Notebook: Freitas picked for Class-A All-Star Game
Baseball coaches like to place their top batter third in the batting order with a solid hitter fourth – or cleanup- so that opposing teams don’t pitch around the best bat.
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Nigeria: Navy Week – When Navy Heeds People’s Cries
Nvery year since 1956 the Nigerian Navy (NN) has marked the birth of the service in Nigeria usually in a week-long ceremony which could either be low-key, modest or full of panoply depending, of course, on the prevailing mood of the nation. That week-long anniversary ceremony has come to be called the ‘Navy Week’ with this year’s edition being the 55th anniversary of the service on the country’s …
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