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Texas leads 30-24. Bad news for Tech... Crabtree does not play basketball.

he's 35, acts 20, looks 50. triple crown!

come take your lumps, treasurer.

HJ, 84-61

well, i wasn't crazy about prediction Central at the buzzer, at least. sounds like a hell of a game.

Central at the buzzer.

i don't know if he's the best, but he might be... he's REALLY, REALLY good.

i want to start with an athletic team, and through practice make them fundamentally sound.

All-Star shortstop Michael Young will accept the Texas Rangers' decision to move him to third base and doesn't expect to be traded. While the 32-year-old Young said Thursday he doesn't think it's the right time in his career to switch positions again, he said he's ready to focus on preparing for next season and he didn't want the pending switch to be a distraction to him or the team. "After some careful consideration over the last month or so and in an effort not to let this thing drag out," Young said during a conference call, "I decided to put an end to this and start bearing down on playing third base." Texas general manager Jon Daniels confirmed Sunday night that the Rangers were exploring trade options at Young's request. The Rangers first spoke with Young last month about moving to third to make room for touted prospect Elvis Andrus at shortstop. Young switched from second base to shortstop in the spring of 2004 after the Rangers traded Alex Rodriguez to the New York Yankees. Since then, Young has made the AL All-Star team at shortstop all five seasons, and last year he won his first Gold Glove.

Andruw Jones, a $36.2 million bust with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was released by the team Thursday. Heralded as the answer to the Dodgers' power-hitting void when he signed his rich two-year contract in December 2007, Jones was injured part of last season and was mostly ineffective otherwise, hitting only .158 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 75 games. "Obviously, this is a disappointing day for both us and Andruw, as we all had high hopes for him when he signed last year given his track record and everything that we had seen from him in the past and heard about him," Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said in a statement. "I know that Andruw is also very disappointed in the way things turned out and the best thing to do at this point is to turn the page and we wish him well." The 31-year-old center fielder reported to spring training overweight and then was booed roundly by fans as he struggled at the plate during the season. He had knee surgery in May and finished the season on the bench as the Dodgers won the NL West and beat the Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series before losing to the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Championship Series. Jones asked to be traded after that and the Dodgers tried but found no takers. The Dodgers owe Jones $22.1 million, which he'll receive over the next six years. When the Dodgers added Manny Ramirez in a trade deadline deal July 31, that left Jones with minimal opportunities. But with the staggering performance by Ramirez (.396 with 17 homers and 53 RBIs in 53 games) and the fine work of fellow outfielders Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, Jones was hardly missed. Jones came to Los Angeles as a five-time All-Star who had won 10 straight Gold Gloves with the Atlanta Braves and as one of 10 players in baseball history to hit 300 homers before the age of 30. He had 342, tying him with Mel Ott and Henry Aaron for the sixth-youngest player to reach that milestone. Jones, signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Braves in July 1993, made his big league debut on Aug. 14, 1996, as a 19-year-old rookie and hit .400 with two homers and six RBIs in the World Series against the New York Yankees. He became a regular the following season and took off in 2000, hitting a career-best .303 with 36 homers and 104 RBIs. Jones hit .263 with a career-high 51 homers and 128 RBIs in 2005 and .262 with 41 homers and a career-best 129 RBIs in 2006. He dipped to a career-low .222 with 26 homers and 94 RBIs in his final year with the Braves, perhaps a tipoff as to what was to come with the Dodgers. He came to Los Angeles having hit at least 25 homers in 10 straight seasons, only the 14th player to accomplish such a feat. He also played in 1,730 games between 1997 and 2007, never once going on the disabled list. Jones attended the Duke-Georgia Tech basketball game in Atlanta wearing a Braves cap on Wednesday night. There has been speculation the Braves might be interested in bringing Jones back because they need another outfielder. He will enter next season with 371 homers and 1,131 RBIs in 1,836 games.

And Orangefield lost to LCM but beat BC by 30.. checkmate.

no idea... has it been fixed yet?

The Roger Clemens' Hospital for the Advancement of Steroids and Steroids Use ummm.... Prevention!

poor, poor baby.

HJ, 84-67

except for that pesky scoreboard thingy...

this was a nice result for the Ags

LCM 3 Vidor 2

Playstation doesn't count in real life playstation smaystation. this was a scrimmage, Twin County Mavericks vs. Twin County Lakers. I was 20, and coaching the U-8 TC Mavs at the time, but we needed an extra player. The Lakers couldn't stop me. 54 points in less than 3 quarters. it was a defining moment of my life. ;D

#1 in the nation, IMO

i bet he feels as good as the time i put up 54 against the Lakers.

hahaha

As much noise as ticked has talked, even a close win for silsbee will make him look bad.

The Atlanta Braves and pitcher Derek Lowe have reached preliminary agreement on a four-year, $60 million contract, baseball sources told ESPN.com. The deal is pending a physical exam, a source said. Braves general manager Frank Wren declined comment in an e-mail to ESPN.com. With their late push for Lowe, the Braves succeeded in beating out the New York Mets, the other principal suitor for Lowe. The Mets are expected to turn their attention to free agent left-handers Randy Wolf and Oliver Perez. One other possibility for the Mets is former Milwaukee Brewers ace Ben Sheets, whose price has dropped because of concerns about his health. Lowe, 35, has a career 126-107 record in 12 seasons with Seattle, Boston and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's averaged 208 innings the past seven seasons, and consistently has one of the highest ground ball-to-fly ball ratios in the game. Lowe would join Javier Vazquez, Jair Jurrjens and Japanese pitcher Kenshin Kawakami in a new-look Atlanta rotation. Longtime Atlanta mainstay John Smoltz agreed to a deal with Boston late last week and right-hander Tim Hudson, who is recovering from elbow ligament-replacement surgery, might not be available until the second half of the season. It's also questionable whether Tom Glavine will return to the Braves in the aftermath of elbow and shoulder surgery. The Braves attempted to trade for Jake Peavy earlier this winter, and lost out to the New York Yankees in their bid to sign free agent A.J. Burnett. During the winter meetings, when it appeared that Lowe was looking for a five-year, $80 million deal, one Braves official said the club had "zero" interest in the pitcher. Although the Mets had given indications they were willing to increase the money on their three-year, $36 million offer to Lowe, management was never comfortable with the idea of extending its offer to four years.