Philadelphia Eagle’s wide receiver Kevin Curtis picket up a sports hernia injury last Thursday in a pre-season games and has decided to opt for injury. Team head coach Andy Reid said that Curtis would be missing the start of the season and the extent of the injury was not known. Curtis was Eagle’s top receiver last year with 77 passes and 1,110 yards and career high 6 touchdowns. Three marginal receivers DeSean Jackson and Hank Baskett and Greg Lewis will have to fill the void when the Eagles play their first game against the Rams on September 7th. Reid also dismissed any news of a possible trade out for Curtis.

The New York Mets have been doing very well in the league recently. After beating the Pirates 4-0 and extending their winning streak to 6 games. It was the Mets first complete game shutout since 2006. The team looks set for a successful season this year. They next play a three games series against the Atlanta Braves and then the Houston Astros. Tickets for the games can bought at vividseats.com. They provide great seating tickets and premium customer services at cheap and discounted tickets. Log on to their New York Mets site for ticket details and for latest news regarding the Mets.

The Chicago White Sox could have a made major league history but came up short. Thome, Konerko, Ramirez, Uribe had hit back to back to back to back home runs  against the Royals and it was up to Toby Hall to hit another home run to register White Sox to become the first team in MLB history to hit 5 straight home runs. The backup catcher failed to make history but none the less the White Sox achieved a feat that won’t be forgotten any time soon. Peralta of the Royals was at the receiving end when he conceded 3 straight home runs but was replaced by Tejeda only to have Uribe deliver the toughest of the four homers.

The first place Tampa Bay Rays might miss their star player Carl Crawford for the rest of the season with a finger injury. The left fielder was injured during 8-7 victory over the Mariners on Saturday. He had suffered a right middle finger tendon tear. The Rays placed Crawford on the 15 day disabled list and added Rocco Baldelli to the roster. Baldelli hasn’t played a game for the Rays since 2007 because he was suffering from Muscle disorders causing fatigue. Crawford will be flying back to Tampa Bay to see a hand specialist. He is expected to miss at least 5 weeks and might even miss the entire season if surgery is required.

The Pittsburgh Pirates ended the five game winning streak of one of baseball’s inform team, Chicago Cubs, by defeating them 3-0 at the Wrigley Field last Friday. The outstanding performer for the Pirates was from the newly acquired pitcher Jeff Karstens who had six notable pitches in his first start for the Pirates. All the newly traded players played a big hand in this win against the formidable Cubs team. This win pleased the Pirates manager John Russell and he hopes that there will be many more wins coming their way in the near future. The Pirates fans were impressed by this super effort from their players and will be now rushing to the ticket counters to purchase tickets for the forthcoming games.

 The Arizona Diamondbacks players were in top form last Tuesday night as they completed an easy victory of 3-0 over their arch rivals San Diego Padres. The pitching skills of Doug Davis came to the limelight on Tuesday night as he completely untouchable for the best part of the game. It was Brian Giles who broke the web in the seventh inning that Davis has woven on the Padres players. Davis said that he was determined to have a good game and had planned to just throw strikes at his opponents during the game. The Davis fans will be hoping that this super baseball pitcher will maintain this rich vein of form in the following games for which they had already purchased the tickets.