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Air China was the airline that took us to Beijing.
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Talk about no-frills travel. Look at this tepid salad.
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Janet had the great idea of ordering "special meals" so we'd be served first, eat quickly and go to sleep right after.
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THANK YOU, MOM! For packing us fried rice, which took gold in the Home Cooking Event.
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Beijing Huanying Ni! But not with open arms, because we were locked out of the new airport terminal for 15 minutes at the gate.
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We dropped out stuff off at our apartment south of the city center, refreshed, and headed for Fengtai Softball Field.
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Janet checking out the rules and regulations.
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Team USA warming up for their noon game.
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Jennie Finch and Monica Abbott.
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Laura Berg and Kelly Kretschman.
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Jessica Mendoza.
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Jia you! At first, it was entertaining and fun.
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We caught the tail end of the China-Canada game, which turned out to be a nail-biter.
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This lion-maned crazy guy was there everyday, every game that China played.
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Canuck centerfielder takes her place among the rings.
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Warming up, eh?
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The pitcher held steady throughout, striking out, inducing a force-out at home and inducing a fly-out to end the game.
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Team meeting in-between outs.
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Slapping hands after the game. 1-0 game, that's a true softball game for ya.
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A little celebration.
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Skilful groundskeepers prepped the diamond in-between games.
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Team USA arrives and waits for the dugouts to clear.
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Here's Kretschman again.
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The Fuwa come out to play.
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Jing Jing high-tens Finch and Natasha Watley.
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Ni Ni and Tairia Flowers.
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Packing it in.
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Watley and the best softball slugger that ever crossed home plate and terrorized bleachers, Crystl Bustos.
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Finch and Cat Osterman, who is an assistant coach at DePaul.
