Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the "shoulders" he's standing on. That's what happened when a young man, the son of a

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　　baseball player, joined one of the minor-league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was

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　　, and by midseason he expected to be

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　　any day.

　　The coaches were upset by his

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　　because he possessed all the characteristics of a

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　　athlete, but he seemed to have become disconnected from his

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　　.

　　His future seemed

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　　one day when he had already

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　　out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter's box (击球位置) again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a time-out (暂停) and went for a discussion.

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　　they were busy, the umpire (裁判)

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　　casually (随意地) to the boy.

　　Then the play continued. The next pitch (投球) was thrown and the young man

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　　it out of the park. That was the

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　　point. From then on, he played the game with a new

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　　and power that quickly

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