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Fans that showed up at Pocono Downs on Saturday night for the $500,000 Ben Franklin showdown between Wiggle It Jiggleit, Freaky Feet Pete and Always B Miki certainly got their moneys worth. All three top older pacers saw the lead at one point in the mile with Always B Miki proving best in a 1:47 clocking.Wiggle It Jiggleit fired off the gate for driver Montrell Teague as expected, but they had plenty of company from Freaky Feet Pete and Trace Tetrick. Montrell gave up the lead without a tussle at the opening quarter in 25 4/5, but Always B Miki was sent hard by David Miller down the stretch the first time to rush to the front.The scene was set as the three public choices had position. Wiggle It Jiggleit would pop out of the three-hole on the second turn to turn up the heat on Always B Miki at the half in 53 seconds. The 4-year-old WIJI and the 5-year-old Miki went head-to-head down the backstretch to the tune of a 26 2/5 third quarter. As the war continued on the final turn, Freaky Feet Pete sat a cozy pocket trip.As the big three hit the head of the stretch it was clear that the divisional leader would come down to Always B Miki and Freaky Feet Pete. Pete took his shot up the passing lane but could not make a serious dent as Always B Miki held sway by three-quarters of a length. Wiggle It Jiggleit was another 1-1/4 lengths back in third.I didnt expect to cut it out [the pace]. I was expecting to be first- or second-over, but you never know until the gate folds. It didnt go how I expected at all, said Miller after the win. I was a little worried about Freaky Feet Pete. In 1:19 2/5 I wasnt thinking about world records, I was thinking about winning.He is the best pacer of all-time, said trainer Jimmy Takter after the win, before praising his competition. They all raced fantastic. The track was really not as fast as it was last week. It is a colder evening. If it was a warm evening, I think they would have gone a second faster.Always B Miki ($5.20) won for the fifth time in seven starts this year and increased his yearly earnings to $341,500 for owners Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable and Christina Takter. The 1:47 winning time matched his career best set the previous week in his elimination.Always B Miki is expected to head to the William Haughton Memorial at the Meadowlands on July 16 for his next start where he will likely meet up with both Wiggle It Jiggleit and Freaky Feet Pete, who will likely head to the Graduate Final at the same track one week earlier.Gale Sayers Youth Jersey . Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. They also moved within 3 1/2 games of San Antonio (22-7) for the lead the Southwest Division. William Perry Jersey . 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"Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference.Out of everyone who threw enough innings to qualify for the ERA title, no one finished with a lower average than Kyle Hendricks. And, heck, he led MLB by 31 points, which is the same as the difference between Chris Sale and Jerad Eickhoff. Hendricks might get rewarded with the National League Cy Young, but even if he doesnt, he has proven himself, a feather in the cap for everyone who has ever said its better to be a pitcher than a thrower. If you go back to the Chicago Cubs getting Hendricks from the Texas Rangers in a trade for Ryan Dempster all the way back in 2012, it wasnt just one lopsided trade that helped the Cubs to build a championship rotation.However, Hendricks 2.13 ERA is worthy of closer examination. Whenever you see any extreme data point, you should ask yourself, how likely is this to repeat? Theres no question that Hendricks has become a quality starter. Theres no question hes one of the most valuable Cubs, and indeed, one of the more valuable starting pitchers. Yet Hendricks season was at least partially the result of some extraordinary circumstances. In part, it was about Hendricks. In part, it was about everyone else around him. But its almosst impossible to imagine the same season happening again.ddddddddddddTo start with some little stuff: Hendricks isnt a contact pitcher, but hes also not a high-strikeout guy. He struck out batters at a rate a couple points higher than average. He also walked batters at a rate a couple points lower than average. Put the rates together and you get K-BB percentage (or K-BB%). Hendricks finished last year at 17 percent, while the average was 13 percent. That makes Hendricks compare well to frequent comp Greg Maddux, but when Maddux ran a K-BB% of 15 percent between 1992-2001, the average was 7 percent. Baseball has changed -- strikeouts are everywhere. Hendricks has a long, long way to go if he wants to be a real Maddux 2.0.Hendricks is good in part because he does get his strikeouts. Hes boosted, as well, by the fact that he limits his free passes. But just in terms of K-BB percentage, Hendricks was the same as Julio Teheran and John Lackey. Hendricks thrived because of his timing, and because so many batted balls were turned into outs. ' ' '