Baseball's Development Into America's National Pastime In an era when people worked extremely hard day in and day out, to only make a meager living, people searched for something more. Men would work endlessly long hours and seek anything to release their tension. They would long for a hobby , or as some would say, a pastime. However, here in the United states there was yet to be such a thing. Americans desired a game to …
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