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Baseball culture & vocabulary class

Baseball is one of the most popular sports in America, Japan, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, South Korea, and Taiwan. In the United States (the birthplace of baseball), baseball is called the national pastime. More fans buy tickets to Major League baseball games than for other American professional sports like football and basketball.

Baseball is so popular that the word ballgame usually refers to a baseball game (not basketball or football games). However in the southern United States ballgame usually refers to football because football is more popular than baseball in the south. Similarly, the word ballpark refers to a baseball field.

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Birthplace A. a baseball game
National B. to describe or be connected with
Pastime C. also called a basbeball diamond or baseball stadium, a place where basbeball games are played
Ballgame D. an area of land used for playing a sport
Refer to E. a hobby, something you do when you're not working
Ballpark F. the place where something was invented
Field G. shared by a whole nation


I hope that this is enough to get you started. Try talking about baseball on the ESL sports forum. Do you enjoy baseball? Is baseball an important part of your country's culture?

If you're in America, you can expereince this important part of American culture by seeing a Major League Baseball game. The New York Yankees are my favorite team but I also have to recommend a game in Fenway Park, Boston. Fenway is where the Boston Red Sox play, and is famous because of the "green monster," a very high outfield wall.

Another famous ballpark is Wrigley field where the Chicago Cubs play. Of course the most important ballgames are the ones being played during the World Series. Despite its name, only American MLB teams participate in the World Series. Many fans would like to see the World Series become something truly global in which the best teams from every country can compete.