Japanese baseball
This year when the Mets and Cubs opened their seasons in Japan they made Major League Baseball history. Never before had a league game been played outside of North America. With thousands of fans screaming the names of Mets and Cubs superstars Mike Piazza and Sammy Sosa you could see the increasing influence of MLB on Japan. America’s favorite pastime is now becoming an international pastime, one shared by many different, diverse cultures who have come together on common ground, the baseball diamond. The Japanese had taken an American game and incorporated it into their society. For the most part the aspects of the game are the same, especially the love the fans and players show towards their pastime. Baseball was first introduced to Japan as Yakkyu, “field ball”, during the Meiji era in the end of the ninetieth century. During a time in which Japan was undergoing a major change in which they were westernizing Horace Wilson brought forth the game to the Japanese. The Japanese found the one-on-one battle between the pitcher and batter similar in psychology to their native sumo and martial arts (1 Japanese Baseball History). Baseball became an in
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