Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When, a millimeter from final defeat (with the champagne already uncorked in the Angels' dressing room), Henderson hit that fifth game homer, I reacted as I never had before. I didn't cheer or jump; I wept--not a few tears stifled by the customs of manhood, but copiously. Then, alone again in a hotel room (this time in D.C.), I had to watch when Henderson, reaching for immortality, apparently won the Series with another homer in the 10th inning of game six, and, with two outs and nobody on, the Sox came--not once but four times--within...
...Chinatown are just as American as those of us raised in New York's Little Italy or South Dakota's Black Hills. Asian Americans cannot "assimilate" into the American way of life because already are American--that's why we love pizza, hate the Unions' pu-pu platter, cheer the Red Sox and boo the Mets (or vice versa). We cannot "separate" from the "mainstream" because we already have visited Disney World, attended St. Paul's Academy or the Harvard School, and cannot help but dream of B-School then Wall Street success. Lewison...
...previous game, Kess threw three innings of no hit ball with his left hand and then three more with his right. We would cheer our foul balls as real achievements...
...people on the bridges above recognize theCrimson color, and cheer the boat on--anunfamiliar but welcomed sound...
...back to the games. Watching from the press box is a strange experience. There I was, watching my favorite team in the playoffs with 504 people who eat, sleep and write baseball--and, like them, I wasn't allowed to cheer...