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Beltran, Yankees Roll Past A’s

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11 years ago

May 30, 2015

Oakland, CA – The A’s lost their lead and allowed Carlos Beltran to carry the Yankees on his back for the 5-3 win. The veteran outfielder hit a two-run homer in the sixth and drove in the insurance run in the eighth. Oakland tallied twelve hits against New York’s starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi but stranded eight in the loss.

“It’s great. At the end of the day it’s about wins,” said Beltran. “It feels good every time we’re capable of helping the team win a ballgame. Today was a good day for me, at the same time it was a good day for the ball club. We needed this one. Tomorrow we have a chance to leave this place with an even series.”

The A’s opened up their offense off Eovaldi in the first. Billy Burns led off with a single and Marcus Semien followed with a force out. Billy Butler grounded a single to right field putting two on with two outs. Josh Reddick singled on a line drive to left fielder Ramon Flores. Semien was waved home but was tagged out on Flores throw to catcher Brian McCann to end the inning stranding two.

Eovaldi wasn’t so lucky in the third, he gave up three back-to-back singles to load the bases with no outs. Burns got his second hit of the game to leadoff the inning with a single. Semien and Stephen Vogt followed with singles while Butler tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Reddick gave Oakland a 2-1 lead when he drove in Semien with a single up the middle and added on another run in the fourth.

“One extra base hit maybe breaks it open a little bit more,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “We were getting good at-bats, we were getting our share of hits, but just not to the point where we’re knocking runs in early.”

Eric Sogard led off the inning with a single and Semien who went 2-for-5 drove in Sogard with his third single of the night making it a 3-1 game. The Yankees quickly cut the lead to one in the fifth, Pierla singled on a ground ball deflected by second baseman Sogard. Brett Gardner reached base safely on a fielding error by Brett Lawrie. And Headley’s RBI single made it a 3-2 game.

The errors proved costly for the Oakland’s defense. By the sixth, the night belonged to Beltran. He helped New York turn things around. Beltran’s two-run blast off A’s starting pitcher Jesse Hahn put the Yankees back in the lead. Beltran drove in another run in the eighth extending New York’s lead 5-3.

Oakland had their season-high two home game winning streak snapped. Hahn allowed fur runs through six frames, though one was unearned. He retired the first batter he faced but put two on in the first. Both Headley and Alex Rodriguez hit back-to-back singles making Hahn work early with eighteen pitches before striking out Mark Teixeira.

The “hot” Brain McCann continued his hitting streak with his thirty-third RBI scoring in Headley making it a 1-0 game. McCann extended his hitting streak to eight games. This is the first time that a Yankees catcher has eight consecutive games with a RBI since Yogi Berra in 1956. Hahn struck out Carlos Beltran to end the threat. He’d settled in through the next three innings until the fifth.

“I thought I was on a roll there,” said Hahn. That one pitch kind f ruined the night for me. Tried to go sinker, down and away there, and flattened on me. I got under it, hung it, and it was a good pitch for him to drive.”

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Four Candidates, Including Incumbent Barbara Lee, Qualify for Oakland Mayor’s Race

POST NEWS GROUP — Four candidates, including incumbent Mayor Barbara Lee, filed their papers to run for office by last Friday’s deadline, and the City Clerk issued a list this week of those who are qualified to run.

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The four mayoral candidates who will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot are:

Brenda Grisham. A business owner in East Oakland and public safety advocate, Grisham led the successful recall campaign against Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. As part of her platform, she pledges to work with local, state, and federal partners to secure stricter gun control measures and investments in community violence intervention programs.

Barbara Lee. A former congressional representative and state Assembly member, Lee was elected by voters in a special election last year for a two-year term. Now running for a four-year term, she points out that her administration achieved major successes in addressing some of the city’s major challenges, including balancing the city budget, dramatically reducing crime, and making significant inroads into homelessness and illegal dumping.

Mindy Pechenuk. An educator and activist, Pechenuk is a registered Republican and supporter of Lyndon LaRouche, who has been described by observers as a conspiracy theorist and cult leader. She ran unsuccessfully for mayor in last year’s special election and for the at-large council seat in 2024. She seeks to end Oakland’s police commission and MACRO and invest in more police while launching a new local war on drugs.

Julius Robinson. While little information is available so far about Robinson, he was quoted in a KTVU story about Thao’s recall, stating that people in Oakland want to come together as a community but lack infrastructure and leadership.

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Oakland Observes Black August with Block Parties, Film Showings, Workshops

POST NEWS GROUP — Beginning in 1979 in San Quentin State Prison, the Black Guerrilla Family called for the remembrance of political prisoner George Jackson and his brother Jonathan Jackson who were assassinated in the early 1970s. George Jackson was considered a political prisoner in that it was the anti-Black justice system that led to his incarceration for armed robbery with a sentence of one year-to-life in 1960.

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George Jackson wrote two books: “Soledad Brother,” and “Blood in My Eye” before her was killed in an attempt to escape prison on Aug. 21, 1971.

By Jana Lang, Propel Youth Reporter

Study. Train. Fast. Fight.

These are the four tenets of Black August, a month dedicated to commemorating the sacrifices of political prisoners and Black revolutionaries in the struggle for Black liberation.

Observers are urged to study the history of the Black struggle for freedom, train their bodies for health and self-defense, fast to cleanse the mind, body, and spirit, and fight ongoing oppression alongside their communities and local political organizations.

Beginning in 1979 in San Quentin State Prison, the Black Guerrilla Family called for the remembrance of political prisoner George Jackson and his brother Jonathan Jackson who were assassinated in the early 1970s. George Jackson was considered a political prisoner in that it was the anti-Black justice system that led to his incarceration for armed robbery with a sentence of one year-to-life in 1960.

While in prison, George befriended fellow prisoner W.L. Nolen, who introduced him to the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and Frantz Fanon. This radicalization coupled with his experiences of violence while imprisoned led to him writing and publishing two books, “Soledad Brother” (1970), and “Blood in my Eye” (1972). In January of 1970, George and two other prisoners were charged with murdering a corrections officer at Soledad State Prison in Monterey County.

On Aug. 7, 1970, Jonathan Jackson burst into a Marin County courtroom armed with a shotgun to demand the freedom of the Soledad Brothers. He, along with the inmates he freed, was shot and killed while driving away. This involved one of the Black Panther Party’s most notable associates, Angela Davis, because the shotgun was registered in her name. She was later acquitted of charges of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder in 1972.

On Aug. 21, 1971, George Jackson was assassinated by a corrections officer after attempting to escape and free other inmates. As a result, there were uprisings and protests within prisons all over the country that year, calling forth resistance against racial oppression and mass incarceration.

Since its outset, Black August has evolved across the country, taking many forms to honor this history and embody the four tenets.

In Oakland, the upcoming Black August Experience, hosted by Youth Alive! and the East Oakland Boxing Association (EOBA), is a free, family-friendly event celebrating the legacy of Black August. Activities include free food and drinks, a kids’ activity zone, interactive workshops, live cooking and boxing demonstrations, and more.

Happening on Aug. 21 from 4-8 p.m. at the EOBA Patio, Carolyn Flynn, director of administration at EOBA, said the event, in its second year, will be an opportunity to engage with people in person through food, shared space, and education.

“We do regular classes in education, and those are ongoing programs that we offer, but we wanted to have [an opportunity] for our neighbors to utilize this space.” Combined with Youth Alive’s work in community violence prevention and youth leadership, this event surely aims to bring the Oakland community together to capture what Black August means today.

Here are additional Black August events happening in Oakland:

Forum and Community Discussion hosted by the Oakland Liberation Center, 1499 Fruitvale Ave., Aug. 14, 7 p.m.

“George Jackson/San Quentin” Screening hosted by Nostalgic for Nothing Cinema at Moments Co-Op, 410 13th St., Aug. 16, doors at 6 p.m., show at 6:30 p.m. (Masks required and scent-free)

Commemorating the Struggle, Building the Altar for Liberation: Black August at Bandung Books, 2269 International Blvd., Aug. 23rd, 1-5 p.m.

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS), will host “Black August: The Arc of Liberation” at Oakland City Hall on Sat. Aug. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.