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Estland

Ambassadeur weg na homohaat

den haag - De Nederlandse ambassadeur in Estland, Hans Glaubitz, verlaat dat land.

Zijn partner, een zwarte Cubaan, is slachtoffer van homohaat en racisme.

Lees verder in Trouw


FritZ heeft hier weinig van gemerkt tijdens zijn weekje Estland.

Mariners vs Twins : 4 - 2

Felix Hernandez's answer needed no translation. Does he feel like he's back to being the hard-throwing phenom everyone expected? "Si," Hernandez said emphatically. The Seattle Mariners' 20-year-old right-hander won for the third time in four starts Tuesday night, outlasting Minnesota's own young pitching star, Francisco Liriano, in a 4-2 win over the Twins. Hernandez allowed one run and scattered six hits over seven innings. He overpowered some batters with his 97 mph fastball, buckled knees with his breaking pitches and, most importantly, kept Seattle in the game by pitching out of tough situations early. Hernandez (5-6) struck out five and threw 60 of his 100 pitches for strikes, and in the process handed the 22-year-old Liriano his first loss of the season. Hernandez also got some payback for a 3-1 loss to Liriano on May 26. Hernandez won consecutive starts for the first time this season and Seattle snapped a four-game losing streak to the Twins.

Seattle Mariners' Willie Bloomquist scores in the sixth inning of an MLB baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Seattle.

This season, Hernandez has struggled with giving up runs early -- he's allowed first-inning runs in six of his 11 starts -- before settling into a groove. On Tuesday, Hernandez battled through the first, getting a two-out groundout from Justin Morneau with the bases loaded. In the third, Hernandez got a weak groundout from Torii Hunter and a strikeout of Michael Cuddyer to end the inning after allowing one-out hits to Jason Kubel and Joe Mauer. Minnesota's only run off Hernandez came in the fifth, when Kubel lined a two-out single to left, and Mauer followed with a slicing fly down the left-field line. Left fielder Raul Ibanez was playing Mauer in the left-center gap and could not run down the ball, allowing Kubel to score from first.

Seattle scratched out a pair of runs off Liriano (4-1) in the fourth, just the second and third runs he has allowed since moving into the Twins' rotation on May 19. The Mariners added another in the sixth before Liriano was lifted. Liriano gave up seven hits and struck out three in six innings. Ichiro Suzuki had four hits and Mike Morse drove in a pair of runs for the Mariners. Kubel led off the eighth with a homer off Seattle reliever Eddie Guardado, who received a cascade of boos after giving up the 404-foot shot to right field. Seattle used four pitchers in the inning, but J.J. Putz got the final out of the eighth, stranding two runners, and pitched the ninth for his ninth save.

Kubel had three hits and Mauer was 4-for-4 with two doubles. He is hitting .492 over his last 15 games. Kenji Johjima led off the fourth with a single to center and scored easily on Morse's one-out double off the top of the wall in center, missing a home run by about two feet. Liriano briefly lost focus and it cost him a run. He threw a wild pitch on his first delivery to Yuniesky Betancourt, allowing Morse to move to third. Betancourt grounded to third for the second out, but Suzuki hit a chopper that Liriano jumped for, but it bounced off his bare hand. Suzuki was safe on the infield single and Morse scored for a 2-0 lead. Seattle added a run in the sixth, when Willie Bloomquist neatly slid around Mauer's tag after Morse grounded sharply to third baseman Tony Batista. Reliever Matt Guerrier allowed an RBI double to Ibanez in the seventh.

Voetbalplaatje 6 juni

Ronaldinho - Middenvelder - Brazilie
Tijdens de oefenwedstrijd tegen Nieuw Zeeland

Mariners vs Royals : 4 - 1

After coming down with a bad case of the flu, Raul Ibanez still felt a little weak Monday. So the veteran changed his approach, much to the Seattle Mariners' benefit. Ibanez had three hits, including a two-run single, and Gil Meche allowed one run and four hits in seven innings to lift Seattle to a 4-1 win over Kansas City. Jose Lopez added a pair of doubles, and his two-out shot off the wall in left in the eighth inning scored Yuniesky Bentancourt to give Seattle a 3-1 lead. Richie Sexson followed with a single to score Lopez.

Seattle Mariners second baseman Jose Lopez (4) reaches to tag out Kansas City Royals' David DeJesus as DeJesus attempts to steal second in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 5, 2006, in Seattle.

Meanwhile, Meche broke a two-game losing streak and denied the lowly Royals a chance to finish their longest road trip of the season at .500. Kansas City went 4-6 on its 10-game trip, after winning two of its first 20 road games this season. Seattle took three of four in the series. In seven of his last nine starts, Meche (5-4) has allowed three earned runs or less. He struck out six and walked two. J.J. Putz pitched the ninth for his eighth save in nine attempts.

While Meche was solid, Seattle's best pitching came from reliever Rafael Soriano in the eighth. Lefty George Sherrill took over for Meche to start the inning, but walked David DeJesus. Soriano entered and struck out Tony Graffanino, Doug Mientkiewicz and Reggie Sanders on 13 pitches. Soriano sprinted off the field, leaping over the first-base line. Kansas City starter Mike Wood (3-1) joined the rotation after the Royals' moved struggling right-hander Denny Bautista to the bullpen over the weekend. Making his second start of the season, Wood looked the part of a seasoned starter, scattering four hits through five innings and allowed only one base runner past first. Ibanez was stranded at third in the second inning.

Seattle finally got to Wood in the sixth and knocked the righty from the game. Ichiro Suzuki doubled on the first pitch of the inning. He was thrown out at third trying to advance on Adrian Beltre's grounder to short, but Lopez followed with a double to left, and Bell pulled Wood. Lefty Jimmy Gobble entered to face the left-handed Ibanez. Gobble fell behind 3-1 before Ibanez grounded a single to center scoring Beltre and Lopez. Left-handers had been hitting .176 against Gobble. The Royals put together a brief rally in the seventh, with consecutive singles by Matt Stairs and Shane Costa. Stairs scored on Mark Teahen's groundout to second -- a sliding stop by Lopez -- and Meche got out of the inning with a pop out by Angel Berroa and a strikeout of John Buck. Despite the loss, the Royals believe the road trip overall was a positive step.

Mariners vs Royals : 4 - 9 (zondag)

Reggie Sanders opted for a cold bath after leading the Kansas City Royals over the Seattle Mariners 9-4 Sunday. The 38-year-old outfielder needs some help to recover after big games now. Sanders drove in a season-high three runs and the Royals snapped a nine-game losing streak at Safeco Field. He also stole third and scored on a throwing error as the Royals (14-40) won by their second-highest margin of the season. Kansas City, which won its first road day game this year, had 15 hits -- one more than it had in its previous three games combined when it scored a total of one run and lost three times. Sanders hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning to drive in Tony Graffanino for a 3-2 lead. Ichiro Suzuki hauled in Sanders' flyball on the warning track in right field. It was the second time in the series that Sanders had come close to becoming the fifth major league player with 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases.

Seattle Mariners center fielder Willie Bloomquist makes a diving catch for an out of a ball hit by Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen during the seventh inning of their baseball game in Seattle Sunday, June 4, 2006. The Royals won 9-4.

Seattle tied it in the bottom of the third on Adrian Beltre's two-out double and Richie Sexson's RBI single. But Kansas City took the lead for good in the fourth on Angel Berroa's double and John Buck's two-run homer off erratic Jarrod Washburn (3-7). Catcher Kenji Johjima's target on the full-count pitch to Buck was low and away. Washburn's 94 mph fastball was high and down the middle. In the fifth, Sanders hit a one-out single and advanced to second when Washburn walked Emil Brown, who homered in the second. Sanders then stole third and scored when Johjima's throw sailed into left field. Mark Teahen singled in Brown to make it 7-3. Sanders added a two-run single in the sixth to increase the Kansas City lead to six. His previous high for a game this season was two RBIs, accomplished on six different occasions.

Former general manager Allard Baird, who was fired last week, signed Sanders out of St. Louis with a $10 million, two-year contract last winter. This is Sanders' eighth team -- and perhaps his toughest challenge at self-motivation. Washburn allowed a season-high seven runs to a team that had scored one run in its previous 28 innings. He yielded eight hits and two walks while striking out five in 4 1-3 innings. The runs were the most Washburn had allowed since May 8, 2005, at Detroit, when he was with the Angels. He counted it as his worst Seattle outing, beyond allowing six runs in five innings against Cleveland on April 11. Washburn has a 4.50 ERA and has won just once since April 26. Not exactly what Seattle was expecting when it signed him to a $37 million, four-year contract.

Kansas City's Mark Redman (1-4) allowed eight hits and four runs in 5 2-3 innings pitching the day before his 69-year-old father, Allen, has life-threatening surgery in San Diego. He walked three and struck out two while pitching for the first time since May 19. He was coming off the bereavement list. Redman had gone 16 starts without a win before Sunday. Elmer Dessens pitched the final 3 1-3 innings for his fourth career save and first in the AL.

Voetbalplaatje 5 juni

Mark van Bommel - Middenvelder - Nederland
Tijdens de oefenwedstrijd tegen Australie

Voetbalplaatje 4 juni

Raul - Aanvaller - Spanje
Tijdens de oefenwedstrijd tegen Egypte

Mariners vs Royals : 12 - 1 (zaterdag)

If Richie Sexson keeps this up, he'll accomplish the goal of hitting his way back into Seattle's cleanup spot. Dropped to the No. 5 spot recently, Sexson hit a pair of two-run homers on Saturday night, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 12-1 rout of Kansas City. It was Sexson's 22nd multi-homer game of his career. Adrian Beltre, who was moved from the No. 5 spot to No. 2, added his first homer of the season at Safeco Field.

The two sluggers, who signed with Seattle for a combined $114 million before the 2005 season, homered in the same game for the first time this year. Both have struggled in their second season with the Mariners -- Beltre entered Saturday hitting .230, Sexson .206 -- and the pair had a combined eight homers and 45 RBIs. Sexson hit a two-run homer into the Seattle bullpen in left-center field to cap a three-run first inning for the Mariners. Beltre served as the catalyst for a four-run third inning, hitting a 1-2 curveball from Seth Etherton (1-1) out to center for a 4-0 Seattle lead. Sexson added a sacrifice fly in the inning, and Kenji Johjima capped the rally with a two-run double just inside the left-field line that knocked Etherton from the game.


Making his second start, Etherton allowed seven runs on just four hits and walked four. Seattle scored four more times in the fourth, capped by Sexson's two-out homer to right off reliever Andrew Sisco. It was the first multihomer game by a Mariner since Sexson hit a pair on Aug. 20, 2005 against Minnesota. Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-4 and finished a home run short of the cycle. Seattle has won seven of nine at home, and improved to 16-15 at home -- the only American League West team with a winning record at home. That was plenty of offense for Seattle starter Joel Pineiro, who pitched seven innings and broke a three-game losing streak. Pineiro (5-5) had not won since beating Cleveland 4-1 on May 6. He allowed seven hits and struck out four.

The Royals had opportunities against Pineiro. At one point in the third- and fourth-innings, six straight Royals' reached base, but only one run scored. The critical play in that stretch was Seattle left-fielder Raul Ibanez throwing out Paul Bako at the plate to end the third. Ibanez cleanly fielded Mark Grudzielanek's single, and his throw was just to the first-base side of home plate. Johjima dove to place the tag on Bako and home plate umpire Jim Reynolds called Bako out, although television replays clearly showed Bako's left hand touching the plate before Johjima's tag. Bako and manager Buddy Bell both argued with Reynolds. The Royals, who were shutout in their previous two games, snapped their scoreless innings streak at 21 when Matt Stairs singled, scoring Doug Mientkiewicz in the fourth.

Bruno weer gezien

En nu in Scharnitz. Zien is één, vinden is twee. Dat lukt nog niet zo snel. Ondanks vele pogingen, loopt Bruno nog steeds lekker in de rondte.

Golden Earring Mijdrecht

Feestje?

JA!

Het was een zeer geslaagde avond, in meerdere opzichten. Het begon met IOS en eindigde met een patatje pinda.

Zondagavond, traditie, speelt de Golden Earring in Mijdrecht en dus hadden we om 8.15 PM CET afgesproken voor de ingang. Der Chef was natuurlijk punktlich op tijd, maar Jaap en Brian waren natuurlijk weer te laat. Kennelijk lukt het Brian zelfs niet om onder begeleiding van een man op tijd te komen ;-)

Gelukkig was het bier wel koud genoeg en begon IOS (vroeger gewoon bekend onder de naam Is Ook Schtterend) om 8.45 PM CET met hun concert. Dat viel niet mee en niet tegen. De band speelt goed, de zanger lijkt op een uiterst vroege reincarnatie van Frank Boeijen gekruist met Henk Vos, en de liedjes vallen volgens ons allemaal in de categorie 13 in een dozijn. Alleen de duiven in de nok van de tent zorgen voor de nodige beroering.

Langzaam stroomt de feesttent verder vol en als om 10.15 PM CET de eerste klanken door de Earring worden ingezet, gaat de tent ook compleet los. De Earring speelt een zeer geslaagde avond met 100% gas erop. Het staat als een huis. Niet alleen de band, maar ook het publiek. De chemie is goed en George klimt naar grote hoogten. Heerlijk concert.

Om middernacht houden de rockers het voor gezien en draait de hele meute zich om voor een onvervalste 'boerenschooldisco'. Op iedere normale disco was de dansvloer na de line up Pater Moeskroen - Nivana leeg geweest, maar hier heeft dit een bijzonder effect op menig bezoekster. Ja, er zijn nogal confronterende foto's gemaakt en ook Vibeke is reuze benieuwd.

Om 2.15 AM CET lag FritZ uiteindelijk weer in zijn bedje.

Pinksteren = Muziek

Morgenavond gaat FritZ samen met Der Chef en Jaap naar het Ajoc festival in Mijdracht om te kijken naar Is Ook Schitterend en, natuurlijk, de Golden Earring. Verder schijnt er nog een festival te lopen in Landgraaf. En het tikt best wel lekker weg met de klanken van Paul Weller op de speakers Met dank aan 3VOOR12.

Gezellig

Ook Elly aan de log.
Welkom!

Filmpje?

FritZ heeft weinig met films, zeg maar gerust bijna niets. Ik kijk zelden films en als het dan wel zo ver is dan blijf ik toch hangen in klassiekers met weinig toegevoegde waarde. James Bond en zo.

Gisterenavond na een bezoek aan de 'coiffeure locale' was het door mij gekozen net (ZDF, Duitsland - Colombia) vakkundig voor Vibeke waggezapt. Er stond een film op; Spy Game bleek later.

Robert Redford as CIA operative Natham Muir and Brad Pitt as his protege Tom Bishop in Universal's Spy Game - 2001

FritZ als filmbarbaar herkende zowaar een acteur: Brad Pitt. De andere hoofdpersoon blijkt Robert Redford te zijn, dat heb ik inmiddels opgezocht. De film boeide mij gelijk en zeer tegen mijn principe in heb ik zelfs de meest irritante filmbreak ooit : Hart van Nederland! overwonnen.

Dit is nou een film waar FritZ wel van houdt. Buiten de lijntjes denken en (natuurlijk met het nodige fortuin, het blijft een film) overal net doorheenglippen. En met goede flashbacks. Goede vrijdagavond.

Patrick Vielvoye nieuwe coach HCAW

Zoals verwacht volgt Patrick Vielvoye in Bussum Maurice DeConge op als hoofdcoach van HCAW.

FritZ voorspelt kansen voor Pioniers om weer in het linkerrijtje te komen.