Date:  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 14:22:15 -0400

From:  David Muschell <dmuschel[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: KKK



>Baseball fans,

>    The LA Dodgers new Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo is on tv all the

>time here, and when he gets a strikeout, fans line up big "K" letters. I

>certainly don't remember this practice from when I was a kid and went to

>Cardinals or Braves games. Does anyone know what the "K"s mean (is it for

>"kill"?) and when and how this got started?

>

>Thanks,

>Danny Long

>dlong[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]joho.osaka-shoin.ac.jp (Daniel Long)

>

Maybe it relates to K.O., from boxing (knock out).

David