Tampa Bay Rays: David Price pays compliment to Rangers lineup; Brandon Gomes happy to sacrifice dignity

By Marc Topkin and Joe Smith, Times Staff Writers
Sunday, October 2, 2011

ALDS (best of 5) Rays vs. Rangers

When/where: 5:07 today; Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg

TV/radio: TBS; 970-AM, 1040-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)

Tickets: Sold out for today; limited number available for Tuesday via raysbaseball.com, Ticketmaster, Tropicana Field box office, Tampa team store

Starting pitchers

Rays: LH David Price (12-13, 3.49)

Rangers: RH Colby Lewis (14-10, 4.40)

Watch for …

Price problems: Price hasn't won since Aug. 28, coming up short in several big games. He has never beaten the Rangers, 0-5, 5.48 in eight starts, including two in the 2010 playoffs.

October ace: Lewis, who returned to MLB in 2010 after two seasons in Japan, is 3-0, 1.71 in four career postseason starts, though all at home. He is 3-0, 4.15 in four games vs. the Rays, with a streak of 13 scoreless innings.

Key matchups

Rays vs. Lewis

Johnny Damon 4-for-13

Casey Kotchman 2-for-10

Evan Longoria 0-for-3

Rangers vs. Price

Adrian Beltre 5-for-17

Josh Hamilton 2-for-13

Mike Napoli 2-for-11

On deck

Tuesday: Game 4, vs. Rangers, 2:07, TBS. Rays — Jeremy Hellickson (13-10, 2.95); Rangers — Matt Harrison (14-9, 3.39)

Wednesday: Workout day at Rangers Ballpark, Arlington

Marc Topkin and Joe Smith, Times staff writers

Compliment of the day

LHP David Price hasn't beaten the Rangers in eight career starts, regular season or postseason. That leaves him frustrated but also respectful of the Texas lineup. So much so, he offered an interesting analogy: "It's a very tough lineup to pitch to. They essentially have five Longos in their lineup that are hitting the ball out of the park."

Adjustment of the day

RHP Brandon Gomes would be the one Ray who might not have wanted to see rookie Matt Moore make his Game 1 start. With Moore leaving the bullpen and Alex Torres and Dane De La Rosa not on the playoff roster, Gomes re-inherited duties — as the reliever with the least service time — to carry the pink Dora the Explorer suitcase out to the bullpen each day and keep it filled with snacks. But given the outcome, Gomes had no hard feelings. "Trust me," he said. "I wanted to see him start."

Game 3 schedule of events

2:37: Gates open

2:30-3:30: Rays batting practice

3:30-4:20: Rangers batting practice

4:40: Grounds crew prepares field

4:44: Rangers starting lineup announced

4:48: Rays starting lineup announced

4:53: Presentation of colors

4:54: National anthem (Saxophonist B.K. Jackson)

4:58: Ceremonial first pitch (Lee Roy, Christopher and Brandy Selmon, children of the late Lee Roy Selmon)

5: Honorary bat kid

5:05: Rays take the field

5:07: First pitch

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The winners and losers from the weekend's Premier League action

Ger McCarthy

FRANK LAMPARD took his recent frustrations out on an abject Bolton, Roberto Mancini raised two fists in the direction of Carlos Tevez’s last known whereabouts and Andy Carroll raised a pint glass at his detractors on a weekend of redemption in the Barclays Premier League.


WINNERS
Frank Lampard

WHAT a difference a week makes. Seven days ago Frank Lampard was an unused and clearly unhappy substitute in Chelsea’s 4-1 win at home to Swansea. A midweek goal in the Champions League draw with Valencia followed by a hat-trick in Sunday’s 5-1 demolition of Bolton and Lampard is once again the media darling of Stamford Bridge. Andre Villas-Boas stated after the game that although he has never doubted the 33-year-old’s ability the England international must accept he cannot start every game during the Portuguese manager’s tenure. Lampard’s reaction to this decision should make for compelling viewing in the months ahead.


Roberto Mancini
THE Italian drew a line under the Carlos Tevez affair engulfing his club since Wednesday night with a comprehensive 4-0 drubbing of Blackburn at Ewood Park. Even Mancini’s brooding protégé Mario Balotelli scored and managed a smile to end a difficult week on a positive note. Mancini’s decision to leave Edin Dzeko on the bench reminded the other millionaire egos in City’s squad that his word is final. As long as City keep pace with United, Mancini will enjoy the backing of his mega-rich club owners.

Andy Carroll

THE £35m signing has come in for plenty of criticism for his off field antics since arriving at Anfield in the summer. The Geordie giant paid back some of his transfer fee with a clinical finish and robust display in the 2-0 Merseyside derby win. If Carroll turns into the world-class striker Kenny Dalglish believes he can become then Liverpool will finally have a forward pairing capable of firing the reds back into Champions League.

 
Fulham
Fulham were the only Premier League club without a victory until Sunday’s 6-0 drubbing of QPR at Craven Cottage. Rumours of player unrest with Martin Jol’s tactics were quickly dispelled with a terrific team display to see off their London rivals. Fulham’s inability to turn four previous draws into victories hampered the Cottagers campaign but Sunday’s win and upcoming games against Wigan and Stoke should see Jol’s side move up the standings.

 

Paul Lambert
DESPITE the expected 2-0 defeat at Manchester United on Saturday afternoon Norwich City proved for long stretches that the Carrow Road club belongs in the Premier League. Paul Lambert has produced a side that plays attractive, attacking football without having to resort to big money transfers during the close season. The Canaries are capable of a mid-table finish and can become and established top-flight club as long as Lambert remains at the helm.


LOSERS

Martin Atkinson
QUITE how the match official for Saturday’s Merseyside derby decided Jack Rodwell’s challenge on Luis Suarez was a red card offence is anyone’s guess. The referee was standing five feet away from the Everton midfielder’s sliding tackle in which Rodwell initially connected with the ball before catching Luis Suarez with his trailing leg. David Moyes was quick to voice his displeasure at the decision to appoint Atkinson to such an important fixture having been charged by the FA following a run-in with the same referee following Everton’s 3-3 draw with Man United back in September.

Mark Halsey and assistant
WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy had every right to feel aggrieved at the match officials following his side’s 2-1 loss at home to Newcastle. Halsey failed to award the home side a penalty when Jamie O’Hara was fouled inside the box and then his assistant (wearing a cap) ruled out an injury-time equaliser adjudging the ball had crossed the end line.

Bolton Wanderers
SUNDAY’S 5-1 humiliation at home to Chelsea marked the worst league start in 109 years for an abject Bolton Wanders. Owen Coyle could only look on in horror from the sideline as reserve goalkeeper Adam Bogdan’s handling errors gifted Chelsea two simple goals. Chairman Phil Gartside cut a worried looking figure in the Directors Box with the Bolton fans quick to voice their displeasure at another timid performance. The only caveat for Gartside and Coyle is an upcoming fixture-list of ‘winnable’ games against Wigan, Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke. Results from these four games could decide Coyle’s fate.

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Fergie prepares for Anfield battle

Manchester United will face Liverpool at Anfield on October 15 and will be hoping to have some key players back from injury.

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Sir Alex Ferguson will be just as concerned by what goes on at Carrington during the current international break as he is by the matches being played around the world.

Manchester United have three players - England duo Chris Smalling and Tom Cleverley, plus skipper Nemanja Vidic - who have a chance of being fit for the crucial Premier League visit to Liverpool on October 15.

Vidic has been out since suffering a calf strain in the opening day triumph at West Brom in August, whilst Smalling and Cleverley are battling to overcome groin and foot injuries respectively.

However, Ferguson knows from past experience that merely being fit is not enough to warrant selection at Anfield.

He also believes players must have an added edge to cope with such a tumultuous fixture.

“The most important thing is the work they do before the internationals finish,” Ferguson said today.

“We really want to have Vidic and Cleverley doing some really strong work, and Smalling too, that would bring them on to a level that they could play at Anfield.

“You can't go there with players who are semi-fit or just coming back from injury.

“You need players who are fully focused and up to speed in terms of fitness and sharpness.”

United midfielder Anderson has set himself a 10-goal target for the season. Famously, it took the 23-year-old 78 appearances to bag his first United goal. He only got one more in the next 17 months.

Now, he is on a hot streak. Anderson's header in Saturday's 2-0 win over Norwich at Old Trafford was his fifth in 11 appearances and helped preserve United's narrow advantage over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

“One particular aim is to score at least 10 goals,” said Anderson. “I am going to try my very best to score more.”

With Paul Scholes now retired and watching from the stands, Anderson has been asked to play a major role for United by Ferguson this season. He has now started nine of United's 11 games in all competitions this season and feels he is benefiting from the increased exposure.

“You can say it is my best start because I have never played five or six games consecutively at the beginning of the season,” he said.

“It's been great to stay in the side and help make a big contribution. I feel like this is my time now. I have trained well, looked after myself and the boss has given me a chance. It is important that I take it.”

Elsewhere at the weekend, Liverpool won a controversial Merseyside derby, beating Everton 2-0, thanks to goals from Andy Carroll and Luiz Suarez.

Everton had Jack Rodwell harshly sent off in the first half.

Newcastle beat Wolves, 2-1 to stay in fourth place, Aston Villa saw off Wigan, 2-0 at Villa Park and Sunderland drew 2-2 with West Brom.

Yesterday, an Andy Johnson hat trick helped Fulham to a 6-0 derby victory over QPR at Craven Cottage.

Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey and Bobby Zamora were also on target. – Belfast Telegraph

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Readers' tips: autumn sun

A little-visited island off Sardinia, the highlights of western Crete, the hidden villages of the Algarve ? Been there readers share their secrets spots to catch autumn sun in the Mediterranean

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WINNING TIP: Carloforte, Isola di San Pietro, Sardinia, Italy

Carloforte is a former Genoese enclave on the remote island of San Pietro, off the main island of Sardinia, surrounded by untouched nature and blue sea. Spend the day on a beach of fine sand at La Bobba, swimming in crystalline water. Join one of the boat tours of the island, or hire your own and go diving. In the evening, smarten up for dinner at Al Tonno di Corsa, where the speciality is tuna caught with traditional methods. As an appetiser or late-night snack try a delicious farinata, a Genoese chickpea flatbread, while promenading the beautiful old town, which is made up of small lanes and winding steps between pastel-coloured houses. With few tourists around, you'll discover a hidden treasure not even many Sardinians visit. Sardegnaturismo.it
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Camogli, Genoa
The town still feels like a genuine fishing port and its handful of tourist-orientated shops and eateries don't detract from its charm. Baroque houses line streets cut into the steep hillside above a picturesque little bay, complete with (shingle) beach, azure waters, fishing port and fort. There are plenty of opportunities to walk into the Appenine hinterland of hills cloaked in olive and orange groves ? particularly breathtaking is the walk from Camogli along the cliffs of the Portofino peninsula, with stunning views along the whole length of the Ligurian coast from the village of San Rocco.
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Greece

Eleonas cottages, Zaros, Crete
Eleonas is a beautiful hotel made up of cottages straddling a Cretan hillside and a main taverna/reception/bar at the base of the hill. If you want to get away somewhere quiet and friendly, with amazing food and walks in the hills, gorges and forests of upland Crete ? or, a short drive away, visiting the beaches, Minoan palaces and towns of the south coast ? then this is for you. +30 289 403 1238, eleonas.gr
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Chania and western Crete
Renting a car is a must for exploring beautiful, rugged western Crete. From the charming Venetian town of Chania, visit Samaria Gorge for sightings of wild goat or kri-kri ? relax after the day's hike in the laid-back coastal village of Agia Roumeli. Explore the hills above Balos beach for wonderful views of the Gramvousa peninsula. And visit the paradise setting of Elafonisi with its warm sands and shallow waters. In late summer the crowds have gone and the weather is good well into early autumn. We stayed at Frida Apartments for easy access to everything.
Frida Apartments, Kladissos, Chania (+30 282 109 2729, fridahotel.gr)
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Tunisia

Hotel Kanta, Port El Kantaoui
Port El Kantaoui comes into its own at this time of year. It is still hot enough for a beach holiday without being uncomfortable. It's a purpose-built tourist resort a short drive from the older town of Sousse, with its traditional medina. The Kanta is a lovely hotel in the centre of the port with easy access to beach and marina.
+ 216 73 348666, hotel-kanta.com
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Portugal

The villages of the Algarve and Cape St Vincent
You don't have to travel far in the Algarve to escape the crowds. Hire a car and head inland from Albufeira. Just three miles north of here you can explore the narrow, timeless streets of Guia. Alternatively, to escape the heat as well as the crowds, head up into the Monchique hills for the fresh, cool air and the wonderful flowers. This is fabulous walking country. Head back down to the coast to stunning Cape St Vincent ? you'll find remote, barren cliffs, crashing waves, an ancient fort and a lighthouse that shines its powerful light 60 miles out into the Atlantic. The coastline north of here is stunning too, with coves that can be reached only by boat.
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Carrapateira, western Algarve
There aren't many things to do in Carrapateira besides soaking up the sun and stunning surroundings. A clear first choice has to be the surf. Right in the centre of town is a wonderful little surfboard rental that is run by Alex, who speaks perfect English and, if you're lucky, will take you to the local break. After a long day of surfing a good meal is essential. Luckily, Carrapateira serves great food, and although there are only a few places to eat, they're better than anywhere else I've been, with fantastic fresh fish. carrapateira.co.uk
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The best of the Istanbul biennial

If anything shows the rise of Istanbul as a cultural power, it is its art biennial, which opened this month and runs until 13 November. Fiachra Gibbons selects some of the highlights

Twenty years ago it was nowhere; now Istanbul is up there with Venice and São Paulo as the art biennials that matter. Istanbul's rapid rise has been fuelled by the extraordinary generosity of a handful of patrons in a country where traditionally artists could rely on nothing but censure. The latest of the city's new private museums, the Borusan Contemporary (borusan.com) opened this weekend. Even Nobel-prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk has been bitten by the bug: he is working on a Museum of Innocence, based on his novel of the same name.

This year's biennial, (iksv.org/en), already hailed as Istanbul's best, takes its themes from five key works by the late Cuban-American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, whose minimalist installations carried a deeply emotional political charge. It's concentrated in warehouses (antrepo) next to Istanbul Modern, where five group shows and more than 50 solo shows are woven together by Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa's elegant design, itself worth the trip.

The Istanbul Biennial runs to November 13 at Antrepo 3 and 5 next to the Istanbul Modern (Antrepo 4) on the waterfront at Tophane. The venues are open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-7pm (10pm Thursdays). Entrance adults TL20 (7.50) students TL8, unlimited Biennial pass TL50

Wael Shawky, Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File

Thunderbirds are go, and they're going to take Jerusalem! When the history of string puppetry comes to be written, there will definitely be a place for this most magnificent epic ? the history of the early crusades and their effect on the bemused Christian, Muslim and Jewish populations of the Middle East. Egyptian-born Shawky uses 200-year-old Piedmontese puppets to tell how the people from the north wreak havoc among the angelic pale-faced mixed peoples of the Orient. It is all based on Amin Maalouf's nobly even-handed classic, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, and is an absolute joy. Another very different retelling is Ergin Cavusoglu's Alterity (at the Rampa gallery until 20 October), a rewarding meditation on the great Turkish film Yol and Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, which both feature donkeys in central roles.
? Antrepo 3. Cavusoglu's Alterity runs at Rampa, 21a Sair Nedim Caddesi, Akaretler, Besiktas, rampaistanbul.com

Kezban Arca Batibeki/Dream and Reality

What it is to be a Turkish woman is the subtext of Dream and Reality, the impressive historical overview of Turkish woman artists at Istanbul Modern, in which both Batibeki and Sukran Moral feature (see below). In Kefes Projeleri 2, Batibeki puts her Turkish woman in a beaded cage of kitschy kitten heels and menthol cigarettes, the tabloid life of the peroxide divas that dominate the Turkish tabloids and TV screens. She must navigate a male world represented by the singers Tarkan (with his ambiguous sexuality) and the consummate Kurdish/Turkish macho Ibrahim Tatlises, who may or may not have had his wife shot.
? Istanbul Modern (Antrepo 4) istanbulmodern.org

Sukran Moral, Bordello/Dream and Reality

It could have ended in a punch-up or an embarrassed stand-off, but when the artist Sukran Moral climbed up the broken steps of Yüksek Kaldirim in Istanbul in her stilettos in the role of a blonde hooker, something truly unexpected happened. This enclosed alleyway was for decades the most notorious street in Turkey, a swarming open-air brothel, the stairway to heaven and hell, as one poet put it. Moral sat herself at the door of one brothel holding a For Sale sign, then another for an Art Museum. So far, so predictable. But as men gathered around like hungry wolves, something more interesting began to happen. The power began to shift. Men who had come for sex became more interested in the show. One man began to sing to her; another grabbed a tin ashtray and performed a zeybek dance for her like a village gallant, banging the ashtray with his hands and feet to impress her. Yet still the eternal restless male twitches in the lurking crowd.
? Istanbul Modern (as above)

Nilbar Gures/Dream and Reality

About seven years ago I began to run screaming from anything about women and veils. Nilbar Gures' Undressing has changed my mind on that. Wrapped like a mummy in swirls of cloth, she peels headscarf after headscarf from her head, feeling for the clasp and the edging of each to name whose it is, "Auntie Birsen, sister in law Gulizar, my Hatce, my grandmother, my mother?" It is at once a powerful meditation on memory, love, touch and comfort, remembered gestures, and intense inner lives. I am not too proud to say I cried. And I wasn't the only one. They laughed too. It has that artless quality of a child's game to it, waiting for her face to be revealed by the final flesh-coloured cloth. It is even better set with Asli Sungu's hilarious Just Like Mother & Just Like Father, where she gets her father, a domestic Ataturk in an argyle cardigan, and her mother to dress her.
? Istanbul Modern (as above)

Kutlug Ataman, Mesopotamian Dramaturgies

Ataman is a fast rising star and his ongoing Mesopotamian Dramaturgies at the Arter gallery tell you exactly why. They are nothing less than a psycho-geographic history of Turkey, caught between the two great rivers of east and west. It's in the film Journey to the Moon that you see Ataman's genius most clearly. It turns on a country yarn of "village crazies" in eastern Erzincan who, driven by envy, anger at a visiting politician and fear of what the people in the next village are saying about them, send a tin minaret to the moon in 1957 to put one over on the Russians who had just sent Sputnik up to spy on them. The story unfolds on one screen while on a second it is analysed with great wit and wisdom by a stellar assembly of astrophysicists, aeronautics experts, social anthropologists, a retired "journalist-secret service chief" and a headscarfed sharia lawyer. This is not just masterful storytelling; it is Turkey on the couch, working through it inferiority-superiority complex and the trauma of translating village values to super-city lives.
? Mesopotamian Dramaturgies runs at Arter, 211 Istiklal Caddesi, Beyoglu, arter.org.tr/W3 until November 16

Milena Bonilla, Untitled/History

History is more compliant and malleable than we think. Witness the 11 different versions of a shredded letter home a US diplomat wrote just before his embassy in Tehran was stormed by Iranian students, that Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afraassiabi were able to reassemble. More deliciously slippery is Milena Bonilla's hand-copied version of Marx's Das Kapital, bound in cloth and gold. The right-handed Bonilla copied it with her left, making it utterly incomprehensible ? as good a take on socialism as you are ever likely to see. The two French artists known as Claire Fontaine took a more direct approach, wrapping the cover of Guy Debord's The Society of Spectacle around a brick (below).
? Antrepo 3

Taysir Batniji, Fathers/Watchtowers

Now again a piece of curation stops you dead in your tracks. Taysir Batniji's photographs of fathers on the walls of homes and shops in his native Gaza is neatly set next to his images of the Israeli watchtowers that hem those lives in. The result is both profound and unsettling in its ambiguity. His Suspended Time, an hourglass put on its side so it resembles the sign for infinity, is equally powerful and arresting. As is the treacherous beauty of Rula Halawani's photographs of Palestinian villages that have all but disappeared from the landscape since 1948.
? Antrepo 5

Dani Gal, Historical Records Archives

The brilliance of Dani Gal's astounding collection of LP's ? of political speeches and events someone thought earth-shattering enough to consign to vinyl ? is that there is no sound. All we have is the LP covers of Martin Luther King, JFK or The Six Day War, the first of the records Gal stumbled across in his native Israel. In themselves they are fascinating: early Hitler speeches from his lederhosen days, Lenin live in St Petersberg, or Vivat Regina: A Portrait of Her Majesty Elizabeth II and of Members of the Royal Family. But in denying us the sound Gal engages our imagination ? what were US segregationist governor George C Wallace's Campaign Favorites ? ? and so you get a kind of instant collective memory constructed on the spot.
? Antrepo 3

Simon Evans

Zen diagrams of existential angst, mind maps of despair and ennui?. Simon Evans, a Berlin-based British artist, draws you into a very English world of DIY and self-deprecating cynicism ? "worse than irony" as one bubble says ? but then moves you beyond it into something much richer, funnier and more lyrical. Take the handwritten supermarket till receipt, a reckoning of his life that's as eloquent as Joyce on exile: "Being illegal for 12 years has made me extremely jumpy and seek solutions where I am in a better place but without the benefits."
? Biennial Antrepo 5, Antrepo 3

Letizia Battaglia, Untitled (Death By Gun)

One of Gonzalez-Torres's quiet masterpieces was a "stack" of information he assembled on the 460 people shot and killed in the US in a single week in 1989. Letizia Battaglia brings the reality of that into sharp focus with her unbearably tender pictures of Mafia victims in Sicily. She was Italy's first female press photographer when she began working in Palermo in 1975, and her hands shook so much her shots of murder scenes were at first out of focus. But she found a way of photographing murdered judges, reporters and prostitutes that gave them back some of the dignity stripped from them in death. The group show alongside it, Death By Gun, counterpoints the battlefield dead from the American Civil War shot by Mathew Brady, the father of photojournalism, with Eddie Adam's iconic Street Execution of a Viet Cong Prisoner, Saigon, from 1968, and Chris Burden's Shoot, where the American artist gets a friend to shoot him in the arm. Against this we see Mat Collishaw's sumptuous 15-panel close-up studies of what appears to be a bullet hole in someone's head. Weegee is there of course, too, as are Martha Rosler's anti-Vietnam war photomontages, that seem all the sharper now after Iraq and Afghanistan. By then you will need a little sit down.
? Antrepo 3

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France's first national food festival

We know the French love their food, but they've never tried anything like this before. This Friday they will put on a nationwide feast, with 3,000 events across the country. We select the most tempting, from Paris to country villages

For a country whose cuisine has been officially recognised by Unesco as a "world intangible heritage", it seems only right it should have its own festival, and that is exactly what will take place all over France for the first time this Friday, 23 September. The organisers are hoping the Fête de la Gastronomie will have the same kind of success generated by the Fête de la Musique, and with more than 3,000 events planned, excitement is mounting as the big day approaches. You could turn up at any of the venues and eat well, but here's our pick of some of the very best events of this gastronomic Tour de France. Full information is available on the fete-gastronomie.fr website ? but don't expect too much from the English section as little has been translated.

Nîmes

The ancient Roman arena will be transformed for the day into the venue of Gastronîmes, where leading chefs will present dishes featuring locally-produced products during a huge outdoor lunch, accompanied by wines from the surrounding vineyards. There will even be cooking ateliers conducted in English.
? Events page (all are in French)

Valence

Valence is the gateway to the vineyards of the Rhône valley that produce some of France's greatest wines ? Côte Rôtie, Condrieu, Hermitage ? but it is also home to the restaurant of Anne-Sophie Pic, the country's only female chef to boast three Michelin stars. She will be taking part in the fête, which will spread over two days, 23-24 September, with culinary demonstrations outside the town hall, a "gastronomic bookstand" with books and recipes dating back to the Middle Ages, restaurants creating a special menu du terroir, and tastings held everywhere from butchers and fromagers to wine merchants and pâtissiers.
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Rouen

The magnificent cathedral of Rouen has been immortalised in the paintings of Claude Monet, but for the day of the Fête de la Gastronomie, food-lovers will be encouraged to give in to the temptation of a gourmet sin which the priest will then symbolically pardon. Brasserie Paul will serve delicious omelettes aux truffes (?15) and omelettes aux cèpes (?10) all day on the steps of the cathedral, accompanied by a free glass of wine from the vineyards of the Abbaye de Frontfroide.
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Bonnieux

All the members of France's gourmet hotel and restaurant association, Relais & Châteaux, are taking part in the event, so the problem is deciding which one to visit. In the picture-perfect Provencal village of Bonnieux, where much of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence was filmed, star chef Edouard Loubet is preparing a unique lunch, which includes a guided tour of his kitchen, cooking demonstration, tasting menu of entree, plat, fromage, dessert, with aperitive, wine and coffee included in the ?75 price.
? Events page. Reserve by calling +33 4 90 75 89 78

Fougerolles

Not far from the beautiful Mille Lacs region in rural Franche-Comté, one of the most undiscovered parts of France, the sleepy village of Fougerolles is famed for its lethal fruit brandies ? kirsch, prune, poire ? and now the mythical Fée Verte absinthe is legally produced here again. The 200-year-old Lemercier absinthe distillery (pictured above) and Chocolaterie Platte are organising a joint degustation and tour of their ateliers to discover how perfectly absinthe, kirsch and chocolate go together.
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Strasbourg

The capital of Alsace has a busy schedule of events on 23 September. As in every market around France, La Soupe des Marchés initiative offers visitors to the place Broglie market a free mug of soup plus a copy of the recipe, and you get to keep the special Fête mug as a souvenir. Down by the waterside, on quai des Bateliers, Cuisine Aptitude is an intense day of cooking courses, costing between ?15-45, where you learn how to prepare regional specialities such as choucroute (sauerkraut) or tartare de magret d'oie fumé à la betterave rouge (tartar of smoked goose breast with beetroot), and then sit down and eat the dishes.
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Nuits-Saint-Georges

The vineyards and villages of Burgundy will be transformed into scores of mass picnic spots for the Fête de la Gastronomie. The noble wine-making town of Nuits-Saint-Georges is the ideal destination, with a "city picnic" at lunchtime, with free tours of the historic centre. The town hall hosts an aperitive, and guests are expected to bring food with them. In the evening, there is the same concept, just outside the town, in the park and vineyards of Château de Prémeaux, with a candlelit picnic.
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Sare

The Pays Basque boasts a cuisine that spans the traditions of both French and Spanish cooking, and the picturesque village of Sare is organising a day devoted to the region's traditional products ? Bayonne ham, piment d'Espelette (dried red peppers), Ossau-Iraty cheese (pictured above). Local farmers will be on hand to talk about Basque food culture, and at lunchtime there will be a hearty buffet prepared by chefs who will be cooking solely à la plancha, as the best way to showcase the produce.
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La Rochelle

Oysters are cultivated the whole length of France's Atlantic coast, from Brittany down to the Arcachon, and while everyone loves to order a classic seafood platter of oysters, the art of opening these tasty molluscs remains something of a mystery. Down in the grand port of La Rochelle, a local seafood restaurant, Bar André</a> (pictured above), is inviting all-comers from 12-2pm to learn all the secret tips of oyster opening. The event is free, without reservation, and of course, you get to eat the oysters you've opened afterwards.
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The heart of this inaugural Gastro Fête is naturally the French capital, which is not only staging the most events but also the most dazzling. The best deal has to be the nationwide Tous au Restaurant promotion, where more than 100 Parisian restaurants offer a reasonably priced gourmet set menu with the second diner invited for free. Other events worth checking out are a wine tasting in the private cellar of Trois Fois Vin in the fashionable Marais neighbourhood; a waterfront cocktail of exotic North African titbits, open to everyone from 5.30pm-8pm on the Bassin de la Vilette; and what sounds like a crazy evening in Saint Germain at Mad in Terroir, which promises to be the Gastronomic Olympics, with games, quizes and cooking exhibitions.
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10 of the best music venues in Istanbul

Indie, electro, Turkish rock or dubstep? Izzy Finkel and Tom Roueché</strong> pick the best venues in Istanbul's thriving music scene

? As featured in our Istanbul city guide

Dogstarz

It's impossible not to love this venue-cum-club space hidden high above the rooftops of Beyo?lu. Arguably the only venue in the city that hosts regular dubstep nights, it is frequented by Istanbul's clubbing cognoscenti. The punters come for the mostly local bands and DJs who play on the first two floors, but it is the fantastic top-floor bar they stay for. Up here, the music continues until the dancing stops, and watching the sun rise over the gardens of Galatasaray Lisesi far below (while the DJ plays surf rock) is a sublime surprise. Such a night can only end in ?ampiyon Kokoreç</a> ? the 24-hour restaurant across the road that specialises in barbecued intestine and deep-fried mussels.
? Kartal Sokak 3, Kat 3, Galatasaray, +90 212 244 9147,
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Arka oda

A converted town house at the heart of Istanbul's alternative scene, in the charmingly hectic Kadiköy district, Arka Oda is a venue of choice for Istanbul's up-and-coming indie bands. Situated at the heart of Kadife Sokak ? the so-called "bar street" ? Arka Oda hosts intimate gigs in spaces that feel like sitting rooms. The louche aesthetic sits well with the grungy, shoe-gazy electro played by bands like regulars Kim Ki O (a local band increasingly gaining international acclaim, and whose cafe, Kutu, is just around the corner). Regular DJ sets celebrate local and international independent music, from funk and soul to dub, jazz, hip-hop and eclectic indie music, before a crowd of appreciative regulars.
? Kadife Sokak 18/A, Kadiköy, +90 216 418 0277, arkaoda.com

Hayal Kahvesi

For many of the young Turks who march up and down ?stiklal Caddesi on a Saturday evening, the night has only one endpoint ? Hayal Kahvesi. It's where up-and-coming Turkish rock, jazz and pop bands play to a more mainstream crowd than those at Peyote (see below) or in Kadiköy. Music from popular artists such as pop-funk act Bora Uzer draw especially large crowds. For those unacquainted with guitar-heavy, Turkish-style rock, Hayal Kahvesi is an education. As the night wears on, many bands play covers of Turkish rock songs. On a Saturday night expect to find it heaving; likewise its sister venue Hayal Kahvesi Bistro, just around the corner.
? Hayal Kahvesi-Büyük Parmak Kapi Sokak Afrika Han 19, Beyo?lu, +90 212 244 2558, hayalkahvesibeyoglu.com/tr-TR/

Kallavi Meyhanesi

Meyhanes, traditional restaurants or bars, have always had strong links to live music ? particularly to Turkish Fasil music. For Turks, singing and dancing is all part of a night out, and in a restaurant it comes somewhere between the main course and the dessert. At Kallavi Meyhanesi, men with a drum and a violin emerge somewhere after the delicate south-eastern mezes and sumptuous kebabs, gradually warming up the restaurant until everyone is singing along. Soon after, the dancing starts. For Turks, the songs and dances are familiar and come easily, but they are easy for newcomers to pick up. People dance and return to their seat to catch their breath, before being dragged back up to dance some more.
? Istiklal Caddesi Kurabiye Sokak 16, Beyo?lu, +90 212 245 1213, kallavi20.com

Otto Santral

Over the past few years, Otto Santral has proven one of the leading dance-music venues in Istanbul. Some way out of the centre of town, it is part of a larger museum complex in the converted buildings of an old factory. A little more polished than most warehouses, Otto Santral's massive hall has built its reputation with fantastic seasons featuring international and local DJs, including a semi-regular night by London favourites Horse Meat Disco, and gigs by Hercules and Love Affair, and grungy Turkish rockers Duman. More recently, it has also hosted parties in conjunction with Another Magazine.
? Emniyettepe Mahallesi, Kazim Karabekir Caddesi 2/7, Elektrik Santrali-eyüp, +90 212 427 1889, ottoistanbul.com

Badehane

A tiny bar guarding the entrance to the back streets of Asmalimescit, Badehane is where the Roma clarinettist Selim Sesler got his first break. Sesler (best known to foreigners through his appearance in Fatih Akin's documentary of the Istanbul music scene, Crossing the Bridge) has long since made it big, but he still comes back to play here on a Wednesday night. At other times rebetiko bands fill the programme. Although its rickety stools increasingly bear the bottoms of backpackers, Badehane does retain some of its authenticity amid its increasingly chi-chi surroundings ? the beers are still cheap, for a start. At the time of writing (September 2011), Badehane's atmosphere is suffering from a Beyo?lu-wide ban on outdoor seating, but denizens hope the street life will soon return as capriciously as it went.
? General Yazgan Sokak 5, Asmalimescit, +90 212 249 0550

Babylon

When it first opened, Babylon was Istanbul's first proper black box music venue. Immediately it drew the likes of Depeche Mode to Istanbul, and this is still where acts such as Wild Beasts and Mulatu Astatke will play when they visit the city. Babylon's programme is extremely diverse, and the atmosphere of its gigs varies accordingly ? sometimes you can't move for the elbows and knees, while when the best-known Turkish instrumentalists play here you'll find an older crowd who often choose to sit on the floor in reverential silence. In summer, Babylon is closed, while its sister venue in the resort town of Ce?me opens shop (in Ce?me it also curates a four-stage festival). Still, there's always the nearby Babylon Lounge to keep you busy in the interim. No live sets there, but DJs and bright young things on every floor.
? ?ehbender Sokak 3, Asmalimescit, +90 212 292 7368, babylon.com.tr. (Babylon Lounge is reopening in September, after a period operating under the name Nublu: Jurnal Sokak 4, Asmalimescit)

Peyote

Not just a bar but also a successful music label, Peyote is a mecca for fans of Turkish experimental rock (and if you come on a Friday night, you'll find that there are many). Bands nurtured and launched show up here regularly, although their four- or five-gigs-a-week schedule is also bolstered by the names of those passing through. Peyote specialises in grouchier rock, but don't be surprised to find more esoteric offerings ? Dixieland group Billie Not On Holiday were recently billed. If the live bands are not to your taste, there are often DJs entertaining Peyote's clientele of (mostly) disaffected students on the third-floor terrace bar.
? Kameriye Sokak 4, Nevizade, peyote.com.tr

MiniMüzikhol

MiniMüzikhol opened a few years ago and during "the season" (after the summer heat has ended) it serves up Turkish psychedelica in both live and turntable forms. A small venue on Siraselviler, which leads down the hill from the "sloppy burger" joints of Taksim square to the chicer-than-thou cafes of gentrified Cihangir, the venue attracts a crowd and acts who all seem to know each other, sometimes giving the impression that you have crashed someone's front room. Nevertheless, its impeccably curated gigs feature visiting DJs and an impressive range of musicians, often smashed together from different bands in impromptu MiniMüzikhol side-projects.
? So?anc? Sokak 7, Cihangir, minimuzikhol.com

Harbiye Amphitheatre

Near to the defence ministry, after which the district and the venue are named, Harbiye's enormous concrete amphitheatre has been a crucial part of the annual Istanbul Jazz festival for many years. It has hosted foreign names from Björk to Bryan Ferry via Buena Vista Social Club, and in recent years its programme has filled out across the milder months, with Turkish pop heavyweights such as Sertab Erener (she of Eurovision 2003 glory) and the heartthrob Tarkan on the roster. It's easy to spot regulars ? they're the ones who've remembered to bring a cushion.
? Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu, Ta?ki?la Caddesi. Website


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Cord Phelps' effort can't prevent loss for Columbus Clippers: Minor League Report

The Class AA Akron Aeros and Class A Lake County Captains also lose, but the Class A Kinston Indians get a victory over the Potomac Nationals.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Red Sox 5, Clippers 2 SS Cord Phelps (.301) doubled twice, singled and knocked in a run, but Columbus lost an International League game in Pawtucket, R.I. Clippers RH Jeanmar Gomez (10-6, 2.46 ERA) allowed five runs -- two earned -- in seven innings. CF Tim Fedroff (.268), DH Nick Johnson (.211) and 2B Argenis Reyes (.300) each had two hits for Columbus. Johnson knocked in the other run.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Pawtucket, 3B Jared Goedert (.257) was 22-for-55 (.400) with four home runs in his last 18 games....OF Chad Huffman (.247) was looking to start another streak, after having his 25-game on-base streak snapped on Tuesday and his 13-game hitting streak ended on Monday. Huffman was 23-of-43 (.535) with nine doubles, one triple, two home runs and 12 RBI during the hitting streak....OF Jeread Head (.285) was 19-for-60 (.317) with seven homers and 17 RBI in his last 14 games....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (4-2, four saves, 3.32) was 2-1 with two saves and a 1.69 ERA in his last 14 games, striking out 26 and walking four in 21 1/3 innings....RH reliever Chen Lee (3-0, 1.08) had struck out 36, walked seven and allowed 17 hits in 25 innings with the Clippers. Lee was a combined 5-1 with a 1.95 ERA for Columbus and Akron this season, fanning 92 and walking 18 in 64 2/3 innings, while holding hitters to a .197 batting average, including just two home runs....RH Corey Kluber (7-8, 5.61) is third in the International League with 126 strikeouts (in 134 2/3 innings) after his gem on Tuesday night, when he pitched 6 2/3 hitless, scoreless innings and struck out 11, with five walks, to get the win as the Clippers defeated Pawtucket, 5-2.

AA Akron Aeros

Senators 5, Aeros 3 SS Juan Diaz (.253), 1B Raul Padron (.243) and RF Ben Copeland (.276) homered, but host Akron lost to Harrisburg, Pa. LH T.J. McFarland (9-7, 3.87) gave up four runs in six innings.

Notes: Going into his start in Wednesday night’s game against Harrisburg, LH T.J. McFarland was 9-6 with a 3.75 ERA overall, but in his last 10 starts, had been 7-1 with a 2.31 ERA. During that stretch, McFarland had not allowed a home run in 62 1/3 innings, holding batters to a .233 average while striking out 50 and walking 19....LH reliever Eric Berger (2-0, 2.53) had pitched 17 1/3 scoreless innings n his last nine games, fanning 20, walking four and giving up nine hits....RH reliever Adam Miller (1-3, one save, 5.85), a former first-round Indians’ draft pick attempting a comeback after missing nearly three seasons with finger surgeries, had pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his last three games, striking out two while giving up three hits and two walks....RH Austin Adams (9-9, 4.00) is 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA in his last seven starts....Going into Wednesday night’s game, 3B Kyle Bellows (.234) was 9-for-27 (.333) with one homer and one double in his last eight games....OF Ben Copeland (.269) was 10-for-34 (.294) with two homers and two doubles in his last nine games.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 2, Nationals 1 LH Francisco Jimenez (3.51) allowed one run in 4 innings, and RH Nickolas Sarianides (3.18) got the win with three innings of scoreless relief as host Kinston topped Potomac, Va., in Carolina League play. RH Preston Guilmet (1.73) retired the four batters he faced for his 32nd save.

Notes: OF Anthony Gallas, from Strongsville High School and Kent State, was placed on the Kinston disabled list on Monday. The right-handed hitter has not played since being hit on the hand by a pitch on July 31. Gallas started the season at Lake County, where he hit .314 in 207 at bats. At the time of his promotion to Kinston, Gallas was leading the Midwest League with 24 doubles. He also hit six home runs and had 21 RBI for the Captains. With Kinston, Gallas is hitting .203 in 128 at bats, with 10 doubles, two homers and 21 RBI. Before going 0-for-5 in his last two games, Gallas was 10-for-29 (.345) with six doubles and eight RBI in his previous eight games....Going into Wednesday night’s game against Potomac, OF Tyler Holt (.259) was 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles, five runs, four walks and four stolen bases in his last four games. He was second in the Carolina League with 69 walks and third with 30 stolen bases (in 35 attempts)....OF Jordan Casas (.288) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 11-for-39 (.282) with one triple, four RBI and four runs....3B Adam Abraham (.249) was 12-for-39 (.308) with three doubles, seven RBI, six runs and seven walks in his last 10 games....RH reliever Toru Murata (1-2, two saves, 2.27) has not allowed a run in his last 17 2/3 innings. Overall, in 35 2/3 innings, he has struck out 47, walked nine and held batters to a .179 average and one home run....RH reliever Preston Guilmet (1-1, 1.78) was second in the league with 31 saves. In 50 2/3 innings, he had struck out 52, walked nine and held hitters to a .205 batting average....RH Clayton Cook (8-8, 3.86) is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last three starts, fanning 16 in 18 innings....LH Francisco Jimenez (3-2, 3.66) has allowed one run — unearned — on seven hits in his last 10 2/3 innings, with 16 strikeouts and seven walks. Jimenez has made starts in his last two games, after pitching in relief in 19 of his previous 20 games.

A Lake County Captains

Silver Hawks 6, Captains 5 Raywilly Gomez singled home Niko Gallego with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead South Bend, Ind., over Lake County. It was the ninth walk-off loss for the Captains this year. SS Ronny Rodriguez (.249) doubled, singled and drove in a run for Lake County.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at South Bend (Ind.), the Captains had lost 12 of their last 15 games. They had scored 1.87 runs per game....RH reliever Cody Allen had two of the wins. He was 2-0 in three appearances with the Captains, pitching eight scoreless innings, while striking out 12 and giving up three walks and seven hits. Allen was promoted from Mahoning Valley, where he was 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 14 games, fanning 42 and walking nine in 33 2/3 innings, while holding batters to a .183 average and one home run....Going into Wenesday night’s game, IF Ronny Rodriguez (.247) was 7-for-22 (.318) with four doubles, one triple and three stolen bases in his last six games....IF Nick Bartolone (.220) was 7-for-23 (.304) with one double in his last seven games....3B Giovanny Urshela (.242) was 9-for-31 (.290) with two doubles in his last nine games.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers 5, Lake Monsters 1 RF Bryson Myles (.290) had a two-run single, and SS Tony Wolters (.302) and CF Cody Elliott (.244) each drove in a run as Mahoning Valley topped host Vermont.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Vermont, catcher Alex Lavisky — a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward High School graduate who was drafted in the eighth round by the Indians that June — was 5-for-18 (.278) with three doubles and four RBI in his last five games. Lavisky is hitting .204 in 196 at bats for the Scrappers, with 13 doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI. He began the season with the Lake County Captains, hitting .207 in 184 at bats with 10 doubles, eight homers and 24 RBI....2B Todd Hankins (.271) was 10-for-34 (.294) with four doubles, one triple, nine RBI and eight runs in his last 10 games....SS Tony Wolters (.305) was 9-for-29 (.310) with one double and three stolen bases in his last seven games....Catcher Jake Lowery (.254) was 7-for-26 (.269) with four doubles, eight walks, five RBI and five runs in his last eight games, and was second in the New York-Penn League with 37 walks....RH reliever Enosil Tejeda (2-2, nine saves, 3.67) had struck out 47 and walked 14 in 27 innings, holding batters to a .190 average and no home runs....RH Joseph Colon (4-2, 3.32) was 4-0 with a 2.41 ERA in his last eight games (seven starts), fanning 30, walking 12 and allowing 31 hits in 41 innings.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Beach Bums 5, Crushers 4 (11) Travis Risser (2-5) took the loss as Lake Erie lost in 11 innings in Traverse City, Mich.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Traverse City (Mich.), IF Andrew Davis (.338) was hitting .433 (67-for-157) in his last 39 games, with 16 doubles, three triples, five homers and 38 RBI. He was also on a 10-game hitting streak, going 20-for-39 (.513) with four doubles, two homers and 13 RBI....IF Jason Taylor (.290) was 17-for-36 (.472) with six doubles, one triple, three homers, 11 RBI, 10 runs and five stolen bases in five attempts in his last 11 games....RH reliever Chris Allen (1-2, two saves, 1.57) had pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings in his last six games, with seven strikeouts.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/minor_league_notes_trends_for_1.html

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