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'View' host honors Bronx children's hospital

The View Co-Host Sherri Shepherd was a Guest of Honor and Singer Joan Osborne Performed

On October 19th, 2011, Montefiore Medical Center held its annual gala, Celebrate Montefiore, in honor of the 10-year anniversary of The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). The special evening featured a performance by singer Joan Osborne and a moving tribute by The View's Sherri Shepherd.

Founded just a decade ago, and now one of the most advanced hospitals for children in the nation, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore is consistently ranked among the nation's leading institutions and 2nd in the New York metro area by U.S. News & World Report. It is also ranked in all ten medical specialties - exceeding expectations and making an extraordinary impact in the field.

Through the visionary leadership of its internationally-recognized physicians and scientists, CHAM combines supreme clinical expertise, innovative research and leading-edge technology with an integrated, family-centered approach. As part of a premier academic medical center, CHAM is dedicated to training the next generation of pediatric healthcare professionals and is transforming the future of children's health.

"We are thrilled to join together to celebrate a decade of CHAM, ten years that have exceeded all our expectations," said Steven M. Safyer, MD, President and CEO of Montefiore Medical Center. "Through the recruitment of extraordinary clinical and scientific leaders with a passion for innovation and a commitment to our community, we have built a top-tier children's hospital, bringing the most advanced treatments to the children of our region using a unique family centered approach."

"Our vision was to be able to look at your child and say we were able to take care of him or her, from vaccines to heart and liver transplants," said Philip Ozuah, MD, Professor and University Chairman, Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center and Physician-in-Chief of The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. "That meant we had to build one of the best children's hospitals in the nation.  We've done that through innovative science, cutting edge technology and supreme clinical expertise."

Cops recover arsenal in Manhattan gun buy back

The Manhattan Gun Buy-Back concluded; a total of 139 firearms were surrendered.  Noteworthy firearms included a Tec-9 and a .22 caliber semi-automatic with a silencer.  Since its inception the NYPD/Clergy Gun Buy-Back program has taken over 7,000 firearms off the streets.

A photo of the firearms surrendered at Bethel Gospel Assembly is attached.

A complete breakdown of the firearms that were surrendered today is as follows:

Bethel Gospel Assembly:

·         Revolvers:  41

·         Semi-Automatics: 20

·         Rifles: 1

·         Shotguns: 4

·         Others (BB/Air/Starters): 3

·         Total: 69

St. Joseph of the Holy Family R.C. Church:

·         Revolvers: 41

·         Semi-Automatics: 20

·         Rifles: 3

·         Shotguns: 2

·         Others (BB/Air/Starters): 4

·         Total: 70

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Bronx shows off world’s largest pumpkin

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Bronx, NY- Four winning pumpkins from regional weigh-offs across the United States and Canada, including one that broke the world record for heaviest pumpkin set last year, will be on display for a limited time from through October 30, 2011, at The New York Botanical Garden. The enormous pumpkins each weigh over 1,600 pounds. The largest pumpkin, weighing an astounding 1,818.5 pounds (a new world record), was grown by Jim and Kelsey Bryson from Ormstown in Quebec, Canada.  

The three runners-up are equally impressive. They include: one pumpkin grown by Dave and Carol Stelts from Edinburg, Pennsylvania, weighing 1,807.5 pounds; another grown by Leonardo Urena from Napa, California, weighing 1,704 pounds; and a final regional winner grown by Brant and Eleanor Bordsen from Marysville, California, weighing 1,693 pounds.

Poised to amaze everyone arriving for The Haunted Pumpkin Garden and other autumn attractions at The New York Botanical Garden, this a showcase of champions will be on display through October 30. 

In collaboration with the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC), the recognized standard of weights, measurements, and fairness of competition, the four regional winners of national pumpkin weigh-offs were delivered to the Garden’s Leon Levy Visitor Center, where visitors can marvel at and take pictures with these wonders of nature and of growing technique.

The GPC is the governing body of over 80 official weigh-off sites worldwide, their supporting clubs, and growers. These sponsored sites host hundreds of thousands of visitors to the ever popular annually run festivals and weekend events held each summer and fall. The GPC strives to foster an environmentally friendly approach using basic organic techniques that have shown extreme fruit development can be obtained without harming our surroundings. All the winning growers used the RTI Industries giant pumpkin program to obtain these weights and world records.

The top regional winners―the four largest pumpkins in the world―and the dioramic fall display with the glorious landscape as a backdrop will be a picturesque sight for everyone to behold during their fall visit to The New York Botanical Garden. The giant pumpkins will be turned into works of art by celebrated pumpkin carvers Ray Villafane and Michael Anthony Natiello on the weekends of October 22 and 23, and October 29 and 30, respectively. For more information about The Haunted Pumpkin Garden and the Giant Pumpkin Weekends, visit nybg.org or call (718) 817-8700.

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The Good, The Bad & the Ugly at Comic Con

(Photos by Damien Acevedo)

By Rich Mancuso

Manhattan, NY- Two weeks before Halloween over 100,000 fans of the comic book and entertainment industry gathered at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan for an annual event known as ComicCon. It is not an usual gathering for an annual convention as fans nation and world-wide make this annually and duplicate many of their favorite characters.

“I can’t make the one in San Diego and look for what is new,” commented Jarrett Garrison an 18-year-old high school senior form Bedford Park. He says if you are a fan of Batman, Spiderman, or any other of the other comic favorites, this was the place to be a for three-day pass that cost $65.

Admission to the convention assured fans to explore over 3,000 exhibitors that also included some of the newest trademarks that will hit stores in 2012. There were also the collectible tables and opportunity to purchase the new and the old. Also a VIP pass entitled fans to view screenings of debut television series that included a return of Beavis and Butt-Head and the AMC thriller, “The Walking  Dead.”

Highlighting the convention are fans, thousands who entered and explored the Javits Center dressed as their favorite characters. It does resemble an early Halloween and the hugest costume party in New York City. “I dress like this because it would not be ComCom,” said a fan walking around an area known as Comic Book Alley. She resembled one of the characters in the one of the Star Wars episodes that appeared to be a predominant theme with fans.

Unstoppable Comics highlighted their new Character Guide Book with “Aquamatic” and Bronx Heroes made a debut. Baron Ambrosia who has been writing comic book themes since his childhood, and a regular on Bronxnet, pushed his upcoming show “The Culinary Adventures” that will coming soon to the Cooking Channel. 

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Giradri did his best but not the Yanks

By Rich Mancuso

In the end Yankees manager Joe Girardi did his best. The team did not, in particular the heart of his lineup, Alex Rodriquez and Mark Teixeira combined 5-for-36 in the five game American League Division Series loss to the Detroit Tigers that concluded in the Bronx.

And for the Yankees, now it is time to go home and decisions for GM Brian Cashman to evaluate what has to be done. Because this Yankees team, though overcoming adversity with pitching and injuries, did not have enough to culminate in championship Number 28 and without a championship in October the Yankees season is not an accomplishment.

“I think there was a lot of questions as we exited spring training and I think over time those questions get answered with real legitimate contributors,” said a disappointed Cashman when the Yankees season abruptly ended. “This team got stronger and mentally tougher along the way and showed themselves as a formidable opponent for a world championship.”

But it was not enough for a world championship. Girardai did not expect this to be the outcome. You could see the disappointment as he addressed the media for a final time. It was not the pitching or his moves out of the bullpen after Ivan Nova had to be lifted early. It was the offense, a $200 million team built to win and produce runs as they did during the season which led the American League in wins.

“Our guys played hard,” commented Girardi. 

They did. Robinson Cano, with 9 runs batted in during the series, was not responsible for a Yankees team that left 40 men on base in the five games. Neither was Brett Gardner, or the veteran Jorge Posada who may have played his last game in Yankees pinstripes with five championship rings to his resume. CC Sabathia, who is probably going to opt out of a contract, was not the overpowering starter. And he did not play a role in a game one win that Nova finished because of the rain out last Friday evening.

“Tonight, if we were one at bat better we might win the game,” said Teixeira. 

“This one especially stings,” said Rodriguez. He made the final out of 2011, striking out, as he did so much this season. The Yankees have six more years of Rodriguez, a contract that appears to be money going down the drain. Rodriguez is hurting from knee and other ailments, though he will never admit to this being an impact as to why his numbers were not similar to the at bats he had in the last championship of 2009.

In the meantime, Girardi managed like it was the last game. He utilized every member of the pen, with the exception of Mariano Rivera, the other member of that Core Four who threw eight pitches in the five games, fewest in his 32 post season games. “That’s baseball,” said Rivera, as he is accustomed to saying in a quiet Yankees clubhouse. 

Rivera will return next season. So will Curtis Granderson who had an MVP type season. Nick Swisher may be the other man out for 2012, with an option that may not be picked up. So Cashman does have work to do. And it means possibly looking for an ace on the mound, if Sabathia does not decide to stay. And even if he does like New York, Sabathia will be looking for more money and another team, maybe the Angels who can pay him.

Said Girardi, “Obviously this is a terrible day for us, but some days you just get beat.” 

It is an aging roster and Girardi did his best. And for the second time since 2007, in the old stadium and the new one, the Tigers Miguel Cabrera was on the field in the Bronx celebrating as his team eliminated the Yankees. The last time was 2007, when as a member of the Marlins’, Cabrera won a World Series in a deciding game.

Yes, this will be an interesting off season for Cashman and the Yankees. In the old days, the late George Steinbrenner would be speaking. Speculation about managerial and coaching changes would be talked about the next day. But not this time, because this was not the fault of Girardi or the coaching staff.

It is a Yankees roster that needs to be evaluated, especially Rodriguez and his .118 average in the series that got booed when he made the final out.  

WTF A-ROD? Stunned fans angry at strike out that ended the season

(Photos by Gary Quintal)

By Howard Goldin

At 11:41 pm on October 6, 2011, Alez Rodriguez struck out to end the fifth game of the American League Division Series and the 2011 season of the New York Yankees. The 3-2 loss to Detroit was a disappointing conclusion to the Yankee season for the organization and to the largest crowd in the current Yankee Stadium, 50,960, who attended the game.

Rookie starter Ivan Nova surrendered two home runs on consecutive pitches to Don Kelly and Delmon Young in the first frame. Detroit had never produced back-to-back homers in post-season games previously. Young’s homer was his third in the five games against the Yanks.

Kelly’s unexpected four-bagger was especially pleasing to Detroit’s veteran skipper, Jim Leyland. The manager had decided to put the journeyman into the starting lineup before the final contest with the Yankees. Kelly had only hit eight homers in 288 regular season big league games.

Before the game Leyland told reporters, “He deserves to be in there tonight…Here’s a guy that’s the 25^th guy on the team, I guess, but I wouldn’t rather have another 25^th guy. It’s kind of a nice story. Good for Don Kelly.” 

After the game, Leyland, obviously, continued in the same vein, “I’m real proud of him. To happen [home run] to a guy like this is real special.”

Nova was removed after two innings because of tightness in his right forearm. The Yankees relief corps, Phil Hughes, Boone Logan, CC Sabathia, his first relief appearance in the majors, Rafael Soriano, David Robertson and Mariano Rivera, gave up only one run and five hits in seven innings.

The final Detroit run came in the fifth off Sabathia. Austin Jackson, a former Yankees farmhand, doubled to lead off the inning. He scored on a single by Victor Martinez. That additional run was sufficient to garner the victory.

The first run of the game came with two out in the fifth on a Robinson Cano home run. The homer was Cano’s eighth in postseason play.

In the previous inning, the Yanks loaded the bases with one out, but Russell Martin popped to first and Brett Gardner popped foul to third. No runs scored.

In the seventh, singles by Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderman and Robinson Cano again loaded the bases with one out. A-Rod, the next batter, struck out. Mark Teixeira earned a walk to score the second Yankee run, but Nick Swisher struck out to end the inning with the bases filled.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi, after the game, gave credit to Detroit’s pitching, “They made big pitches when they had to.” He also spoke of the closeness of the contest, “A hit here, a hit there and it would have been a different series.”

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Helicopter rescue

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Police officers made a dramatic rescue during Tuesday’s dramatic helicopter crash. NYPD Emergency Service Officers rescued one of the surviving passengers, a woman they found unconscious on the water surface moments before the helicopter sank in forty feet of water. Four of the Officers in the water, who were first on the scene, were part of a counterterrorism Hercules team, who shed their heavy weapons vests and Kevlar helmets and dove into the East River moments after the helicopter crashed.

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Detroit Tops Yanks, 5-3 to Even ALDS

(Photos by Gary Quintal)

By Howard Goldin

The ALDS is tied one game each as Detroit topped the Yanks, 5-3 in game two on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

The Tigers reached the scoreboard first with two runs in the top of the first frame. Magglio Ordonez singled and was driven in by Miguel Cabrera’s homer to right. Anyone familiar with the Detroit batting statistics against Yankees starter Freddy Garcia would not have been surprised by that inning’s events.

Ordonez had a .320 batting average (16 for 50) against Garcia and Cabrera was batting a strong .391 (9 for 23 with three homers). Both concluded the contest with three hits and identical ALDS batting marks of .429. Interestingly, Ordonez, Cabrera and Garcia are natives of Venezuela.

The next runs in the game were scored in the Detroit sixth. An error by Derek Jeter followed by singles by Ordonez, Cabrera and Victor Martinez, also a native of Venezuela led to two additional runs. Detroit scored its final run in the ninth.

The Yanks did not get their first base hit off Detroit starter Max Scherzer until one out in the sixth. Robinson Cano dropped a single in front of the left fielder. Scherzer was lifted in the seventh after walking Nick Swisher and giving up a single to Jorge Posada. Reliever Joaquin Benoit retired the next three batters, two by strikeout, to prevent a run from scoring.

Both managers were quite impressed by the mound performance of the 27-year-old Detroit right hander. Yankee manager Joe Girardi commented, “Scherzer was really stingy. He had great movement on his fastball and on his change-up.” Detroit’s experienced skipper Jim Leyland enthused, “he was terrific against a great lineup. He was locked in; he was determined.”

Scherzer explained his pre-game feelings as well as his ability to adjust during the contest, “I had confidence that I would pitch well today. I was actually able to come out very clam.”

Scherzer walked two batters and threw 27 pitches in the first. He told reporters that his normal working manner was more amped than the way he began the game. Thus, he needed to make changes, “I picked up my tempo and started to execute my fastball. I made the adjustment from a mental level.”

The starter was asked if he was aware he was throwing a no-hitter and if it adversely affected him, He replied, “I was aware of it. There was no pressure to keep it going.”

Statistics mavens were not surprised that Scherzer easily handled the Yanks. The win he earned raised his won/loss mark against New York to 4-0 in four starts. He has given up six earned runs in 25 innings for an ERA of 2.40.

The Yanks used power to score one run in the eighth and two in the ninth. Curtis Granderson led off the eighth with a solo homer.

Nick Swisher hit the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth into the right field stands to score the second Yankees run. Jorge Posada, the next batter, tripled deep to left. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Andruw Jones.

The two teams travel to Detroit as the series continues at Comerica Park on Monday night and Tuesday. If the series is tied at two games each, the fifth and final game will be played at Yankee Stadium on Thursday.

Rain on our Parade! Mother Nature, Tigers batter Yanks to even series

(Photos by Gary Quintal)

A Yankee ninth-inning rally fell short in Game 2 in a 5-3 heartbreak. The Tigers evened the series.

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GRAND CANO! Nova shines as Robinson batters Tigers

(Photos by Gary Quintal)

By Howard Goldin

The threat of rain on Saturday night never materialized and the suspended first game of the ALDS was played to conclusion without interruption. The largest crowd in the history of the current Yankee Stadium, 50,940, saw the Yanks defeat Detroit. 9-3, to take a 1-0 lead in the ALDS.

Both relievers, Ivan Nova and Doug Fister, kept runs off the board in innings 2, 3 and 4.

Nova gave up hits in the fifth but a great relay throw from Derek Jeter to Russell Martin cut down Alex Avila at the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Jeter described the play, “It was a good throw. In that situation, you’re just trying to get rid of it.”

The bottom of the frame was the beginning of the end for Fister and the Tigers. A two-out single by Curtis Granderson and a double off the wall by Robinson Cano scored the first Yankees run on Saturday.

Three hits and two walks drove Fister from the game. He left with two out and the bases loaded. Cano, the first batter to face reliever Al Albuqerque blasted a homer into the right field seats. The grand slam home run by Cano was the first one by a Yankee since Ricky Lede in the 1999 ALCS. The Yanks took an 8-1 advantage,

The final Yankee run was also driven in by Cano in the eighth. He doubled to drive Jeter, who singled, across the plate. Cano became the eighth major leaguer and the second Yankee to knock in six or more runs in a Division Series contest. 

After the game, Yankee manager Joe Girardi said of the 28-year-old second baseman, “It’s a kid that has grown and blossomed into quite a player.”

Nova, in 6.1 innings of relief, earned the win. The victory was his 13^th straight this season. Girardi spoke of his young hurler’s performance, “I don’t think he had his best stuff today, and he still found a way to get outs. I loved what he did today.”

The young pitcher from the Dominican Republic was both excited and calm about the situation, “I was so excited, my first postseason. I could not believe it. It’s the same game, a little more pressure, of course, but it looked the same to me.”

Freddy Garcia and Max Scherzer are scheduled to start Game Two on Sunday afternoon.

First game starters Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia are expected to start Game Three in Detroit on Monday night.

WASHOUT! Yanks try to catch Tigers by the tail today

(Photos by Gary Quintal)

By Howard Goldin

Six months minus one day after Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia hooked up in the opening contest of the 2011 season the two aces again met in the opening game of the 2011 American League Division Series on Friday night. Unlike Opening Day, this game did not come to a conclusion that day.

After 30 minutes of action, heavy rains descended upon the Bronx. The game was halted at 9:07 p.m.. At 10:24, an announcement was made that Major League Baseball that the game would be suspended until Saturday night at 8:37 p.m. The rainout was the 10^th for the Yanks in 2011, a major league high.

Each team scored a single run in the first inning. After fanning the first two Detroit batters, surrendered a homer to left fielder Delmon Young. The 26-year-old outfielder obtained the only base hit of the game’s first two innings. Sabathia struck out two batters in each frame.

Verlander’s wildness allowed the Yanks to tie the game in the bottom of the first. The first Yankees batter, Derek Jeter, alertly successfully reached first base on a wild pitch after striking out. Curtis Granderson walked. The two runners moved up to second and third on a groundout by Robinson Cano. A ground ball to third by A-Rod drove in the Yankees run.

Neither starter will be involved in the decision as each manager decided to use his scheduled second game starter, Ivan Nova for the Yanks and Doug Fister for the Tigers, to relieve on Saturday night in the resumption of game one.

The scheduled starting pitching must now be reconfigured as the teams will be playing four games in four days. Sunday’s travel day has been eliminated, so the series can end by Thursday at the latest. The possibility for rain on Saturday and Sunday still exists.