Brewers C out

Jonathan Lucroy is the C for the Milwakee Brewers. He was place on the disabled List. He will be out 4-6 weeks with a fractured right hand. Lucroy currently has a .345 Ba with 5 HRs and 30 RBI for the season. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

OF Magglio Ordonez retiring

OF Magglio Ordonez is retiring. The RF played with the Detroit Tigers last year. He is a 6 time All Star OF. Ordonez has a lifetime batting average of .309 with a total of 294 career home runs. Magglio Ordonez's retirement is set to be announced on Sunday the third of June.

Halladay on DL

The Philles had to place the 8 time All Star P Roy Halladay on the disabled list today. This was due to a strained lat muscle in Halladay's right shoulder area. However, upon father review the Phillies are now saying that Halladay will be shut down for at least a minimum of 3 weeks but it could be longer.  So what does that mean as to the rest of the season for Roy? It will just depend on how that shoulder is doing in my opinion.

Good news & Bad news for the Angels

The Angels had to place P Jered Weaver, who is 6-1, on the 15 day disabled list. Weaver was diagnosed with a lower back injury after he left during the first inning Monday against the Yankees. He is listed on the DL due to  a lower back strain and spasms as it was put. This could be very bad news for the Angels.
However, good news came today for the Angels as well. OF Torii Hunter was finally activated from the restricted list. Hunter will be in the lineup tonight as the Angels are set to take on the Yankees.

New winner at Nationwide series race

Today was the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Iowa Speedway Race track. I was surprised by the winner. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the race in Iowa. He is definitely a name you do not hear about to often. Elliot Sadler finished second. Kurt Busch finished fifth. Sam Hornish Jr came in 12th. Travis Pastrana finished 26th and was 22 laps behind the lead car. That is not bad for a rookie who made his debut not that long ago at Richmond. Danika Patrick came in 30th today. Danika's car was having some major issues today though.

Spurs advance to finals

The San Antonio Spurs have been hot in the playoffs going 8-0 with their win tonight. The Spurs completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Clippers with a 102-99 win. Therefore, the Spurs now advance to Western Conference Finals. They will take on the winner of the Lakers and Thunder match up in the Western Conference Finals.

Spurs v Clippers Game 2

The San Antonio Spurs dominated the Los Angeles Clippers tonight. The final score ended being Spurs 105 and the Clippers 88. The Spurs now have a 2-0 lead in the West semifinals. Tony Parker had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. It was a good game. After the 1st the score was 29-21 in favor of San Antonio. At the end of the second the Clippers closed that gap some to make the score 46-42 with the Spurs having a 4 point lead. Therefore I figured Clippers will take the lead in the 3rd. However, after the 3rd quarter ended Spurs still lead 78-67. But the Clippers definitely made the boys work for number 2 tonight.

Rays' lose Longoria to injury

Many people that are Rays' fans will remember Monday when Evan Longoria was pulled from the game after suffering an injury. It has been confirmed that Longoria will reportedly miss six to eight weeks after injuring his hamstring in the Monday's win over the Seattle Mariners. No team can afford to lose its best hitter for long right now. The race for the AL East is proving to be a close one. Two games can make or break a divison win, wild card spot, or enven missing the playoffs all together. However, the Rays always seem to find a way. After all, Longoria ended up missing a month last season and during his absence the Rays went 15-11.

However, The Rays have several options but they haven't announced a roster move yet. Jeff Keppinger could end up playing third on a regular basis. The backup infielder Elliot Johnson could also play there, or Johnson could play shortstop with Sean Rodriguez being moved over to third. Or the Rays' could recall Reid Brignac from Triple-A to play some shortstop, with Rodriguez, Brignac, Johnson and Keppinger playing in a sort of four-man platoon of sorts. Therefore, with Joe Maddon managing, expect the Rays to survive by moving players around on a daily basis.

Stoudemire to miss rest of playoffs

Knicks PF Amare Stoudemire will be out for the playoffs after he cut his left hand when he punched the glass case that encloses a fire extinguisher.  Stoudemire did tweet afterwards "I am so mad at myself right now. I want to apologize to the fans and my team." This injury comes after the Knicks lost to the  Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference opening round playoffs. This caused lacerations on his left hand which required stitches. He is listed as day to day but realisticly it will take a little while for the wounds on his hand to heal.

The Knick's chances might not be as damaged by Stoudemire's absence as everyone might think. Stoudemire missed a total of 19 games during the regular season, and the team still went 14-5 during that stretch. This was due to both Carmelo Anthony's numbers and the team's performance as a whole. Both of which were noticably better when Amare Stoudemire was not in the lineup for the Knicks.