But it was in the immediate numinous aftermath of that predawn visit that I first saw the next, final stage of our haplessly greenward collapse.

The uproar […] came as the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, is under increasing pressure to demonstrate evenhandedness.

a child's joy on Christmas morning

Reinspired, he sprang from the dugout and ran out to second base so quickly, the Chicago second sacker, Cal McVey, was still walking in from shallow right field.