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CLEVELAND -- Mike Napolis close encounter with the Progressive Field scoreboard Friday night impressed just about everyone who saw it.Except for Napoli, it would seem.The homer, a two-run blast, came in the third inning and landed near the top of the bleachers, a few feet below the scoreboard.To be honest you dont really feel it off the bat, he said of his 462-foot blast, one of five Cleveland home runs in a 10-2 rout over the New York Yankees. I dont know. I cant really explain it. I swing hard.While Napoli shrugged it off, the reaction among his teammates was far more animated. Several players in the dugout pointed to where the ball landed and shook their heads in disbelief.Oh my gosh, we havent seen a batting practice one go there, said Jason Kipnis, who homered twice. That was fun one to watch.Wow, I dont know how you hit a ball that far, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Mark McGwire, playing for Oakland, is the only player to hit the scoreboard in the ballparks 22-year history on April 30, 1997. Jim Thome hit the longest home run, traveling 511 feet, on July 3, 1999.Carlos Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall also hit home runs, giving Cleveland a season-high five in one game.All-Star Corey Kluber (9-8) allowed one run -- Brian McCanns solo homer -- in eight innings. Kluber gave up five hits, struck out eight and didnt walk a batter.Rookie Chad Green (1-2) allowed all four homers and was charged with seven runs in 4 1/3 innings.The AL-Central leading Indians bounced back from Thursdays 5-4 loss that ended when a replay review overturned a call that would have loaded the bases with two outs.Cleveland left no doubt about Fridays game.Santana and Kipnis started the first with home runs, coming on Greens first eight pitches. Chisenhall added a two-run homer.Two doesnt mean youve got the game won but it sure sets the tone, Francona said. It was nice to spread it out.Napolis fifth-inning single gave him three RBI while Kipnis homered again in the seventh.Kluber, added to the AL All-Star team Thursday, bounced back from a rocky start against Toronto on Sunday when he allowed five runs in 3 1/3 innings.To go out there and get four runs in the first inning is a nice cushion but they poured it on and didnt really stop, he said.Man, hes good, New York first baseman Mark Teixeira said. Hes a Cy Young for a reason. Hes an All-Star for a reason, just carving us up.Manager Joe Girardi said Teixeira, who left in the sixth inning, wont play Saturday in order to rest his troublesome right knee.McCann homered in the sixth and had both RBI for the Yankees, who are 3-5 on a 10-game trip going into the All-Star break.Carlos Beltran, still nursing a sore hamstring, was 1 for 4 as the designated hitter while Alex Rodriguez didnt play for the third straight game.HOT TICKETThe crowd of 34,045 was the Indians third sellout and second of their seven-game homestand. The team is expecting near-sellouts Saturday and Sunday.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: OF Michael Brantley (sore right shoulder) took batting practice for the second straight day and could begin a minor league rehab assignment during the All-Star break.UP NEXTYankees: LHP CC Sabathia, who faces the Indians on Saturday, has struggled in his last three starts, allowing 17 runs, including four homers, in 17 1/3 innings. 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Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday.LONDON -- The English Football Association is due to vote this week to introduce minimum five-game bans for racial abuse. The sanction will rise if there are aggravating circumstances, people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press about the proposal, which is in response to concerns about a resurgence of racism in the English game. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details ahead of the vote at the FA annual general meeting on Thursday. FA chairman David Bernstein confirmed last week that the organization is preparing to present new anti-racism measures, while stating it wouldnt back UEFA proposals for a 10-game minimum ban for racist abuse. "We dont have to follow UEFA," Bernstein said. "Ours is a very detailed and thought-out proposal. It is not likely to be exactly in line with UEFAs. "Ours will have a minimum, but it will have a clear acceleration from that minimum. We may well yet go beyond the 10 (ultimately)." The FA leadership has been under pressure to introduce tougher annd clearer sanctions.ddddddddddddIn the past two years, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Chelsea captain John Terry have been banned for racial abuse. Suarez was suspended for eight games, while Terry received half that punishment. The minimum ban will apply to people found guilty by the FA of any form of discrimination. But anti-racism campaigners believe the FA should fall into line with UEFAs plans. At its congress in London next week, European footballs governing body will be asking its 53 members to adopt the 10-game suspension. Herman Ouseley, chairman of English football anti-racism group Kick It Out, is calling for stronger deterrents. "If UEFA are prepared to go with 10 -- lets go with 10 (in England)," Ouseley told the AP. "We will look stupid if UEFA go with 10 and we go with 5. "It will not add any credibility to the FAs stance it has zero tolerance on this matter. I think its very important they build credibility and send out a very confident message that will make people feel they can complain and something will be done." ' ' '