Unit 14
Activity 2
From home runs to global reach
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One of the ways that international sports make an appearance is through different versions of American sports around the world. All of the “Big Four” – American football, baseball, basketball and hockey – are played in different countries. While many opt to follow the same rules as their American counterparts, many have a completely different set of regulations that make these games completely unique.
Baseball has been represented on the international stage for well over a century. Baseball has been played, in some fashion or other, since the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club formed in 1845. Since Joey Cartwright pioneered what would become the official rules of the game, it seemed to be destined for expansion outside of the U.S. A huge market for international baseball was found, not too long after the formation of the Knickerbockers, across the Pacific Ocean in Japan. In 1878, Horace Wilson, an English professor at a Tokyo academy, formed the country's first organized adult baseball team, called the Shimbashi Athletic Club. It wouldn't take too long for a professional league to be formed with the creation of the Japanese Baseball League in 1936. It also wouldn't take long for the league to get big enough to divide into two leagues, called Nippon Professional Baseball, with a Central and Pacific league under its wing, similar to the National and American leagues under Major League Baseball (MLB). The Japanese leagues found resounding success and are still alive and well to this day. [...]
One of the ways that baseball is celebrated internationally is via an international baseball tournament, called the World Baseball Classic. The tournament is a celebration of baseball and its reach throughout the world. Over a dozen countries participate and the tournament is comparable to the Olympic Games. [...]
Through sports, we can see that while millions of people have immigrated to the U.S., the sports created in the U.S. have done sports we know and love can have the same effect on generations of people the world over.
Baseball has been represented on the international stage for well over a century. Baseball has been played, in some fashion or other, since the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club formed in 1845. Since Joey Cartwright pioneered what would become the official rules of the game, it seemed to be destined for expansion outside of the U.S. A huge market for international baseball was found, not too long after the formation of the Knickerbockers, across the Pacific Ocean in Japan. In 1878, Horace Wilson, an English professor at a Tokyo academy, formed the country's first organized adult baseball team, called the Shimbashi Athletic Club. It wouldn't take too long for a professional league to be formed with the creation of the Japanese Baseball League in 1936. It also wouldn't take long for the league to get big enough to divide into two leagues, called Nippon Professional Baseball, with a Central and Pacific league under its wing, similar to the National and American leagues under Major League Baseball (MLB). The Japanese leagues found resounding success and are still alive and well to this day. [...]
One of the ways that baseball is celebrated internationally is via an international baseball tournament, called the World Baseball Classic. The tournament is a celebration of baseball and its reach throughout the world. Over a dozen countries participate and the tournament is comparable to the Olympic Games. [...]
Through sports, we can see that while millions of people have immigrated to the U.S., the sports created in the U.S. have done sports we know and love can have the same effect on generations of people the world over.
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PATH A
B1
1-A
List the American sports mentioned in the text. How are they played in other countries?
2-A
What is the World Baseball Classic? And the Major League Baseball?
3-A
How did American baseball influence the sport in Japan?
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PATH B
B1+
1-B
How did baseball become popular in Japan?
2-B
Why does the text compare the World Baseball Classic to the Olympic Games?
3-B
Find two quotes that show the global influence of American sports.
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Does the global reach of American sports help or hurt local sports traditions in other countries?
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How do sports contribute to cultural exchange between nations?
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Export a sport!
In groups, choose an American sport and create a short promo talk to introduce it to another country. One group presents, and the others react and ask questions.Une erreur sur la page ? Une idée à proposer ?
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