Monday, April 30, 2012
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AAA Columbus Clippers Mud Hens 12, Clippers 8 Columbus 1B Matt LaPorta went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and three RBI but visiting Toledo won the International League game Tuesday. LaPorta is hitting .344 (22-for-64) with five homers and 10 RBI. Left-handed Columbus starter Chris Seddon (2-1, 4.66) allowed 10 runs (four earned) on 10 hits, including...
AAA Columbus Clippers
Mud Hens 12, Clippers 8 Columbus 1B Matt LaPorta went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and three RBI but visiting Toledo won the International League game Tuesday.
LaPorta is hitting .344 (22-for-64) with five homers and 10 RBI.
Left-handed Columbus starter Chris Seddon (2-1, 4.66) allowed 10 runs (four earned) on 10 hits, including four home runs, in 3-1/3 innings. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall's sixth error of the season helped lead to six unearned runs, five of which came on back-to-back-to-back homers in the third inning.
Toledo 1B Brad Eldred (.390) hit three home runs and knocked in seven runs.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 5, Baysox 1 Lefty T.J. McFarland (3-1, 2.11) held the Baysox to one run on five hits in 5 innings, 3B Jared Goedert (.393) hit his second homer of the season, and Akron won the Eastern League game in Bowie, Md. McFarland walked three and struck out six.
Akron RF Thomas Neal (.278) went 3-for-4 with a double.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Hillcats 13, Mudcats 8 Carolina DH Jeremie Tice (.278) went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs but the Mudcats lost the Carolina League game in Zebulon, N.C.
Righty Michael Goodnight (5.30) started for Carolina and pitched four innings, allowing one run (earned) on three hits. Kyle Petter relieved (0-1, 13.50) and got shelled. In 11/3 innings, the left-hander gave up five runs (all earned) on seven hits.
A Lake County Captains
Cougars 6, Captains 5 Lake County rallied for five runs in the ninth but fell short in the Midwest League game in Geneva, Ill.
2B Robel Garcia (.212) and 3B Leonardo Castillo (.162) each had two hits and an RBI for the Captains.
Joseph Colon (1-2, 4.26) started for Lake County and pitched 41/3 innings. He allowed three runs (all earned) on seven hits and one walk. The right-hander struck out one.
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UK Forecast: Gales, Rain Spreading North - Becoming Warmer, Apr 30 - 16:00
Tuesday A wet and very windy morning across Wales and central and southern parts of England with heavy spells of rain. As this moves up into northern England in the afternoon it becomes less heavy as sunshine and showers follow into the south. The strong gales in the morning will also begin to moderate. A fine, dry day to come across Northern Ireland and Scotland with sunny spells. Expect top temperatures today of 11 to 15 Celsius.
Tuesday Night This evening light rain is expected across Northern Ireland and across the Irish Sea into northern parts of England, perhaps into the far south of southern Scotland. Here it tends to linger throughout the course of the night. To the south it stays dry with quite a bit of cloud, and across Scotland a colder with some clear spells leading to a frost across northern parts of Scotland. Expect minimum temperatures tonight of 5 to 7 Celsius across England and Wales and Northern Ireland, 1 to 4C across Scotland.
Wednesday For central and southern parts of England, expect a good deal of cloud through the day with some patchy bits of rain here and there with scattered showers across Wales. To the north of this, it will be a dry day under high pressure with the best of the sunshine reserved for Scotland and Northern Ireland. For the evening and night outbreaks of rain are expected to persist across Wales, central and southern parts of England. It will be dry across northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland with the risk of a frost. Expect maximum temperatures today of 11 to 16 Celsius.
Thursday Partly to mostly cloudy across Wales and the southern half of England with a few scattered showers, most of these quite light a few showers to come across northern parts of Scotland, otherwise dry across northern parts of Britain with a fair amount of cloud and a few sunnier intervals. Most parts of the country will have a fair, dry evening and night, although rain is expected to spread into northern Scotland. High temperatures today of 13 to 17 Celsius.
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Portrush bagman guides Curtis home
Charlie Mulqueen
Another Northern Ireland golfing talent was helping to make headlines on the PGA Tour on Sunday night.
Portrush native Ricky Elliott, a former Irish boys and youths international, was bagman for Ben Curtis en route to his Texas Open victory at San Antonio. Elliott, nicknamed ‘Rocket Ricky’, was regarded as one of the finest prospects in Irish golf in the late 1990s. He was a member of a team that competed in the European Youths Championships that also included Michael Hoey, Colm Moriarty, Tim Rice and Danny Sugrue.
Elliott and Rice later went on a golfing scholarship to the University of Toledo where the Ulster man enjoyed his first taste of life in the USA. He went caddying subsequently and worked with Holland’s Maarten Lafeber before turning professional and plying his trade in the exclusive Lake Nona area of South Florida.
Elliott returned to the role of caddy when teaming up with 2003 British Open champion Curtis in August 2010. They were introduced during their college days when rivals on the Mid-American Conference and Sunday’s triumph in Texas was the first for Curtis in six long years.
He was 285th in the world going into the event and had qualified for only four of twenty tournaments on the PGA Tour prior to San Antonio but he is now exempt for the next two and a half years.
Curtis and Elliott will be a lot busier over the coming weeks and months with the Portrush man already working hard on convincing his boss to play the Irish Open over his home links in June!
The other big winner at the weekend was South African Branden Grace, a little known 23 year-old at the beginning of the year. But after landing his third title of the season in the Volvo China Open at the weekend, he has improved from 271st to 66th in the world rankings. And Curtis has jumped from 310th at the start of 2012 to a current status of 156th.
All eyes this coming week will be on Bubba Watson who makes his first appearance since his spectacular triumph in the Masters in the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. Watson defends the title from a field that also includes Luke Donald, who will be attempting to reclaim his world number one spot from Rory McIlroy who remains competitively inactive for the sixth week in seven. Also in New Orleans, though, will be Justin Rose, Peter Hanson and Graeme McDowell.
Like Watson, McDowell has taken things easy since Augusta but now plans to take in five successive events — New Orleans, Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow, Tournament Players Championship at Sawgrass; the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin, Spain and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
The European Tour remains in Asia with the fifth staging of the 2.205m Ballantines Championship in Seoul, South Korea. The recently married Darren Clarke returns to the fold in an event that has attracted top Australian, Adam Scott, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Miguel-Angel Jimenez along with four other Irish golfers, Shane Lowry, Damien McGrane, Gareth Maybin and Paul McGinley.
However defending champion Lee Westwood is not competing. The Englishman captured the Indonesian Masters on the Asian Tour at the weekend but remains third in the world rankings behind Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald.
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Extraordinary
The news last week that there had been multiple resignations from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should have attracted rather more attention than it did. At least two of the resignations were whistleblowers who wanted to highlight the behaviour of a third colleague, the Prime Minister's bureau chief, Natan Eshel. Eshel has now resigned after admitting to sexual harassment of a female employee in the office.
It really says something when the country's former president is in prison for multiple sexual harassment and rape, and still there are men who believe they can behave as inappropriately as they like towards women, secure in the illusion that they are untouchable because they are in positions of power.
Eshel, plainly, learnt nothing from the Katzav affair. I do wonder, however, whether Mr Netanyahu himself has absorbed any useful lessons. He reserved his rage last week for his whistleblowing staffers because he had to learn about the Eshel situation from the media. Too much amour propre and not enough attention to what was going on, almost literally, under his nose.
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Sunday, April 29 television and radio sports listings for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio
Highlights include Angels at Indians and NBA and NHL playoffs.
CLEVELAND, Ohio
Today's TV and radio sports listings
AUTO RACING
11 a.m. Sao Paulo Indy 300, NBCSN
1 p.m. Grand Prix of Miami, Speed Channel
7 p.m. Spring Nationals (tape), ESPN2
BASEBALL
1 p.m. Burlington at LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS, AM/970
1 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, TBS
1:05 p.m. Altoona at AKRON AEROS, AM/1350
1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at INDIANS, STO; AM/1100
1:30 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, WGN
8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, ESPN
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Oklahoma State at Kansas State, ESPNU
2 p.m. Georgia at LSU, ESPN2
3:30 p.m. Arkansas at Florida, ESPN
4 p.m. Iowa at Minnesota, BTN
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon Minnesota at Penn State, BTN
2 p.m. Michigan State at Nebraska, BTN
CYCLING
10 p.m. Tour de Romandie, final stage (tape), NBCSN
EQUESTRIAN
2 p.m. Rolex Championships, WKYC
GOLF
9 a.m. Ballantine’s Championship (tape), Golf Channel
1 p.m. Zurich Classic, Golf Channel
3 p.m. Zurich Classic, WOIO
3 p.m. Mobile Bay Classic, Golf Channel
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE
3 p.m. Patriot League final, CBSSN
MOTORSPORTS
8 a.m. MotoGP WC, Spanish Grand Prix, Speed Channel
Noon MotoGP Moto2, Spanish Grand Prix (tape), Speed Channel
NBA PLAYOFFS
1 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, ESPN
3:30 p.m. Denver at L.A. Lakers, WEWS
7 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, TNT
9:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TNT
NHL PLAYOFFS
3 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, WKYC
8 p.m. Nashville at Phoenix, NBCSN
WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE
1 p.m. Atlantic 10 final, CBSSN
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/04/sunday_april_29_television_and.html
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Moises Montero's homer powers Lake County over Fort Wayne: Minor-league report
Corey Kluber struggles in Clippers loss; Akron loses pitchers' duel to Richmond; Delvi Cid, Jesus Aguilar homer in Kinston win; Lake Erie rally falls short vs. Windy City.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 4, TinCaps 3: Moises Montero cranked a two-run home run and Lake County defeated Fort Wayne (Ind.) in a Class A Midwest League game at Classic Park in Eastlake. It was Montero's third homer of the year. Starter J.D. Reichenbach (7-1) pitched six innings for Lake County and gave up one run. The win snapped a four-game Captains skid.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Bisons 10, Clippers 2: Buffalo scored 10 runs on 10 hits, and won an International League game in Columbus. Four Clippers errors led to two runs. Corey Kluber (7-9) went five innings, giving up six earned runs on five hits. Jared Goedert hit a solo home run for Columbus, his 10th of the season.
AA Akron Aeros
Flying Squirrels 2, Aeros 0: Right-hander Steve Wright (1-3) allowed two earned runs that broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, and Akron lost an Eastern League game at Richmond, Va. Wright, who failed to retire a batter in the eighth, struck out seven in seven innings. The Aeros managed only two hits in the rubber game of the series.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 8, Pelicans 7: Delvi Cid hit his second homer of the year and Jesus Aguilar his fourth, as Kinston (N.C.) outslugged host Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in a Carolina League game. It was not a good day for Kinston pitchers, but closer Preston Guilmet recorded his 33rd save with 11/3 scoreless innings.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers-Muckdogs, ppd.: Mahoning Valley's game at Batavia (N.Y.) was rained out. The New York-Penn league teams will play a doubleheader in Batavia starting at 5:05 p.m. Monday.
Notes: Outfielder Jordan Smith, without a home run, leads the Scrappers in RBI with 38. Smith also has a team-leading .332 batting average, in 196 at-bats. With 27 walks, Smith has a team-best on-base percentage of .427.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Thunderbolts 8, Crushers 4: Windy City scored five runs in the first three innings, and won a Frontier League game in Avon.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Chicken fun, all day long
This is one for anyone in need of a distraction from work or study.
Rosh Pinah Primary School (incidentally, the institution where I started my academic life) have set up a wonderful site with a live feed to the class pet.
The Rosh Pinah ChickCam offers the chance to monitor these adorable fluffy fellows throughout the day. Enjoy.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/jennifer-lipman/chicken-fun-all-day-long
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Leeds closes in on secondary
Leeds has moved closer to having its first Jewish secondary school with a free school application reaching the final interview stage.
Jewish community education leaders have been invited to the Department for Education for clarification of plans for a 210-place secondary school on the Brodetsky Jewish Primary campus in Alwoodley.
The interview does not guarantee approval but is the last of four rigorous stages. An almost identical application failed last year, but the DfE invited a reapplication after civil servants were criticised for rejecting the plans without citing specific reasons. The application's outcome will be announced in July or August.
Dan Cohen, the prime mover behind the proposal, said reaching the interview stage meant the DfE had "confirmed what we know, which is there is no question our proposal was viable, sensible and needed.
"Unlike most other school applications, we can speak to the vast majority of our core market.
"So far as we are concerned, the demand for a Jewish high school in Leeds is robust."
Mr Cohen said a parallel application for a voluntary-aided Jewish secondary via Leeds City Council was still being pursued as an alternative to the free school application and was at an early consultation stage.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/community/local-news/66956/leeds-closes-secondary
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Death camp's 'everlasting effect' on footballer
On the eve of Yom Hashoah, participants in Holocaust Educational Trust projects attended a special event at the Scottish Parliament.
Students travelled from across the region to talk to MSPs about their experiences on the Scottish Government-funded HET's Lessons from Auschwitz project which takes post-16 pupils on a visit to the Nazi death camp. Other guests included survivors Henry and Ingrid Wuga, and Judy Russell, daughter of the late Holocaust survivor and Shoah educator Ernest Levy, who spoke about the importance of ensuring that future generations understand what took place during the Holocaust.
Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, who visited Auschwitz-Birkenau last November with the HET, said he had "valued the opportunity to take part in a visit to Auschwitz with students". Karen Pollock, HET chief executive, said: "We are delighted to have such cross-party support to hear about the impact of our work in Scottish schools."
Fettes College in Edinburgh welcomed Hephzibah Rudofsky and her mother, Bergen Belson survivor Lady Zehava Kohn, who spoke to 150 pupils. Ms Rudofsky said the pupils "were vocal in their appreciation". Glasgow Jewish Representative Council hosted a Yom Hashoah service at Giffnock Synagogue where survivor Agnes Grunwald-Spier spoke about her book The Other Schindlers to the 250-strong audience. Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation held a civic Yom Hashoah service at the War Memorial in Princes Street Gardens. Attendees included members of Edinburgh Liberals.
At Dublin Hebrew Congregation, 50 people heard readings by pupils of Stratford College which was followed by a screening of the film The Children of Chabannes, which tells the story of how villagers in unoccupied France saved 400 Jewish refugee children.
The theme of childhood in the Shoah threaded its way through a Yom Hashoah service at Leeds Etz Chaim Synagogue. The ceremony, attended by Lord Mayor Rev Alan Taylor, included other faith members who took part in an educational trip to Poland. Dr Che Seabourne of St George's Church said the group gained a harrowing experience of human tragedy.
"We also gained a perspective on incredible acts of bravery shown by people who were being persecuted, and by Righteous Gentiles who said they were unwilling to have that happen in their name," he told the 300-strong gathering. Shoah child survivor Suzanne Ripton saw her personal testimony told through an interview filmed by Makor.
Close to 100 people attended a service at Brighton and Hove Hebrew Congregation. Rabbi Hershel Rader officiated, with six candles lit by Shoah survivors or members of their families. Professor Gideon Reuveni of the Centre for German Jewish Studies spoke on teaching about the Shoah. At Brighton and Hove Progressive participants read from a booklet written by Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah and also from their Czech scroll which was rescued from Frydek-Mistek. Brighton and Hove Reform marked the day with readings from a Shoah scroll.
More than 70 people attended Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation for a Yom Hashoah service. Holocaust survivor Otto Deutsch showed a film about his return to Belarus in 2010. The audience raised £300 for the Yad Vashem Foundation.
Cheltenham Hebrew Congregation marked Yom Hashoah with a service and a reading of the prayer especially composed by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.
Five hundred people, including local mayors, attended the Hilton Suite in Prestwich for a Yom Hashoah service. It was held in dedication to Holocaust survivor Rebbetzin Marga Brodie, the late wife of Rev Gabriel Brodie, who died in December aged 90 after serving the Manchester Great and New Synagogue community for over 40 years. Among the guests was Reverend Brodie and their son, Rabbi Yehuda Brodie. Tania Nelson, the main event organiser, paid tribute to Marga Brodie. At a Yom Hashoah assembly at King David High students heard survivor Eva Neuman speak about her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Former Newcastle United defender John Anderson, who works with education charity Show Racism the Red Card, described his visit to Auschwitz as a teenager at a Yom Hashoah service at Newcastle United Synagogue. He told the 80-strong gathering that the visit "has had an everlasting effect" on his life. Dr Beate Muller described her work with child survivors and pupils from Benfield School spoke about their "six million paperclips" project.
More than 300 members of Mill Hill Synagogue marked Yom Hashoah by listening to Eva Schloss, posthumous step-sister of Anne Frank, in conversation with Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet. "It was not only her story, but also her delivery - her eloquence and lack of bitterness that captivated her audience," said a spokesperson afterwards.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/66967/death-camps-everlasting-effect-footballer
Michael Lynagh and his Australian team were gentlemen
Barry Coughlan
He was the villain of the piece in the dying seconds of a World Cup quarter-final against Ireland at the old Lansdowne Road, but Michael Lynagh has always remained an iconic figure in the world of rugby, even particularly in Ireland.
It was 1991 and a decent Irish team scored a late try from Gordon Hamilton, a conversion from Ralph Keyes, and Ireland were on their way to a semi final against New Zealand.
Unfortunately, they lost the plot in the closing stages when all they had to do was plant the ball at the back of the east stand to finish the game. Instead, Australia launched a counter attack and Lynagh grabbed the winning try before helping the Wallabies to further success over New Zealand in the semi final and then England in the decider.
Remarkably, a week after Australia had dumped Ireland out of the competition the Irish fans gathered in force for a Lansdowne Road semi-final and cheered the Wallabies all the way to the final.
Some said it was because if they couldn’t win they wanted to have it be known that they were beaten by the eventual champions.
Actually, it was a little bit more complicated than that. That was back in the amateur days and both of these southern hemisphere giants were domiciled in different parts of Dublin.
New Zealand, that particular New Zealand squad, were a dour lot that had little or no interest in socialising with Irish supporters and stayed out, somewhere I think, in north County Dublin away from the gaze of everyone as they prepared to defend the William Webb Ellis trophy they had won four years before on home soil.
Their indifference to the locals was to turn out to be a public relations nightmare and the underestimation of a quality Wallaby side was an even greater crime.
Australia won the Lansdowne Road semi-final easily and still managed to have something in reserve to beat a good enough England team at Twickenham.
What was apparent right throughout the competition was how well prepared Australia as a group and Australia as individuals were.
They pitched tent, I believe, in the Westbury Hotel during their time in Dublin and were out and about the streets mixing with the kids for the duration.
Even after beating Ireland, when other visiting teams might have taken themselves away from the limelight, they retained a very positive PR stance.
The Irish people, hurt and all that they might have felt, didn’t forget a week later when they came out to support the Wallabies who were at that stage in the same position as Ireland had been seven days earlier – underdogs!
That team was a quality team, but it was also packed with nice guys. I’ve written two history tribute books to the Irish members of the British and Irish Lions (The Irish Lions 1896 -1983 and 1896-2001), and managed to have the second written with the help of a foreword by Wallaby legend Tim Horan, who refused point blank an offer of fees from the publishers.
His idea of payment was being allowed space to make his own personal tribute to some of the great Irish Northern Hemisphere players he watched growing up and others against whom he played.
Money didn’t come into the equation and, I suppose, that’s part of the reason why rugby, even in a professional era, can stand apart from other sports.
But that Wallaby squad of 1991, almost to a man, were of that ilk.
The first I heard about Michael Lynagh’s current predicament was when looking at a tweet from Irish rugby legend Ronan O’Gara, who would have known the Wallaby off the field rather than on it.
I won’t repeat the message O’Gara tweeted, but it was, suffice to say, a heartfelt wish that a man who must have been one of his heroes makes a quick recovery from what has now – almost certainly – been diagnosed as a stroke.
Rog is just one of hundreds of thousands who will wish Lynagh , and his family, the same good wishes.
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Cleveland Indians' top draft pick, Francisco Lindor, singles in first pro at-bat: Minor-league report
McAllister sharp in Columbus win; Akron earns series split vs. Richmond; Tice shines in Kinston win; late rally falls for for Lake County; Lake Erie loses despite pitching a one-hitter.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 9, Jammers 2: Cleveland's No. 1 draft pick Francisco Lindor singled in his first at-bat of his professional debut, and later scored on a base hit. For the night, the shortstop was 1-for-3, as Mahoning Valley defeated Jamestown, N.Y., in a New York-Penn league game in Niles. Lindor also flied to left and grounded to second. Lindor also turned the pivot on two 4-6-3 double plays.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 8, Bats 5: Zach McAllister (11-3), who started a game for the Indians last week against Seattle, pitched six innings to pick up the win as Columbus won an International League game against visiting Louisville (Ky.). McAllister gave up three runs (two earned) and struck out nine. Josh Judy pitched a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save.
Notes: Judy's 23 saves tie for the IL lead, and are the seventh most in a season for Columbus.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 5, Flying Squirrels 2: Akron scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning to erase a two-run deficit and gain a split of a four-game series against Richmond (Va.) at Canal Park. Right-handed starter Austin Adams (11-10) struck out seven in five innings of the Eastern League game for Akron.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 9, Hillcats 2: Jeremie Tice homered as part of a three-hit, four RBI effort as Kinston won the Carolina League game at Lynchburg, Va. Clayton Cook (9-8) scattered four hits over five innings in getting the win.
Notes: The series between the Hillcats and Kinston was moved to Lynchburg because Grainger Stadium, in Kinston, was damaged by Hurricane Irene.
A Lake County Captains
Silver Hawks 3, Captains 2: Lake County scored a run in the top of the ninth at South Bend (Ind.), but the rally ended with runners on the corners. The Captains lost their seventh straight Midwest League game. Jordan Cooper (2-8) allowed three runs on eight hits, walked one and struck out three in six innings for Lake County.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
RiverHawks 2, Crushers 0: Rockford (Ill.) defeated Lake Erie in a Frontier League game in Avon. The Crushers out-hit Rockford, 3-1. The RiverHawks' only hit was an RBI double.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/cleveland_indians_top_draft_pi.html
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Dangerous lies that spread from Auschwitz to Srebrenica
The words "I was wrong" rarely appear under journalists' bylines. But in the Observer this week, John Simpson, the veteran BBC correspondent, acknowledged that he had been mistaken about a libel trial arising from the Bosnian war.
The 20th anniversary of the most destructive conflict in postwar Europe fell this month. In a country the size of Scotland, almost 100,000 Bosnians were killed and two million were displaced. Because all sides suffered, observers argued that culpability was shared and that its cause was a resurgence of ancient ethnic hatreds among Serbs, Croats and Muslims. That was a fateful misreading. The war was a preventable humanitarian catastrophe that was compounded by the stance of Western governments.
Responsibility lay overwhelmingly with the Bosnian Serbs. Their leaders, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, sought to carve out an ethnically pure territory in a deranged, racist scheme for a "Greater Serbia". Their target was the legitimate government of a multi-ethnic state. Their Svengali was a thuggish bureaucrat and ballot-rigger, Slobodan Milosevic.
The crimes of which Karadzic and Mladic now stand accused at The Hague are a catalogue of barbarism: mass murder, ethnic expulsion and rape. These include the siege of Sarajevo, which killed more than 10,000, and the genocide of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.
None of this ought to have surprised Western policymakers, who maintained an arms embargo that froze in place the military superiority of Serb forces. Some brave journalists had uncovered appalling depredations early in the conflict. The Guardian's Ed Vulliamy and ITN 's Penny Marshall and Ian Williams exposed inhuman conditions at the Serb-run concentration camp at Trnopolje in northern Bosnia. For their pains, they were accused of fabricating their evidence.
Hence the libel trial, at the High Court in 2000. ITN successfully sued LM, a small magazine. A roster of media figures came to LM's aid, claiming a threat to free speech. Simpson was one. But in a review this week of Vulliamy's fine new book, The War is Dead: Long Live the War, he wrote: "Vulliamy's account of what happened in the camp is completely unanswerable."
You can say that again. Yet while LM went out of business under the costs of its calumnious lies, several of its staff have since attained media prominence. Mick Hume, its editor, was for some years a Times columnist.
During the war, prominent Jews did their best to urge a change in Western policy. In a speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, Elie Wiesel turned to President Clinton and implored him to protect Bosnian civilians. After the revelation of the Serb camps, three American Jewish groups lobbied for "every necessary step, including the use of force" to stop the atrocities. It was not their fault that their words went unheeded.
Jews have a particular interest in helping to ensure that the human costs of what followed are accurately recounted. The facts of the genocidal assault on Bosnia's Muslims are so horrific that a cottage industry of denial has since grown up. You will find websites claiming that the number of victims of the Srebrenica massacre has been exaggerated, and that those who died were killed in combat. This material is not just the equivalent of Holocaust denial, but the same fraudulent argument. It should be recognised and named for what it is: genocide denial
Vulliamy cites two far-left polemicists; Edward Herman and David Peterson. Their contemptible volume, The Politics of Genocide, claims that Western media swallow a propaganda line about Srebrenica and Rwanda. It has a foreword by Noam Chomsky and an endorsement by John Pilger.
Such arguments have an echo on the nativist Right, including some who insinuate themselves as friends of Israel. The Jerusalem Post published a piece in February by one Srdja Trifkovic claiming that US recognition of Kosovo was an advance for jihadism. It did not mention that Trifkovic has described Srebrenica as "a myth based on a lie", the number of whose victims "remain[s] unknown and misrepresented".
To paraphrase the late Christopher Hitchens: it's impossible to eat enough in order to vomit enough on reading such material. The Muslim populations of Bosnia and Kosovo bear as much relation to al-Qaeda as the Archbishop of Canterbury does to the snake-handling sects of Appalachia. Milosevic's victims should be remembered. The truth about their fate should be defended.
Oliver Kamm is a leader writer for The Times
Source: http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/66980/dangerous-lies-spread-auschwitz-srebrenica
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Mike Holmgren disputes that Cleveland Browns got duped into trading up to draft Trent Richardson
Browns President Mike Holmgren disputed a report that the Browns got fooled into trading up a spot with the Vikings to draft Trent Richardson. He did insist that the Browns not let Richardson slip away.
Browns President Mike Holmgren saw to it that the Browns didn't let Trent Richardson slip away.CLEVELAND -- Browns President Mike Holmgren disputed a report that the Browns got fooled into trading up to No. 3 with the Vikings to draft Trent Richardson.
Mike Freeman of cbsports.com reported Friday that several team executives told him the Vikings were bluffing in regards to multiple teams trying to trade up to No. 3 to draft the Alabama running back.
Freeman reported that the Browns were the only team to buy the fake, giving up fourth, fifth and seventh-round picks to move up one spot.
"Contrary to what was written and said yesterday, we had to compete,'' said Holmgren. "We weren’t the Lone Ranger in that deal.''
Vikings general manager Rick Spielman told ESPN Friday morning that multiple teams were after the pick, even hours before the draft.
But Holmgren had stressed to general manager Tom Heckert and coach Pat Shurmur not to let Richardson slip away.
"You don’t want to be up there, really,'' he said. "But we were up there so it was very, very important who we chose there. That’s why we targeted Trent. We didn’t want to lose him.
“My conversations with Pat and Tom were 'if you even think somebody is going to is jump us, then what are we going to do to prevent that from happening? We had that conversation many, many times – how far were we willing to go to do this? Tom did a masterful job of setting that thing up. I thought it was an excellent trade because we got the player who, Lord willing, stay healthy and all those things, is going to be a really fine player for us for a long time.''
Later, when asked if he had a larger role in this draft, Holmgren said it was just the opposite. He did, however describe his involvement in one of the weekend's decisions.
"I won’t tell you exactly what it’s about, but this is typical of what might happen,'' he said. "I said, ‘Tom, do you want to do this?’ He said, ‘I don’t think I do. I think it’s too much or too strong or whatever.’ I said, ‘well, we might have to.’ And he goes, ‘well, if we have to, then you’ve got to tell me, because I won’t do it.’ And I said, ‘OK, then I might have to tell you. Fine.'''
Holmgren did not specify if the debate centered around the trade for Richardson.
"But that’s a healthy way to go about it,'' Holmgren said. "No one’s strangling anybody or pushing anybody and we talked about that, and Pat’s kind of the peacemaker in the group. We all have our moments, but it’s real healthy and I trust them a lot.”
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2012/04/mike_holmgren_disputes_that_cl.html
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Luis Valbuena's slam powers Columbus past Pawtucket: Minor-league report
Drennan's RBI single lifts Aeros in 12th; infield mistake dooms Kinston; Crushers post road win in Traverse City.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 5, Pawsox 2: Luis Valbuena hit a grand slam in the second inning and Corey Kluber (7-8, 5.61) pitched 6 scoreless innings as Columbus beat host Pawtucket. Kluber recorded 11 strikeouts and walked five. Valbuena, who is batting .299, hit his 16th homer of the season. The Clippers' Cord Phelps doubled in the first inning and then scored on a single by Jerad Head. After the Pawsox threatened a rally with two runs in the bottom of the ninth, Josh Judy replaced Zach Putnam, and earned his 20th save.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 4, Senators 3: LF John Drennen's (.243) RBI single in the bottom of the 12th allowed RF Ben Copeland to score the winning run. Aeros pinch hitter Kyle Bellow's (.234) RBI single in the bottom of the ninth scored Drennen to send the game into extra innings. An RBI double by Copeland in the second inning scored CF Jordan Henry (.253).
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Nationals 6, Indians 3: A mishandled popup was the Indians' undoing in the 11th inning Tuesday. The Potomac Nationals' Francisco Soriano hit the popup on the infield. None of the four K-Tribe infielders took charge and the ball dropped, scoring Sandy Leon from second base. The K-Tribe had tied the game in the ninth on RBI singles by PH Jeremie Tice (.268) and C Roberto Perez (.233).
A Lake County Captains
The Captains were idle Tuesday night.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 4, Beach Bums 1: Jordan Rivera's RBI double and Kyle Boe's RBI single paced Lake Erie in the win at Traverse City, Mich.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/luis_valbuenas_slam_powers_col.html
Langdon gets £400k windfall
A memorial fund for a British and world Maccabi leader has distributed £650,000 to improve the lives of young adults and children with disabilities.
Landgon - supporting young adults with moderate learning difficulties - has received £400,000 from the Pierre Gildesgame Memorial Fund. A further £250,000 has gone to Maccabi GB in support of its provision of sporting opportunities for those with disabilities and its help for disadvantaged children.
Fund trustee Clive Geller said the disbursements reflected causes close to the heart of Mr Gildesgame, who was a world Maccabi president.
"He wanted to support youth, sport and special needs activities that would serve the community for many years."
With its educational and social programme helping clients to lead independent lives, "Langdon is exactly the type of charity we want to help. We think the money will enable it to move forward."
Langdon is set to become a Maccabi GB affiliate.
Mr Geller said his dream was "to see Langdon kids marching under the Maccabi GB flag at the Maccabiah".
Source: http://www.thejc.com/community/local-news/66963/langdon-gets-%C2%A3400k-windfall
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Drake's "re-barmitzvah"
Canadian rapper Drake is one of the hottest names in the music industry at the moment.
His collaborations with Rihanna have propelled him to the higher echelons of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. He has written tracks for, and performed with, global megastars including Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and Alicia Keys. Drake has almost seven million Twitter followers.
Drake – whose real name is Aubrey Graham – was born in Toronto in October 1986, the son of an African-American father and Canadian-Jewish mother, who sent him to a Jewish school and ensured he had a barmitzvah.
After his parents divorced, he began acting at the same time as taking the first steps in his music career. By 2009 he had seen a song reach number two on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
The 25-year-old’s career has since rocketed, but, it seems, he is still a good Jewish boy at heart…
Drake toured Britain last month and during his sell-out O2 gig in London he apparently waved an Israeli flag while shouting: "Shout out to all my Jewish people in the house!" (Incidentally, when the tour moved to Manchester he made a new friend – Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, who he shared a curry dinner and various parties with.)
Now Drake has gone a step further to identify with his Jewish upbringing. Last October he had a “re-barmitzvah” to show his commitment to Judaism. The video for his latest song, HYFR, claims to display the events that took place at the simchah.
I’d suggest reality was a little different to the musical entertainment version, given that the latter features more expletives than a Malcolm Tucker pep-talk. After opening with footage of a young Aubrey mouthing "mazeltov" and dancing at a simchah it moves on to the modern day.
Set in a synagogue the video shows Drake apparently performing his maftir before going on to enjoy the simchah by lighting candles, smashing up a re-barmitzvah cake, being carried on a chair, and tucking into a typically gargantuan kosher buffet.
It is a truly bizarre, but somehow heart-warming, display.
The explicit language and adult themes in the video preclude me from showing you it here on a family newspaper’s website, but if you are not easily offended and want to take a look you can see it here on YouTube, where it has racked up an impressive 1.24 million YouTube hits since its MTV premiere last week. (WARNING/disclaimer: The video features repeated use of highly offensive language and is not suitable for viewing at work or by children under the age of 18).
I suspect this is not the last we’ll hear of Drake, or his Jewish roots.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/marcus-dysch/drakes-re-barmitzvah
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Five lessons from the Camp Nou
Miguel Delaney
1. Sometimes it’s best to forget the facts and enjoy the sense of fiction
In the grander context, it was a night of huge ramifications: one of the greatest teams of all time will be prevented from making history and retaining the Champions League; one of the worst Chelsea teams of the last decade could be crowned champions of Europe; defence beat attack.
But, sometimes, it’s best to temporarily overlook such major points and simply enjoy the more minor moments of wonder. Because, whatever you wanted out of the game and whoever you were rooting for, it was almost impossible not to be enthralled by the sheer sense of drama; by the very improbability of the story. Just look at the sub-plots, let alone the main story: John Terry’s red card, Ramires's screamer, Leo Messi’s miss, Fernando Torres’ redemption. Barcelona may remain a model club in terms of youth production; Roman Abramovich may ensure that Chelsea remain a dysfunctional basket-case. But, together, they produced a hell of a night.
This was cup football. This was theatre. And this, ultimately, was why we watch.
2. There are never any certainties in football
Over the last few years, we’ve experienced a rare period of excellence in the Champions League. Since 2007, after all, each of the competition’s winners have also won their domestic leagues. Similarly, certain truths seemed to have become set in stone about the individuals involved: John Terry, for all his faults, is an undeniable leader; Fernando Torres looks finished; Leo Messi is the ultimate big-game player. And, after all that, we seemed to have been building towards a peak in which the two undeniable best teams in the world – Barca and Real Madrid – would face off in the ultimate showdown. Instead, all of that was turned on its head last night. Torres illustrated old brilliance to shake Victor Valdes; Messi bottled the game’s moment of truth; Terry displayed his true colours. And, after all of that, a team that is in sixth place in the Premier League are in the final. It doesn’t seem to make sense. For once, it doesn't need to.
3. On a similar level, moments we see as key can often go down a course we don’t expect
At the moment John Terry was justifiably sent off for sheer malice and idiocy, the majority of people watching worldwide will have marked it as the game’s turning point. And it was. But not in the way everyone assumed.
Because, moments after the goal, Barca claimed their second.
That looked like it would bring an onslaught. Instead, it only brought complacency. Only a goal ahead, Barca started to play as if they were through.
They were caught.
And it’s arguable that, had Terry not been sent off, Barca might have built on the first goal in a more professional manner.
4. Barca are still undeniably brilliant... but their claim to be the best of all time is lessened
Whatever happens next with this Barcelona side, they will rightfully go down as a truly transcendent team. Given the heights their play has reached, it’s possible that – at their very best – they produced better football than anyone else in history.
But is that enough to make them the greatest in history?
Probably not.
Indeed, when it came right down to it, it’s arguable they squandered the chance. Twice. Despite everything that inferred it would happen, this team never retained the Champions League.
And, sure, they might be playing in an era when retaining the European Cup has been almost impossible. But, when it comes to judging the best of all time, you have to judge by the standards of all time – not from one given period. And consider how close they came.
In 2010 against Inter, a possession-based team were 1-0 up away from home.
Last night, a side as experienced as this were 2-0 up against 10 men.
Both are wasted opportunities. And, as magnificent as they’ve been, they will be the ultimate marks against them.
5. There’s an underappreciated honour in defending
In an argument connected to the above point, there was an inevitable – and somewhat understandable – backlash that it’s bad for football that a team as pure as Barca went out and a side as defensive as Chelsea went through.
On a certain level, that has a lot of merit. But, when you put it in context, it’s hard not to credit Chelsea for the effort and execution at the very least.
Because, when you break it down, the nature of Barcelona’s club infrastructure and integration means no-one can play proactive football like them. It’s also professional suicide to try do so against them. And, as a few key games have illustrated now, the only real way to beat them is to stop them.
Chelsea somehow managed that; they found a way to beat the best.
Sure, it wasn’t as clinical or as calculated as Inter’s display in 2010. But, in terms of primal resolve, it was arguably superior.
And, after everything that happened last night, it’s hard to begrudge them... even if you do prefer beauty to the beast.
Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/Nc8XuBCrdUM/post.aspx
Goedert, Mills, Buck all homer as Clippers batter Bats: Minor-league report
Bases-loaded walk lifts Aeros; Mike Rayl shines in Kinston's shutout of Fredrick; West Michigan routs Lake County; Hankins' homer not enough for Mahoning Valley; Kulbacki's two RBI lift Lake Erie.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 12, Bats 4: Columbus got homers from 3B Jared Goedert (.271, 14 HRs), 1B Beau Mills (.250, 6 HRs) and RF Travis Buck (.263, 4 HRs) and won the International League game in Louisville, Ky. Mills finished with four hits and 2B Argenis Reyes (.306) had three.
RH Paolo Espino (3.57) started and threw four innings. He allowed two runs (both earned) on five hits. Espino struck out six and walked none. RH Zach Putnam (6-3, 3.72) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 6, Phillies 5: Akron DH Michel Hernandez (.337) walked with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the 13th as the Aeros outlasted visiting Reading (Pa.).
Aeros C Chun Chen (.258) and 2B Karexon Sanchez (.213) homered for Akron. It was Chen's 16th home run of the season and Sanchez's ninth.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 1, Keys 0: LH Mike Rayl (4.74) threw seven scoreless innings and RF Bo Greenwell (.257) doubled in LF Jordan Casas (.262) in the eighth inning as Kinston (N.C.) won the Carolina League game over visiting Fredrick (Md.).
Rayl allowed five hits, struck out four and walked one. RH Nickolas Sarianides (2-0, 3.72) pitched the eighth to get the win and RH Preston Guilmet (1.60) struck out two in the ninth in earning his 34th save.
2B Casey Frawley (.215) and 1B Jesus Aguilar (.247) each had two hits for the Indians.
A Lake County Captains
Whitecaps 7, Captains 3: West Michigan banged out 15 hits and beat Lake County in a Midwest League game in Eastlake.
RH Danny Salazar (0-2, 3.60) started and pitched three innings. He gave up one run (earned) on four hits. LH J.D. Reichenbach (3.65) relieved and got touched up for five runs (all earned) in four innings on nine hits, including two home runs by the Whitecaps' James Robbins.
RF Brian Heere (.246) and LF LeVon Washington (.209) each had two hits for the Captains.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Crosscutters 6, Scrappers 2: Scrappers 2B Todd Hankins (.253) hit his fourth home run but Mahoning Valley lost the New York-Penn League game to visiting Williamsport (Pa.)
RH Hector Rondon, the Indians' Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2009, pitched in a game for the first time since having Tommy John surgery in August 2010.
Rondon, 23, pitched one inning and allowed one earned run on two hits.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 3, Wild Things 2: RH Josh Roberts (4.17) pitched seven sharp innings and LF Kellen Kulbacki (.270) hit his sixth homer and drove in two runs to lead Lake Erie past visiting Washington (Pa.).
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/goedert_mills_buck_all_homer_a.html
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How deaf and blind Yossi found his voice
Yossi Samuels is a current affairs devotee, a qualified wine-taster and an expert on cars.
But the 35-year-old Israeli is also blind, deaf and largely confined to a wheelchair, able to communicate only through sounds and by outlining Hebrew letters on his brother's palm. He is in the UK to promote the disability charity founded by his parents.
Born healthy, a faulty vaccination at 18 months caused his blindness and deafness and left him abnormally hyperactive. He had no way of communicating until he was eight. Most of the babies vaccinated with the same batch died - the others are in a permanent vegetative state.
With his brother Avi interpreting, Mr Samuels declared: "The state of Israel ruined my life. We spent eight years battling the state for what they did. When I couldn't communicate, I was very angry. I was hyperactive, full of an energy I couldn't let out."
Taking up the story, Avi Samuels explained: "We lived in one bedroom in Jerusalem, five brothers, including Yossi. We are seven siblings altogether. We always supported each other as a family, including him in everything, but Yossi was extremely difficult.
"My mother was distressed and friends, relatives and doctors urged us to have him put in an institution. My mother said she made a deal with God, that if she could find some way to communicate with her son, she would dedicate her life to helping people like him."
Parents Malki and Kalman took the family to the US to seek treatment for Yossi when he was three. No progress was made and five years later they returned to Israel, where there was finally a breakthrough.
"We had a moment with a therapist - Shoshanna Weinstuck - when she was spelling Hebrew letters on his palm. Yossi understood his first word, 'table'. His prison was broken down. Now he's a challenging conversationalist."
The Samuels founded the Shalva charity after Yossi's breakthrough and its first centre opened in Jerusalem in 1990. Israeli Chief Rabbi Yisrael Lau was also in London this week to promote the launch of a British Friends group.
Shalva cares for mentally and physically disabled children, Jewish and non-Jewish, including overnight respite programmes. Care is free in 80 per cent of cases. Jerusalem City Council has approved land for premises for the largest and most advanced centre of its kind in the Middle East.
For Yossi Samuels, travelling to lecture about his life and Shalva is one of his greatest pleasures. "I want to travel across the world, to Australia, South Africa, Japan," he said. "I hope I can influence people and inspire them. It's very cool to be in London. Last night I spent at the pub with some sixth-formers, which was fantastic. I try to show them how I can get through my difficulties with happiness. I prefer to be open and out-going."
His passion for cars - he can identify a make just by touching a door handle - took him to Silverstone for a trip in a race car with a professional driver.
In Israel, Mr Samuels works one day a week in the research department of an electric car company. "I can tell them things which no one else realises about the car. It's not the technical aspect; it's the way it feels."
Swimming and horse-riding are other loves and his interest in politics got him an invitation to tea at the White House in 2007. A great admirer of the then President George Bush, "I told him to make sure he was firm on Iran and Iraq and to help bring Gilad Shalit home. I don't like President Obama. He won't free Jonathan Pollard, even though he is unwell." Mr Samuels was due to meet Gordon Brown yesterday.
"My mother always says if Yossi could actually see the world, he'd probably be disappointed," Avi Samuels reflected. "He feels everything so vibrantly."
Source: http://www.thejc.com/community/local-news/66959/how-deaf-and-blind-yossi-found-his-voice
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NFL Draft 2012: Browns Heckert and Shurmur on picking Mitchell Schwatrz and John Hughes (video)
The Cleveland Browns selected University of California offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz in the 2nd round and University of Cincinnati defensive tackle John Hughes in the 3rd round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Browns General Manager Tom Heckert and Head Coach Pat Shurmur talked about the selections after making the picks. Watch video
The Cleveland Browns selected University of California offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz in the 2nd round and University of Cincinnati defensive tackle John Hughes in the 3rd round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Browns General Manager Tom Heckert and Head Coach Pat Shurmur talked about the selections after making the picks.
To reach this Plain Dealer videographer: dandersen@plaind.com
On Twitter: @CLEvideos
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2012/04/nfl_draft_2012_browns_heckert.html
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Cleveland Indians farm report
MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT AAA Columbus Clippers Clippers 5, Indians 4 RF Chad Huffman (.364) had two hits, including his second homer of the season, and host Columbus on Thursday beat Indianapolis in an International League game. RHP Corey Kluber (2-0, 3.60) started and pitched five innings. He allowed four earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out...
MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 5, Indians 4 RF Chad Huffman (.364) had two hits, including his second homer of the season, and host Columbus on Thursday beat Indianapolis in an International League game.
RHP Corey Kluber (2-0, 3.60) started and pitched five innings. He allowed four earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight.
View full sizeCorey Kluber improved to 2-0 on Thursday as Class AAA Columbus beat Indianapolis.
RHP Frank Herrmann (3.60) pitched two innings, LHP Nick Hagadone (0.00) pitched the eighth and RHP Chris Ray (3.60) worked the ninth for his second save.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 6, Thunder 1 Aeros left-handed starter T.J. McFarland (2-0, 0.82) threw six shutout innings as Akron beat Trenton in an Eastern League game at Canal Park.
McFarland allowed three hits and one walk. He struck out four.
3B Kyle Bellows (.214) hit a three-run homer.
A Lake County Captains
Hot Rods 5, Captains 2 SS Francisco Lindor (.353) had three hits and C Alex Lavisky (.389), a Lakewood native, had two doubles, but Lake County lost the Midwest League game to visiting Bowling Green.
Left-handed starter Elvis Araujo (0-2, 4.00) allowed four runs (three earned) in five innings.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/04/cleveland_indians_farm_report_5.html
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After the "Jew goal", the "Jew punch"?
Remember the “Jew goal”? Well now it seems another sport may have adopted a similarly tasteless phrase.
Welcome to the world of the “Jew punch”.
Subscription boxing channel BoxNation this week apologised and launched an investigation after a retired boxer made a rather dubious remark on one of its shows.
The channel cancelled repeats of the Bunce’s Boxing Hour show – hosted by respected boxing journalist Steve Bunce – following former cruiserweight Dominic Negus’s comment.
Mr Negus had been discussing his career on the November 21 edition of the show when he described his fighting style and said: “I’m very Jewish when I throw a punch”.
Mr Bunce made an on-air apology during a broadcast this past Monday.
But BoxNation chief executive Simon Green said he did not believe the remark had been intended as a “racist comment” and argued that it had instead been “misinterpreted”. He added the bizarre caveat that the on-air apology was “voluntary” and applied only to those who had made the misinterpretation.
Viewer Matthew Kane complained to BoxNation, saying the comment was made in the context of Mr Negus “being sparing with his right hand. If it was not meant to imply that Jewish people are mean, what was he saying?”.
Mr Kane rightly pointed out that if the comment was innocent, as Mr Green protested, then the channel would not have felt the need to apologise.
Defending BoxNation, Mr Green said: “Mr Negus is upset and sorry that his comment caused any offence. I understand that Mr Negus’s partner is a Jewish lady and his children attend a Jewish school.
“Although innocent in its intention, [the phrase] can also be misinterpreted and as such I apologise on behalf of Mr Negus and BoxNation.”
Make what you will of the inclusion of the line about Mr Negus’s partner being “a Jewish lady” with Jewish children. Some of his best friends may or may not be Jewish, but his missus is? That’s ok then.
I’m not the world’s biggest boxing fan, but my understanding is that references to a Jewish punching style are not common boxing parlance. I’ve yet to find anyone who had heard such phraseology before this occasion. Pushed to explain what exactly Mr Negus had meant – if he wasn’t referring to Jews being stingy – Mr Green offered no further answers.
Mr Negus, of Chingford, north east London, had a relatively short professional career, fighting 19 times, winning 13 – with six knockouts (not so sparing then) – and losing five times.
He also once appeared on “documentary series” Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, where he discussed his past exploits working with the East End’s criminal fraternity, and recalled how he head-butted Olympic champion Audley Harrison during a fight in 2002.
No doubt he is an interesting guy, but perhaps he should stick to letting his fists do the talking – and not by throwing “Jewish” punches.
BoxNation broadcasts on Sky to subscribers paying £10 a month. I’m not tight, but I think I’ll spend my money elsewhere.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/marcus-dysch/after-jew-goal-jew-punch
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Lake County Captains unveil giant 'Moby Dick' fish sandwich
Like minor league baseball? Love seafood? Are you impervious to indigestion? If you answered 'yes' to all three, the Lake County Captains have a deal for you.
"We wanted to challenge John Klein, our Director of Food & Beverage, to create a signature item for Classic Park and the Captains this season," Captains GM Brad Seymour said in a release. "I think it is safe to say that John and his staff took that directive to heart in creating this monster sandwich that our fans are either sure to enjoy or run from." Like minor league baseball? Love seafood? Are you impervious to indigestion? If you answered 'yes' to all three, the Lake County Captains have a deal for you.
The Indians' class A affiliate has unveiled a new "whale" of sandwich (yes, that was straight from the press release) called the 'Moby Dick' just in time for Opening Day at Classic Park on April 12.
The Moby Dick's vitals are straight out of an episode of "Man vs. Food:" Three-pounds of food including five quarter-pound fish filets, eight slices of cheese, six ounces of clam strips, one-third pound of french fries, one cup of cole slaw, handfuls of lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and tartar sauce on a 15-inch sesame seed roll. All that for $20.
According to the release, the Moby Dick fish sandwich "feeds two fans uncomfortably or four fans comfortably," coming in at 4,000 calories and 200 grams of fat.
Those brave enough to take on the 'Moby Dick Challenge' can win a t-shirt by eating one in less than an hour. Somebody get Adam Richman on the phone.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/03/lake_county_captains_unveil_th.html
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