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Is Baseball a Global Sport? America's ‘National Pastime’ as Global Field and International Sport

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William W. Kelly
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I claim that Base Ball owes its prestige as our National Game to the fact that as no other form of sport it is the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness; American Dash, Discipline, Determination; American Energy, Eagerness, Enthusiasm; American Pluck, Persistency, Performance; American Spirit, Sagacity, Success; American Vim, Vigor, Virility.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , e4
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