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2B – Daily News – Thursday, May 27, 2010 A’S Continued from page 1B ‘‘That’s one more thing that everybody can put to bed now, that he hit a home run,’’ Trembley said. ‘‘I’m sure he feels a lot better because of it, but it would have been a lot nicer if we had won the game.’’ The A’s chased Matusz in the sixth. Kevin Kouz- manoff hit a leadoff dou- ble, Ryan Sweeney got an infield hit and Rosales fol- lowed with a run-scoring single. Rosales finished with three hits, and his four RBIs tied a career high. ‘‘I swing hard, always do,’’ Rosales said. ‘‘It’s exciting to take the lead and get the runs. Runs have been scarce.’’ Matusz gave up six runs and eight hits in five- plus innings. The left-han- der has lost five straight decisions and has yielded at least six runs in three of his last four starts. ‘‘Yeah, I’m just in a bad groove,’’ Matusz said. ‘‘I am not staying through the ball, I am not pound- ing the ball down in the zone. All the hits I am giv- ing up are pitches that are up. It’s just me needing to work on getting the ball down a little bit better.’’ NOTES: The Orioles gave away Nolan Reimold bobbleheads to fans enter- ing the ballpark, even though Reimold was optioned to Triple-A Nor- folk on May 12. ... Davis has 18 stolen bases, one more than the Orioles. ... Baltimore’s Frank Mata allowed one hit in 1 1-3 innings in his major league debut. ... Adam Jones extended his career- best hitting streak to 12 games with an infield sin- gle off Blevins. Victims of Landis’ deceit celebrate confession PARIS (AP) — In making explo- sive accusations that Lance Armstrong doped, Floyd Landis distracted atten- tion from the ugly truth that he himself left a tornado-like trail of victims by lying and cheating for years before belatedly coming clean about his own use of banned drugs. Toward the top of the very long list of people whom Landis conned, betrayed, soiled and wronged are the scientists and technicians at the anti- doping laboratory in France who first proved that the now disgraced cyclist was a drug cheat. Landis and his defense dragged the laboratory and its staff through the mud after it found synthetic testos- terone in one of the eight urine sam- ples he gave at the 2006 Tour de France. Not only did the Landis camp accuse the Chatenay-Malabry lab of botching the tests, of sloppy science and misconduct, but — far worse and more damaging — of dishonesty, too. Lab technicians who tested his urine were flown to California to be grilled by Landis’ lawyers in a hearing that eventually determined his guilt and nullified his 2006 Tour victory. Landis sought to put the whole anti-doping system on trial, turning the tables on people who were simply doing their jobs. ‘‘The people doing the testing, the people accusing the athletes, are far more unethical than the athletes,’’ Landis said back then, when he was still living his lie. It is one of many Landis statements that now seem outrageous, even sickening, con- sidering his sudden about-face last week. It’s a shame that Landis’ confession that he doped at the peak of his profes- sional career, as a support rider on three of Armstrong’s seven winning Tours and after, came too late for Jacques de Ceaurriz. The director at Chatenay-Malabry died this January. It bothered de Ceaurriz that his lab employees had been hurt and smeared. Had he been alive, the gravel-voiced anti-doping pioneer surely would have joined the celebrations that erupted at the Paris lab last week when Landis confessed, telling ESPN.com that he had used performance-enhancing drugs ‘‘in every Tour de France I ever did.’’ ‘‘There were cries of joy,’’ says Francoise Lasne, de Ceaurriz’s long- time colleague who took over as test- ing director after his death. The Landis case ‘‘was quite a trau- matizing experience for the laborato- ry,’’ she told The Associated Press. ‘‘The number of questions, the justifi- cations we were asked to supply, were incredible. They really tried to dirty the laboratory. ... For some people, it was very tough.’’ Among Landis’ other victims are those who shelled out $24.95 for his 2007 book, ‘‘Positively False, The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France.’’ ‘‘I have nothing to hide,’’ the first chapter begins. What a con. Then there are all those who donat- ed money for his legal defense. A $75 donation to the Floyd Fairness Fund earned a signed ‘‘thank you’’ note from Landis, $250 got a ‘‘Winning Fair and Square’’ poster, and more than $1,000, a signed yellow jersey. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Landing the Super Bowl in 2014 should help the Giants and Jets finally put a name on their new $1.6 billion stadium. Speaking at a news conference Super Bowl may get name for stadium Even Roger Federer needs ‘‘Look at it this way, between Wednesday, the owners of the two NFL teams said the selection of the stadium for the NFL championship game in roughly 3 1/2 years is bound to attract sponsors interested in seeing their company’s name on the 82,500-seat facility. Whether the Super Bowl associ- ation boosts the price of the naming rights is uncertain. Some experts believe that the naming rights for the stadium locat- ed less than five miles New York City might fetch $20 million annu- ally for the teams to split. ‘‘It can’t hurt,’’ Giants co-owner John Mara said at the press confer- ence at the stadium on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after NFL own- ers awarded the New York-New Jersey area the Super Bowl. ‘‘This is a positive factor. It makes it an even more attractive package, the potential naming rights part, but that will come.’’ Until the naming rights are sold, the stadium will continue to be called the New Stadium at the Meadowlands. It was to officially open Wednesday night with a Bon Jovi concert. The Giants and Jets had naming rights negotiations with a German insurance company in September 2008, but talks ended when it was disclosed that Allianz once had ties to the Nazis. The deal could have been worth an estimated $30 mil- lion annually. Jets owner Woody Johnson said that the stadium will be in the spot- light for a long time. now and 3 1/2 years, a lot of eye- balls will be on that spot,’’ Johnson said. ‘‘So if you are in a business like carpets or anything else you are selling that has to be helpful rather than hurtful, you’re going to gain two billion eyes.’’ Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said that the teams have not estab- lished a naming rights price, or a price they would like to get. However, having the affiliation with the Super Bowl is a big plus. ‘‘It becomes an attractive addi- tional component to a naming rights partner,’’ Tisch said. ‘‘They will get a lot of exposure for a long time prior to that Sunday in February.’’ Steven Korenblat, a partner in the St. Louis law firm of Bryan Cave, said landing the Super Bowl might accelerate any current spon- sorship talks, including naming rights. Korenblat noted that because of the weak economy some spon- sors might seek shorter deals now, and longer ones when the economy improves. ‘‘I wouldn’t say (the teams) are in the driver’s seat,’’ said Korenblat, who helped negotiate Citigroup’s deal to put its name on the New York Mets’ new stadium last year. ‘‘This looks still like a buyer’s mar- ket very much so now. But on the other hand, if they have multiple suitors considering these rights someone may be motivated to grab the deal first.’’ Mara said the Jets and Giants are thinking about bidding on future Super Bowls, if the league will let them. The NFL allowed a special exception for the teams to bid on the 2014 game. The Jets and Giants owners also disclosed that they have to raise $40 million to run the events surround- ing the Super Bowl. ‘‘John Tisch and Woody have some heavy lifting to do in terms of raising the type of money needed to make this pay off,’’ Mara said. ‘‘Someone asked before what the economic benefit is? You do not make any money hosting the Super Bowl. You are lucky if you break even.’’ New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. David Paterson downplayed the possibility of snow and the cold spoiling what is the first Super Bowl to be awarded to a northern open-air stadium in the middle of winter. Paterson said that bad weather has made some football games spe- cial, like the Ice Bowl in 1967 or the Colts-Giants title game in 1958. ‘‘We will now have a game with many unanticipated moments,’’ Paterson said. ‘‘It’s the unanticipat- ed moments we remember.’’ One offshore sports book has already established the over-under for game day temperature for the Super Bowl at 34 1/2 degrees. The odds on snow falling is 6-1 and on not falling 1-12. ‘‘Trying to predict the weather even for tomorrow can be tough at times let alone four years in the future,’’ Richard Gardner, the sportsbook manager for Bodog, said in an e-mail. ‘‘According to our research there is about a 10 percent chance of snow falling in New Jersey at any time during early February with the temperature likely to be between 34-35 degrees Fahrenheit,’’ he said. ‘‘If someone wants to bet on if there will be snow falling during the game four years from now at 6-1, we will gladly take their action.’’ advice, now and then PARIS (AP) — Apparently, even Roger Federer, with his record 16 Grand Slam titles, was in need of some advice on a wet and windy Wednesday at the French Open. Forced off court by two rain delays, and ‘‘pushed,’’ as he put it, by a player with a career record below .500, Federer turned to Swiss Davis Cup captain Severin Luthi for words of wisdom during the breaks. Told to be more aggressive early, then to use more drop shots late, Federer wound up with a 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 victory over Alejandro Falla in the second round. ‘‘Those were good things he told me,’’ said the top- ranked Federer, the French Open’s defending champion for the first time. ‘‘Those little details make a crucial differ- ence.’’ The defending women’s champion, sixth-seeded Svet- lana Kuznetsova, encountered quite a bit more trouble than Federer — she faced four match points in the second set against 41st-ranked Andrea Petkovic and was so distraught she whacked herself in the leg with her racket. Petkovic made matters easier with unforced ground- stroke errors on all four of those chances to win, though, and Kuznetsova eventually came all the way back for a 4-6, 7- 5, 6-4 victory — but not before wasting three match points of her own. ‘‘I’m not really sure what happened,’’ Kuznetsova said. ‘‘I saw that she got tight.’’ Also into the third round was No. 2 Venus Williams, who walloped one serve at 128 mph in a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Arantxa Parra Santonja, then effortlessly volleyed aside a series of questions about her lacy, black dress in the postmatch news conference. It’s the same corset-like outfit — trimmed in bright red along the bodice — that Williams wore in her first-round match, and it’s garnered more attention than her play so far. Other winners included No. 3 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 14 Flavia Pennetta, No. 15 Aravane Rezai, No. 19 Nadia Petrova and Williams’ next opponent, No. 26 Dominika Cibulkova, a semifinalist last year. Like Federer, Kuznetsova discussed tactics with her coach during a 1 1/2-hour rain delay, part of an odd day of stops and starts. After three days of sun and temperatures in the 80s, Wednesday’s breezes reached 15 mph, the ther- mometer dipped into the low 60s, and intermittent showers disrupted the schedule and changed the way the clay played, slowing the surface. Some matches were postponed, and four in men’s sin- gles were stopped because of darkness. Giants to retire Hall of Famer Irvin’s number SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants plan to retire the No. 20 jersey number worn by Hall of Famer Monte Irvin. Irvin, who became the first black player in Giants history when he signed with the club on July 8, 1949, will be honored at a June 26 ceremony at AT&T Park prior to San Francisco’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Irvin made history in 1951 when he joined Mays and Hank Thompson to form the first all- African-American outfield. That same season, the Haleberg, Ala. native batted .312 with 24 home runs and a league-leading 121 RBIs while helping the Giants rally to beat the Dodgers for the NL pennant. ‘‘We were young, most of us unmarried,’’ Irvin said from his home in Texas. ‘‘We didn’t know the difference then but we knew if Jackie (Robinson) could make it, it would be easier for the rest of us. He had to endure a lot. That was the price we paid for progress.’’ Irvin will become just the 11th player to have his jersey number retired by the Giants. Fellow Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gay- lord Perry and Orlando Cepeda Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance All Times EDT By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Tampa Bay 32 15 .681 — New York 28 18 .6093 1/2 Boston 27 21 .5635 1/2 Toronto 27 22 .551 6 Baltimore 15 32 .319 17 Central Division WL Pct GB Minnesota 26 20 .565 — Detroit 25 21 .543 1 Chicago 20 26 .435 6 Kansas City19 28 .4047 1/2 Cleveland 17 28 .3788 1/2 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 26 21 .553 — Oakland 24 23 .511 2 Los Angeles23 26 .469 4 Seattle 18 28 .3917 1/2 ——— Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 3 Baltimore 5, Oakland 1 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y.Yankees 1, Minnesota 0, comp. of susp. game Texas 8, Kansas City 7 L.A. Angels 8, Toronto 3 Seattle 5, Detroit 3 Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 4 Kansas City 5, Texas 2 Seattle 5, Detroit 4 N.Y.Yankees 1, Minnesota 0, comp. of susp. game Oakland 6, Baltimore 1 L.A. Angels 6, Toronto 5 Boston 11, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y.Yankees 3, Minnesota 2 Thursday’s Games Oakland (G.Gonzalez 5-3) at Baltimore (Bergesen 3-3), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-4) at Tampa Bay (Nie- mann 4-0), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Bannister 3-3) at Boston (Matsuzaka 3-1), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 3-4) at Minnesota (Black- burn 5-1), 8:10 p.m. Friday’s Games Cleveland at N.Y.Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. National League East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia26 19 .578 — Atlanta 24 22 .5222 1/2 Florida 24 23 .511 3 New York 24 23 .511 3 Washington 23 23 .5003 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 27 20 .574 — St. Louis 26 20 .565 1/2 Chicago 22 25 .468 5 Pittsburgh 20 27 .426 7 Milwaukee 18 28 .3918 1/2 Houston 16 30 .34810 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB San Diego 27 18 .600 — Los Angeles26 20 .5651 1/2 San Francisco 23 21 .5233 1/2 Colorado 24 22 .5223 1/2 Arizona 20 27 .426 8 ——— Tuesday’s Games Florida 6, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 8, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Milwaukee 6, Houston 1 Colorado 3, Arizona 2 San Diego 1, St. Louis 0 San Francisco 4, Washington 2 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 7, Florida 3 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 0 L.A. Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 5 Houston 5, Milwaukee 0 Colorado 7, Arizona 3 St. Louis at San Diego, late Washington at San Francisco, late Thursday’s Games Houston (Myers 3-3) at Milwaukee (Bush 1-5), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ely 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 1-4), 2:20 p.m. Arizona (Haren 5-3) at Colorado (Hammel 1-3), 3:10 p.m. Washington (Stammen 1-2) at San Francisco (Zito 6-2), 3:45 p.m. St. Louis (Walters 0-0) at San Diego (LeBlanc 2-2), 6:35 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 5-1) at Florida (Nolasco 4-3), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 5-2) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 6- 1), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 1-8) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-1), 7:10 p.m. Friday’s Games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. NBA By The Associated Press All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 3, Orlando 2 Sunday, May 16: Boston 92, Orlando 88 Tuesday, May 18: Boston 95, Orlando 92 Saturday, May 22: Boston 94, Orlando 71 Monday, May 24: Orlando 96, Boston 92, OT Wednesday, May 26: Orlando 113, Boston 92 Friday, May 28: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 30: Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 2, Phoenix 2 Monday, May 17: L.A. Lakers 128, Phoenix 107 Wednesday, May 19: L.A. Lakers 124, Phoenix 112 Sunday, May 23: Phoenix 118, L.A. Lakers 109 Tuesday, May 25: Phoenix 115, L.A. Lakers 106 Thursday, May 27: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Saturday, May 29: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 31: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. NBA FINALS Thursday, June 3: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 6: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 8: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 9 p.m. Thursday, June 10: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 13: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 15: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 17: Boston-Orlando winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Phoenix winner, 9 p.m. MOVES By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Gaudin and added him to the 25-man roster. Designated RHP Shane Lindsay for assign- ment. Optioned LHP Boone Logan to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed OF Coco Crisp on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Landon Powell from Sacramento (PCL). National League CINCINNATI REDS—Placed INF Paul Janish on the bereavement list. Recalled INF/OF Drew Sut- ton from Louisville (IL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed SS Edgar Renteria on the 15-day DL. FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS—Signed LB Jammie Kirlew. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Signed DE Travis Johnson to a one-year contract tender. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Re-signed S Reed Doughty to a one-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS—Re-signed LW Scott Parse to a two-year contract. NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with F Mats Zuccarello Aasen. OTTAWA SENATORS—Re-signed G Mike Brodeur to a one-year contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer KANSAS CITY WIZARDS—Signed M Jamar Beasley.Waived M Igor Kostrov. TENNIS French Open at a glance PARIS (AP) — A look at the French Open on Wednesday: Weather: Cloudy, windy, sporadic rain. High of 66. Attendance: 36,064. Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 5 Robin Soderling, No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Marin Cilic, No. 11 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 15 Tomas Berdych, No. 20 Stanis- las Wawrinka, No. 29 Albert Montanes. Men’s seeded loser: No. 32 Guillermo Garcia- Lopez. Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Venus Williams, No. 3 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 6 Svet- lana Kuznetsova, No. 14 Flavia Pennetta, No. 15 Aravane Rezai, No. 19 Nadia Petrova, No. 26 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 30 Maria Kirilenko, No. 31 Alexandra Dulgheru. Women’s Seeded Loser: No. 24 Lucie Safarova. Stat of the Day: 4 — match points overcome by Kuznetsova in her 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Andrea Petkovic. Quote of the Day: ‘‘I blame Monica.’’— Williams, who beat Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2, 6-4, said she started grunting when she was 10 because Monica Seles was her favorite player. On Court Thursday: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Horacio Zeballos; No. 3 Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori; No. 4 Andy Murray vs. Juan Ignacio Chela; No. 6 Andy Roddick vs. Blaz Kavcic; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Julia Goerges; No. 4 Jele- na Jankovic vs. Kaia Kanepi; No. 5 Elena Dementieva vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues; No. 12 Maria Sharapova vs. Kirsten Flipkens; No. 22 Justine Henin vs. Klara Zakopalova. Thursday’s Forecast: Cloudy with chance of rain in the afternoon. High of 68. Thursday’s TV: Tennis Channel (5 a.m. to noon EDT) and ESPN2 (noon to 6:30 p.m. EDT). Online: http://www.rolandgarros.com/index.html are also expected to attend. Inducted into the baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1973, Irvin owned a career .293 average with 99 home runs and 443 RBIs in eight season in the majors, but his lega- cy was established long before that as a five-time All-Star in the Negro Leagues.