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...encounter the finest example of a former factory turned into an arts center at Fabryka Trzciny, 14 Otwocka Street, tel: (48 22) 619 17 05, www.fabrykatrzciny.pl. The place used to manufacture marmalade and shoes; now it houses an elegant bar and a fine restaurant - with outside seating in good weather - featuring such classic Polish fare as stuffed cabbage, and pierogi filled with sweet cottage cheese. A meal like that is one great way to crown a day sampling Praga's artful...
It’s true that, at the beginning of this season, I would have struggled to name five Rockies players. Let’s not call my fandom fair-weather, let’s call it winning-motivated...
...least as of now, the weather forecasts for Denver and Boston are not disastrous. "Our long-term models project higher-than-average temperatures, and lower-than-normal chance of precipitation," says Kyle Fredin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Denver-Boulder office, of the games that would be played at Coors Field October 27-29. But remember, we're talking about the weather here. "In Denver, it's game on," says Fredin, recalling the blizzard of 1997 that fell before Halloween. "Anything goes here." In fact it snowed over the weekend in Denver, forcing the Rockies to practice...
...Baseball fans, however, could gain one from the nippy weather. Too much of baseball is needlessly slow and drawn out these days, with both pitchers and hitters taking their time between pitches, but cold temperatures could change all that. Pitches know that if they don't work fast enough out there on the mound, the infielders and outfielders won't be very happy. "Get the ball, get back on the hill," Hershiser says. "Get the ball, get back on the hill. You don't want your fielders in a bad mood...
...Conine insists that the World Series adrenaline makes it easier for players to block out the cold than it would be for an early April regular season game. Still, "it's pretty miserable," he notes. Baseball can only hope that bad weather doesn't end up putting its TV viewers in the same kind of mood...