Based on the information present in the given passage, you need to write a correct answer to the given question. A correct answer is one that correctly and completely answers the question. Do not write answers that address the question partially or incorrectly. The correct answer must be contained in the given paragraph.

Paragraph- Sent 1: Washington (CNN) -- The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 17 Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the country's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
Sent 2: The map shows the Pacific island nation of Palau in relation to China.
Sent 3: Details of the transfer are still being worked out, Ambassador Hersey Kyota told CNN.
Sent 4: But Kyota said his country, a former U.S. Pacific trust territory, has agreed to take in the ethnic Uighur detainees "for humanitarian reasons" and because of the "special relationship" between Palau and the United States.
Sent 5: U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly would not comment on the announcement, telling reporters, "We're still involved in ongoing discussions."Sent 6: The agreement includes some U.S. aid for Palau, Kyota said, but he said those details remained to be worked out as well.
Sent 7: The country, with a population of about 20,000, is about 1,000 miles southeast of Manila, Philippines, and about 4,600 miles west of Hawaii.
Sent 8: Palau has received nearly $900 million in U.S. aid since independence in 1994, according to congressional auditors, and depends on Washington for defense.
Sent 9: The "Compact of Free Association" between Palau and the United States is up for review, but Kelly said any additional aid offer "is not linked to any other discussions we may be having with the government of Palau."Sent 10: The Uighurs were accused of receiving weapons and military training in Afghanistan.
Question: Which country has a population of about 20,000?.
The Pacific island nation of Palau.

Paragraph- Sent 1: Jake was walking to the park to play baseball with his friends.
Sent 2: He loved being outside on sunny days, and now that school was over for the year, he was playing baseball every day.
Sent 3: The more he played, the better he got.
Sent 4: Only Frank was better than he was.
Sent 5: He liked playing third base, but he often played in the field.
Sent 6: He was carrying his favorite mitt that his Grandfather had bought him.
Sent 7: His Grandfather had taught him to catch.
Sent 8: He loved spending time with him when he was younger, but he had moved last year.
Sent 9: Now he only saw his Grandfather in the summer.
Sent 10: Jake was really excited to show him his skills when he came to their next game.
Sent 11: He could throw really fast now.
Sent 12: He was sure his Grandfather would want to sit in the front to watch him.
Sent 13: He knew he would jump up and down.
Sent 14: Jake happily ran the rest of the way to the park thinking about how much fun he was going to have playing baseball this year.
Question: Did Jake's grandfather teach him how to catch with the mitt he bought him?.
Yes.

Paragraph- Sent 1: While the Base Ball writers of the cities which comprise the Southern Association have no organized membership similar to the Base Ball Writers' Association of the major leagues and the organizations which are best known as the class AA leagues, they are a clever, hard-working group of young men, who have labored in season and out of season, not only to build up Base Ball but to build it up on the right lines.
Sent 2: Experience of more than a quarter of a century has most abundantly proved that the standard of Base Ball has steadily been elevated.
Sent 3: It needs no compilation of fact nor any dogmatic assertion on the part of the Editor of the GUIDE to attest that fact.
Sent 4: It is a present condition which speaks for itself.
Sent 5: The general tone of the players is far higher than it was and there has come into evidence a marked improvement in the spirit of the men who own Base Ball clubs.
Sent 6: In the earlier history of the sport there was a tendency to win by any means that did not actually cross the line of dishonesty.
Sent 7: Later there came a season when the commercial end of the game tended to encroach upon the limits of the pastime.
Sent 8: This has been repressed in the last two seasons and to-day the morale of Base Ball is of a higher type than it ever has been in the history of the pastime.
Question: Is any argument required to prove that the standard of Base Ball has steadily been elevated?.
No, because of the players.