Take Me Out to the Ball Game in Moscow
It’s a warm Moscow evening under the floodlights of a baseball stadium. The hitter sends the ball flying off the bat into a cloudless sky. A fielder 80 yards downfield sprints to get under it, glove raised. He’s made it in time, but can he take the catch? No! He fumbled. The hitter makes second base.
This, it turns out, is a typical play in Moscow baseball, where quality varies hugely from team to team.
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