The O’s fell out of 1st place losing to Tampa 5-0 behind a masterful effort by David Price (a Bakich disciple at Vanderbilt). The bats have just wilted lately as the O’s have but 1 HR in the 5 games.

Unbelievably, last night Johan Santana hurled the first no hitter in the history of the New York Mets franchise.

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Kent Desormeaux finally won the Belmont , guiding 11-1 underdog Summer Bird  past questionable 2nd place finisher Dunkirk. Dunkirk clearly fouled Charitable Man down the homestretch but was given a pass by the stewards. Calvin Borel definitely moved Mine That Bird too soon and eventually was unable to stay with the winner.

The only way that Mine That Bird loses is if he has been overworked in the past 6 weeks.

This could only happen in horse racing. We could have a triple crown jockey. Sorry, Calvin Borel, you should have given Mine That Bird the mount in the Preakness. Even though Bird should easily win the Belmont, his record is blemished at the hands of his own favorite jockey.