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Baseball the way it ought to be

By Jim Caple
Page 2 columnist

Monday, August 12, 2002

Miles: 348 (Murdo, S.D., to Stark, Minn.); total miles: 1,771; moving violations: 0; hours driving since Murdo: 6; hours of sleep: 6; one stop for a tour of the Mitchell Corn Palace, an auditorium with colored corn cobs lining the walls in mosaic patterns -- only in the Midwest (Mike Miller, the Orlando Magic's first pick in the 2000 NBA draft, played here in high school); Diet Pepsi: 3 units; facial hair: thick stubble (and I need a haircut, too); "Grapes of Wrath" cassettes: 3 (the Joads st ...

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