The game is beisbol. The lanzador stands on the lomita and throws the pelota to the bateador, who tries to hit it over the heads of the jardineros with a mighty swing of his palo. If he hits it over the fence, he gets a cuadrangular and the home-town fanáticos go wild with joy.
Even as it is played in the U.S., baseball has a decidedly Latin flavor, with scores of ballplayers from south of the border scattered around the big leagues. And nowhere is the Latin influence more noticeable than in San Franciscowhere a flashy band of lanzadores, jardineros and bateadores...
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