2000 that the entire
home schedule sold out in advance of the season. The offseason has seen
conjecture and progress reports regarding Palmer’s rehabilitation and return to
the field, as well as multiple off-the-field incidents that have included five
players being arrested and one player under suspension for the first four games
of the upcoming regular season. In the midst of all that, head coach Marvin
Lewis has attempted to keep the focus on leaving 2005 in the past so that it
can be better in 2006. The Bengals went 11-5 and won the AFC North title last
season. It was their first winning season and the franchise’s first division
championship since 1990. An estimated crowd of 18,700 people showed up last
weekend for an intrasquad scrimmage and mock game.
