business models ever, a cash-generating machine, creates jobs left and right, couldn t butts to communities and anchor for other businesses. no, let s dictate to them what they should pay people so all of a sudden they can t hire as many. this is a bad thing and would set a bad precedent if it gets through to the rest of the country. speaking of a precedent, ben, listen, we do have minimum wage across the country. if all of a sudden it was $12.50, would that help the job market or hurt the job market? it would hurt it plenty. there are an awful lot of businesses that operate on a slender margin and to increase their wages by 50% would be quite a hit to them, but i m more concerned about the consumers, charles, in washington, d.c. there are a couple of thousand walmart employees at most, whereas there are hundreds of thousands of customers, and they get great bargains. they get great value at walmart. everything should be looked at from the standpoint of the consumer, and the consum
gomez ties it with an rbi single. mr. mvp, ryan braun, completing the rally with an rbi of his own. brewers take the lead and sweep the reds with a 3-2 win. the rangers josh hamilton had a forgettable month of july, but he s starting to come around just in time for the stretch run. three hits, four rbi and a homer against the red sox. rangers win a slugfest, 10-9. the yankees curtis grnderson also had a big night. hit his 30th homer of the year. first bronx bomber with 30 or more homers in back-to-back seasons since dave winfield did it back in 1983. yanks beat the tigers, 12-8. no one had a bigger night than marco scutaro. three rbi against the cardinals. a grand slam seven rbis for marco. giants take down the defending champs, 15-0. jose reyes hit plenty of homers as a member of the mets in new york. now he s hit one as a marlin. lead-off jack extending his hit streak to 26 games. not to be outdone, marlins are