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  1.                                  Keeping his promise 
  2.                                  wouldnΓÇÖt be easy. The 
  3.                                  Royals released Bo. But 
  4.                                  Bo refused to give up. 
  5.                                  After a great deal of 
  6. training and exercising to regain his strength 
  7. and learn how to use the new hip, Bo was 
  8. signed by the Chicago White Sox.
  9.  
  10. Showing the same kind of determination that 
  11. made him a two-sport star, Bo became the
  12. first athlete in history to play a major
  13. professional sport with an artificial hip. In
  14. 1993, Bo batted .232 with 16 home runs and
  15. 45 RBIs in 85 games as an outfielder and
  16. designated hitter for the White Sox. He was
  17. named Comeback Player of the Year by 
  18. the Sporting News. In the strike-
  19. shortened 1994 season, Bo played 
  20.