Baseball
How Baseball is Valued Not Just In The United States But Also In Japan and Cuba
Baseball is not only a “national pastime” in the United States, it also is a favorite pastime in Japan and Cuba as well.
Edward James Olmos on Baseball and Discipline (Part 2 of 3)
Edward James Olmos learned the value of discipline early in his life.
How Some Foreign-Born Baseball Players Are Quickly Becoming Fan Favorites in South Korea
During a baseball game between the NC Dinos and LG Twins, South Koreans discussed their favorite players. Many answered the likes of Son Ah-Seop and Hong Chang-hi. Unexpectedly, Rio Ruiz ranked among those South Korean players. Rio Ruiz Rio Ruiz […]
Fernando Valenzuela and the Changes Foreigners Brought to Baseball
By Evan Grant Mexico’s Fernando Valenzuela helped Major League Baseball become one of the most culturally diverse professional sports leagues in the United States. Valenzuela played most of his professional career for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Before his time in […]
SERIES: The power of sport – The power of sports, Part III of III
Part 3: The power of sports In the part two of this series, I examined the struggles that Hines Ward faced growing up as a multicultural kid in Georgia. In this part of the series, we will look further in […]
SERIES: The power of sport – The Challenges, Part I of III
Part 1: The challenges Being in a new and different country can be challenging no matter how well traveled a person is. A new country poses problems like language barriers and lack of knowledge about local cultural customs and norms […]
The Story of Yasiel Puig: Cuban Baseball Superstar
When you strive for a goal, whatever that goal may be, there is nothing more satisfying than proving those who doubted you wrong. Many times, external factors get in our way and it is up to us to persevere and […]