(1) David Pierson, Baseball Bat Is a Hit as a Defensive Weapon in China. Los Angeles Times, Nov 2, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/business/ ... eball-bats-20111102,0,6271961.story
("Daggers and machetes require permits. Shanghai and Beijing even require buyers to register their names to buy a kitchen knife")
Note:
(a) Take Me Out to the Ballgame
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ballgame
(b) rig
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig
(a slang term referring to a tractor unit)
(c) ZHOU Xiaozheng 周 孝正
(d) "Marucci Sports is an American manufacturer of baseball bats based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was founded in 2002 by the Louisiana State University athletic training director Jack Marucci."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marucci_Sports
(e)
(A) For fungo bat, see baseball bat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_bat
(section 3 Fungo bat)
(B) fungo (n; origin unknown; First Known Use: circa 1867):
"a fly ball hit especially for practice fielding by a player who tosses a ball in the air and hits it as it comes down"
www.m-w.com
(f) For nunchuck, see nunchaku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunchaku
nunchaku 双節棍
Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionary
(g) Dingzhou 河北省保定市 定州市
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingzhou
(h) Shanren Sports 山人运动
(i) Tianjin Lions/ home field Tian Ti Dodger Stadium 天津雄狮/ 天津 天體道奇棒球場 (天體 is short for 天津體院 or 天津体育学院)
(2) Laser Is Cheaper Than Lead. Strategy Page, Nov 1, 2011
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htcbtsp/articles/20111101.aspx
(laser equipped rifles to practise shooting; no lead bullets) |