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Saturday, October 20, 2012
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Firefighters rescued a horse stuck in a water-filled ditch near Weston-super-Mare this afternoon.
Alex Lavisky's home run helps Lake County Captains top Bowling Green: Minor League Report
The Columbus Clippers and Carolina Mudcats also get victories on Wednesday.
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Clippers 4, Bats 2 CF Aaron Cunningham (.182) went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI to lead visiting Columbus over Louisville (Ky.) in an International League game. C Matt Pagnozzi (.224) also had three hits and scored twice.
Clippers starter Cole Cook (0.00 ERA) pitched four scoreless innings, striking out three. Matt Langwell (3-0, 3.08) gave up one run in two innings for the victory, while Dan Wheeler (2.43) pitched a perfect ninth inning for his fourth save.
AA Akron Aeros
Curve 2, Aeros 1 Host Altoona scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to rally past Akron in an Eastern League game. Aeros starter Paolo Espino (3.09) gave up one run in 7 1/3 innings, striking out six. Trey Haley (3-1, 2.04) took the loss, walking three in one inning of work.
RF Jordan Henry (.277), 2B Matt Lawson (.335) and C Michel Hernandez (.199) each had three hits for Akron.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Mudcats 6, Nationals 2 Will Roberts (5-9, 5.69) struck out four and scattered eight hits over 7 1/3 innings to lead host Carolina over Potomac in a Carolina League game. Rob Nixon (5.79) pitched a scoreless 1 innings to earn his first save. The Mudcats got home runs from SS Tony Wolters (.261), his seventh, and 3B Giovanny Urshela (.281, his 13th).
A Lake County Captains
Captains 7, Hot Rods 2 C Alex Lavisky (.242) capped a three-run eighth inning with his 12th homer of the season to help host Lake County defeat Bowling Green in a Midwest League game. Lavisky, a St. Edward graduate from Lakewood, had two hits.
Reliever Nicholas Pasquale (3-0, 2.17) earned the victory, striking out four in five innings.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Muckdogs 5, Scrappers 2 Starter Jacob Lee (4-2, 3.12) gave up three runs in the first inning and two in the third as host Mahoning Valley lost to Batavia in a New York-Penn League game.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/08/alex_laviskys_home_run_helps_l.html
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Field wins top prize
Daniel Field has won the Blind Cricket England and Wales player of the season title.
He capped a memorable season by helping Sussex claim a league and cup double. A rain-affected season saw Sussex win all their league matches and they claimed the T20 title after beating Warwickshire in the final.
Field scored 382 runs in seven matches at an average of 127.3, claimed 12 wickets and took nine catches as he retained the county’s top player crown.
He will represent England at next month’s Blind T20 World Cup in Bangalore.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/sport/sport-news/87232/field-wins-top-prize
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Clippers, Aeros, Captains all win: Minor League Report
Columbus LF Tim Fedroff (.325) singled home C Luke Carlin (.252) in the top of the ninth inning to break a 3-3 tie, and the Clippers won the International League game, their last one of the season, in Toledo on Monday.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 4, Mud Hens 3
Columbus LF Tim Fedroff (.325) singled home C Luke Carlin (.252) in the top of the ninth inning to break a 3-3 tie, and the Clippers won the International League game, their last one of the season, in Toledo on Monday.
Fedroff’s game-winning hit came after righty Matt Langwell (4-0, 3.29 ERA) allowed the tying run to score in the bottom of the eighth.
Carlin, who singled to lead off the ninth, went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Righty Cole Cook (0.00), making his fourth appearance and first start for Columbus, pitched five scoreless innings. He allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five.
Columbus’ season ends with a 75-69 record.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 6, Flying Squirrels 0
Brett Brach (5-7, 3.65) threw six scoreless innings and 1B Jesus Aguilar (.292) belted his third home run of the season, as the Aeros got ready for the Eastern League postseason with a win in Richmond, Va.
Akron opens a best-of-five series against the Bowie (Md.) Baysox on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. in Maryland. Game 2 is at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. The Aeros host Bowie on Friday for Game 3, and if necessary, games 4 and 5 on Saturday and Sunday.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Keys 5, Mudcats 2
Carolina LF Delvi Cid (.281) hit his fifth homer of the season and drove in two runs, but the Mudcats lost their final Carolina League game of the season in Frederick, Md.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 15, Lugnuts 6
Lake County scored nine runs in the seventh inning and rolled to a Midwest League win in Lansing, Mich.
Captains LF Bryson Myles (.290) had three hits and five RBI, and 3B Leonardo Castillo (.216) had two hits and knocked in four runs.
Lake County hosts Bowling Green (Ky.) on Wednesday for Game 1 of a best-of-three, first-round playoff series at 7:05 p.m. Game 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) will be played in Kentucky, with both starting at 8:05 p.m.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Jammers 6, Scrappers 5
Mahoning Valley scored three in the top of the ninth, but Jamestown (N.Y.) pushed across a run in the bottom of the inning to win the New York-Penn League game.
Scrappers DH Jorge Martinez (.200) doubled and drove in two runs, and 3B Joseph Wendle went 2-for-3 to raise his average to .327.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/09/clippers_aeros_captains_all_wi.html
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Capriles pledges to keep fighting President Chavez
Henrique Capriles, the defeated candidate in last week’s Venezuelan presidential elections, has insisted he will continue his fight against socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.
Mr Capriles, the grandson of Jewish immigrants, will run for governor of Miranda, one of the South American country’s most important states, in December.
He lost to Mr Chavez by 1.5 million votes, but succeeded in uniting a disjointed opposition and gave the president, who referred to him as a “pig” during the campaign, the closest fight of his 14-year reign.
Mr Capriles, whose great grandparents died in Treblinka, had promised to end Venezuela’s cosy relationship with Iran as one of his election pledges.
Mr Capriles had to leave the governorship of Miranda to run for president, but will now look to reinforce his position as Mr Chavez’s political adversary by getting back into office.
“I’m still standing,” Mr Capriles said. “We’ve lost one game but we’re already thinking about the next one.”
His next chance to defeat Mr Chavez would be in 2018, but the fiery president has recently been ill with cancer. Mr Capriles could run before that if Mr Chavez suffers a relapse and is forced to leave office.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/87041/capriles-pledges-keep-fighting-president-chavez
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Aeros lose, Captains win: Minor League Report
Jason Donald, Aaron Cunningham, Matt LaPorta lead Columbus to win in Durham, N.C.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 2, Bulls 1
SS Jason Donald (.277) singled home Aaron Cunningham (.176) with the winning run in the 10th inning as Columbus won the International League game Tuesday in Durham, N.C. 1B Matt LaPorta (.274) got his 54th RBI for the Clippers with a sacrifice fly. Scott Barnes (1-3, 3.21 ERA) got the win and J.C. Romero the save.
AA Akron Aeros
Sea Dogs 3, Aeros 1
Giovanni Soto (6-9, 3.93) went only four innings for the Aeros as they lost the Eastern League game to Portland (Maine) at Canal Park. SS Juan Diaz (.264) scored Akron's lone run on 3B Ryan Rohlinger's (.214) single.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Mudcats 6, Red Sox 2
3B Giovanny Urshela and SS Ronny Rodriguez each socked three-run homers as Carolina won the Carolina League game in Salem, Va. Mike Rayl (8-8, 4.22) got the win.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 7, Silver Hawks 5
1B Leonardo Castillo's (.207) two-run homer in the eighth inning gave Lake County the Midwest League win over South, Bend, Ind., in Eastlake. C Jake Lowery hit his fifth homer in the second for the Captains and Lake County took advantage of a three-run throwing error by the catcher.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Crosscutters 6, Scrappers 2
Williamsport (Pa.), powered by Tyler Greene's two-run homer, won the New York-Penn League game in Niles, Ohio. 3B Joseph Wendle (.336) drove in the Scrappers' two runs with a triple.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 5, Grizzlies 4
Lake Erie hit three solo home runs to win the Frontier League game in Sauget, Ill.
More news and statistics on Indians minor-league teams at cleveland.com/tribe
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/08/aeros_lose_captains_win_minor.html
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Ryder Cup final day has inspired all golfers
Mark Garrod
If Sunday’s Ryder Cup fightback does not inspire young golfers to work hard, pursue their dreams and even try to mimic Ian Poulter’s look or Justin Rose’s strutting walk when he holed that putt on the 17th against Phil Mickelson, then nothing will.
But it was not only a day for the youth to seize and run with, as shown by Padraig Harrington.
“The Ryder Cup was amazing – I watched it avidly and was very excited and nervous at home,” said the man who lost out to Nicolas Colsaerts for the second wild card alongside Poulter.
“I think the win and how the team played will inspire all European golfers going forward. I personally feel a huge buzz to get out on the golf course myself and will do so at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.”
Ernie Els is also competing at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, and he too was gripped by the Medinah action.
“I switched into proper sport’s fan mode,” said the South African.
“Obviously I’ve got friends on both teams, but whatever your allegiances it was hard to think of a more enthralling day’s golf than Sunday.
“I’ve certainly never seen anything like it – pure sporting drama of the best kind. Amazing stuff.”
Poulter, Rose, match-winner Martin Kaymer and debutant Colsaerts all graduated from Europe’s Challenge Tour in their early professional careers to become Ryder Cup stars. No wonder then that those on the circuit right now were engrossed as well.
Kaymer’s compatriot Bernd Ritthammer told the European Tour website: “Of course there was an extra bit of pride being from Germany.
“Martin got quite a bit of criticism this year and I’m happy for him. He didn’t play a great Ryder Cup, but he holed his putts when it mattered.
“Not many people are able to do that, but he is. Germany is not the number one golfing nation and we don’t have a lot of tour players, but we have one of the best in the world.”
Poulter’s fellow Englishman Daniel Brooks said: “He is just Mr Ryder Cup.
“He is unbelievable and I was surprised when he didn’t play on Saturday. I think Rose’s win over Mickelson changed the whole thing too – those last three holes were so impressive.
“We all want to do what they do, so I just have to keep working hard and hopefully it will happen. If those guys can do it and climb from the Challenge Tour there’s always hope for us.
“Ryder Cup is the pinnacle for everyone, but I just want to get to the European Tour first and hopefully go from there.”
One of the lessons to be learnt from what happened in Chicago, and the words of Harrington and Els, is surely a simple one. Do not mess with the Ryder Cup.
There are those who have advocated a change to the Presidents Cup format – four days of golf rather than three, with all 12 players on each side playing only one series on the first two days.
It means there are more points at stake – 34 as opposed to 28 – but it is the intensity of the Ryder Cup that helps to bring such a highly-charged atmosphere and such sustained drama.
Playing from dawn to dusk, sometimes with hardly a break between the foursomes and fourballs sessions, only adds to the theatre. The hours of daylight available at this time of year in Europe and America rules out all 24 players being involved morning and afternoon, but having four from each team left on the sidelines gives the tactics an extra dimension that the Presidents Cup lacks.
The fact that Jose Maria Olazabal chose not to use Kaymer – or Peter Hanson — all day Saturday made the German’s performance in the singles all the more praiseworthy.
Another difference between the two competitions is that the Presidents Cup is shared in the event of a tie. That was not the case in the early years. Initially it was decided to have a play-off between one player from each side, but when it was needed in 2003 Els and Tiger Woods still could not be split in the three holes possible before darkness descended.
In the Ryder Cup, as was nearly the case on Sunday, the holders retain the trophy when the scores finish level.
That brought about the situation where Woods saw no point in continuing against Francesco Molinari, even though conceding the Italian his putt on the last green meant Europe also won the match.
“To be honest I didn’t really pay that much attention,” Woods said.
“My putt was useless, it was inconsequential, so I hit it too quick and gave him his putt. It was already over. We came as a team, this is a team event and the cup was already retained by Europe.”
American captain Davis Love said: “It always leaves me confused when we’re all standing around knowing the outcome and matches have to be played to their conclusion.
“I think it’s very awkward. I just think when it’s over we all shake hands and go – it doesn’t really matter. They had the cup and they knew it.
“They were celebrating while we were trying to get out of Tiger’s way and Molinari’s way to hit shots.”
Awkward or not, it is not likely to change after what happened at the 2003 Solheim Cup in Sweden.
Spectators were watching five games that suddenly ended when the cup was decided elsewhere. Instant chaos resulted and they afterwards insisted all matches are played to a proper conclusion.
Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/p_55NibtHe0/post.aspx
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Jimmy Savile admitted he was 'crooked' in interview before his death
In a previously unpublished interview given just before his death last year, Jimmy Savile admitted that his reputation would collapse after his death, saying that he was “not a straight punter” and would soon be regarded as “crooked”.
The JC has obtained the transcript of the interview about his work with Jewish charities. For reasons which remain unclear, the newspaper which commissioned the interview refused to publish his admission.
Asked what he would choose if someone could “fix it” for him, Savile said he would like a “telephone in heaven”. When the interviewer asked why, Savile responded: “Just leave it at that. That’s the trouble with you fellas [reporters], you always want to delve and go further.”
Savile then declared that he was “not a straight punter. When I’m gone
they’ll say, ‘I always thought he was straight but he wasn’t — he was crooked.’”
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board this week removed a gold plaque in Savile’s honour from its Tree of Life at the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Community Centre.
Savile, who once described himself as “the most Jewish Catholic you will ever meet,” raised money for charities including Ravenswood and the Laniado Hospital in Netanya.
He handed over a £5,000 cheque to Laniado at a 2005 fundraising dinner at Leeds’ United Hebrew Congregation. Laniado UK chief executive Simon Silver said the DJ had never visited the Israeli hospital.
Savile attended a batmitzvah party in Cheadle, Cheshire, in 1968. They included Pearl and Harold Gruber’s daughter Sharon. The family later recalled that Savile had been “wonderful. One of the boys at the party really wanted to be a disc jockey and nearly drove him mad,” said Mrs Gruber.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/87004/jimmy-savile-admitted-he-was-crooked-interview-his-death
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Orient, here we come
Next month's strictly Orthodox rally in London on the dangers of the internet has proved so popular that the organisers have had to move it from Alexandra Palace to Leyton Orient's football stadium.
American Charedim have used sports stadia to stage events in the past but this is the first time I can recall that one has been hired in the UK.
Perhaps we can have a Chasidim v Mitnagdim soccer match to kick off proceedings.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/simon-rocker/orient-here-we-come
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Mahoning Valley Scrappers split doubleheader with Jamestown: Minor League Report
The Columbus Clippers and Carolina Mudcats both win on Friday night, but the Lake County Captains lose.
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Clippers 6, IronPigs 2 Columbus SS Gregorio Petit (.249) hit his sixth homer of the year, lefty T.J. McFarland (4-3, 4.89) allowed one run in seven innings, and the Clippers won the International League game Friday in Allentown, Pa. CF Ezequiel Carrera (.272) and RF Vinny Rottino (.309) each had two hits for Columbus.
AA Akron Aeros
Flying Squirrels 3, Aeros 2 Akron SS Juan Diaz (.253) hit his ninth homer of the season in Akron's Eastern League loss in Richmond, Va. Aeros left-handed starter Giovanni Soto (6-7, 3.72) allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Mudcats 3, Hillcats 0 Three Carolina pitchers -- Danny Salazar (3.02), Jordan Cooper (6-3, 3.35) and Grant Sides (0.79) -- combined on the Carolina League two-hit shutout.
A Lake County Captains
River Bandits 5, Captains 3 Left-handed starter Elvis Araujo (4-8, 5.26) gave up five runs in four innings, and Lake County lost the Midwest League game in Davenport, Iowa.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Jammers 9-1, Scrappers 7-2 Jamestown (N.Y.) scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to win the completion of Thursday's suspended game, and visiting Mahoning Valley got five hitless innings from righty Jacob Lee (4-0, 2.11) to earn a New York-Penn League split. 2B Joseph Wendle (.348) led the Scrappers' offense with three hits in the suspended game, and RF Juan Romero (.187) belted a two-run homer, his sixth, in the nightcap.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 8, Otters 2 Lake Erie won the Frontier League game over visiting Evansville (Ind.) with a six-run sixth inning.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/07/mahoning_valley_scrappers_spli.html
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Ordinary people in hell
British military historians are in the vanguard of a genre that has been given new life. Today, it is as much about the routine experience of servicemen and women as it is about strategy and tactics. Nazi ideology and the fate of the Jews is integrated into the narrative and informs analysis of decisions made at the highest to the lowest levels.
J F C Fuller’s ground-breaking 1948 account of the Second World War was subtitled: A strategical and tactical history, and was just that. But Fuller disliked Jews and was silent about the Nazis’ racial war. Churchill’s failure to mention the fate of Europe’s Jews is more surprising. His young researchers had to prod him into making reference to the mass murder of the Jews towards the close of his very personal war history. Basil Liddell Hart’s best-selling narrative, published in 1970, does not have an entry for Jews in the index.
Perceptions began to change in the 1970s, following the appearance of books about what was now identified as the Holocaust, along with a greater appreciation of events in Russia and the Far-East. The TV series: The World at War included an episode on genocide, R A C Parker’s short history, published in 1989, had a chapter devoted to the impact of the war on Europe’s Jews.
Antony Beevor’s The Second World War is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, global narrative for a wide readership. Max Hastings’s All Hell Let Loose. The World at War 1939-1945, published last year, was innovative and impressive insofar as it placed the catastrophe of Europe’s Jews alongside those of other civilians. But Hastings eschewed analysis in favour of capturing the range of experiences from abysmal misery to heroic zeal.
From his first pages, Beevor shows that antisemitism impinged on policy, in Moscow as much as in Berlin. When Stalin decided it was necessary to conclude a non-aggression pact with Hitler, he sacked his Jewish foreign minister, Maxim Litvinoff, and ordered the NKVD to purge the ministry of Jews with the words: “Clear out the synagogue”.
The future of Jews and non-Jews in German-occupied Poland was determined by racial thinking. The racism that pervaded the ranks of the German armed forces powered a wave of looting, rape, and casual murder from the outset of hostilities. Jews were automatically associated with communism and blamed for any opposition to the occupation.
Hitler attributed British bellicosity to Jewish plutocrats manipulating Churchill. He believed it was necessary to subdue the Soviet Union in order to destroy Jewish Bolshevism and ultimately take on the “Jewish-dominated” USA.
Beevor lays bare the complicity of the German army in the “war of annihilation” against the Soviet Union — “Most soldiers were convinced by Hitler’s claim that the Jews had started the war” — and is unsparing in his descriptions of the anti-Jewish violence of German troops and their local collaborators.
He is less sure-footed on the development of Nazi policy from the “Shoah by bullets” to the “Shoah by gas”. Although he gives chapters to both, and mentions the deportation of Jews when describing the occupation in various countries, he makes slips. He repeats the legend that the deportations took up scarce rolling stock when the trains that took Jews to the death camps were actually a minuscule fraction of German rail transport.
Drawing on the wartime journalism of Vasily Grossman he provides a powerful description of Treblinka, making the point that it “established a more intense killing cycle than Auschwitz-Birkenau”. He recounts the Treblinka uprising well, but mangles the Sonderkommando revolt in Birkenau.
Despite such hiccups, Beevor has set a new benchmark and those going to him for an account of the conflict will find themselves unavoidably confronted by the tragedy of Europe’s Jews amid the cataclysm of war.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/arts/books/87030/ordinary-people-hell
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Akron Aeros look to win Class AA Eastern League title at Trenton: Minor League Report
Carrasco has made two one-inning starts for the Aeros in the playoffs as he rehabs from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
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Carrasco to start: Right-hander Carlos Carrasco will get the start tonight as the Aeros look to clinch the Eastern League championship. The Aeros will take on host Trenton at 7:05 p.m. and lead the best-of-five series, 2-0, winning both games at Canal Park in Akron.
Carrasco has made two one-inning starts for the Aeros in the playoffs as he rehabs from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. In the two games, he has retired all six batters he has faced, striking out three. He has been throwing his fastball in the upper 90s, reaching as high as 98 mph. Carrasco will pitch the first two innings and be followed by left-hander T.J. House.
The Aeros bullpen has been impressive in this series. Right-handed closer Preston Guilmet has saves in both games and four total in the playoffs, working five scoreless innings. Right-hander Hector Rondon, also coming back from elbow surgery, has one save and has worked three scoreless innings in the playoffs, allowing three hits and striking out three.
Akron center fielder Tyler Holt is hitting .375 in the playoffs, catcher Roberto Perez is at .300 and third baseman Ryan Rohlinger is at .292 with two home runs and five runs batted in.
The Aeros have won five straight playoff games after losing the first two in the first round.
A Lake County Captains
Captains wrap: Lake County finished one game short of the Midwest League championship series after falling to Fort Wayne in the deciding game of the semifinals earlier this week.
Outfielder Bryson Myles hit .474 with two doubles among his nine hits in the playoffs. Second baseman Jose Ramirez hit .389 with a team-leading seven RBI, outfielder Tyler Naquin, the Indians' No. 1 pick in the June draft who was called up from Mahoning Valley, hit .353 with a pair of doubles, and shortstop Francisco Lindor, the Indians' top draft pick a year ago, hit .333 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and four RBI.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/09/akron_aeros_look_to_win_class.html
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UK Forecast: Mainly dry - Rain in SE, East Anglia, Oct 18 - 16:45
Friday There is a risk of some rain across south east England and East Anglia through the day and this may turn quite heavy across Kent and East Sussex in the afternoon. The area of rain spreads in across the Home Countries perhaps as far as Hampshire during the afternoon, although the westward progression of the rain is unclear. Another area of heavy rain is to affect northern Scotland. The rest of Britain looks fair and dry. Top temperatures of 12 to 15 Celsius north to south.
Friday Night That area of persistent rain across East Anglia and the south east may clear north in the night. A few scattered showers are expected across Wales this evening and tonight with most of Britain to have a dry night. A mild night to come and it could become quite windy in the far south east of England. Expect minimum temperatures of 6 to 10C.
Saturday Apart from a few scattered showers across Wales and north west England, most parts of Britain should be chiefly dry today with sunny spells and occasional cloud. A dry evening and night to come across the country with clear spells and some fog patches developing my morning. Maximum temperatures of 11 to 15 Celsius.
Sunday Rain spread sin across south west England and South Wales this morning then across much of England and Wales during the course of the afternoon. This looks heavy across the south west and Wales. This clears central and southern parts of England tonight as it moves north into Scotland leaving a lot of mist, drizzle and murk in the south. Maximum temperatures of 12 to 16 Celsius.
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Matt LaPorta, Lars Anderson lead Columbus to win: Minor League Report
1B Lars Anderson (.251) and DH Matt LaPorta (.267) each drove in three runs, and 2B Cord Phelps (.284) and LF Russ Canzler (.260) each knocked in two as Columbus won an International League contest Tuesday in Louisville, Ky.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 10, Bats 7
1B Lars Anderson (.251) and DH Matt LaPorta (.267) each drove in three runs, and 2B Cord Phelps (.284) and LF Russ Canzler (.260) each knocked in two as Columbus won an International League contest Tuesday in Louisville, Ky.
AA Akron Aeros
SeaWolves 3, Aeros 2
CF Tyler Holt (.257), RF Jordan Henry (.265) and 1B Jesus Aguilar (.185) each had two hits, but Akron lost an Eastern League game in Erie, Pa.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Mudcats 4-0, Nationals 0-3
RHP Jordan Cooper (7-7, 4.16 ERA) allowed five hits in five innings, and LHP J.D. Reichenbach (4.66) gave up one hit in two innings to finish off the shutout for visiting Carolina in the first game of a Carolina League doubleheader.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 6, Lugnuts 0
LHP Daniel Jimenez (2-3, 5.24) allowed two hits in seven innings, and he combined with two relievers on a three-hit shutout for host Lake County against Lansing (Mich.).
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Muckdogs 4, Scrappers 1
RHP Luis Morel (2-4, 4.46) allowed four unearned runs and struck out nine in six innings as Mahoning Valley lost a New York-Penn League game in Batavia, N.Y.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Road Warriors 4, Crushers 2
Paul Fagan (7-7, 3.25) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings as host Lake Erie lost to the Frontier League’s traveling team.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/08/matt_laporta_lars_anderson_lea.html
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Jared Goedert delivers winning hit for Columbus Clippers: Minor League Report
It's a good day for the Indians' farm teams as they all get victories ... except for the Lake County Captains, who were off. The independent Lake Erie Crushers also win.
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Clippers 5, Bats 4 (10 innings) Third baseman Jared Goedert (.300) had two hits, including a walk-off single, and Columbus beat Louisville on Tuesday in an International League game.
Columbus RF Chad Huffman (.26) hit his sixth homer of the season.
Clippers OF/INF Russ Canzler (.272) went 0-for-5.
Right-handed starter Corey Kluber (3.69) pitched eight innings for the Clippers. He allowed four runs (two earned) on six hits and four walks. Kluber struck out five.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 3, Senators 2 Lefty T.J. House threw seven strong innings and 1B Adam Abraham (.246) hit his 10th homer of the season as the Aeros won an Eastern League game over visiting Harrisburg.
House gave up two runs on six hits. He walked none and fanned four.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Mudcats 7, Dash 6 Carolina 2B Tony Wolters (.262) had four hits and LF Anthony Gallas (.275), a Strongsville grad, had two hits and scored twice to help the Mudcats beat visiting Winston-Salem in Carolina League play.
Righty Michael Goodnight (4.43) started for the Mudcats and pitched 6 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. He walked none and struck out six.
A Lake County Captains
The Captains were off Tuesday.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 7, Spikes 3 Mahohing Valley C Charlie Valerio (.306) hit his third homer of the season and lefty Ryan Merritt (3.56) allowed one run over seven innings as the Scrappers won the New York-Penn League game in Niles, Ohio.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 3, Boomers 2 Lake Erie CF Adrian Ortiz (.286) drove in two runs, Brad Duffy (1-0, 3.00) threw two scoreless innings of relief, and the Crushers won the Frontier League game in Schaumburg, Ill.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/07/jared_goedert_delivers_winning.html
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If only Gilad Shalit's freedom had changed the Middle East
From Isaac Newton being hit on the head by an apple to the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi last year, history is littered with examples of seemingly insignificant events that have proven to be catalysts for much larger developments. The potential for a random alignment of events, small in number and short in duration, to irrevocably tip the balance of history, is immense.
The return of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit one year ago yesterday was a momentous event in and of itself. But it had the potential to be much more significant. It had the potential to be a tipping point. At least, I thought it did.
Along with millions, I watched Gilad's return with teary eyes. I cheered the embrace between father and son, separated for so long. I watched approvingly as Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, reunited a family. I marvelled at the crowds lining the streets of Gilad's home town of Mitzpe Hila and smiled as President Peres paid his respects to a man 60 years his junior.
Some said the wrong decision had been made. Some called the agreement, which freed 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, a capitulation to terror. Others said it was disrespectful to the memories of those who had died at the hands of the murderers who were released to cheers in Gaza.
Without second guessing the thoughts of those who have lost loved ones to terror, or live with the constant threat of this, those fears do not appear to have manifested. Since October 18 2011, there has been no wave of kidnapping attempts, no string of new suicide attacks.
At the time, I argued that Israel had chosen the brave option, affirming the supreme value that Judaism places on life. Whatever he did in future, Gilad Shalit could rest assured that his release had strengthened the foundations on which the Jewish state had been built.
I stand by that, yet in the back of my mind I can't help but feel a twinge of disappointment. I played a small part in the campaign to keep Gilad's plight in the public eye, with Downing Street vigils and the "Faces for Gilad" scheme, which asked members of the public to take a photograph of themselves calling for his release.
Rightly or wrongly, Gilad became a symbol for campaigners and Israel advocates. Israel faces such constant struggles that in some ways supporters pinned our hopes on Gilad. Here was an area where we could make a tangible difference, ensuring that world leaders could not forget the teenager dragged through a tunnel into Gaza. Perhaps hope of seeing him freed became about more than merely bringing a man home. Perhaps, over the years, it became a symbolic act of redemption, a fillip for those who watched endless bad news from Israel and yearned for something positive to emerge.
I'm anything but a fan of "what if" history yet, what if? What could the release of Gilad have precipitated? An improbable, perhaps undesirable, détente between Israel and Hamas? A realisation that these two implacable enemies could, through a third party, find agreement? Perhaps even a change of direction for Hamas; a recognition that it had more to gain from engaging with Israel than from following an extremist agenda?
But, in the year since his release, little has changed. In fact, things appear to have deteriorated. There is the new threat of attacks across Israel's border with Sinai and ever-increasing instability on the northern border, as the fate of the Assad regime hangs in the balance. To the east, Iran draws ever closer to its nuclear goal. It's a depressing picture.
This week, we received the sad news that the body of Majdi Halabi, an Israeli solider missing for more than seven years, had been found in the Carmel. Other soldiers - including Zachary Baumel, Tzvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Ron Arad and Guy Hever - remain missing, some for nearly 40 years. Their families are in a limbo no one should have to endure. It is a reminder of how Gilad's story could have turned out differently.
Yet he returned to an Israel that is in a more precarious position than ever. For those who hoped that his homecoming might mark a turning point, our tremendous relief and joy at Gilad's return has been coloured by a sense of disappointment. Ultimately, Gilad is just one man, just one soldier, and Israel's hopes for a peaceful future will not rest on one man, one idea or one symbol being a catalyst for change.
But one year ago, a small part of me believed.
Jamie Slavin is public affairs manager of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
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Egyptian Muslim brotherhood denies call for jihad on Israel
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has tried to deny statements by the movement’s Supreme Guide, Sheikh Mohammed Badie, who was quoted by an Egyptian newspaper calling for a holy war on Jews and Israel.
According to Egypt’s largest daily, the state-owned Al Ahram, Sheikh Badie, who leads the Islamist movement that won over 40 per cent of the seats in the Egyptian parliament last year and numbers President Mohamed Morsi among its senior members, called on Muslims to embark on a “jihad for the recovery of Jerusalem”. He said that jihad is “a duty for all Muslims”, which “will not be done through negotiations or at the United Nations”.
Mr Badie also said that Jews “spread corruption on earth, spilled the blood of believers and in their actions defile holy places, including their own”.
Mr Badie’s words provoked denunciations from Jewish groups in the US. Simon Wiesenthal Centre dean, Rabbi Marvin Heir, called on the US to end financial support for the Brotherhood, which would mean ceasing to provide over $2m in annual aid.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s spokesman, however, denied this week that Mr Badie had made the statements, saying that “all the decisions and dealings with Israel are in accordance with international laws and treaties”.
Mr Morsi has kept to the current Muslim Brotherhood policy of adhering to Egypt’s international treaties, including the 1979 Camp David accords with Israel. At the same time, he has said that the peace treaty could be changed and that it was conditional on Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.
The new Egyptian constitution that Mr Morsi’s government is trying to pass through parliament has come under fire from secular parties for not ensuring women’s rights and granting the president-wide and unregulated powers at the expense of the constitutional court. Ultra-Islamist Salafist parties have criticised the new constitution for not saying that Sharia law is that law of the land.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/87028/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-denies-call-jihad-israel
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Clippers, Aeros and Scrappers all win on Tuesday: Minor League Report
The Lake Erie Crushers have to go 12 innings before winning in Florence, Ky.
AAA Columbus ClippersClippers 7, Mud Hens 4 CF Ezequiel Carrera (.281) homered and drove in three runs to lead Columbus to victory over visiting Toledo in International League play Tuesday. Dan Wheeler (1-2, 2.73) pitched an inning in relief of starter David Huff for the win. Frank Herrmann (4.57) picked up his fourth save.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 4, SeaWolves 2 Left-hander Matt Packer scattered eight hits over 7 1⁄3 innings as Akron edged Erie (Pa.) in an Eastern League game at Canal Park. Preston Guilmet worked a scoreless ninth for his 17th save.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Dash 10, Mudcats 3 Starter Joseph Colon (0-2, 10.61) gave up nine earned runs in 41⁄3 innings as Carolina lost a Carolina League game in Winston-Salem, N.C. Mudcats CF Carlos Moncrief (.258) drove in his 51st run for one of the few bright spots for Carolina.
A Lake County Captains
The Captains were idle on Tuesday.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 9, Crosscutters 3 Seven starters had at least two hits and Mahoning Valley banged out 17 base knocks in a New York-Penn League victory in Williamsport, Pa.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 8, Freedom 7 The Crushers scored six runs in the top of the ninth before finally winning in the 12th inning at Florence, Ky.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/07/clippers_aeros_and_scrappers_a.html
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Cleveland Indians: 40-man roster rankings by Plain Dealer beat writer Paul Hoynes
Indians' 40-man roster ranked by Paul Hoynes based on the player's performance during the 2012 season.
Second baseman Jason Kipnis is ranked No. 1 on Paul Hoynes' list of players currently on the Cleveland Indians' 40-man roster.CLEVELAND, Ohio - Here's how Plain Dealer Indians beat writer Paul Hoynes rates the Indians' 40-man roster based on the player's performance during the 2012 season. Forty-five players were ranked counting the injured and disqualified:
Rank Name, Age, Position Comment.
1. Jason Kipnis, 25, 2B -- Defense is improving, but he disappeared offensively in the second half when Tribe needed him.
2. Carlos Santana, 26, C/1B -- Defense and game-calling are still below average. Saved his season with good second half at the plate.
3. Shin-Soo Choo, 30, RF -- He's the only regular with an OPS over .800 at .815. Lefties buried him (.199).
4. Asdrubal Cabrera, 26, SS -- Second-half fade for second straight year raises questions about his conditioning and motivation.
5. Michael Brantley, 25, CF -- Mr. Consistency, hitting .288 in the first half, .288 in the second half and playing a great center field.
6. Chris Perez, 27, RHP -- Over the last two years he's converted 90 percent (75-for-83) of his save chances. He was 39-for-43 this year.
7. Vinnie Pestano, 27, RHP -- Finished second in the big leagues with 36 holds. Led Tribe relievers in ERA, batters faced, strikeouts and WHIP.
8. Joe Smith, 28, RHP -- Set a career high with seven wins and topped 70 appearances for the second straight year.
9. Esmil Rogers, 27, RHP -- Set-up man of the future. Threw more pitches (1,459) than any other reliever in the big leagues this year.
10. Justin Masterson, 27, RHP -- In a career-high 34 starts, posted 18 quality starts and nine where he allowed six or more earned runs.
11. Travis Hafner, 35, DH -- Played only 66 games in the last season Tribe was obligated to pay him. Enough said.
12. Jack Hannahan, 32, 3B -- Hit one homer and drove in nine runs after the All-Star break.
13. Ubaldo Jimenez, 28, RHP -- Led the AL in losses (17), wild pitches (16) and finished second in walks (95). Master mechanic needed.
14. Cody Allen, 23, RHP -- Indians pushed him from Class A ball to the big leagues this year and he responded.
15. Ezequiel Carrera, 25, OF -- Outfield play improved and he used his speed much better on the bases.
16. Lonnie Chisenhall, 24, 3B -- Power is intriguing, but he still can't hit lefties (.184). Should have played winter ball.
17. Russ Canzler, 26, 1B/DH/LF -- Received good September look (26 games, 93 at-bats). Flashed some power, but not enough to drool over.
18. Nick Hagadone, 26, LHP -- Big arm + big temper = broken left wrist. He's still on minor league disqualified list.
19. Chris Seddon, 29, LHP -- Versatile arm who can start and relieve. He's more than just a matchup reliever.
20. Tony Sipp, 29, LHP -- Finished with a career-high ERA of 4.42. Seemed to pull plug on season long before it ended.
21. Rafael Perez, 30, LHP -- Veteran lefty underwent shoulder surgery near the end of the season after making just eight appearances.
22. Scott Barnes, 25, LHP -- Rookie with deceptive motion made nine scoreless appearances in last month of the season.
23. David Huff, 28, LHP -- Rejoined the conversation for 2013 by going 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA after September call-up.
24. Lou Marson, 26, C -- Threw out 38 percent of the runners he faced in 2011 compared to 14 percent this year.
25. Cord Phelps, 25, 2B/SS -- It's still hard to tell if his solid Triple-A numbers will translate to the big leagues.
26. Frank Herrmann, 28, RHP -- He pitched well in a brief 15-game look following his August promotion.
27. Roberto Hernandez, 31, RHP -- Odds are against the Indians exercising his $6 million deal for 2013.
28. Zach McAllister, 24, RHP -- He struck out 110 in 125 1/3 innings, but faded late. Should win spot in rotation in 2013.
29. Casey Kotchman, 29, 1B -- Good D, but has any hitter looked more uncomfortable at the plate?
30. Jeanmar Gomez, 24, RHP -- After a great spring, it didn't look like he was physically strong enough to hold a rotation spot.
31. Corey Kluber, 26, RHP -- Another young right-hander who should help the rotation next year.
32. Josh Tomlin, 27, RHP -- He'll miss most of the 2013 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
33. Jason Donald, 28, INF/OF -- He didn't hit or field very well in the utility role.
34. Brent Lillibridge, 29, INF/OF -- Showed some pop, but he can't play shortstop, which is why he was acquired from Boston.
35. Vinny Rottino, 32, OF/C -- He was claimed on waivers from the Mets, so somebody must like him. Hits right-handed, which is a plus in the Tribe's all left-handed world.
36. Thomas Neal, 25, OF -- Made his big-league debut in September, but didn't get much of a look.
37. Matt LaPorta, 27, 1B/OF -- It would be surprising if LaPorta is still with the Tribe come spring training.
38. Scott Maine, 27, LHP -- Throws sidearm, which should make for an uncomfortable at-bat for a lefty. Inconsistent in September.
39. Juan Diaz, 23, SS -- Jumped from Class AA Akron to Cleveland and did all right.
40. Lars Anderson, 25, 2B/OF -- One-time Boston prospect who was acquired at the July 31st trading deadline.
41. Danny Salazar, 22, RHP -- Throwing hard again after Tommy John surgery in 2010. Arm to watch.
42. Fabio Martinez, 22, RHP -- Former Angel prospect, who struck out 141 batters in 103 1/3 innings at Class A in 2010 but has been injured since.
43. Kevin Slowey, 28, RHP -- Missed most of 2012 season with a rib injury. If he's healthy, he'll compete for a job in the rotation.
44. Carlos Carrasco, 25, RHP -- Didn't pitch this year because of Tommy John surgery. Favored to win a job in the rotation in spring training.
45. Grady Sizemore, 30, CF -- Didn't play this year because of a variety of injuries. Questionable for next year as well.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/10/cleveland_indians_40-man_roste_1.html
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So let me get this straight
Jacques Rogge is president of the International Olympic Committee.
Jacques Rogge, in this capacity, has consistently and repeatedly refused to hold a minute's silence in memory of the 11 murdered Israeli athletes. Their deaths, incidentally, took place at the Munich Games at which Rogge himself represented his country as an Olympian.
As recently as Saturday, Rogge rejected yet again the idea of a minute's silence at the Opening Ceremony.
We have four more days to go until the Games open. Global pressure is building on the IOC, from the athletes' widows to President Obama, from world leaders to American sportscasters.
So what did Rogge do? This morning, with no pre-announcement or fanfare, he went to the Athletes' Village, held a hastily assembled ceremony, and included a minute's silence. He wanted, he said, "to honour the memory of the 11 Israeli Olympians who shared the ideals that have brought us together in this beautiful Olympic village".
He said that the IOC owed it to those Israelis who "came to Munich in the spirit of peace and solidarity" to keep the spirit of the Olympics alive "and to remember them".
If ever there were a cynical response, this is it, designed to spike the guns of the Israeli widows who are due in London this week, attempting to present the IOC with their petition containing 103,000 signatures, calling for a minute's silence DURING THE GAMES. Not before the Games, not in some hole-in-the-corner event witnessed by almost no-one. Not in an event which allows Rogge to spread his arms wide and say, I have done something.
Only the truly naive will believe Rogge still has the ability to do the right and decent thing. But there are still four days left.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/jenni-frazer/so-let-me-get-straight
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Learning the art of French Cuisine at London's Cordon Bleu Institute
Review of Cordon Bleu one-day taster.
Expectation: The pre-course blurb lists a dazzling array of skills, including French chopping techniques, dry fish curing and sugar syrup preparation.
On Offer: Behind a period stucco facade, the ultra-modern Le Cordon Bleu School offers a one-day taster course for both beginners and experienced cooks.
What we did: Canadian chef and Bruce Willis lookalike, John Bakker — once of the Ritz — shows you what to do and you have a go yourself. We poached eggs, learned how to make gravadlax, how to core and poach pears gently in red wine and make a velvety chocolate sauce for dessert.
Chef style: “Taste, season, taste, should be your mantra,” yelled Bakker as he sampled the chocolate sauce. “This is not lean cuisine, it’s all about taste.” With no time to cure our own salmon, John instead demonstrated a traditional dill recipe as well as how to prepare beetroot gravadlax.
Who was there: A class of 10, including some there as a birthday treat and younger students mugging up before taking the full diploma.
Nosh: We had a half-hour lunchbreak to eat our starter of perfect poached eggs combined with gravadlax, asparagus and a truffle vinaigrette, either in the school’s meeting room or in its cafe, where delicious cakes and tarts were on sale.
Takeaway: We took home our creations as well as recipes, apron and tea towel. And you’ll probably be tempted by Le Cordon Bleu’s small but well-equipped kitchen shop.
Verdict: Good for novices but experienced cooks may find it doesn’t go far enough. A fun day — if tiring on the feet.
Top tip: The secret of a perfect poached egg is a gentle simmer and to use a generous amount vinegar in the water.
Kosher: No. Some non-kosher meat is used.
Cost: One-day taster £210.
Information: Le Cordon Bleu, 15 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LS. Tel: 020 7 400 3900;
Source: http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/food/87086/learning-art-french-cuisine-londons-cordon-bleu-institute
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"#UnBonJuif": Twitter deluged with French antisemitism
Jewish and anti-racist organisations in France have threatened to sue dozens of Twitter users for posting antisemitic jokes and statements on the site using the hashtag #UnBonJuif (“a good Jew”).
Many tweets mocked the Holocaust, said “a good Jew is a dead Jew” or contained other racist statements which are illegal under French law.
The phenomenon came to media attention when Twitter said the #UnBonJuif hashtag was the third most popular in France for several hours on October 10.
Jewish students were the first to react. “The hashtag #UnBonJuif was one of the most tweeted at a time when antisemitic attacks are increasing. It led to a record number of antisemitic tweets. Twitter must take responsibility,” said a spokesman for UEJF (Union des Etudiants Juifs de France).
Jewish umbrella organisation Crif said Twitter bore some responsibility: “Twitter France must make sure that it doesn’t permit hate messages and make them accessible to the whole social media,” wrote Crif official Mark Knobel on the association’s site.
Contacted by various French media outlets, Twitter, which does not moderate its users’ messages on principle, refused to respond for several days. Technically, the company is able to block messages, but it does not do so in order to protect freedom of speech. Only three days earlier, a hashtag with three swastikas had reached the top spot on Twitter in several countries.
Antisemitic violence has grown in France by 45 per cent in the first eight months of 2012. It emerged last week that a man was beaten unconscious on his way home from a Paris synagogue during Rosh Hashanah.
Police are still investigating the alleged terror cell they dismantled last week. They revealed the group had collected details about a lawyer who has worked on Jewish-related cases, the Crif headquarters and the liberal community, whose synagogue was bombed 32 years ago.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/87035/unbonjuif-twitter-deluged-french-antisemitism
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After blown save, Chris Perez tweets his feelings: Cleveland Indians Insider
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It is a new age, and professional athletes can bare their souls in so many different ways. After turning an 8-5 lead into a 10-8 loss to the Tigers on Sunday with two out in the 10th inning, Indians closer Chris Perez used his Twitter account to Tweet: "Definitely the low point of my professional career....
View full sizeTribe closer Chris Perez tweeted that Sunday's blown save was the low point of his career.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It is a new age, and professional athletes can bare their souls in so many different ways.
After turning an 8-5 lead into a 10-8 loss to the Tigers on Sunday with two out in the 10th inning, Indians closer Chris Perez used his Twitter account to Tweet: "Definitely the low point of my professional career. Only thing I can do is work harder tomorrow and get better. #NeverGiveIn."
In an earlier Tweet, he invited Indians fans to rip him for extending the Indians' losing streak to nine games.
"Obviously, I meant to do it," said Perez before Monday night's game. "I don't make stuff up."
Some of the responses:
"Chin up sir" @nfltalentstaff.
"Everybody has a bad day" @snbarber63.
"One would think the low point would be throwing up on TV after a save" @connorfabits3.
After retiring the first two batters, Perez walked Alex Avila and Andy Dirks. A double by Austin Jackson and a single by Omar Infante tied the score. Miguel Cabrera's two-run homer won it.
Perez is 0-3 with 29 saves in 32 chances.
"Chris is one of the best closers in the game," said manager Manny Acta. "If there's anybody who can bounce back from this, it's him."
State of the Tribe: General Manager Chris Antonetti touched on a several subjects concerning the struggling Indians on Monday.
Starting rotation: "I'm concerned. The inconsistency of our starting pitching has been a challenge for us most of the year. If we can't ride our starting pitching, it's going to be difficult to sustain any kind of momentum or success."
Was there a lack of effort from the Indians on the 0-9 trip? "I have not had that concern at all. It's never been about our approach or how we prepared or how we played. For the most part, it's been a lack of execution.
"Maybe in some cases it's a question of caring too much and caring too hard."
Is fan criticism bothering the organization? "We are very cognizant of our fans. I think they want the same thing that we want, and that's winning baseball. The more games we win, the happier they'll be, and the happier we'll be.
"We haven't done enough of that this year."
On the shelf: After his second three-RBI game of the season Sunday, the first since April 11, Travis Hafner was on the bench Monday with a stiff back. Hafner has been dealing with back problems since July 31.
Hafner is being treated by a chiropractor and could miss a couple more games.
Another start: The Indians want Roberto Hernandez to make one more start before he joins the rotation. He will pitch for Class AAA Columbus on Friday, the last day of his MLB-imposed three-week suspension.
On Sunday, Hernandez allowed four runs, all on homers, in 71/3 innings for Class A Lake County.
"He went into the eighth inning and threw 96 pitches," said Acta. "He told me he's ready to go, but we're going to have him back one more start."
We have movement: Grady Sizemore (knees, back) hit and ran on the field before Monday's game. Antonetti said he could go out on a rehab assignment in the next two weeks.
"I don't think anyone has an estimation on how long it will take Grady to get back to the major-league level of play," said Antonetti. "At this point, it's been a year since he's been in competition."
In other injury news, lefty Rafael Perez (left lat) will throw a bullpen session today. In Goodyear, Ariz., Carlos Carrasco (right elbow) continues to throw bullpen sessions and could be in game situations in September.
Finally: The Indians claimed right-hander Fabio Martinez on waivers from the Angels. Martinez, 18-13 with a 3.90 in his minor-league career, will be optioned to Class A Carolina. . . . Indians minor-leaguer Juan Nivar, a right-hander in the Dominican Summer League, was suspended for 50 games for using a banned substance. Nivar tested positive for metabolites of Boldenone.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/08/after_blown_save_chris_perez_t.html
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