Me and my best friend Wes would play baseball during the day and watch baseball at night. We would even take all of the benches and chairs from around the pool to make a fence for a game of home run derby. In 1990-91, Wes and I were going nuts as the Braves made their first run at the World Series. I remember how my heart broke as Kirby Puckett drove that ball over the center field fence and forced a game 7. After the end of the series, Wes and I won the championship for Atlanta in our minds as we played a quick game of baseball on my old Nintendo.
Baseball is a part of America's history.
It has been the ultimate platform for competition in my opinion. I don't think so. Football is played distinctly in America and a little bit in Europe. When most people of the world think of football, they think of soccer anyway. Basketball is played often in other countries, but still not as much as baseball.