Columnists: Brian VanderBeek
These guys have a lot to learn. But the same can be said every year on Opening Day, when 25 athletes from around the world, thrown together by baseball kismet, step on the diamond to begin their summer as representatives of Modesto.
You've heard about the famous athletes who for the rest of their lives can't buy a drink in their adopted towns? In places like Oakdale, you get the perkle-down effect.
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