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SEOUL, South Korea After vanishing from the public eye for nearly six weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back, ending rumors that he was gravely ill, deposed or worse.
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ST. LOUIS 鈥? arrived at Papago Park in Phoenix on Thursday to get some at-bats in an instructional-league game and was hit by deja vu at the A鈥檚 complex.  
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Now, a new, albeit smaller, mystery has emerged: Why the cane?  
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鈥淚 sat down and I鈥檓 like, 'This is weird,鈥欌€?Morse said Sunday.
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Kim, who was last seen publicly at a Sept. 3 concert, appeared in images released by state media Tuesday smiling broadly and supporting himself with a walking stick while touring the newly built Wisong Scientists Residential District and another new institute in Pyongyang, part of his regular field guidance tours. The North didn t say when the visit happened, nor did it address the leader s health.  
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Fourteen years ago, the just-drafted  prospect hit his first professional home run on that same field in an game. It went to straightaway center.
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Kim s appearance allowed the country s massive propaganda apparatus to continue doing what it does best glorify the third generation of Kim family rule. And it will tamp down, at least for the moment, rampant rumors of a coup and serious health problems.  
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On Thursday, his left oblique fully healed, Morse got a 2-2 curveball from an Oakland prospect and hammered it over the same fence, at the same spot.
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Before Tuesday, Kim missed several high-profile events that he normally attends and was described in an official documentary last month as experiencing discomfort.  
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鈥淚 went straight around in a circle,鈥?Morse said, referring to his career.
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Archive footage from August showed him overweight and limping, prompting the South Korean media to speculate he had undergone surgery on his ankles. Some experts thought he was suffering from gout or diabetes.  
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That homer, plus the singles he hit afterward, told Morse he is ready to contribute off the bench in the Championship Series. And Morse plainly understands he is here as a reserve.
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A South Korean analyst said Kim probably broke his media silence to dispel outside speculation that he wasn t in control and to win sympathy from a domestic audience by creating the image of a leader who works through pain.  
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鈥淚 know my role,鈥?he said. 鈥淚 know what I need to do. Hopefully, I don鈥檛 get used much, because that means the game is in our favor.
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The appearance may be a form of emotional politics meant to appeal to the North Korean people s sympathy, said Cheong Seong-chang, at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea.
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鈥淚 think if anybody could contribute in that situation and put up a good at-bat, I鈥檓 the best for it. (In Arizona), I got a chance to work on some things because the at-bats didn鈥檛 count. I got to relax and focus on getting my swing back. My swing felt so good, it almost felt like it did in the beginning of the season.鈥?
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It was the first time a North Korean leader allowed himself to be seen relying on a cane or crutch, South Korean officials said. Kim s father, Kim Jong Il, who reportedly suffered a stroke in 2008 before dying of a heart attack in late 2011, was seen limping but never with a walking stick, nor was the country s founder and Kim Jong Un s grandfather, Kim Il Sung, said Lim Byeong Cheol, a spokesman from Seoul s Unification Ministry.  
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On Sunday, he got his first major-league at-bat since Sept. 19 as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and hit a single that shortstop  stopped with a dive to his right.
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Cheong said Kim appeared in the recently released images to have lost about 10 kilograms (22 pounds) compared to pictures from May. He speculated that since Kim was holding a cane on his left side he may have had surgery on his left ankle.
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Manager  said he would be comfortable using Morse in left field in a double switch, or if the staff thought the Giants needed another right-handed bat in the lineup.
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Kim appears to want to show people that he s doing fine, though he s indeed still having some discomfort. If he hadn t done so, excessive speculation would have continued to flare up and anxiety among North Korean residents would have grown and calls by outsiders for contingency plans on dealing with North Korea would have gotten momentum, Cheong said.  
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Pitching plans: Bochy made official what everyone expected: will pitch Game3 at AT T Park on Tuesday, his first career LCS start, with  pitching Game 4 on Wednesday.
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The South Korean government has all along seen no signals of any major problems.  
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鈥淲e鈥檙e going to keep things in order right now,鈥?Bochy said. 鈥淎gain, if things go a little crazy, extra innings, whatever, we鈥檒l have them all on alert. It鈥檚 all hands on deck in this series.鈥?
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In deciding to resume his public activity before fully recovering from his condition, Kim was looking to quickly quell rumors that his health problems were serious enough to threaten his status as North Korean leader, said Lim, the government spokesman.  
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Briefly: The Giants scored twice against starter , one run on 鈥?infield out after a Brandon Belt single and double, the other on a two-out double by  and 鈥檚 single. ...  was 3-for-30 in the postseason when he hit an RBI single in the seventh. ... The Giants lost for only the third time in their past 25 postseason games when scoring at least three runs. ... Jon Jay's seventh-inning single was the first off in the postseason since 2010. ... Giants pitchers had thrown 23 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason against the Cardinals before 's third-inning homer against .
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  The cane aside, he looked to be in good health, Lim said.  
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The recent absence was, in part, probably an attention-getting device and it certainly works, Bruce Cumings, an expert on Korea at the University of Chicago, said in an email.  
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The North has been on a diplomatic offensive in Europe and elsewhere, it feels isolated and is, if we re talking about relations with Washington, he wrote. All this puts them back on the front page.  
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Revision as of 20:35, 31 October 2014

@@@ ST. LOUIS 鈥? arrived at Papago Park in Phoenix on Thursday to get some at-bats in an instructional-league game and was hit by deja vu at the A鈥檚 complex. 鈥淚 sat down and I鈥檓 like, 'This is weird,鈥欌€?Morse said Sunday. Fourteen years ago, the just-drafted prospect hit his first professional home run on that same field in an game. It went to straightaway center. On Thursday, his left oblique fully healed, Morse got a 2-2 curveball from an Oakland prospect and hammered it over the same fence, at the same spot. 鈥淚 went straight around in a circle,鈥?Morse said, referring to his career. That homer, plus the singles he hit afterward, told Morse he is ready to contribute off the bench in the Championship Series. And Morse plainly understands he is here as a reserve. 鈥淚 know my role,鈥?he said. 鈥淚 know what I need to do. Hopefully, I don鈥檛 get used much, because that means the game is in our favor. 鈥淚 think if anybody could contribute in that situation and put up a good at-bat, I鈥檓 the best for it. (In Arizona), I got a chance to work on some things because the at-bats didn鈥檛 count. I got to relax and focus on getting my swing back. My swing felt so good, it almost felt like it did in the beginning of the season.鈥? On Sunday, he got his first major-league at-bat since Sept. 19 as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and hit a single that shortstop stopped with a dive to his right. Manager said he would be comfortable using Morse in left field in a double switch, or if the staff thought the Giants needed another right-handed bat in the lineup. Pitching plans: Bochy made official what everyone expected: will pitch Game3 at AT T Park on Tuesday, his first career LCS start, with pitching Game 4 on Wednesday. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to keep things in order right now,鈥?Bochy said. 鈥淎gain, if things go a little crazy, extra innings, whatever, we鈥檒l have them all on alert. It鈥檚 all hands on deck in this series.鈥? Briefly: The Giants scored twice against starter , one run on 鈥?infield out after a Brandon Belt single and double, the other on a two-out double by and 鈥檚 single. ... was 3-for-30 in the postseason when he hit an RBI single in the seventh. ... The Giants lost for only the third time in their past 25 postseason games when scoring at least three runs. ... Jon Jay's seventh-inning single was the first off in the postseason since 2010. ... Giants pitchers had thrown 23 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason against the Cardinals before 's third-inning homer against .

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