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Always
AmCham South China is more than just The first official Olympic appearance of baseball
networking, information and advocacy. We also was in in 1912 when a team from Västerås, Sweden
love our baseball. played against members of the U.S. track and field
team in Stockholm Sweden. This time, the American
One of our favorite yearly events is providing team won the medal.
typical American sport activities for the foreign
community to help them feel more at home—even For the past nine years, baseball has been a major
the youngsters. Baseball is a platform where young sporting event for the Chamber. In April each year,
kids can come together as team players and where the season starts with the bang of a gong. Earlier
families can show their own team spirit by rooting this year in March, AmCham South China teamed up
for their favorite sluggers. with Homerun Sports and Ruya Sports Academy for
baseball try-outs, game booths, and county fair food.
Most historians believe the sport evolved from
the British game of rounders, a first cousin to the The Chamber teams play in the Tianhe Sports
modern game of cricket. Rounders involved two Center on Saturdays until the end of June for a total
teams who alternated on defense and offense. The of eight weeks. Many of the kids are reluctant to
game involved throwing a ball at a batman who play at first but evolve into true teammates who
attempted to knock the ball away and run safely to would roll in the mud for each other. By the season
a base. finale, they are best buds who look forward to
coming back year after year. More information on
Many believe the invention of baseball came www.gzyouthbaseball.com.■
from the mind of Abner Doubleday, a Civil
War hero for the Union, but that theory has
been largely discredited. The first American
documentation of “base ball” is in 1838, and there
are several references to similar games that go
back to the late 1700s.
Shane Ryley Foster wrote the first recorded rules
of the game for the Knickerbocker Baseball Club
in Manhattan. About 25 years later, and about 30
years before the first World Series, Cincinnati Red
Stockings become the first professional team with
paid players.
Baseball is truly and American treasure as well
as a cultural export. The game, as we know it
today, officially became international with the first
Baseball World Cup (or World Championships) held
in 1938. Teams from the United States and United
Kingdom played a series of five games. Britain
won four and became the first baseball World
Champion. Cuba dominated the competition for
the next five years.
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Always
AmCham South China is more than just The first official Olympic appearance of baseball
networking, information and advocacy. We also was in in 1912 when a team from Västerås, Sweden
love our baseball. played against members of the U.S. track and field
team in Stockholm Sweden. This time, the American
One of our favorite yearly events is providing team won the medal.
typical American sport activities for the foreign
community to help them feel more at home—even For the past nine years, baseball has been a major
the youngsters. Baseball is a platform where young sporting event for the Chamber. In April each year,
kids can come together as team players and where the season starts with the bang of a gong. Earlier
families can show their own team spirit by rooting this year in March, AmCham South China teamed up
for their favorite sluggers. with Homerun Sports and Ruya Sports Academy for
baseball try-outs, game booths, and county fair food.
Most historians believe the sport evolved from
the British game of rounders, a first cousin to the The Chamber teams play in the Tianhe Sports
modern game of cricket. Rounders involved two Center on Saturdays until the end of June for a total
teams who alternated on defense and offense. The of eight weeks. Many of the kids are reluctant to
game involved throwing a ball at a batman who play at first but evolve into true teammates who
attempted to knock the ball away and run safely to would roll in the mud for each other. By the season
a base. finale, they are best buds who look forward to
coming back year after year. More information on
Many believe the invention of baseball came www.gzyouthbaseball.com.■
from the mind of Abner Doubleday, a Civil
War hero for the Union, but that theory has
been largely discredited. The first American
documentation of “base ball” is in 1838, and there
are several references to similar games that go
back to the late 1700s.
Shane Ryley Foster wrote the first recorded rules
of the game for the Knickerbocker Baseball Club
in Manhattan. About 25 years later, and about 30
years before the first World Series, Cincinnati Red
Stockings become the first professional team with
paid players.
Baseball is truly and American treasure as well
as a cultural export. The game, as we know it
today, officially became international with the first
Baseball World Cup (or World Championships) held
in 1938. Teams from the United States and United
Kingdom played a series of five games. Britain
won four and became the first baseball World
Champion. Cuba dominated the competition for
the next five years.
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