[Vinomori]

IVAN, hey, you really KNOW baseball, too. Didn't know anyone who understood cricket could "get" baseball. But you have absolutely identified the DBacks' secret weapon: will. They have it and the Yankees can only envy it this year.

[MadIvan]

IVAN, hey, you really KNOW baseball, too. Didn't know anyone who understood cricket could "get" baseball. But you have absolutely identified the DBacks' secret weapon: will. They have it and the Yankees can only envy it this year.

It is very hard to follow it from England (my favourite team is the Cleveland Indians), but I understand people like Mark Grace are on the Diamondbacks roster - Gods, he laboured for years with the Cubs without a prospect of a World Series ring. The Diamondbacks are going to win because perhaps the older fellows realise this may be their last chance to do so.

Regards, Ivan

[Leroy S. Mort]

Didn't know anyone who understood cricket could "get" baseball.

Actually, the father of professional baseball was the British born son of a professional cricketer.

Harry Wright established the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869 and was their player-manager. He once hit 7 home runs in one game. He was also the first to pay players a salary.