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Mayor Bloomberg’s bid to end term limits is setting up an epic race for borough president, pitting incumbent Beep Marty Markowitz against powerhouse Councilman Bill DeBlasio. Markowitz has long said he’d seek to retain his Borough Hall perch if term limits are lifted. He’s occupied the office since 2001 and coveted it for his 21 years as a state Senator before that. But this week, DeBlasio, a prolific fundraiser whose $608,200 warchest has made him the front-runner to succeed Markowitz, indicated that he would still run whether the Beep is in the race or not. “There is still an election on Sept. 15, 2009 and [I am] running for Brooklyn borough president,” he said through his spokeswoman Gwen Rocco. DeBlasio did dismiss any discussion of his coming race against Markowitz as “hypothetical at this point” — but then immediately challenged the incumbent to do the right thing during the term-limit debate. “I will fight any change in the term-limit law, but make no mistake — the borough presi
The only scheduled series between the New York-Penn League’s top-two teams will be decided by one key factor according to Mahoning Valley manager Travis Fryman. “The difference between winning and losing comes down to the team making the fewest number of mistakes,” said the former Major Leaguer after watching his Scrappers give away a ninth-inning lead in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the visiting Cyclones in front of 2,548 fans at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio. Down one entering the ninth, Brooklyn appeared on its way to falling two games behind Mahoning Valley for the New York-Penn League’s top mark — a distinction the Cyclones had held for most of the summer. Down to their final two outs after Luis Rivera struck out leading off the final frame, the Baby Bums were also on the verge of seeing their lead in the McNamara Division shaved to two games over second-place Staten Island. But the Scrappers proved unable to avoid the big “mistake.” After whiffing Rivera, Mahoning Valley reliever Guido
