For baseball fans, hope renews every spring. Another year might bring a winning season, a playoff run, or even a world championship. Opening day arrives later than usual this year, following bargaining disputes between owners and players. Still, in all its hope and all its glory, the season has come.
It’s probably outdated to call baseball “America’s game.” Certainly we cannot say that with respect to popularity. Football can claim higher shares of the public’s attention when judged by the typical number of television viewers per game. Basketball holds comparable numbers to baseball in viewership, too.
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