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U.S.'s National Sport<br />
Who would have ever thought that at a very<br />
I early hour, on a sunny Friday morning, when<br />
| most OYPers are either on the beach or in<br />
bed, that a successful international ball game<br />
| would actually take place.<br />
Surprisingly enough, on Friday April 11,<br />
<strong>1986</strong> at 9:30 a.m. the teams were out on the<br />
soccer field at Givat Ram warming up for the<br />
main event. All in all there were about 20<br />
players and 10 fans.<br />
It was United States vs. The World (which<br />
consisted of m ostly Canadians, of course). We<br />
noticed, however, that there was a little<br />
problem. The U.S. (being the baseball fanatics<br />
that they are) outnumbered The World with<br />
their powerful players. Naturally they gave up<br />
one or two men to even up the teams. This<br />
minor sacrifice went unnoticed and the U.S.<br />
boys that changed teams were considered<br />
official players for The World (right, Michael<br />
and Adam?!)<br />
The game began with a blast for The World. They<br />
scored five runs in the first inning. The fans (who were<br />
m ostly for The World anyways) cheered them on wildly.<br />
The game progressed through the morning with the scores<br />
being fairly even. Then, at the end of 13 innings, after a<br />
few laughs, broken nails, and little arguments about who<br />
was pitching too slow or too fast, The World came in for<br />
the kill. The game ended with a score of U.S. — 13, The<br />
World - 1 8 . . .<br />
Better luck next year U.S.!<br />
Karen Goldstein
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