The man who went up and down in the brass kettle is visiting the USA. You'd think it would be a feel-good story, but the US media is rather luke-warm about this event.
Yang will be joined on his tour by a delegation of Chinese space officials, including Mr. Su Shuangning, Deputy Chief of China's Manned Space Engineering Program Office. Speaking with Xinhua News Service, Su said the visit emphasized the importance China places on cooperating with the UN in the peaceful exploration of space.Seems like it's a pretty straight-forward grovel job to the USA.
"I'm willing to contribute more to the undertaking of the peaceful use and exploration of outer space, said Yang in an interview with Xinhua.
Perfect Game
Our favourite mullet-sporting sportsman Randy Johnson threw a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves, becoming the 17th pitcher in the history of Major League baseball to do so. He is also the oldest player at the ripe old age of 40, to achieve this feat. For those of you with a cricketing background, a 'Perfect Game' is pitched when a pitcher surrenders no hits, issues no walks, and concedes no runs, pitching the full 9 innings.
A more dubious explication can be found in the movie 'For Love of The Game' starring Kevin Costner as the Detroit Tigers' ace who pitches a perfect game against the New York Yankees (Yeah, right, snicker).
Whilst the achievement is a rare one, it should come as no surprise that the victims of this lashing were the Braves, who recently surrendered 18 strikeouts to Ben Sheets in this game. For more commentary, check this out. :)
For those of you with a longish memory for these sorts of things, Ben Sheets was the fella who pitched the Americans to a Gold Medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Yep, I saw him pitch; as well as Jose Contreras and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
- Art Neuro
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If'n you gonna pitch a perfect game, it should be agin the perfect team.
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