Word: canadians
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...hopes to change that. Clapp, a Windsor, Ont., native, is part of a Canadian baseball team that has a good chance in Athens to medal in America's national pastime, partly because the Americans won't be there. The Canadian squad should be a serious contender at the eight-team tournament, along with powerful contingents from Chinese Taipei, Australia, Japan and Cuba, the perennial favorite. "I'll be disappointed if we don't win a gold medal," says manager Ernie Whitt, the former Blue Jays star. "If our players play their best, we should win it all." His high expectations...
...Whitt would have liked to hide first baseman Justin Morneau. A hot prospect, Morneau was playing with the Rochester Red Wings until mid-July, when the Minnesota Twins called him up. He went on a hitting tear, prompting the Twins to keep the Canadian in their lineup rather than let him go to Athens. Clubs are allowed to recall their players from the Olympic team as late as Aug. 5, three days after the Canadian squad holds its first practice...
...even without the services of Morneau and, possibly, other young guns, the Canadian team will remain a medal contender. "This team has great chemistry," says Whitt. "Last year in Panama, we functioned as a team, in the true sense of the word, on and off the field. It paid...
...Leaguer would not describe a journeyman like Clapp or most of his teammates, but he has had his moments, including the game-winning hit in the 1999 Pan American Games. Clapp would like to have another big moment on the international stage-and end the season signing autographs in Canadian shopping malls...
...exploiting political and religious connections and ponying up cash. Sometimes luck prevails. Above all, it's critical to act quickly. Of the 52 hostages who have been abducted in the past year, 35 have been freed, most in the first days after capture. In Rifat's case, the top Canadian representative in Baghdad could offer little help, so Rifat's brother-in-law Abdullah al-Khazraji has taken charge. Venturing almost daily into the netherworld of Fallujah, the restive Sunni city where many of the hostages end up, al-Khazraji has met an assortment of shadowy informants. Some claim...