Why Baseball Is Americas Pastime

Baseball as a sport is considered to be America's pastime. Nothing beats sitting at your favorite ballpark, with a hot dog smothered with ketchup and mustard in one hand and an ice cold beer in the other hand. This scene is symbolic to the American culture. Baseball has seen its fair share of changes, from the dead ball era, to the expansion era, where we see different races from around the world coming to america to play this great game we know as baseball. Baseball has always been popular in the united states and always will be. The game has been around for 172 years and is just as popular now than it was when it was first introduced in 1839. People argue today that American football, not soccer, is now becoming more of the “American” sport than baseball. Baseball represents more of what america is, does not have a sole purpose of a means for a social gathering of people, and has more integrity than the game of football.

The first baseball game was recorded in 1846 and is credited to Alexander Cartwright’s knickerbockers. The knickerbockers lost to the New York baseball club at the Elysian fields in New Jersey. Then came the establishment of the National association of Base Ball players in 1858 and the world was introduced to the first systematic baseball league. America prides itself on equality, perseverance, and a fair chance for everyone to make it. Baseball today is played by men and women of all ages. even though it has its scandals and woos, it still represents the best that america has to offer. When i was only 10 years old, there was a girl on my little league team. Not only was she one of the best players on the team, but a role model for the other girls that thought baseball was only a guy sport. This represents the american way, that it doesn't matter whether or not you are male or female, you still are able to give it a shot. In football, females are looked as cheerleaders, or people to fill the stands to watch the men play. If a women goes