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Why I moved heaven and earth to build a backyard bocce court.

By |Updated Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006, at 12:43 PM

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When I first picked up a ball 10 years ago, I realized that bocce is one of the few games in which losing is just as much fun as winning. Perhaps it was stupid of me to build a court having played the game only once. If so, it's the best stupid thing I've ever done.

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Photograph of completed bocce court courtesy Tracy Roberts.