In the bottom of the 8th inning in a game against the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds All-Star right fielder went down with an apparent groin injury. This is nothing new to Griffey who has been plagued with injuries throughout his career. It looked like he would go through the 2007 unscathed but the injury bug caught him once more.

Fielding a ground ball in right field, Griffey awkwardly reached down and his legs appeared to buckle underneath him. After being down for a few minutes, he was able to leave the field on his own power but by the first of look of things, it looks like his 2007 season has come to an end.

Griffey Jr is trying to join Sammy Sosa, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds as the only players to hit 600 home runs in their career. He currently has 593, and it looks like he has hit his last one for the 2007 campaign.

There is no official word on the injury at this time, but we will update his status when we get word. The Cubs lead the Reds in the top of the 9th 3-2 as they try to win the NL Central Division.

The lead, which once looked insurmountable for the Bronx Bombers, is now 4.5 games after the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox tonight. The Yankees, trailing by 5 runs in the 8th inning, scored 6 runs that made the game an 8-7.

Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched into the 6th inning and was in line for the win. The Boston Red Sox bullpen couldn't hold the lead as the game started to unravel with a back to back homeruns by Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano that led to sustained rally that saw Bobby Abreu tying it and A-Rod driving in what would prove to be the game winning run.

Mariano Rivera came in the 9th, and despite letting leadoff man on slammed the door and gave New York Yankee faithful hope that they still may win the AL East.

George Mitchell's steroid investigation is heating up. The New York Times reported today that MLB wants to talk with 45 current and former big league players in the investigation. Mitchell, a former US Senator from Maine, was hired by Major League Baseball to look into steroid use in March.

New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi has already undergone questioning in the Mitchell probe and that looks like it is just the beginning.

The players union is not pleased with this investigation as they have stated it can lead to discipline of players brought into the probe. There was no steroid or performance enhancement testing prior to an agreement with the union (although the agreement was strong-armed by the US Senate who said they would look into lifting the leagues antitrust exemption).

It looks like Mitchell wants to clean up the game, but is it too late?