Third Yogi for 2015 goes to the people who helped with the arrest and conviction of Bassel Saad, a weekend soccer player whose punch killed referee John Bieniewicz during a game last summer at a park in Livonia, Michigan. The incident happened as Saad faced ejection. Bieniewicz died two days later. Saad pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum of 15 years in prison, although he'll be eligible for parole after serving a minimum sentence set by the judge. But those who helped serve justice on him are smarter than the average lawmen, for they stand to put one more crook behind bars.
Fourth and final Yogi goes to the Black Caps, who are smarter than the average cricket team, not to mention better at the game than anybody else. Over the last four weeks, they have delivered six consecutive victories, and they round off the group stages of the Cricket World Cup with a three-wicket defeat to Bangladesh, who proved to be quite a challenge, scoring 288 for 7. That makes them the only team not to be all out against the Black Caps, who scored 290 for 7 in their innings despite the odds seeming to be against them (required run rate hovered around 7 or 8 runs per over in the later stages) - it took several late boundaries to save them. Let's hope they keep it up in the knockout stages.
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