Go Figure

2
Home runs by the Red Sox' David Ortiz in each of Boston's wins
last Friday and Saturday, making him the first visiting player to
have back-to-back multihomer games at Yankee Stadium.

2-2, 4.80
Record and ERA of Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson before
he was knighted in his native Aruba on April 29.

9-3, 3.51
Sir Sidney's record and ERA since then.

44 1/2
Hot dogs eaten by 145-pound Takeru (Tsunami) Kobayashi, 25,
in 12 minutes to win Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest for
the third time.

300
Volunteer "seat fillers" sought by the WNBA to occupy seats
whose owners might not show up at the July 12 All-Star Game at
Madison Square Garden.

20
Wimbledon titles for Martina Navratilova, who won the mixed
doubles with Leander Paes, tying Billie Jean King's record for
most championships at the tournament.

1,000
Career starts as an open-wheel race car owner for Roger
Penske, whose drivers, Helio Castroneves and Gil de Feran,
finished second and third in Sunday's Kansas Indy 300; no other
owner has more than 800 starts.