棒球起源神话与美国例外主义

Creation Myth of Baseball and American Exceptionalism

对于许多美国人来说,棒球不仅是一项单纯的球赛而已。棒球始终被美国人标志为专属于美国的运动,一方面,导因于其无分族群、宗教或政治立场,深受所有美国人的热爱,另一方面,则导因于其被视作美国精神的象征;然而,很少美国人能够真正知道,在棒球起源神话故事的建构过程背后,其实存在许多复杂的问题。透过美国例外主义的切入讨论,分析虚构棒球起源神话背后的驱动力量,并讨论主流棒球起源神话,即杜博戴与库柏镇神话对于美国大众棒球理解的重要影响。

For most American people,baseball is much more than a game.Baseball is always branded as American,not only because it is a game that is loved by all Americans regardless of ethnic,religious and political affiliation,but also because it symbolizes the true character of American.However,there are few people who really know about the story behind the construction of baseball′s creation myth.By uncovering the driving force of American exceptionalism behind the construction of baseball′s creation myth,this article will show how Doubleday/Cooperstown myth influenced the way Americans look at this ball game.