11.   And I play baseball.

12.   And a former opponent of Hideki Irabu said it would be a shame if he could not play major league baseball.

13.   And he missed playing baseball.

14.   And besides, where is it written that you have to be mentally awake and morally straight to play baseball?

15.   And it matters little at this point that he has played baseball in South America and football in Taiwan.

16.   And it would be wrong to keep him from playing baseball.

17.   And so the strike, like the very idea of not playing baseball, remains something of an abstraction.

18.   And rather than be perturbed because his heart condition prevents him from playing competitive baseball, Smith instead mentions other children who are much sicker.

19.   And there are no doubts that he made the right decision when he decided not to play baseball this season.

20.   And they play baseball, though with no media contract at all.