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Commentator Murray Horwitz tells what it was like yesterday at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinatti when umpire John McSherry collapsed and died at the opening game of the baseball season. Horwitz had attended ball games with his parents in Cincinatti - and was taking his teenager daughter. McSherry, who was 51 years old, suffered sudden cardiac death. The game was delayed to today; Horwitz described the atmosphere there and the matter of fact way his daughter described it afterwards.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the proposal by Prime Minister Shimon Peres to hold a national referendum on the peace process. Yasser Arafat denounced the idea, as did Peres' opponent in the May 29 election. The terrorist group Hamas weighed in with a threat to conduct more suicide bombings.

and efforts to try to stop it.

Baseball season officially begins tonight in the United States. NPR's David Welna reports it is not only a favorite American spectator sport, it is also hugely popular in Cuba where it is played year round. Welna was in Havana earlier this month, just in time for the opening games of Cuba's Revolution Cup.

Andy Bowers takes us through the fits and starts as Europe continues its 40 year movement toward a union of 15 states.

Robert Siegel speaks with astronaut Jeff Hoffman. After five trips into space on the shuttle, his last coming on the voyage which lost a tethered satellite, Mr. Hoffman reviews the exceptional opportunity he's had to participate in the begining of human outreach beyond the planet.

In this story, Dr.Richard Weinberg remembers fondly his days as an intern in the 1970's and specifically the head nurse who taught Weinberg what he calls the deepest and best traditions of medicine.

last night of a U.S. plan to provide emergency economic relief to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians are experiencing hardship because Israel closed off those areas after a wave of terrorist bombings.

SCOTT SIMON

SIMON/ GOLF PART TWO: TWO WEEKS AGO WE SPOKE WITH THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE BERING SEA ICE GOLF CLASSIC IN NOME ALASKA. THIS WEEK WE TAKE YOU TO THE PILLAR MOUNTAIN GOLF CLASSIC IN KODIAK, ALASKA.