Night On Ubaldo Mountain
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• Ubaldo Jimenez goes a full game without giving up a hit, which, I don't know if you knew, is a pretty big deal. It's the first no-hitter in Rockies' history and, I think — I've got Elias crawling through the archives to confirm — the first no-no by someone named Ubaldo.
•The Mets led the Cardinals 2-1 in the 20th inning. I'd love to give you a final score, but here's a little secret: I'm writing this up about 15 minutes before it goes live, so the game's not over yet.
•The Celtics rediscovered their fight in an 85-76 win over Miami. Unfortunately, Kevin Garnett rediscovered his fight as well. A scrap led to a well-placed elbow to Quentin Richardson's head, and you probably shouldn't expect to see KG until game 3.
•Sergio Martinez wins a couple middleweight belts with a unanimous decision over Kelly Pavlik in Atlantic City. Martinez was giving up a few inches and quite a few years, so this isn't going to make those alcoholism rumors about Pavlik go away.
•Finally, we have Ozzie Guillen in his own words, explaining a questionable pitching decision:
That was the plan no matter what. Because I had Kearns and 'MaTola,' whatever his name is, the first baseman, the fat guy, I don't know what his fucking name is - LaPorta - on the bench and I didn't want them to face Matt."
Oh Ozzie. Never change.
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