Baseball is a substantial component in my life. The greatest reward studying in the U.S. is to play baseball with Americans. I can assure you that the teammates you meet and the pitchers/hitters you play against are very different than those I met while I was in Taiwan. There are always some guys you can't deal with. They are so powerful against you, however, this makes each baseball game so interesting and memorable. 

I am very fortunate to have these baseball buddies in my Alaskan life. I learn so much from them. If you will have a chance to visit Fairbanks, please visit our baseball league http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=faabl.

Believe it or not, my blood cells look like baseball.

To honor the real Pirates (it is referred to the Pittsburgh Pirates) and my advisor (he is a die-hard Yankees' fan), I decide to put tweets from the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees. I hope this can remind me some old good baseball memory. Interestingly, the one I really really love is the DeNa Yokohama Baystars in the Japanese Professional Baseball.