Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 13, 2008
Wall Workout

The Padres visited the Great Wall of China:

Padres manager Bud Black described the goodwill trip as a chance for MLB to "sow a few seeds," saying the games themselves were of little importance. Both teams have brought just a handful of starters, leaving most of their top pitchers in the United States.

"The popularity of basketball here just went off the charts when Yao Ming got to the NBA," Black said. "That's what baseball is looking for."

Traipsing to the apex of the twisting wall was a test of fitness. Becky Moores, wife of Padres team owner John Moores, made it to the highest rampart. After arriving several days ago in the polluted air of Beijing, she welcomed the clean air of the countryside.

"Now I can breathe, my chest is open," she said.

Betsy Gonzalez, the wife of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, managed to get three-quarters up the wall wearing 3-inch heels.

"I'm always in high heels so I'm used to it," she said.

Replied her husband: "It would be like me going three times as far as I went. That's incredible to climb all the way up there in high heels."

Here's a picture of my daughter on the Great Wall from 2006. She didn't attempt the climb in heels. :-)

Melinda Pinto on the Great Wall of China


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