Kungani i-baseball ibizwa ngokuthi i-America's Pastime?
Nakuba ukuthandwa kwayo kungathiwa kukhulu kakhulu eLatin America naseAsia manje, i - baseball isavame ukubizwa ngokuthi "Umdlalo WaseMelika". Lokhu ngokwengxenye kungenxa yokuthi lo mdlalo wasungulwa e - United States eminyakeni engu - 180 edlule futhi wawuwumdlalo ovelele isikhathi esiningi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa futhi i-baseball iwumdlalo othanda umlando wayo, njengoba nje neMelika ithanda umlando wayo futhi singafunda okuningi ngomlando we-baseball kanye nomlando waseMelika.  Ngesikhathi izwe lilwa nalo ngokwalo ukuze linqume ikusasa lalo phakathi neMpi Yombango, umdlalo webaseball wawuqala ukwakheka futhi usakazekela eningizimu ngeziboshwa zempi zasenyakatho. Ngemva kwempi, lapho ezentengiselwano zemakethe enkulu zitholakala, i-baseball nemikhiqizo yayo kwakuwumdlalo oyinhloko owawuthengiselwa abantu ezweni lonke. Abaningi babantu bokuqala abadumile baseMelika empeleni babengabadlali be - baseball, ubuso babo namagama abo kwabonwa izigidi zabantu ngokwanda kokusakazwa kwamaphephandaba nokusakazwa kwamakhadi e - baseball.  Ngisho nangemva kwalokho, i-baseball yayisezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu eMkhankasweni Wamalungelo Abantu. UJackie Robinson waba umdlali wokuqala omnyama ukudlala i-Major League Baseball esikhathini samanje. Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-baseball kwakuyisinyathelo sokuqala nesibalulekile ku-Civil Rights Movement ebanzi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-baseball iye yaba omunye wemidlalo ehlukahlukene kakhulu emhlabeni, abantu bayo bamelela kakhulu bonke abantu bakuleli zwe.  Ngezindlela eziningi, isiko le-baseball selifana nesiko laseMelika lilonke. Le nkathi iqhubeka kuze kube sehlobo. Kukhona ama-hot dog, ama-nacho, ukuhlala phansi okuningi, iziqhumane, nemidlalo ngo-July 4th.  Ngakho ngisho nakuba amazwe amaningi namasiko ethola indlela yokwenza i - baseball ibe eyayo, lo mdlalo usengathola indawo yawo njenge - America's Pastime.