How Baseball Turned Into America's Pastime
After the end of the American Civil War, baseball turned into America’s
pastime. Quickly, this sport has become a growing business in the nation and
occupies a huge space in the American economy. In 1869, Major League
Baseball was founded in the beautiful city of Cincinnati, Ohio. MLB is the
country’s leading professional sports league in the aspects of attendance to
games and fan numbers, the cities it has as hosts, and the contracts players
sign. Evidentially, baseball has been the mother of different generations’
icons like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and many others. Baseball
is already a tradition in the American family and it is just another form of
entertainment like a Broadway show.
Since MLB was founded …show more content…
Baseball reflects the value
of the American society and how it behaves; the country acts as a team, but
there are some moments where you can shine by yourself and your heroism.
As mentioned early, the Civil War played an extravagant role in the creation
and development of the sport. In the beginning, soldiers fighting were the
ones who majorly played a game in which they got together in a sandlot and
started hitting cricket balls.
Undoubted, baseball has become an issue of national interest by
American citizens. Promoting sports in a country, especially baseball, leads
to a healthy and sane environment for the enjoyment of all citizens. This
sport in American has grown so huge that normal citizens know more about
baseball than what’s happening outside. If you stand in the middle of a street
in New York and ask them about who broke Babe Ruth’s home run record
and ask another question regarding politics about who has been the American
president that has gotten most electoral votes of all time, be sure that most
New Yorkers will answer the character who broke the Great Bambino’s
pastime. Quickly, this sport has become a growing business in the nation and
occupies a huge space in the American economy. In 1869, Major League
Baseball was founded in the beautiful city of Cincinnati, Ohio. MLB is the
country’s leading professional sports league in the aspects of attendance to
games and fan numbers, the cities it has as hosts, and the contracts players
sign. Evidentially, baseball has been the mother of different generations’
icons like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and many others. Baseball
is already a tradition in the American family and it is just another form of
entertainment like a Broadway show.
Since MLB was founded …show more content…
Baseball reflects the value
of the American society and how it behaves; the country acts as a team, but
there are some moments where you can shine by yourself and your heroism.
As mentioned early, the Civil War played an extravagant role in the creation
and development of the sport. In the beginning, soldiers fighting were the
ones who majorly played a game in which they got together in a sandlot and
started hitting cricket balls.
Undoubted, baseball has become an issue of national interest by
American citizens. Promoting sports in a country, especially baseball, leads
to a healthy and sane environment for the enjoyment of all citizens. This
sport in American has grown so huge that normal citizens know more about
baseball than what’s happening outside. If you stand in the middle of a street
in New York and ask them about who broke Babe Ruth’s home run record
and ask another question regarding politics about who has been the American
president that has gotten most electoral votes of all time, be sure that most
New Yorkers will answer the character who broke the Great Bambino’s