The Sports Review

The Pittsburgh Pirates were overjoyed by their victory over New York Yankees last Tuesday night as this is the first win since the 60 World Series that the Pirates have registered over the Yankees at their own backyard. The margin of victory (12-5) will also be a welcome sight for the Pirates fans and this stupendous win was achieved courtesy of home runs by Ryan Doumit and Jose Bautista. The Pirates hitters were on song for the entire game and they took an unassailable lead of 7-1 by the end of the fifth inning. The Pirates fans, seeing the tide change in their favor, will be rushing to book their tickets for future games well in advance. 

The Cincinnati Reds enjoyed every bit of their first game at the Yankee stadium in 32 years and the outcome of this game was that the Yankees were toppled by the Reds 4-2 at home. Edinson Volquez was in total control of his pitching during the entire game and allowed only two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He also struck out five and had one player walked last Friday night. Volquez is very happy with his first pitching efforts at the Yankees Stadium and is hoping for even better showings in the future games at the Stadium. The Reds win after a series of five loses have made the funs rushing to the ticket counters to book their tickets for the forthcoming games.

The San Francisco Giants at last had something for the home fans to cheer about as they beat the Detroit Tigers 8-6 virtue of a three run homer by John Bowker in the eighth inning. This win helped the Giants to overcome a five game loosing streak at home. The Giants rallied from behind with a solid display of powerful hitting in the eighth inning to win the game. The good reviews that the Giants have gathered by this skilful display will interest many fans to buy tickets to the inter league series games against the Tigers. The fans are hoping that the entire team lives up to its expectations and play the sport in the same spirit that they showcased last Monday night.

The 45 year old veteran and ace left handed pitcher of the Philadelphia Phillies, Jamie Moyer was at the right end of his act on Thursday night as he helped his team register its first win against the Florida Marlins in a three game series. The Phillies avoided a clean sweep by the Marlins and their fans were delighted with the outcome of the game. The Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was happy with this win and particularly appreciated the form that Moyer always shows against one of the sport’s better teams, Marlins. The Phillies form has won rare reviews this season will help in the increase of ticket sales for both their home as well as away games. 

After an amazing win in Los Angeles, the Lakers have pulled within one game of tieing up the series with the Boston Celtics.  This epic battle has been so exciting to watch.  With a 103-98 victory over the Celtics on Sunday night, Im getting ready to see a war on the court Tuesday night at the TD Bank North garden.  Im going to be live at the Boston Celtics Game I got my seats last week.  Will this game be the end of Lakers, or will they be able to get one more for a historic Game 7 game in Beantown.  Stay Tuned!

The Arizona Diamondbacks, one of favorite baseball teams in the world of sport, could not have written a better script for their game against the New York Mets as they rallied from a 5-1 run deficit to clinch victory in a rain delayed game last Tuesday night. The D Backs in the process of securing a victory from the jaws of defeat have also handed the Mets their fifth straight loss this season. Orlando Hudson’s two run short in the fifth inning started to turn the game in favor of Diamondbacks and then Stephen Drew and Conor Jackson connected well to take the game 9-5. The Diamondbacks fans are very much excited about this victory and many fans are now rushing to buy tickets for their forthcoming games.

Here is disappointing news for Mark Prior fans. He has to undergo some treatment to his right shoulder due to which he will not be featuring in any of the upcoming games this season. He previously had surgery done to his right shoulder sometime last year when he was playing for Chicago Clubs. But according to Bud Black the San Diego Padres manager, the surgery that will be done shortly will take a longer time to heal. So, all those Mark Prior fans out there who had already bought tickets just to watch him in action will be highly disappointed.

The young and dynamic pitcher of San Diego Padres Mark Prior will be undergoing a medical procedure very soon to set right his troubled right shoulder. The Padres manager Bud Black has revealed that the surgery will take more time to heal and hence Prior will not be featuring for the Padres in any off their games this season. It is important to note that Prior had already undergone a surgery on the right shoulder last year when he was playing for one of the sports leading team, Chicago Cubs. The fans who had bought tickets to watch the highly reviewed pitching skills of Mark Prior will not be able to see his game for this entire season.

The defensive end Will Smith has withdrawn from his search for a new contract and has decided to play for his old team New Orleans Saints this coming season. Will Smith is determined to take his team to newer heights and participated in the first day of the mandatory mini camp last Friday after staying away from the work out practices of the team last March. His current contract with the team ends next season and is hoping to work out on a long term contract with the Saints that has better incentives. Any die hard Will Smith fan will be ensuring that he books his tickets well in advance for the Saints games this coming season.