Real-time stenography by Susan Henley, a freelance court reporter at Astros' and Rockets' home games, is essential to cue fans like Lombrana into the ballpark entertainment. Henley said Minute Maid Park became the first baseball venue to offer captioning. She transcribes everything from Ford's rousing lineup introductions to the seventh inning sing-a-long "Deep in the Heart of Texas" to a player's signature video animations that precedes his at-bats. For former outfielder Luke Scott, Henley typed: "Disembodied voice: Luke, I am....MORE

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