1.   An avid baseball fan, Grassi does most of his knitting while listening to games on the radio.

2.   For at least five generations, our family members have been avid baseball fans.

3.   Growing up in Midland, Texas, George W. Bush was an avid baseball player.

4.   He plays the saxophone, and is an avid baseball fan and Boston Red Sox rooter, by way of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

5.   Her husband back in Japan is an avid baseball fan.

6.   Recht, an avid baseball fan, proclaimed that baseball records might be a treasure trove of information.

7.   She is also an avid baseball fan.

8.   Aides said the mayor, an avid baseball fan who particularly loves the Yankees, has never missed a Yankees or Mets home opener.

9.   Buffett is an avid baseball fan and owns two minor league baseball teams.

10.   Most Cubans, including President Fidel Castro, are avid baseball fans and an exhibition game here would receive wide public backing.