Is this why the Web site of Hitting Grass Roots emblazons across its top the motto, coined by Hu Jintao, "Maintain the flesh-and-blood link between the Communist Party and the People"?
It had been posed by a popular state-sanctioned TV program, "Hitting Grass Roots: Hearing Voices of the People," which is in the habit of tackling one very specific social issue — traffic jams, village primary schools — per fifteen-minute episode.
Stanton grimaced when the ball hit the grass.
Seamus saw its yellow beak and a sunbeam hit the grass.
But the umpire Jeff Kellogg ruled that it hit the grass, and Campana then went to third on a single.
This time Swoboda went straight toward the ball, and hit the grass, backhanding the ball inches above the ground.
Had the ball hit the grass, it might have squirted past Lillibridge, and Nunez probably would have scored the winning run from first base.
Rodriguez, Teixeira and Girardi protested that the ball had hit the grass, with replays showing that Crowe seemed to trap the ball.
Robinson Canó scored easily for the fourth run, and Wang told Mussina that he hurt his foot when he hit the grass after turning past third base.
Nadal, with stunning speed, ran the ball down and dug it up just before it hit the grass, sending it into the deuce corner.
