Do you want to see everything that's great about baseball embodied in a single player?
Turn on a Toronto Blue Jays game and watch Japanese shortstop Munenori Kawasaki.
Kawasaki was called up from Triple-A Buffalo in April after All-Star Jose Reyes severely sprained his left ankle. On Sunday, he hit a game-winning 2-run double in the 9th inning, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
In the post-game interview, Kawasaki pulled-out his Japanese-to-English book of baseball clichés...
Just terrific! Saw it yesterday. Yes, that is what makes baseball the greatest sport ever invented.
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