U.S. soldiers start Iraq kids' ball clubs
America's pastime new to youths
Jim KraneAssociated PressSept. 26, 2004 12:00 AM
ALTUN KUPRI, Iraq - Gray-shirted Brusiks filled the bases in the final inning when the potential winning run strode to the plate - Kamaran Sabir, the team's 14-year-old slugger.Kamaran clenched his teeth. The Nawruz pitcher, Diller Fakhraddin, stared back. Parents in the stands wrung their hands. Diller's fastball whizzed in, and Kamaran hacked.Strike one. Strike two. Then, "Strike three!" yelled the umpire, U.S. Army Capt. Deron Haught. "You're out!"And what may have been Iraq's first organized baseball game was over, with the red-shirted Nawruz, the Kurdish word for New Year's, beating Brusik, or Team Lightning, 10-7.
Jim KraneAssociated PressSept. 26, 2004 12:00 AM
ALTUN KUPRI, Iraq - Gray-shirted Brusiks filled the bases in the final inning when the potential winning run strode to the plate - Kamaran Sabir, the team's 14-year-old slugger.Kamaran clenched his teeth. The Nawruz pitcher, Diller Fakhraddin, stared back. Parents in the stands wrung their hands. Diller's fastball whizzed in, and Kamaran hacked.Strike one. Strike two. Then, "Strike three!" yelled the umpire, U.S. Army Capt. Deron Haught. "You're out!"And what may have been Iraq's first organized baseball game was over, with the red-shirted Nawruz, the Kurdish word for New Year's, beating Brusik, or Team Lightning, 10-7.
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