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| | Blue Ridge Business Journal |
 | | Meanwhile, late the same day I ran into Birnley, I was on my bike at a park when a Big Bird yellow Hummer 2 whizzed by nearly knocking me over, stopped abruptly and coughed up a tiny shortstop who ran, by himself, to the ball field. |
 | | Lynchburg and Roanoke have built or renovated their parks in recent years, creating what owners in Chicago have known for years: people come out for the park, not the team. |
 | | In Pulaski, Calfee Park is reminiscent of something out of "The Natural," but the food is just about perfect: inexpensive burgers and dogs cooked on a real, smoking outdoor grill; $1 for drinks and popcorn. |
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