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Baseball The game is traditionally known as Americas national pastime. It`s very popular, for instance, in Japan, in Cuba, and in Dominican Republic. Baseball may still be the great American game, even though many other countries are deeply involved with the game. National sport: Baseball 棒球是美国最具普遍性的体育项目之一，被称作美国的“国球”。在美国人心目中，棒球不仅是一项体育运动，而且是一种全国性的高尚娱乐,每年春夏两季，全国至少有5000万人亲临球场观看比赛，从电视、广播里收看、收听比赛转播的人就更多了。实际上，棒球的影响已在美国形成了独特的“棒球文化”，更是美国精神的一部分。 顺便一提的是，国内对NBA的报道比较多，所以大多以为篮球才是美国最热门的运动，其实光以现场观众总数论，棒球还是美国的第一运动。 历史是个很重要的原因，棒球在美国的走红比篮球要早得多。早在还没有NBA的时代，巴比?鲁思就已经红得一塌糊涂，据说美国人和日本人在太平洋的小岛上打仗那会儿，后者在拉手榴弹跟美国兵同归于尽之前，都会大喊一声“跟鲁思一起见鬼去吧”——在他们看来，这就是对美国人最大的侮辱。 Well--its our game; thats the chief fact in connection with it: Americas game; it has the snap, go, fling of the American atmosphere; it belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly as our Constitutions laws; is just as important in the sum total of our historic life. Walt Whitman Baseball politics 美国总统必修课——棒球政治学 对于美国总统来说，棒球是台“政治提款机”。不过要想按对“密码”，还要深谐“棒球政治”这门学问。在历任美国总统里，第27任的塔夫脱没有大作为，只干了4年就被赶下台，倒是因为在任期内签署了将棒球定为“国球”的法令而名垂青史。担任开球嘉宾是总统们必会的基本功。即使对棒球不感冒，美国总统也一定要有自己支持的球队。更重要的是，他既不能摇摆不定，也不能站错队伍。 奥巴马在竞选总统期间曾被问到一个敏感问题：“如果芝加哥）的两支MLB球队（小熊队和白袜队）都打进世界大赛（类似于NBA总决赛），要替谁加油？”他出人意料地没有模糊处理，而是明确表态：“当然是白袜……你到Wrigley Field（小熊主场），你喝着啤酒，看到漂亮女人，就不会把注意力放在球场上，但白袜则不然，那才是棒球。”此言一出，立即引发了轩然大波。 Before World War 2， there were two major baseball leagues，the older National League and the American League. Baseball was supposed to stand for American beliefs like equality and the chance to succeed. But the sport was representative of society at the time. The National League was for white players only. After World War 2, great changes in the game took place. First, there was the demolition of the color barrier, staring slowly with the hiring of the superb athlete, African –American Jackie Robinson. The Brooklyn Dodgers accepted him to their team in nineteen forty-seven. Soon, other black players began to join major league teams. 纽约洋基队（New York Yanke