By reading a book or attending a play, you do not usually stop others from doing so too.

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"Guys don't seem to care about striking out anymore, but when you strike out, you're not putting the ball in play, and when you don't do that, nothing can happen, " said Keith Hernandez, the former batting champion who is now a television analyst for the Mets.

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And why do it if you're not going to play hardball now and then?

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If you do not pre-order Battlefield 3, you can still buy Back to Karkand separately and play it as soon as it is released, the very same date as anyone who pre-ordered.

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"For example, if you do have two or three Pakistani players and they are not able to play at the time of tournament for any reasons - visas or whatever - then you are stuck, " he said.

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"You really need radio play, and that's not something everyone can do, " he said.

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All of which raises a troubling, if not wholly new, question: when you play games for a living, do they stop being fun?

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