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How baseball exported the 'American Way'

Arts & Culture Feb. 15, 2010 - 04:22AM JST ( 9 )

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NeoJamalFeb. 15, 2010 - 09:36AM JST

Even with its implied imperialist connotations, I believe baseball is the lesser of two evils when compared with the game of cricket that usually accompanies British colonialism. Anyone from baseball playing nations would start dribbling as they struggle to follow the dull and awkward pace of cricket in any of its rule incarnations.
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stevecpfcFeb. 15, 2010 - 09:41AM JST

NeoJamal, shame baseball originated as rounders in Britain and is called by many in England as silly boys rounders.Bit like American football which was a copy of Rugby.
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pawatanFeb. 16, 2010 - 12:15AM JST

NeoJamal, shame baseball originated as rounders in Britain and is called by many in England as silly boys rounders.

There are many theories as to the origin of baseball, none universally accepted. Yet Brits always like to run down popular American sports such as baseball and football as being childish and derivative, inferior to the British original. Strange, and telling.
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paulinusaFeb. 16, 2010 - 11:21AM JST

Elias has written both fiction and nonfiction about baseball >

This book sounds like fiction.
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JunnamaFeb. 16, 2010 - 11:28AM JST

Sounds more like pulling baseball into politics or maybe, having an agenda in writing a book and pulling in any event that seems to match that agenda.
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paulinusaFeb. 16, 2010 - 01:43PM JST

American imperialists conquering the world with bats and gloves! Bobby Valentine was a double agent!