11.   All around me, I see that others have learned this game.

12.   All the Jacksons learned the game through years of playing at Encino Little League.

13.   But Chen, Andruw Jones, Odalis Perez and many other young Latin major-leaguers had to grow up fast, learn the game and adapt to a new culture.

14.   But every game we learn and get better.

15.   But it was tough sitting, because after that scrimmage I thought I had finally made progress in learning the game.

16.   Few have done so more impressively than Johnson, who learned the game from the late John McLendon, a student of basketball founding father James Naismith himself.

17.   Eventually he rose to the rank of master, unusual for someone who had learned the game so late.

18.   Flynn learned the game the caddie way, by osmosis and by hitting balls during the odd hours.

19.   For him right now, the fun part is practicing and learning the game and getting better.

20.   Giddon is distressed over the message the actions of Van Exel and Rodman send to younger athletes learning the game.