When reading this article, I was intrigued at the great sense of national identity that Cubans have for the game of baseball, despite it originating in the United States. The author states that baseball
Quote: “Baseball was one aspect of American culture that proved to have irresistible appeal.” This quote stuck out to me after reading both the chapter in Raceball and the article about baseball in Venezuela.
Quote: “Baseball was a powerful force in the democratization and secularization of Cuban culture, at least as an ideal, if not quite so in practice.” While under the reign of the Spanish, Cuba experienced
Knew: Before reading this article, I already knew a little bit about how sport was used for Americanization purposes. I knew some of this from our class discussions, and also from my collection of
