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Looking back, it was a big win.

After reportedly criticizing Bryce Harper's positioning in the outfield following Tuesday night's extra-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals closer Rafael Soriano says he isn't upset.

If you don’t find this dope I don’t even know what to say to you right now. Toronto producer Sol X is getting ready to drop his Dark Lights EP later this summer but hits us with “Blind Spot” where he samples ”Blind Spot” by the Submotion Orchestra, a 7-piece band from Leeds, England. This joint isn’t going to be on his project but if this is any indication of what sounds the Dark Lights will have on it I am going to be the first in line to cop, this shit is cold. DOWNLOAD Author informationJeremiahSenior Media Editor at KevinNottingham.comJeremiah is the Senior Media Editor for KevinNottingham.com. He is responsible for a majority of the Certified fresH content you get to see everyday on KN. In his extremely limited spare time Jeremiah expands his knowledge of the Hip Hop culture while enjoying coffee and collecting insignificant stuff. Jeremiah’s passion for Hip Hop is his most defining characteristic.TwitterFacebook Liked this post? Then you'll love these.,, Sol X: Twenty Eight (Solmix) Sol Messiah: God Shines Through [Remix] (feat Señor Kaos, 4-Ize & Numba 2) LMS: Blind [prod by Hazardis Soundz]

Today was also Jose Molina's return from a hamstring injury. He would play inspired baseball, but that's not the focus in this loss. Jeremy Hellickson was struggling with command - and specifically the curve - right out the gate. It was a slow start to the first inning made especially painful by a generous strikezone. Kelly Johnson was able to make a catch and gun down an advancing Bautista at second base, but there was damage in the first: one run scored. Hellickson got himself into trouble in the bottom of the third, fielding a 3-2 pop-up to Munenori Kawasaki that had him clipping Roberts, who was charging from third. Hellboy stepped on Roberts's back left foot and both players came away limping. Molina checked on Hellickson, and the game proceeded. No one left the dugout, and Hellboy seemed unphased. The offense had very little support for Hellickson. The Rays started scoring after some great hustle by Molina to get on base. Ryan Roberts brought him home on a slow roller to Macier Izturis that he failed to field on an attempted barehand. The ball went right under his fingers and Molina was able to "rumble" home, as Dave Willis said. Zobrist hit the next pitch into right and plated a runner for a 2-1 lead, but that was the last of the Rays offense for much of this game. Rodriguez led off the fourth with a double and then got himself picked off promptly on a throw from the catcher J.P. Arenciebia. He would be the last base runner for the Rays over the next 15 plate appearances. Jose Bautista leveled the score in the bottom of the fourth on a powerful shot to left field -- his tenth longball of the year, reading a change inside perfectly. He swung in front and muscled it sky high. To be fair, this was the last hit for the Jays until the ninth inning as well, but let's not distract from the coming frustration. The Ninth It was another weird night for the strikezone, loose but consistent for Buehrle and strangely stringent on Hellickson. For a taste of the nonsense, here's the zone from the full game: Once Buehrle was removed, the zone settled in and became far more reasonable, but that didn't detract from the missed opportunities before. Especially watching seasoned hitters like Longoria, Zobrist and Johnson who were hesitant to change their approach early in the game. Buehrle was landing calls outside the zone that were normally contested, and the Rays offense just seemed unsure. Either the strikezone back to normal or he was just ready to swing, because Longoria was comfortable reaching to pop a double off the end of the bat with one out in the ninth. The pitch was inches off the plate and Longoria pushed it up the right field line. The Rays were battling against ace reliever Casey Janssen, and James Loney put up a great performance, fouling until he found a pitch to hit and smacking a hopper up the middle to score the runner. Luke Scott got in on the action, taking a 3-2 pitch to the wall in centerfield, but it was caught by Rasmus. The Jays let Janssen pitch through the drama and Kelly Johnson eventually took strike three looking. Fernando Rodney, less than 22 hrs removed from a 5-out save yesterday, got the call to face the heart of Tornot'a order: Bautista, Encarnacion, and Lind. Bautista worked a full count, in spite of Fernando throwing easy, 99 MPH heat. Forced to come back inside to get the out, Bautista hit a moon shot into the left field bullpen. Rodney sat down E5 but walked Lind and was pulled for Peralta with the game tied , 3-3. Arencebia was lost against Peralta's fastball going down on multiple swings for the second out, and Brett Lawrie got jammed for a popup to Loney in foul territory to end the inning. Free Baseball Molina continued his on-base ways by hitting through the hole on the left side, but Escobar responded with a double play, and Jennings grounded out to short. Cesar Ramos took the mound and almost got Rasmus on a swinging bunt, but he made contact and the ball rolled out o

Jose Bautista went deep.

Six months ago, after the Don Bosco Eagles suffered a heartbreaking loss in their high-school football championship game, Rob Ford vowed he would never stop coaching his beloved team — but on Wednesday, amid spiralling rumours about the Toronto mayor’s alleged crack-cocaine use, the school board removed that choice. In announcing Mr. Ford’s ouster as the Eagles’ head coach, the Toronto Catholic District School Board also banned the mayor from coaching any football team in the board, which serves close to 100,000 elementary and secondary students city-wide. The decision comes as a massive blow to Mr. Ford, whose dedication to the team appeared to trump City Hall business; fellow councillors have repeatedly chastised him for leaving meetings early to attend practice. School board spokesman John Yan denied any link between Mr. Ford’s termination and recent news reports detailing a video in which the chief magistrate allegedly smokes from a crack pipe and dismisses the Don Bosco Eagles as “minorities.” (The National Post has not seen the video and cannot verify its authenticity.) “This decision absolutely has nothing to do with the unsubstantiated allegations against the mayor,” Mr. Yan said, noting the board recently concluded a separate investigation into Mr. Ford’s “negative and derogatory” comments about the school community to Sun News in March. “We’re moving in a different direction… We’ve been trying to keep the business and politics of the mayor’s office at City Hall,” Mr. Yan said. “It just hasn’t worked out that way, and the distractions for the entire school community, as well as the [Sun News] comments, were part of our consideration.” In the March interview, Mr. Ford said his goal as volunteer coach of the Don Bosco Eagles was to keep team members in school, noting many students at the north Etobicoke high school came from “gangs” or “broken homes.” He added: “If it wasn’t for this football, these kids just wouldn’t go to school. They’d have no reason to go to school… I use the football as a carrot.” In a letter made public shortly after the interview, outraged Don Bosco staff rejected Mr. Ford’s comments as “extremely demeaning” and “no reflection of the real Don Bosco.” The board swiftly launched its investigation, although the timing of Wednesday’s announcement left many speculating that the crack-cocaine furor played a greater role in the mayor’s dismissal. “In the midst of all this, it would be very difficult for the school board to keep him on as a football coach,” said Councillor John Parker, who has urged the mayor to address the drug allegations head-on. “There are just too many unanswered questions.” At Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School Wednesday afternoon, the football field was deserted, but a small group of young men tossed a pigskin back and forth in front of the school’s front doors. When approached by reporters, several students were hostile, refusing to answer questions about the latest developments surrounding Mr. Ford. One young man who said he played tackle for the Eagles reiterated the school board’s message about the mayor’s departure, saying “it’s about moving the team forward. It’s not about what’s going on in the media.” He said team members found out Wednesday that they would have a new coach next year. “We’re going to miss him as a coach,” the young man said of Mr. Ford. “He was a good coach.” Etobicoke, where Mr. Ford served as councillor for a decade before being elected mayor in 2010, is the heart of Ford Nation, and many residents remained dubious Wednesday about the veracity of the crack-cocaine allegations. Betty Waddell, who has lived in the area for half a century, said Mr. F

Rays 3 Jose Bautista 4 (10 innings) So Jose Bautista gets thrown out trying to tag up from first on a fly ball, in the first inning, a really bad move. Then he goes on to hit 2 home runs, one to tie the game in the 4th, another to tie the game in the 9th. Then he gets a walk-off opposite field single to win the game. Jose's heroics overshadowed a really good start from Mark Buehrle. Mark went 7 innings, allowed 4 hits, 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. He was hurt by a poor play by Maicer Izturis or else he might not not have given up the 2 earned. Steve Delabar pitched a very impressive 8. Casey Janssen gave up a run in the 9th to give the Rays a short held lead. Aaron Loup threw a nice 10th inning, helped by a Yunel Escobar double play. Jays of the Day: Bautista (1.045, highest WPA we've had this year), Buehrle (.217) and Delabar (.110)/ Suckage: Janssen (-.295, Longoria is a great player), Edwin Encarnacion (-.193, 0 for 4), Kawasaki (-.143, but a nice bunt in the 10th), Brett Lawrie (-.139, 0 for 4) and JP (-.117, 1 for 4). I'll add to this later, but right now supper is on the table and I'm starving. And I have to pack. Tomorrow night I'm at the Jays game.

Apr 2, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Phil Jackson looks on as the jersey of Los Angeles Lakers former player Shaquille O Just two days after Dwight Howard talked about the Lakers season, the one and only Zen Master was on “Mike & Mike In the Morning” today and he talked about the Lakers choosing Mike D’Antoni over himself. Jackson said when Mitch Kupchak told him the news, all he do was laugh. He also thought it was funny that Kupchak would pick Mike D’Antoni to coach the roster the Lakers had over himself. Phil did say he thought the hiring was the best for Steve Nash, but not for Dwight Howard. I think most of us can agree with this. The triangle wouldn’t utilize Nash to the best of his abilities, but it would sure work with Pau Gasol and Howard a heck of a lot better than it did and D’Antoni’s system. Jackson went on to say that he doesn’t see himself coaching again, despite all of the rumors that have come out recently. He has been linked to the Brooklyn Nets, the Toronto Raptors, and the Los Angeles Clippers. He has also been helping the Pistons in their search for a new head coach. I personally think Phil needs to stop talking about the Lakers because he isn’t part of the team, and hasn’t been for awhile now. All he is doing is creating drama — something the Lakers don’t need more of. What do YOU think about Phil’s comments? Let us know in the comment section down below! To fulfill all your Laker fan needs, don’t forget to LIKE our Lake Show Life Facebook page. Also, you can FOLLOW the website  and myself  on Twitter.

If the Blue Jays are going to turn around the disappointing start to their season it will be on the back of Jose Bautista. While he is not a vocal captain and demurs at the suggestion he is anything but one of the guys, Bautista showed once again on Wednesday night that he will lead this team with his bat. The Jays slugging right fielder twice tied the game with a pair of monster home runs — including a ninth-inning blast to send the game into extra innings — paving the way for his walk-off single in the 10th as the Jays defeated the Rays 4-3.The game looked almost lost in the ninth when Evan Longoria and James Loney, two of the hottest hitters in baseball and the most dangerous bats in the Rays lineup, combined to score the potential game-winning run in the ninth against usually rock-solid closer Casey Janssen.Longoria and Loney had been mostly controlled by Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle. The veteran lefty struck out the pair twice each and, aside from a third-inning walk to Longoria, kept them off the bases.But with Buehrle gone, the meat of the Rays order got to work with Longoria extending his 16-game hitting streak with a double into the right-field corner before Loney drove him home with a base hit up the middle. Janssen, who has now given up runs in two straight appearances after giving up just a single run in his previous 13 outings, looked out of sync once again. Janssen, who had off-season shoulder surgery and has been used cautiously in the early part of the season, had an eight-day layoff before giving up a pair of runs on Monday. He admitted after that game that he was rusty and lacked his usual sharpness.Up to the ninth it had mostly been a tightly played pitching duel between Buehrle and young Rays righty Jeremy Hellickson.The Jays took a 1-0 lead in the first when Anthony Gose led off the game with a double down the left-field line and was driven home in the next at-bat by Bautista. Gose, who was called up on Monday, got the start in left field — his first of the season — to give Melky Cabrera a day to rest his hobbled legs. But in the top of the third the Rays took advantage of some sloppy fielding by Maicer Izturis, who whiffed while trying to make a barehanded play on a dribbled grounder, allowing lead-footed Rays catcher Jose Molina to score from second. Before the game, Jays manager John Gibbons said in order for a contact pitcher like Buehrle to be successful, his teammates needed to be solid behind him. “He’s got to have the defence,” Gibbons said.A Ben Zobrist single later and the Rays had a 2-1 lead. But Buehrle settled in after the third frame, allowing just a single baserunner — a double to Sean Rodriguez, which was quickly erased by a J.P. Arencibia pickoff — over his next four innings. “The one thing with Mark, he’s going to go out and he’s going to compete,” Gibbons said of the veteran lefty. “He’s going to give you every chance to win that he can.”Buehrle pitched arguably arguably his best game as a Blue Jay, giving up just a pair of runs on four hits and two walks, while striking out six in seven solid innings. Bautista tied the game in the fourth by sending Hellickson’s first pitch of the inning into the second deck in left field. But the Jays mustered little against Hellickson, who held them to just four hits.“We’ve had a tough time when we’re facing the better pitchers in the league,” Gibbons said before the game. “They’ve held us in check. We’ve got to start getting to some of those guys.”Hellickson would fall into the category as one of those guys.The quirky 4:37 p.m. start time was due to the Rays having an off day tomorrow and major league rules stipulating that when a team is travelling before an off day the game must start before 5 p.m. Rather than the usual 1:07 p.m. afternoon games, the Jays decided to test out

Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson pitched a wonderful ballgame Wednesday in Toronto. Unfortunately, closer Fernando Rodney blew his fourth save as Hellickson took a 3-2 lead into the ninth [...] Read more Jeremy Hellickson news