I only ask because predominently it is only played in the summer? : 0 )
2006-06-22 06:21:11 · 6 answers · asked by Dizzy 1 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
2006-06-22 06:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by lenny 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Baseball is considered a national past time in the US because it is the oldest professional sport in the US. Major league baseball was established in 1869. Professional football started in the early 1920s I believe, and professional basketball started in the 1940s. I'm not sure about hockey but that's a Canadian sport anyway.
2006-06-22 06:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was probably considered the national past time in the US in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Not anymore though.
2006-06-22 06:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by TeeDawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because unlike any other sport it is played everywhere professionally somewhere within range of everyone in America. I live in a major market and can actually see 5 pro teams with in 2 hrs 5 minor league teams in 2 hrs, unknown college teams, and legion teams, let alone little league.
2006-06-22 07:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by hair_of_a_dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just answered this a few questions ago, but it is such an important quesiton i will answer it again. Why not consider it the national past time?
2006-06-25 21:06:44 · answer #5 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not anymore football is but for a whil inlike the 20s-70s it was the national pastime bcause it was ana old popular american sport
2006-06-22 06:35:53 · answer #6 · answered by bbatmob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋