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<DIV><the Chinese home run (a cheap homer, one which just barely makes it
into the stands--I recall Dusty Rhodes's game-winner in Game 1 of the 1954 world
series as being so labelled), the Chinese basket (one that makes it through the
hoop from the underside, and that consequently--unlike the Chinese
homer--doesn't count if it's detected), ></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="GoudyCatalog BT" color=#000080>When I was a kid, a "Chinese
home run" was a foul pop-up that went into the stands or out of the park behind
home plate, i.e. a backwards homer, something like the "Chinese basket," which
is a new one to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="GoudyCatalog BT" color=#000080>Phil
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