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Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 01 Oct 2016
1978 — In a one-game playoff for the AL East title, Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer off Mike Torrez to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park ... 1995 — The Seattle Mariners, behind Randy Johnson’s three-hitter, beat California 9-1 in a one-game playoff for the AL West title ... 2013 — Tampa Bay posted another must-have win on the road, beating the Cleveland Indians 4-0 in the AL wild-card game....

Does Terrorism Work? By Richard English

Edit The Irish Times 01 Oct 2016
The book’s structure has an analytical framing introduction, four detailed case studies (al-Qaeda, Hamas, the Provisional IRA and Eta) and a synoptic conclusion looking at other cases of non-state terrorism ... He argues that they achieved no ......

Familiar foes: Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox to meet in American League Division Series

Edit Cleveland 01 Oct 2016
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There will be no shortage of storylines next week ... The Rangers secured the No. 1 seed in the AL and home-field advantage throughout the postseason with their win on Friday night ... That year, they advanced to the AL Championship Series, where they attained a 3-1 series lead against the Red Sox before dropping three straight ... The Indians appeared in the AL Wild Card Game in 2013, but were shut out by the Rays ... ....

Red Sox locked in to facing Indians in ALDS (Boston Red Sox)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016
They will play the winner of the AL Wild Card Game. After an 8-1 win over the Yankees, the Orioles lead the Blue Jays by one game for the top AL Wild Card spot, with Toronto a half-game ahead of Detroit and a game ahead of Seattle for the second AL Wild Card spot. • Shop for AL East champions gear ... All of this amounts to a compelling ALDS between Boston and Cleveland, no matter the geographics....

MVPs? Anti-MVPs? Wrestling with ‘value’ for my MLB awards

Edit New York Post 01 Oct 2016
Each year we have a debate about the meaning of “valuable,” and I probably can make a case there was no one more “valuable” to his team this year than Cleveland’s versatile Jose Ramirez, and he might not even make most ballots ... AL MVP ... He was third in the AL in OPS in the first half (minimum 250 plate appearances) and third in the second half ... Getty Images AL Anti-MVP ... Ellsbury is not the worst player in the AL or even on the Yankees....

Pencak Silat world champs feel the heat at Beach Games (OCA - Olympic Council of Asia)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016
(Source. OCA - Olympic Council of Asia). Pencak Silat world champs feel the heat at Beach Games. 01 Oct 2016. Danang, Vietnam, October 1, 2016. As a three-time martial arts world champion, Malaysian Pencak Silat fighter Mohamed Al-Jufferi Jamari has had his fair share of tough fights but not many as hard as the one he was involved in at the 5th Asian Beach Games on Saturday ... 'I have never been so tired. I just had no energy left,' he said....

Darvish shines in final playoff tuneup

Edit The Japan News 01 Oct 2016
The AL owns home-field advantage in the World Series thanks to its win in the All-Star Game ... Darvish will likely start Game 2 of the Division Series — following Cole Hamels — in his first postseason appearance since losing the 2012 AL wild-card game to Baltimore ... The Blue Jays fell one game behind Baltimore in the wild-card race and are now within range of Detroit and Seattle in the fight for the AL’s final postseason berth....

RS1 Porsche Takes Comeback ST Title With Galante, Pumpelly (IMSA - International Motor Sports Association LLC)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016
Knowing that winning the Street Tuner (ST) championship was out of their hands due to having an eight-point deficit in the standings, Nick Galante and Spencer Pumpelly concentrated on putting the No ... At that point, Chad McCumbee and Stevan McAleer were in position to defend their championship, before the No ... Ryan Eversley finished second in the No ... Connor Bloum gave the No ... Pombo was driving the No....

Postseason Picture: If season ended today (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball) ... The League Championship Series and World Series are best-of-seven series (2-3-2). Rangers clinched AL home field ... Red Sox clinched AL East. Indians clinched AL Central ... No ... 5. No ... No ... No ... No ... No ... No ... No ... No ... No....

Winning grand slams is no longer my priority, says world No 1 Djokovic

Edit The Himalayan 01 Oct 2016
Novak Djokovic no longer sees winning grand slam titles or staying top of the ATP rankings as a priority in his tennis career, Serbia’s world No 1 said today. “I don’t want to think about winning titles and being the No 1 any more in ......

Darvish, pen help Rangers beat Rays 3-1 to gain home field

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 01 Oct 2016
The AL owns home-field advantage in the World Series thanks to its win in the All-Star Game ... This clinching came thanks ... ....

Widow of ex-South Florida al Qaeda figure reported in Pakistan hostage swap

Edit The Miami Herald 01 Oct 2016
But recent news reports say al Qaeda recently claimed that Shukrijumah’s widow was one of three women released by Pakistan in exchange for the son of the country’s former army chief. The other women reportedly handed over to al Qaeda in the exchange were the adult daughters of Ayman al Zawahiri, who took over as leader after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S ... Al Qaeda’s boss, 65, was born in Egypt....

Bleekemolen Takes TOTAL Pole Award In GTD For Viper’s Final Race (IMSA - International Motor Sports Association LLC)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016
(Source. IMSA - International Motor Sports Association LLC) ... Bleekemolen posted a record-breaking lap of 1.21.305 (112.4 mph) in the No ... 'It wasn't the toughest qualifying I've done ... Nielsen qualified fourth in the No ... Matt McMurry will start second after a lap of 1.21.765 (111.8 mph) in the No ... Mario Farnbacher will start third, with a lap of 1.21.898 (111.6 mph) in the No ... View full results via Al Kamel Systems at Results.IMSA.com ... ET ... ET....
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