Inside: The Week In Sports

Baseball
A-Rod positions himself for another jaw-dropping deal • Is the Rangers' Mark Teixeira headed to Baltimore? • David Ortiz loses his clutch touch

NASCAR
It's summer, so Tony Stewart must be heating up • Carl Edwards's Busch Series runaway continues • Busch-only drivers wage their own points battle

WALK THIS WAY Three home runs shy of breaking Hank Aaron's career record, slugger Barry Bonds was intentionally walked in the eighth inning of last Saturday's game in Milwaukee. Bonds went 0 for 2, but the Giants didn't need his help in blanking the Brewers, 8--0.

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Photograph by Al Tielemans