Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Sarge's Sports

Standings Splits

National League
EastWLPCTGBL10STRKHOMEROADLAST GAMENEXT GAME
NY Yankees4428.611-7-3W321-1423-146/25 vs CLE, W 7-16/26 vs CLE, 7:05 PM
Baltimore4131.5693.05-5W121-1520-166/24 vs WSH, W 2-16/26 vs LAA, 7:05 PM
Tampa Bay4033.5484.55-5L121-1519-186/25 @ KC, L 0-86/26 @ KC, 8:10 PM
Boston3835.5216.57-3L119-2119-146/25 vs TOR, L 6-96/26 vs TOR, 7:10 PM
Toronto3835.5216.57-3W119-1519-206/25 @ BOS, W 9-66/26 @ BOS, 7:10 PM
CentralWLPCTGBL10STRKHOMEROADLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Chi White Sox3835.521-4-6L119-2119-146/25 @ MIN, L 1-46/26 @ MIN, 8:10 PM
Cleveland3735.5140.55-5L320-1817-176/25 @ NYY, L 1-76/26 @ NYY, 7:05 PM
Detroit3637.4932.06-4W217-1819-196/25 @ TEX, W 8-26/26 @ TEX, 8:05 PM
Kansas City3239.4515.05-5W112-2320-166/25 vs TB, W 8-06/26 vs TB, 8:10 PM
Minnesota3042.4177.55-5W214-2216-206/25 vs CWS, W 4-16/26 vs CWS, 8:10 PM
WestWLPCTGBL10STRKHOMEROADLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Texas4529.608-8-2L122-1423-156/25 vs DET, L 2-86/26 vs DET, 8:05 PM
LA Angels4033.5484.57-3W122-1718-166/24 vs LAD, W 5-36/26 @ BAL, 7:05 PM
Oakland3638.4869.07-3W219-1917-196/25 @ SEA, W 1-06/26 @ SEA, 10:10 PM
Seattle3144.41314.54-6L212-2019-246/25 vs OAK, L 0-16/26 vs OAK, 10:10 PM

National League
EastWLPCTGBL10STRKHOMEROADLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Washington4130.577-3-7L220-1421-166/25 @ COL, L 2-46/26 @ COL, 8:40 PM
Atlanta3834.5283.54-6L215-1723-176/24 @ BOS, L 4-96/26 vs ARI, 7:10 PM
NY Mets3935.5273.54-6L323-1716-186/25 @ CHC, L 1-66/26 @ CHC, 8:05 PM
Philadelphia3540.4678.04-6W116-2219-186/25 vs PIT, W 8-36/26 vs PIT, 7:05 PM
Miami3439.4668.02-8L118-2116-186/25 vs STL, L 7-86/26 vs STL, 7:10 PM
CentralWLPCTGBL10STRKHOMEROADLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Cincinnati4032.556-5-5W122-1518-176/25 vs MIL, W 3-16/26 vs MIL, 7:10 PM
Pittsburgh3834.5282.06-4L223-1315-216/25 @ PHI, L 3-86/26 @ PHI, 7:05 PM
St. Louis3935.5272.06-4W417-1622-196/25 @ MIA, W 8-76/26 @ MIA, 7:10 PM
Milwaukee3340.4527.55-5L318-1815-226/25 @ CIN, L 1-36/26 @ CIN, 7:10 PM
Houston3043.41110.53-7L121-189-256/25 vs SD, L 7-86/26 vs SD, 8:05 PM
Chi Cubs2548.34215.54-6W115-1910-296/25 vs NYM, W 6-16/26 vs NYM, 8:05 PM
WestWLPCTGBL10STRKHOMEROADLAST GAMENEXT GAME
LA Dodgers4331.581-3-7L224-1219-196/25 @ SF, L 0-86/26 @ SF, 10:15 PM
San Francisco4133.5542.05-5W122-1419-196/25 vs LAD, W 8-06/26 vs LAD, 10:15 PM
Arizona3735.5145.07-3W420-1717-186/24 vs CHC, W 5-16/26 @ ATL, 7:10 PM
Colorado2844.38914.04-6W116-2112-236/25 vs WSH, W 4-26/26 vs WSH, 8:40 PM
San Diego2747.36516.04-6W216-2411-236/25 @ HOU, W 8-76/26 @ HOU, 8:05 PM

CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel will seek to revise the city’s gun control ordinance, after a federal judge ruled part of the 2010 law is unconstitutional.

Last week, U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan struck down a portion of the Chicago Firearm Ordinance that barred anyone convicted of “unlawful use of a weapon” from obtaining a city gun permit. He ruled that section was too vague and unfairly barred people with non-violent gun convictions from ever again owning a firearm in Chicago.
“The Chicago Firearm Ordinance basically provides that anyone convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor offense relating to a firearm is forever barred from exercising his constitutional right to possess a firearm in his own home for self-defense,” Der-Yeghiayan wrote. “There is something incongruent about a non-violent person, who is not a felon, but who is convicted of a misdemeanor offense of simple possession of a firearm, being forever barred from exercising his constitutional right to defend himself in his own home in Chicago against felons or violent criminals.”
The judge also noted different states define “unlawful use of a weapon” differently; in some states, the crime includes simply carrying a gun in public, in others it includes only firing a weapon, or possessing one with the intent of doing harm.
Der-Yeghiayan ruled in favor of Chicago resident Shawn Gowder, who was denied a city gun permit because of a misdemeanor conviction for unlawful use of a weapon. The judge ruled Gowder’s Second Amendment right to bear arms was violated by being denied a gun permit for a non-violent misdemeanor conviction.
The mayor said the proposed revision to the gun ordinance would do away with the portion banning permits for anyone with a conviction for unlawful use of a weapon, but noted the ordinance is only part of the city’s anti-crime strategy.
“Having strong gun laws is complementary to putting more police on the street, which is also complementary to getting kids into after-school activities or summer camps … to also making sure that you lock up the hard criminals,” Emanuel said.
The existing gun ordinance was passed in 2010, after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out Chicago’s ban on possessing handguns within city limits, ruling it violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Eric Holder under gun fire from congress could face impeachment along with Obama



Embattled Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. refused to say today whether he would consider resigning if a federal probe into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ disastrous “Fast and Furious” operation threatens President Obama’s re-election.
The question was posed to Holder by a Herald reporter at the Seaport World Trade Center, where he delivered a keynote address on the state of civil rights to a packed room of federal prosecutors and local law enforcement. Holder kept on walking and didn’t answer.
In just two days, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take a historic vote, potentially to hold Holder in contempt of Congress for allegedly refusing to turn over documents about the two-year gun-tracking investigation in Mexico that resulted in the murder of a Border Patrol agent.
 
A self-effacing Holder drew awkward laughs from the symposium hosted by longtime pal U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz when, while touching upon how busy his schedule is, he said, “It’s going to get really busy on Thursday, apparently.”
Holder’s motorcade pulled up to the World Trade Center just as, mere yards away, Obama’s was leaving the Westin Hotel in the Seaport District for Logan International Airport following last night’s successful Democratic fundraiser at Symphony Hall.
Obama has also stymied Congress’ questions about “Fast and Furious” by exerting executive privilege for the first time in his presidency.
Ortiz, who has known Holder for 30 years, said he is “a person of integrity” who practically “grew up in the Department of Justice.”
“I think the attorney general is handling himself extremely well under the circumstances,” she said.