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...Randy Bass, an American playing for the Hanshin Tigers, was within one home run of tying Oh's mark, with two games to play. As destiny would have it, those final games were against the Tokyo Giants, whose manager was the very same Oh. Bass had nine at bats; he was walked six times. The pitchers were throwing balls so far out of the strike zone that Bass couldn't reach them. At one point, he held his bat upside down to show his disgust. "They apparently didn't want an American player to get the title," recalls Isao Chiba...
...some point or another, everyone thinks about taking a baseball bat to the radio. There's nothing on the air, goes the traditional gripe, aside from the latest flavor of mainstream pop, hard rock and hip-hop. It's a sterile teenage wasteland spanning the dial, disrupted only by the odd college station...
...answer to that plaint, put down the bat and turn to the computer. Internet radio offers continuous treams of music, and other kinds of sound, to any consumer who can log on and download audio files. The software that makes this possible comes in the form of programs like RealPlayer that are available for free online. Users can listen to streams, called stations, created by others, or they can create their own streams. And the streams can run while the computer does other things...
...players for the U.S. market. But in America, the land of opportunity, perhaps no institution tries to speak more eloquently of getting a chance than Little League Baseball. Girls and boys who won't be good enough for high school ball, never mind the pros, have their turn at bat and also the opportunity to build friendships, learn teamwork, grow. The Danny Almonte case is a contravention of opportunity. What Felipe wanted most, it seems, was a chance for his son to play big-league baseball, and to seize this opportunity, he deprived his son of his boyhood and education...
...spectators if the ball was coming their way. As the only male in our party, I was given a pair of scissors to cut a red ribbon tied around the stumps. Saffron paste was daubed on my forehead, a candle was lit, sugared sweets were given to me, a bat was put in my hand and the first ball was bowled...