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Years ago, it was baseball that introduced me to New York Times. It was baseball that introduced me to international boxing. It was baseball that introduced me to Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, and Chris Evert. Baseball did it through a roommate of mine who came from America and who loved baseball and who loved always reading about baseball statistics on the New York Times and who loved big-time baseball stars.

He always pumped his hands in the air on seeing baseball stars. He always spoke about baseball. He always shouted out the names of baseball stars. On joining him to read about the baseball stars, l always learned about baseball, and not only did I learn about baseball statistics, I always learned about boxing, and not only did I learn about boxing, I always learned about international football.

When I think of international football today, I think about New York Times, I think about Arthur Ashe, and I think about how baseball introduced me to Jimmy Connors and Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier .

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