Sports by the numbers: 4/12/11
A. Isaac 
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In a rather sad tale of fandom gone too far, a San Francisco Giants fan was beaten up at Dodger Stadium last week. Since then, the community has rallied around the man who suffered brain damage and now almost $200k has been raised in his behalf. Dodgers great Tommy Lasorda got in on the action writing a $5,000 check himself. “I shed a lot of tears. He didn’t deserve it, he was a nice young man,” Lasorda said later in a phone interview. “This guy is in a coma in the hospital — I mean come on, over a baseball game?
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Outside of the Boston Red Sox abysmal start to the MLB season, the biggest surprise thus far has been the play of the Cleveland Indians. They are as hot a team as there is in baseball riding an 8-game winning streak. It’s their longest such streak since August of 2008. Manager Manny Acta seems to be pulling the right strings at the right times including a squeeze play last week against the aforementioned Red Sox to win 1-0. No idea how long they can keep it up but for the people in Cleveland, at the very least, they have something to cheer about sports wise.
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After an up and down season that saw them start off poorly and finish strong, the Miami Heat have secured the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. During the summer, most had chalked up the team to 65 wins, and a #1 seed overall but their lack of a big man and team chemistry hurt them early on. Nevertheless, they were still able to win 57 games (one game left) and are a real threat for ECF title. Standing in their way in the semi-finals will be the Boston Celtics who have quickly become bitter rivals of the team from South Beach.
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Ten people have been indicted in a gambling ring including two University of San Diego basketball personnel. The allegations include possible point shaving and taking bribes. The two involved are no longer at the school, Thaddeus Brown, an assistant coach at the school in the 2006-07 season; and Brandon Dowdy, who played at San Diego in the 2006-07 season and at the University of California, Riverside, from 2008 to 2010.
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