Seth Smith
Oakland Athletics – No. 15
Outfielder
Born: (1982-09-30) September 30, 1982 (age 29) Jackson, Mississippi
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 16, 2007 for the Colorado Rockies
Career statistics (through 2011 Season)
Batting average	.275
Home runs	51
Runs batted in	181
Teams
Colorado Rockies (2007–2011) Oakland Athletics (2012–present)

Medal record
Baseball
Competitor for  United States
Pan American Games
Silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Team

Smith batting for the Colorado Rockies in 2010.

Garry Seth Smith (born September 30, 1982, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.

Amateur career[link]

Smith played right field for The University of Mississippi from 2002–2004, and was also the backup quarterback to Eli Manning on the football team at Mississippi. During his freshman year, Smith hit .402 and was named a Freshman All-American. Smith also played for the USA National Team in the Pan-Am games while at Ole Miss.

Professional career[link]

Colorado Rockies[link]

Smith made his Major League Baseball debut with the Colorado Rockies on September 16, 2007, in a 13–0 home win over the Florida Marlins.^[1][2] He did not record a hit in two total at bats during the game. He got his first hit, an infield single, on September 21, 2007, in a 2–1 extra-innings road win over the San Diego Padres.^[1][3] His hit came off of Doug Brocail in the top of the 12th inning. Smith played in seven games during the regular season, racking up five hits in eight at bats.

Smith's successful stint during the regular season earned him a spot on the Rockies' 2007 postseason roster. In the 2007 National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Smith had one pinch hit in two at bats. His lone hit came in the second game of the series in a 10–5 win against the Phillies. It was an infield hit in the top of the fourth inning that loaded the bases with the Rockies down, 3–2. The next batter, Colorado second baseman Kazuo Matsui, went on to hit a memorable grand slam to give the Rockies a lead that they would never relinquish. Colorado went on to sweep the Phillies in three games and then went on to sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks in four games in the 2007 National League Championship Series. Once again, Smith had one pinch hit in two at bats. The one hit was in the fourth game of the series in a 6–4 series-clinching win against the Diamondbacks. This time, Smith hit a double that came with two outs and two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the fourth inning with the Rockies down, 1–0. The double drove in both runners to give Colorado a 2–1 lead. Smith then went on to score during the inning after a Matsui single. Colorado left fielder Matt Holliday also hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning to cap off a six-run fourth inning, all with two outs.

Smith struck out with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to end the 2007 World Series to the Boston Red Sox, but did very well in the postseason otherwise, hitting above .500.

Smith hit his first career home run, a three-run shot, on May 25, 2008, in a 4–1 home win over the New York Mets.^[4] He hit the home run off of John Maine in the bottom of the fourth inning. Smith also hit his first career inside the park home run this season, which was the eighth in Colorado Rockies history.

Oakland Athletics[link]

On January 16, 2012, Smith was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Smith was the backup quarterback to Eli Manning at the University of Mississippi. Coincidentally, Smith's Rockies teammate, Todd Helton, was the starting quarterback for the University of Tennessee until a knee injury resulted in Manning's older brother Peyton succeeding him. Furthermore, current Duke Head Football Coach David Cutcliffe was Helton's quarterback coach at Tennessee and Smith's head coach at Ole Miss.^[6]

Smith's batting song is Manifesto by The City Harmonic.

References[link]

External links[link]

Baseball portal

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Saint Seth the Patriarch
Church icon of Seth
Holy Forefather, Antediluvian Patriarch, and Prophet
Honored in	Judaism Christianity Islam

Seth (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Standard Šet, Tiberian Šēṯ; Arabic: شيث‎ Shith or Shiyth; "Placed; appointed"), in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, he was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who were the only other of their children mentioned by name. According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after the slaying of Abel by Cain, and Eve believed God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel.

In the Pentateuch[link]

According to Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old^[1] "a son in his likeness and image."^[1] The genealogy is repeated at 1 Chronicles 1:1-3. Genesis 5:4-5 states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his death, aged 930 years. In Genesis 4:25, there is a folk etymology for Seth's name, which derives it from the Hebrew word for "plant" as in "plant a seed" (syt). Eve says, "God has planted another seed, under/replacing Abel's". Seth lived to the age of 912.^[2]

In Jewish tradition[link]

Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi) refers to Seth as the ancestor of Noah and hence the father of all mankind, all other humans having perished in the Great Flood.

In gnosticism, Seth is seen as a replacement given by God for Abel, whom Cain had slain. It is said that late in life, Adam gave Seth secret teachings that would become the kabbalah. The Zohar refers to Seth as "ancestor of all the generations of the tzaddikim" (Hebrew: righteous ones).^[3]

According to Seder Olam Rabbah, based on Jewish reckoning, he was born in 130 AM. According to Aggadah, he had 33 sons and 23 daughters. According to the Seder Olam Rabbah, he died in 1042 AM.

In Islam[link]

Islamic tradition reveres Seth as the gift bestowed upon Adam after the death of Abel. Round about 25 prophets are mentioned in the Qur'an, although Seth is not mentioned, Muslims see Seth as a prophet like his father, and the one who continued teaching mankind after the death of Adam.^[4] Islamic lore gives Seth an exalted position among the Antediluvian Patriarchs of the Generations of Adam, and some sources even cite Seth as the receiver of a scripture.^[5] Islamic literature holds that Seth was born when Adam was past 100 and that, by the time Adam died, Adam had already made Seth the heir to him in guiding the "Children of Adam". Muslims hold that Seth was taught of the hours of day and night as well as of the Great Flood to come and was further taught to pray to God during the hours of the night. Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, traces the genealogy of mankind back to Seth, since Abel did not leave any heirs and Cain's heirs, according to tradition, were destroyed by the Great Flood.^[6]

Some Muslims believe that Seth's tomb is located in the village of Al-Nabi Shayth (literally meaning The Prophet Seth) where a mosque is named after him.

In Josephus[link]

In the Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus refers to Seth as virtuous and of excellent character, and reports that his descendants invented the wisdom of the heavenly bodies, and built the "pillars of the sons of Seth", two pillars inscribed with many scientific discoveries and inventions, notably in astronomy. They were built by Seth's descendants based on Adam's prediction that the world would be destroyed at one time by fire and another time by global flood, in order to protect the discoveries and be remembered after the destruction. One was composed of brick, and the other of stone, so that if the pillar of brick should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Josephus reports that the pillar of stone remained in the land of Siriad in his day.

William Whiston, a 17/18th century translator of the Antiquities, stated in a footnote that he believed Josephus mistook Seth for Sesostris, king of Egypt, the erector of the referenced pillar in Siriad (being a contemporary name for the territories in which Sirius was venerated (i.e., Egypt). He stated that there was no way for any pillars of Seth to survive the deluge, because the deluge buried all such pillars and edifices far underground in the sediment of its waters.

In Christianity[link]

The 2nd century BC Book of Jubilees, regarded as non-canonical except by Coptic Christianity, also dates his birth to 130 AM.^[7] According to it, in 231 AM Seth married his sister, Azura, who was four years younger than he was. In the year 235 AM, Azura gave birth to Enos.^[7]

Seth is commemorated as one of the Holy Forefathers in the Calendar of Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with Adam, Abel, and others, with a feast day on July 26. He is also included in the Genealogy of Jesus, according to Luke 3:23–38.^[8]

See also[link]

• Biblical longevity
• Knights of Seth
• Sethian

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Seth

Coco Crisp
Oakland Athletics – No. 4
Center fielder
Born: (1979-11-01) November 1, 1979 (age 32) Los Angeles, California
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 15, 2002 for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.275
On-base percentage	.330
Home runs	75
Runs batted in	419
Stolen bases	218
Hits	1,081
Teams
Cleveland Indians (2002–2005) Boston Red Sox (2006–2008) Kansas City Royals (2009) Oakland Athletics (2010–present)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2007)

Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp^[1] (born November 1, 1979) is an American professional baseball center fielder playing for the Oakland Athletics. Crisp is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed. He previously played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Kansas City Royals.

Nickname[link]

Crisp was originally nicknamed "Coco" by his sister and brother who teased him that he looked like one of the characters on the Cocoa Krispies cereal box. The nickname did not stick, however, until he started playing AA baseball. The team had all the players fill out a questionnaire form to get to know one another. Covelli listed "Coco" as his nickname on the form. His teammates thought the name was funny, so they had it put on the scoreboard during the game. After a week and a half, he was traded to another team, but the nickname stuck, and he has been "Coco Crisp" ever since.^[2]

Baseball career and early life[link]

Crisp was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 1, 1979. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.

Minor league career[link]

In his minor league career, Crisp played for Cardinals affiliates in four different leagues from 1999 to 2001. He opened the 2002 season with the New Haven Ravens, then the Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Cardinals. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians on August 7, 2002, to complete an earlier trade for pitcher Chuck Finley. In the Indians organization, he played for their Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. Crisp had 69 hits, one home run, and 24 RBI before being called up by the Indians.

Major league career[link]

Cleveland Indians[link]

Crisp became the starting center fielder with the Indians in mid-2002, replacing the injured Matt Lawton. For the next few seasons, Crisp established a reputation as an excellent fielder and speedy baserunner. Despite his success, Crisp had to fight for his roster spot each spring. In 2005, Crisp moved to left field following the emergence of another young outfielder, Grady Sizemore. In his final two seasons with the Indians, Crisp showcased his offensive talent by batting .297 and .300 with 31 total home runs and 35 steals.

Boston Red Sox[link]

After Johnny Damon signed with the New York Yankees, the Red Sox sought Crisp to fill Damon's role both in center field and as a lead-off hitter. In January 2006, the Red Sox sent prospect third baseman Andy Marté, pitcher Guillermo Mota, catcher Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Minor Leaguer Randy Newsom), and cash considerations to the Indians for Crisp, catcher Josh Bard and pitcher David Riske. Already a fan favorite in Cleveland, Crisp saw his national fame jump dramatically upon entering big-market Boston.

After a promising start to his Red Sox career, which included signing a 3-year contract extension worth $15.5 million, Crisp broke his left index finger attempting to steal third base and spent the next 42 games on the disabled list. After returning to the Red Sox outfield on May 28, Kevin Youkilis had taken over the leadoff spot, and Crisp usually batted 7th or 8th in the line-up for the rest of the year. In 105 games, he had a .264 batting average with 8 home runs and 36 RBI. Besides his injury, Crisp's 2006 season may be best remembered for a fantastic catch against the New York Mets on June 29.

Crisp playing for the Boston Red Sox in 2007.

2007 season[link]

Crisp began the 2007 season struggling offensively. On April 20, 2007, Crisp fell over a short wall at Fenway Park while trying to catch a home run by Alex Rodriguez. Although he was unable to make the catch, missing by inches, he hit a game tying triple off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the eighth. The Red Sox went on to win 7-6. During this season, he made numerous impressive catches in the outfield. It has even been claimed by one major league club that Crisp is easily the best defensive center fielder in all of Major League Baseball.^[3] Although he struggled at the plate throughout much of the season, between June 13 and July 5, Crisp raised his batting average from .221 to .265, and after a 3 for 4 game on July 22, he raised his average to a season high .277. On June 18, entering the game with only two home runs in the season, Crisp belted two homers in the first multi-HR game of his career in a 9-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves.

On August 5, Crisp was almost run over by the Seattle Mariners' mascot, the Mariner Moose. The Moose, driving a lap around Safeco Field's warning track on an ATV, nearly collided with Crisp as he was leaving the dugout for his position in the middle of the fifth inning; Crisp had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell was incensed by the mascot's actions and voiced his displeasure to both the mascot and Seattle's head groundskeeper. Immediately following the incident, the Red Sox received an apology from Mariners GM Bill Bavasi.^[4]

On October 21, in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, Crisp made the catch that sent Boston to their second World Series in four seasons. He hit the wall shortly after making the catch, minorly injuring himself in the process. He was well enough to play in the World Series though.

Although he was the team's starting center fielder throughout the 2007 season, he was benched mid-series during the ALCS for rookie Jacoby Ellsbury. He remained benched for the 2007 World Series, only appearing late in games for defensive substitutions.

2008 season[link]

Bench-clearing brawl on June 5, 2008.

On June 4, Crisp was the center of controversy in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays. While Crisp was trying to steal second base in the bottom of the sixth inning, Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett placed his knee in front of the bag in an attempt to prevent Crisp from stealing the base.^[5] Crisp stole the base, but was not happy with this. On base again in the bottom of the eighth inning, he attempted another steal, this time taking out second baseman Akinori Iwamura on a hard slide. His slide was controversial and catalyzed the "payback pitch" the following game. During a pitching change in that inning, Rays manager Joe Maddon and Crisp argued, with Crisp in the dugout and Maddon on the pitching mound. After the game, Crisp said that he thought it was Bartlett in the play in the eighth inning, not Iwamura. Crisp described Bartlett's knee in front of the bag as a "shady" play.^[6] The very next game, in Crisp's first at bat in the bottom of the second, leading off the inning with the Sox up 3-1, Rays starter James Shields hit him on the thigh on the second pitch. Crisp charged the mound and first dodged a punch from Shields, and then threw a punch at Shields, setting off a bench-clearing brawl. Crisp, Jonny Gomes, and Shields were ejected from the game.^[7][8] Major League Baseball suspended Crisp for seven games due to his actions in the brawl.^[9] Upon appeal, the suspension was reduced to five games, which he had served as of June 28, 2008.^[10] In Game 5 of the ALCS, Coco Crisp had a game tying hit in the bottom of the 8th inning to cap Boston's 7-run comeback. Boston would go on to win the game 8-7 with a walk off single in the ninth inning by J. D. Drew, but lose the series in 7 games.

Crisp with the Kansas City Royals in 2009 spring training.

Kansas City Royals[link]

On November 19, 2008, Crisp was traded to the Kansas City Royals for relief pitcher Ramón Ramírez.^[11]

During his first season with the Royals, Crisp's batting average was at a career low .228. On June 23, 2009, Royals manager Trey Hillman announced that Crisp would receive season ending surgery to repair a labrum tear in his shoulder.^[12]

Oakland Athletics[link]

On December 20, 2009, Crisp reached an agreement with the Oakland Athletics on a 1 year deal worth $5 million a year with a club option for 2011.^[13]

On December 23, 2009, Crisp officially signed his 1 year contract with the Oakland Athletics.^[14]

Crisp began the 2010 season on the 15 day-DL with a fractured left pinkie finger.^[15]

Crisp entered the current 2011 season exercising his one-year option with the Oakland Athletics. On August 24, Crisp homered from both sides of the plate against the New York Yankees. In that game, he hit a game-winning three-run home run in the top of the 10th inning on the first pitch he saw against reliever Rafael Soriano.^[16]

Crisp re-signed with Athletics on January 3, 2012, on a two year, $14 million deal with a club option for 2014. Crisp had received other offers from clubs such as the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox as well, but declined them both.^[17]

Playing style[link]

Crisp is known for having great range in center field, although not a very strong arm. He is also know to be a great base-stealer and very aggressive baserunner. He has a .281 career postseason batting average. He is known to be a great "small-ball" type player because of his great bunting and good baserunning. Crisp has also only been hit 5 times in his 9 year career.

Player information[link]

Coco is of Afro-Puerto Rican descent. His mother is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent and his father is African American. He is married and has two children, a son (Caden) and a daughter (Amalie).

According to TMZ Coco was arrested on suspicion of DUI on March 2, 2011, in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[18]

See also[link]

	Biography portal
	Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Coco Crisp

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Coco Crisp on Twitter

Sufi Singer Kavita Seth
Born	1970 (age 41–42) Bareily, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Playback singer, singer of ghazals, Sufi music
Website
[1]

Kavita Seth (born 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians ^[1][2]

She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 for her classical Sufi rendition "Gunja Sa Koi Iktara" for the film Wake Up Sid (2009),^[3] she also won the Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for the same song, which was one of the biggest chartbusters in 2009.^[4][5]

Early life[link]

Born in Bareily, Uttar Pradesh,^[4] where was and brought up and did her schooling as well as her graduation.

After her marriage she moved to Delhi, where she started performing for All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan. Meanwhile she also did her post graduation in Music, Sangeet Alankar from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi and received M.A. degree in Hindi literature from the University of Delhi.

She received her musical training in Hindustani classical music under N.D.Sharma of Gwalior Gharana, Vinod from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan of the Delhi Gharana.^[2][4]

Career[link]

She first started performing at the Khan-kahe Niyazia Dargah, in Bareilly, which soon lead singing in public shows and musical concerts.

Kavita specializes in Sufi-style singing though she also sings geet, ghazal and folk songs. Over the years she has performed at live shows at London, Birmingham, Scotland, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm and places across India. It was at one of her performance at Muzaffar Ali's International Sufi Festival concert, in Delhi that director Satish Kaushik heard her and offered a song "Zindagi ko Maula", in his film, the Amisha Patel starrer, Vaada (2005), marking her debut as a playback singer.^[1][6] Subsequently she moved to Mumbai, as this was followed by, "Mujhe Mat Roko" in Anurag Basu's Gangster (2006), for which she received rave reviews.^[7]

Besides singing she also composes music. She has composed three songs in N. Chandra's film "Yeh Mera India" (2009).^[8] She has also released private albums, including, Woh Ek Lamha, Dil-e-Nadan both Sufi ghazal albums, followed by Sufi music albums, Sufiana (2008) and Hazrat. Her 2008 album Sufiana, composed of couplets of Sufi poet-mystic, Rumi was released at the 800-year-old Khaman Pir Ka Dargah in Lucknow.^[9][10]

Awards and nominations[link]

Following are the awards and nominations for singer Kavita Seth:

• Filmfare Awards
  • 2010 - Won - Best Female Playback Singer - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid

• Star Screen Award
  • 2010 - Won - Best Female Playback Singer - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid
  • 2010 - Won - Best New Talent In Music

• International Indian Film Academy Awards
  • 2010 - Won - Best Female Playback Singer - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid

• Stardust Award
  • 2010 - Won - New Musical Sensation (Female) - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid

• Global Indian Music Award
  • 2010 - Won - Best Playback Singer (Female) - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid
  • 2010 - Won - Popular Singer Of The Year
  • 2010 - Won - Song Of The Year - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid

• Other Awards
  • 2010 - GR8 FLO Women Award - Women Achiever Award - "Iktara" - Wake Up Sid

Filmography[link]

Playback singer[link]

• Vaada (2005)
• Gangster (2006)
• Wake Up Sid (2009)
• Yeh Mera India (2009)^[11]
• Admissions Open (2010) ^[12]
• Raajneeti (2010)
• I Am (2011)
• Trishna (2012)
• Cocktail (2012)

Music director[link]

• My Friend Pinto (2011)^[11]
• Yeh Mera India (2009)^[11]

Personal life[link]

She has two sons, Kavish and Kanishk, both of whom perform with her.^[13] Her husband K.K.Seth died of pancreatitis on 15 December 2011. He was 48.^[14]

Albums[link]

• Khuda Wohi Hai (2011)
• Bullehshah (2010)
• Kabirana Sufiana (2010)
• "Sufiana"(2007)

References[link]