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Before he takes his at-bat, every time, without fail, Kansas State senior second baseman Shintaro Inoue tips his helmet to the home-plate umpire — a kind gesture of respect for authority, and for a man doing his job. And hours later, inside the coaches meeting room at Tointon Family Stadium where Inoue smiles and chuckles and tells º£½ÇÉçÇø following his two-run home run in a series-clinching 13-9 victory over Oklahoma State, the native of Yamaguchi, Japan, jumps from his chair and hurries to pull open the large glass door for a visitor following a 20-minute interview. Inoue nods, and he...