Politics & Government
Bashar Salah scopes out new baseball equipment for the Iraqi national team. The gear was donated by McClatchy readers and viewers of Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC. (Adam Ashton / Modesto Bee / MCT)
Members of the Iraqi national baseball team kick off their old sneakers and try on new cleats after they received a shipment of equipment from American donors. (Adam Ashton / Modesto Bee / MCT)
Bashar Salah of the Iraqi national baseball team studies the rules of the game. His team practices on a makeshift soccer field near Baghdad University. It's pushing for a real diamond. (Adam Ashton / Modesto Bee / MCT)
Yasir Abdul Hasan of the Iraqi national baseball team winds up with a new ball and glove. (Adam Ashton/Modesto Bee/MCT)
Bashar Salah, a member of the Iraqi national baseball team, stuffs his arms with new gloves, baseballs and cleats. (Adam Ashton / Modesto Bee / MCT)
Yasir Abdul Hassan, a member of the Iraqi national baseball team, inspects a new bat delivered Wednesday by McClatchy Newspapers and MSNBC. (Adam Ashton / Modesto Bee / MCT)
The Iraqi national baseball team shows off some new bats and helmets at its practice field behind Baghdad University, Wednesday, August 12, 2009. (Adam Ashton / Modesto Bee / MCT)
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