Donald Zackary "Zack" Greinke (born October 21, 1983 in Orlando, Florida) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. While pitching for the Kansas City Royals, he won the 2009 American League Cy Young Award, which is an award that goes to the player that is voted as the best pitcher in the league for that year. Greinke has also pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Royals selected Greinke in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft with the sixth pick in the draft. Greinke played his first game for the Royals in May 2004. In 2006, he left the team during spring training because of depression and social anxiety disorder. He took some time away from baseball, and also did some pitching in the minor leagues. He returned to the Royals in 2007. In 2009, he had his best season for the Royals, finishing the season with a 16-8 record and a 2.16 ERA, which was the best ERA in Major League Baseball. He won many awards that year, including the Cy Young Award. He also set a Royals team record for the most strikeouts in one game on August 25, 2009, when he struck out 15 batters against the Cleveland Indians.
Greinke became frustrated with the Royals losing so many games, and asked the team to trade him. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in December 2009. Greinke was then traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2012.
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Scheherazade
Scheherazade is a legendary Persian queen who is the storyteller in "One Thousand and One Nights".
The story, which was written many hundreds of years ago, tells of a Arabian king who married a young girl every night. At the end of every night he would send his new wife to have her head chopped off. He had already killed 3000 women in this way.
Then, one day, Scheherazade heard about the king. She said she wanted to spend the night with him. Her father disagreed, but she still went. She spent all night telling him a story. At the end of the night she stopped the story at an exciting moment. The king wanted to hear the end of the story, but Scheherazade said he would have to wait until the next night to hear the rest.
The next night she finished the story and began another one, which she again stopped when it was dawn. The king had to wait another night to hear the rest of the story. Scheherazade kept this up for 1001 nights. She told him 1001 stories. In the end the king had fallen in love with Scheherazade and they already had three children, so he did not have her executed.
The main part of these stories is formed by an old Persian book called "Hezar-afsana" or the "Thousand Myths" (Persian: هزارافسانه).
Stretching
Stretching is a kind of physical fitness exercise in which a muscle (or muscle group) is stretched on purpose to its fullest length in order to help the muscle's elasticity and its tone. This helps a person have better control of his or her muscles and be more flexible.
Stretching, in its most basic form, is a natural and instinctive activity; it is done by many animals including humans. It may be done while yawning. Stretching often is done instinctively after waking from sleep, after long periods of being inactive, or after leaving small spaces and areas.
Many athletes and dancers stretch deliberately before or after exercise in order to enhance performance and reduce injury.
There are three basic types of stretching: ballistic, dynamic, and static stretching.
Debit card
A debit card (also known as a bank card or check card) is a plastic card that is used as a payment method to cash when buying things. It is similar to a credit card, but unlike a credit card, it does not borrow money. Instead, the money comes directly from the user's bank account, and if there is no money it does not work.
Sunbelt
The "Sun Belt" is a term for the states in the southwestern and southeastern United States. Many people moved to these states from northern states in the years since World War II. A lot of older and retired people live there; these people are called "snowbirds" because they retired to a place with better weather than where they lived before. These places have large suburbs such as Sun City, Arizona, Lakewood, California, and Hialeah, Florida. States that are the best examples of the Sun Belt are California, Florida, and Arizona.
There is a college sports conference called the Sun Belt.
Takuya Mikami
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Kentoku Noborio
Kentoku Noborio (born 30 November 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Tokushima Vortis.
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Hideaki Ueno
Hideaki Ueno (born 31 May 1981) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Tokushima Vortis.
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Yuki Okubo
Yuki Okubo (born 17 April 1984) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Tochigi.
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Keizo Imai
Imai was born in Kyoto on November 19, 1950. After graduating from Doshisha University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Towa Real Estate (later "Fujita Industries") in 1973. The club won the league champions in 1977 and 1979. The club also won 1977 and 1979 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1980. He played 139 games and scored 3 goals in the league. He was selected "Japanese Footballer of the Year" awards in 1980 and Best Eleven for 4 years in a row (1977-1980).
In September 1974, Imai was selected the Japan national team for 1974 Asian Games. At this competition, on September 3, he debuted against Philippines. In March 1977, he played for Japan for the first time in 3 years at 1978 World Cup qualification. In 1978, he was also selected Japan for 1978 Asian Games. In 1980, he played at 1980 Summer Olympics qualification. This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 29 games for Japan until 1980.
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Haruhisa Hasegawa
Hasegawa was born in Hyogo Prefecture on April 14, 1957. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel in 1980. The club won the league champions in 1980. The club also won 1983 and 1984 JSL Cup. He retired in 1987. He played 75 games and scored 24 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven in 1982.
On November 19, 1978, when Hasegawa was an Osaka University of Commerce student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Soviet Union. He was selected by Japan for the 1978 Asian Games. In 1980, he also played at 1980 Summer Olympics qualification and 1982 World Cup qualification. He played 15 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1981.
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Hiroyuki Usui
Usui was born in Fujieda on August 4, 1953. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Hitachi in 1976. The club won 1976 JSL Cup. He became a top scorer and was selected Best Eleven in 1980 and 1982. He retired in 1988. He played 200 games and scored 85 goals in the Division 1.
On February 12, 1974, Usui debuted for the Japan national team against Singapore. In 1977, he was selected Japan for 1978 World Cup qualification. He also played at 1978 Asian Games. Although he was not selected Japan after 1980 Summer Olympics qualification, he was selected in 1984 and played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 38 games and scored 15 goals for Japan until 1984.
After retirement, Usui became a manager for Hitachi in 1989. Although the club finished at the bottom place in 1989/90 season and was relegated to Division 2, the club won the champions in Division 2 in 1990/91 season and was promoted to Division 1. He resigned in 1992.
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Takeo Wakabayashi