Word: forget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was plenty of other fuel for worry: reports of inexplicable fish kills, warnings against eating shellfish, tales of lakes and forests dying from acid rain. Who could forget that up to 12% of all U.S. houses suffer unsafe radon exposure? That by sending up chlorofluorocarbons used in coolants, man is still destroying the ozone layer that protects against ultraviolet rays...
...course, it has become the sport of the night game--the microwave popcorn of major league baseball. Forget about fly balls lost in the sun--the modern fan longs for convenience. Once the lights went on at Wrigley last night, baseball stopped being the sport of escape. Along with 24-hour supermarkets, self-service gas statitons and VCRs, baseball has officially entered the land of convenience...
While it doesn't matter much if modern baseball fans forget what position Ernie Banks used to play, they shouldn't forget baseball's tradition. Without the purists, those average fans would never realize that it is this tradition that makes baseball the greatest game in the world. These purists will point to Joltin' Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak or Bobby Thompson's shot heard round the world. Both these moments, as well as many others, are what make up baseball's rich tradition...
...forget the Cubs, either. With the lights now on at Wrigley, the Cubs can no longer blame the afternoon sun for bobbling pop flies with the bases loaded in the ninth inning...
Childhood has not been an easy path for Josh. He will never forget the night nearly nine years ago when his parents told him they were divorcing. "My sister Dana and I really liked watching the TV show Mork and Mindy, so my parents decided to tell us right before the show so we could watch it afterward," he says. "I don't think we ever got around to watching it. I just remember crying...