What a difference home field was for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last week. . After dropping four straight games on the road, the Bombers finally got back in front of a wildly enthusiastic home crowd and fed off the energy to register their first win. Some may say they were a little fortunate but, as the old saying goes, at the end of the year they dont ask how, just how many. And for the Bombers, last week was number one. It was a close game that went right down to the wire where the key play was, fittingly, created by pure hustle and adrenalin: defensive tackle Jake Thomas forcing a Steven Jyles fumble to seal the win. That type of play was fitting because this was a different Bomber team playing in front of the home crowd than the one Winnipeg football fans watched on TV the first four weeks, especially on defence. The energy in the old Canad Inns Stadium was electric and the Bomber defenders fed off that energy and were flying around. Case in point: according the official stats, Jonathan Hefney may have only registered four tackles, but he was all over the field and as animated as he has been all year. It looked as close to that aggressive, "in your face," Bomber defence from 2011 as we have seen all year, and that is why it shouldnt have been a surprise that the game-winning play was made on sheer adrenalin and hustle. It was also a great reminder of how important home field advantage can be. I know that the visiting team won three out of four games last week, but when the fans are as loud and as intense as they were in Winnipeg, they can make it very difficult on the visitors, and in a small way actually influence the outcome of a game. You never know if that one procedure call that the oppositions offence takes because they cant handle the crowd noise is going to be the play that makes the difference. Also this week, the CFL head office was forced to look at a couple of more questionable plays and decide whether or not supplemental discipline will be required. As of the writing of this article the league had not ruled on two questionable hits from Week 5. One was in the Toronto/Montreal game when Chris Van Zeyl went low on JP Bekasiak and sent him to the sideline with a knee injury, and the other was a late hit by the Lions Anthony Reddick on quarterback Kevin Glenn after Glenn had handed the ball off and was looking the other way in the Calgary/BC game. One week ago the league handed down a two-game suspension to the Lions Khalif Mitchell when he tried to pull the arm out of the socket of Eskimos offensive lineman Simeon Rottier, a ruling that he immediately appealed and is still pending. Rather than weigh in on whether these hits/plays were dirty or not, it may be time to open the discussion as to whether or not the current system that is in place with regards to supplemental discipline is working. Currently, if a player crosses the line, the league gathers all the information, talks to all the principles, and hands down its ruling. If a suspension is involved, inevitably the player will appeal which is his right, and the ruling goes to a court judge for arbitration. That seems fairly straight forward except for the fact that the player that has been hit and is possibly injured, like in the case of Rottier, isnt really part of the process. It makes sense that if a player is being disciplined by the league, the association gets involved to make sure said player is being treated fairly. However, when the discipline is due to a late or dangerous hit on another player than the question is: who is looking out for the player who has been the victim of the hit and is possibly sidelined due to injury? In the case of Mitchell and Rottier, the Lions defensive lineman has the right to appeal, and should have the help of the PA to do so, but Rottier is also paying dues into the Players Association and it doesnt appear that anyone is looking out for his best interest within that same association. The easy answer is to rewrite the policies so that the player being fined or suspended can still appeal, and give his side of the story to an independent arbitrator with football experience, but when it is all said and done the Commissioner has to have more power. These type of changes however, are never easy and the league will likely have to wait until the next round of collective bargaining to discuss changes. 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Shin-Soo Choo led off the first with a homer for the Indians, who won for just the second time in seven games and pulled within 1-2 game of first place in the AL Central. In the eighth, Chisenhall needed just a double to become the eighth Cleveland player to hit for the cycle and first since Travis Hafner in 2003. It has been nearly 79 years since the Indians had a player hit for the cycle at home. Hall of Famer Earl Averill did it in August 1933. "Thats all I was thinking about," Chisenhall said. "Everybody was like, Anything that happens youre going two, so if it short hops (Reds right fielder Jay) Bruce there or gets down Ive got to go to second." Despite coming up short of his first cycle since "high school or summer ball," Chisenhall called his performance "my best game in the major leagues so far." The ongoing feud between Indians pitcher Derek Lowe and Reds manager Dusty Baker didnt worsen. The pair behaved less than a week after exchanging ugly comments following a game. Joey Votto and Bruce homered for the Reds, who swept a three-game series from Ohios other major leaguers last week. Joe Smith (5-1) replaced an ineffective Lowe in the sixth, and Chris Perez worked the ninth, giving up one run, before getting his 22nd straight save. Perezs streak is the second-longest in one season in team history. Jose Mesa saved 38 in a row in 1995. Perez let the Reds close within one run in the ninth on Bruces two-out RBI single, but the colorful closer struck out Ryan Ludwick looking for the final out. Bruce and Brandon Phillips had three hits each for Cincinnati, which failed to extend its winning streak to a season-high seven games. "We couldnt stop them," Baker said. "They couldnt really stop us. They just got one more run. I told somebody early, this is going to be a 10-9 game. I just hope its going to be us with the 10." There was plenty of humidity on a sultry night at Progressive Field, but none of the heat was generated by angry words or actions. It was a slugfest, just not the one expected. Last Wednesday, Lowe and Baker pointed fingers at each other during a game in Cincinnati and exchanged disparaging comments afterward. Baker had told Mat Latos to brush back Lowe with a pitch, and the right-hander took exception, wagging a finger at the Reds manager, who said he ordered the inside pitch as payback for one Lowe threw a few years ago. Lowe responded by hitting Phillips later. Bothh managers did all they could to avoid the issue before the series opener. [url=http://www.buccaneersofficialteamstore.com/autographed-chas-henry-jersey-yu... Henry Jersey. Moments ahead of Bakers pregame availability, a Reds spokesman asked reporters to refrain from asking questions about the managers past with Lowe. Outside Clevelands clubhouse, Indians manager Manny Acta downplayed the Lowe-Baker conflict, taking some of the tension out of the rematch. Still, both Lowe and Latos got pummeled. Lowe allowed seven runs and 11 hits in five innings, while Latos was charged with seven runs and eight hits over four. Lowe was dismissive when asked if the feud with Baker was over. "Holy smokes, yes," he said. The RBIs by Kotchman and Chisenhall made it 9-7 in the sixth before Bruces 16th homer got the Reds within a run in the seventh. Michael Brantleys sacrifice fly restored the Indians two-run lead in the bottom half. Cincinnati tied it 7-7 in the fifth on Phillips shot down the left-field line that turned into a "Little League" home run for the second baseman. With Votto on with a double, Phillips pulled a pitch just inside the bag at third, the ball sneaking past left fielder Johnny Damon, who crashed hard into the railing. As Damon retrieved the ball, Phillips never slowed after rounding second and scored just ahead of the relay throw with a headfirst slide. Kotchmans two-run homer and Choos RBI double gave the Indians a 7-5 lead in the fourth. Brantley led off with a double, and with two outs, Kotchman hit his sixth homer. Chisenhall followed with his first career triple into the right-field corner and Choo brought him home with his double -- a shot off the wall in left that just missed being his second homer. "I hit it in the perfect spot," Chisenhall said of his triple. The Reds took a 5-4 lead in the third on Ludwicks RBI double and Scott Rolens run-scoring single. Chisenhalls two-run homer, a shot to the back rows of the first deck in right, gave Cleveland a 4-3 lead in the second. Brantley opened the inning with a ground-rule double and went to third on Carlos Santanas single. Latos gave up an RBI groundout to Damon, struck out Kotchman and had Chisenhall down 0-2 in the count before the Indians third baseman unloaded on an inside pitch for his third homer. Lowe gave up four hits, including RBI singles by Rolen and Ryan Hanigan in the second, to give Cincinnati a 3-1 lead. Votto, who has destroyed Cleveland pitching, hit a two-out homer in the first to put the Reds ahead 1-0. It was Vottos 13th homer this season and ninth in 26 career interleague games against the Indians. Choo countered in the Indians first with a leadoff homer, his sixth, and third to open a game this season. Choo has hit seven homers in 22 games against the Reds. Notes: Rolen went 2-for-4 in his first game since May 12 because of a sore left shoulder. He was activated from the DL before the game. ... Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and his 13-year-old son, Nate, threw out ceremonial first pitches. Meyer grew up in Ashtabula, Ohio, rooting for the Indians and wanted to be drafted by the club in 1982. However, he was selected in the 13th round by Atlanta and spent two years in the Braves organization. ' ' '