San
Diego Jewish World
Sunday Evening , July
29, 2007
Vol. 1, Number
90
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.
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
|
GB |
Home |
Away |
Last 10 |
Streak |
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 |
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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
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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disappointed when they are blameworthy.
Whether it's good news or bad news, we'll try to keep track of
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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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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
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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.
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review was carried on the website of the Jerusalem Center
for Public Affairs.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, to which we gratefully provide the links below.
We do not apply halacha to determine if a player is Jewish; rather, if he or
she has a Jewish parent or has converted to the faith, we count him or her
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Youkilis a great hitter, but not so terrific a goniff
BASEBALL—Kevin
Youkilis
collected his 25th double of the season and was credited with three
RBIs bringing that seasonal total to 54. But he also learned a
lesson, being a base goniff doesn't always pay. He was
put out trying to steal... We all know that a team does not
fare by the performance of an individual player, and
Shawn Green demonstrated the maxim in his New York Mets
doubleheader against the Washington Nationals. In the
first game, he was unable to do anything offensively, batting 0-3.
Yet the Mets won 3-1. In the second game he not only got a
hit, but stole his ninth base of the season. The Mets lost
6-5. ...
Brad Ausmus
went 0-3 in the Houston Astros 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres
on Saturday. His batting average dropped to .237.
A former Padre, Ausmus also was quoted in a
special section in today's San Diego Union-Tribune
dedicated to Tony Gwynn's induction into baseball's hall of fame.
He said he remembered that the first day he ever got three hits in a
major league game, Gwynn meanwhile was batting 6-7.
...
Relief catcher
Mike Lieberthal got to play a full game for the Los Angeles
Dodgers, but he went 0-4 and his team was defeated 6-2 by the
Rockies.
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
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