Etcetera 21.
You grow up around here, or why are you a fan?
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Listen to all the fans yelling through their long glass tubes.
Etcetera 20.
The Pirates sound like a lucky bet. Unless it’s a Tuesday in May.
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Some folks say the Nassau Coliseum is an unlucky room.
Etcetera 19.
In the bullpen — there’s got to be a jar of instant coffee in here somewhere.
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The team doctor prescribed the swimmers two cups of decaf before bedtime.
Etcetera 18.
The Sports Museum of Los Angeles is on Main Street.
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You don’t walk through a turnstile but there are turnstiles on display.
Etcetera 17.
This softball team runs on sloppy joes and orange cake.
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The coach keeps a bottle of Coke on the mantel, in case of emergency.
Etcetera 16.
Water! At the square root of sports is water.
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Squirt water on the boxer’s head between rounds. Squirt the water all over his jaws.
Etcetera 15.
Seesaw is the original sport.
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She learned how to ride a bicycle on this blacktop.
Etcetera 14.
These hot summer days, I go to the shore and hide in the library.
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Look, near the floor, a shelf of miscellaneous sports books.
Etcetera 13.
Clayton Kershaw, the Dodger on the mound.
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He of the high-winding high-wired hustle — chain lightening, a hit-preventing kick. He is strict.
Etcetera 12.
Dirt, cops, and stairs. Now this is a park. Dodger Stadium, a Tuesday evening in June.
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A dedicated grounds crew here, with the blue hose to shoot.