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by Twinsfan Well, half the season is over in baseball
and that means that time honored As for the first half of the season, the
surprises are still holding on. The Philadelphia
Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins are still
leading In tennis the first ever unseeded player won
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have lost and any
bad feelings that may have arisen out of that. Luis
Gonzales defeated Sammy Sosa for the home run derby title
6-2 and as for the game itself, the American League
downed the National League 4-1. Cal Ripken Jr., of the
Baltimore Orioles was named All-Star MVP as he had a home
run to open the scoring. It was fitting that he be named
MVP as this will be his last all-star game because he is
retiring at the end of this year. He has been the epitomy
of an old time baseball player who just goes out on the
field everyday and does his job. A class act. Another
player retiring who was honored during the 6th inninng of
the game was Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres. I
thought they could have waited till the end of the game
to honor both men and not hold up the game.
their divisions.
The Seattle Mariners are playing so good that they might
clinch their division by next week. Well, not really, but
they do have an awesome record, with 63 wins, and lead
their division by 19 games. The other divison leaders are
the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. As for
personal achievements during the first half we have Barry
Bonds with 39 HR's, Roger Clemens has a 12-1 pitching
record and Bret Boone has 86 RBI's. There were 2 no
hitters thrown, one by Hideo Nomo of the Boston Red Sox
and the other by the Florida Marlins A.J. Burnett. What
will the second half bring? Stay tuned. 
Ivanisevic deafeted
Austrailia's Patrick Rafter in a 5 set thriller 6-3, 3-6,
6-3, 2-6, 9-7. Venus Williams won the women's title for
the second year in a row, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. In NASCAR
Winston Cup, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the Pepsi 400 at
Daytona, the same track where his father was killed in
February in the first return to that track since the
tradgedy. The LA Lakers won the NBA title again and the
Colorado Avalanche won the NHL's Stanley Cup. I'd just
like to point out that I picked both teams to win before
the pllayoffs started. Tiger Woods has proven he IS human
by going 3 straight tournaments of finishing 10th or
worst.
