Chain Migration: Seamed Leather

Imperial Measures Dept: From the lightly gnawed fingertips on Ricky Romero s left hand to home plate, it travels 60 feet, 6 inches. Feet and inches. No metric conversion in this game. Baseball is as American as apple pie and imperial measures. Or in Romero s case, as American as carne asada and chain migration, according to The Star. Each time Romero who speaks Spanish at home and English on the mound winds up and steps toward a batter, it s as if he s completing a journey his father began 31 years ago when he bolted, undetected, from Mexico into Texas. A very different field of dreams and the seamed leather ball is thrown so fast, the air hisses in its wake. For the 26-year-old Blue Jays pitcher, that distance isn t simply the path to a ball or strike. As reported in the news.
@t ricky romero, american as apple pie