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MAZAL TOV—All Stars of the Israel
Baseball League give each other high fives at first All-Star game
Photo by Yehuda Boltshauser
Israel Baseball League
holds first-ever All Star game
'South' beats 'North' 6-5 in game
at Yarkon Field in Petach Tikva
By Nathaniel Edelstein
PETACH TIKVA, Israel (Press Release)—The All-Star Festivities at Yarkon Field at the Baptist Village started with the Homerun Derby as each team sent one representative to take part in the slugfest. Bet Shemesh’s Johnny Lopez, Modi’in’s Eladio Rodriguez, Netanya’s Josh Doane, Petach Tikva’s Ryan Crotin, Ra’anana’s Juan Ramirez, and Tel Aviv’s Stewart Brito each launched a homerun apiece in the first round. The final round found the winner as the Dominican Republic’s Stewart Brito took the victory.
The excitement from the homerun derby carried into the beginning of the All-Star Game as crowd of 1,112 brought all-star quality spirit with cheers and even a wave that carried throughout the ballpark. After a close game the South took the 6-5 victory.
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Tel Aviv third baseman Nate Fish doubled to bring in the game’s first run and from that point on the North took advantage of some wild pitching from Bet Shemesh’s Jason Benson, who was eventually replaced by Modi’in’s Maximo Nelson. But before South manager Eric Holtz pulled Benson in favor of Nelson, the North jumped out to an early 5-0 lead. The South offense quickly took back a few runs in the top of the second on a three-run homerun from Bet Shemesh Blue Sox Ausralian rightfielder Jason Rees. In the top of the fourth Modi’in’s Eladio Rodriguez put the South squad within one on an RBI-double that scored Blue Sox centerfielder Sean Slaughter. Modi’in’s Matt Bennett doubled in the tying run to cap off the North’s comeback from a 5-0 deficit. |
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It
stayed tied until the top of the eighth when Johnny Lopez followed an Eladio
Rodriguez intentional walk with an RBI-groundout that scored Modi’in’s Adalberto
Paulino.
The North got a runner on in bottom of the ninth when Ryan Forsythe made it to
first on an error, but got thrown out trying to swipe second. Bet Shemesh’s Juan
Feliciano struck out Tel Aviv’s Aaron Pribble to record the save and give the
South the victory in the first IBL All-Star Game.
“Getting all these guys on the field was awesome, said Miracle second baseman
Noah Walker of California. “Besides it being such a fun group to play ball with,
the quality of play was just outstanding.”
| 11:00am | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South All-Stars | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| North All-Stars | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| [Log] [Box Score] W: Craig Eagle (-, ) L: Joshua Zumbrun (-, ) S: Juan Feliciano (-, ) | ||||||||||||
Tuesday games will continue as scheduled at 5:00 pm when the Ra’anana Express visit the Tel Aviv Lightning at Sportek in Tel Aviv and the Modi’in Miracle host the Netanya Tigers at Kibbutz Gezer. At 7:00 pm the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox take on the Petach Tikva Pioneers at Yarkon Field at the Baptist Villag
| Team | Wins | Losses |
PCT
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GB | Home | Away | Last 10 | Streak |
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| Bet Shemesh | 19 | 7 | .731 | - | 11-3 | 8-4 | 7-3 | W3 |
| Tel Aviv | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.0 | 11-4 | 6-5 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Modi'in | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.5 | 8-6 | 7-4 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Netanya | 10 | 14 | .417 | 8.0 | 4-3 | 6-11 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Ra'anana | 10 | 16 | .385 | 9.0 | 5-7 | 5-9 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Petach Tikva | 5 | 20 | .200 | 13.5 | 2-12 | 3-8 | 3-7 | L2 |
Israel Cabinet approves Security
budget proposal
JERUSALEM (Press Release)—The
Government today (Sunday, July 29) adopted the main principles of the Brodet
Committee’s recommendations on the security budget; 18 ministers voted in
favor of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s proposal. Accordingly, NIS 100
billion will be added to the security budget over the next decade. It was
also decided to formulate a multi-year budget for the security establishment
and to enact measures to make the security establishment more efficient.
Of the aforementioned NIS 100 billion, NIS 46 billion will come from the
state budget, NIS 24 billion from foreign aid and NIS 30 billion from
security establishment efficiency measures (according to the calculation of
1% greater efficiency per annum over the next decade).
Prime Minister Olmert said: “For the first time, a committee was established
that took into account the needs and abilities of the security
establishment. This committee was not comprised solely of theoreticians.
Its members included members with practical experience, the best in their
fields, who understood both military needs and budget management. This
committee has recommended increasing the security budget as has not occurred
in years. It has also recommended logical efficiency measures for the
security establishment.
The preceding story was provided by
the Office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
A Herald in Zion.... Notes from Mevasseret Zion Dorothea Shefer-Vanson |
Israelis
demonstrate belief all are equal before law
MEVASSERET ZION, Israel—Whatever the eventual outcome of the plea
bargain arrangement reached by the lawyers acting for former President
Katzav and Israel’s Attorney-General, the Israeli public has proved that
it cares.
It cares about justice. It cares about the principle that everyone is equal before the law. It cares about not letting persons suspected of criminal acts getting away with them, no matter how elevated their station.
The news of the plea bargain broke on aThursday morning. On a Saturday night over 20,000 people—men and women of all ages and political persuasions—participated in a demonstration against the decision to let the ex-President off lightly. This spontaneous display of outrage was exceptional for Israel. It sent the message that the public would not tolerate the attempt to allow the actions of a person suspected of having committed serious crimes to be swept under the carpet. This was not a political demonstration with busloads of supporters of a particular party being brought from various parts of the country. Youth movements were not mobilized to augment the crowd. This was a genuinely grass-roots demonstration of support for the principle of equal justice for all.
One of the arguments made in favour of accepting the plea bargain was that sending a former president to jail (after all, one of the initial crimes of which Katzav was accused was rape) will bring Israel into disrepute. Quite the contrary. Letting him off lightly brings Israel into disrepute. This seems to have escaped the understanding of the Attorney-General and his advisors.
Other countries have punished senior officials, and even presidents, who have been found guilty of serious offences, whether these were financial or involved in brutality against sections of the population. Sexual offences warrant arraignment, no matter who commits them. The Israeli public has made it clear that it is not prepared to accept a society in which certain individuals are above the law.
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*Britain's Prime Minister
Gordon Brown may never have the close relationship with
President George W. Bush that Tony Blair had, but he is
definitely pro-American and has some close American advisors,
among them Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board. The Associated Press
story by David Stringer is in today's San Diego
Union-Tribune.
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COMMUNITY INTEREST NEWS—Not all stories affecting the Jewish community and/or Israel involve Jews as direct participants, so they really don't quite fit the requirements for the "Jews in the News" column above. Yet, there obviously is a community interest in such stories, so we will endeavor to provide links to them in this space:
●U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates depart on a joint mission to Saudi Arabia to discuss not only Iraq but also a proposed sale of advanced American weapons to Saudi Arabia. Friends of Israel are working in Congress to block the deal. The story by Anne Gearan of the Associated Press is in today's
San Diego Union-Tribune.●Moving to further consolidate its hold over Gaza, Hamas announced it would pay the salaries of civil servants who stay on their jobs, even those who were affiliated with Fatah. The story by Ibrahim Barzak of the Associated Press is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
●Lebanese troops were poised for the "final assault" on the Nahr el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, where Islamic militants have holed up among Palestinian refugees. The Associated Press story by Hussein Dakroub is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
●Robert J. Caldwell, editorial writer of the San Diego Union-Tribune, writes in a column that Iran and Syria are fighting a proxy war against the United States in Iraq, convinced deaths of Iraqis and Americans are in their long term interest. The idea that either could become U.S. partners in stabilizing Iraq is fanciful, he werites.
CYBER-REFERRALS—Bruce Kesler passes on a review by Asaf Romirowsky of Shmuel Bar's book Warrant for Terror: The Fatwas of Radical Islam, and the Duty of Jihad. The review was carried on the website of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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BASEBALL—Kevin Youkilis
FOOTBALL—In analyzing San Diego Charger pairings for each position (starter and backup), today's San Diego Union-Tribune describes starting right defensive end Igor Olshansky as a "young end with Pro Bowl potential." As for his stand-in, Derreck Robinson, the newspaper comments that he is "ferociously strong."
TENNIS—Up at Stanford, Shahar Peer of Israel teamed with Sania Mirza of India in the doubles semifinals of the WTA $600,000 Bank of the West tournament to defeat Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
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