摘要
棒球运动是一项集体性和对抗性很强的球类运动项目，在全世界许多地方都广受欢迎，随着2009年世界杯棒球锦标赛不久前在欧洲圆满结束，美国职业棒球大联盟世界大赛也即将决出总冠军。下面就让我们从棒球的历史和发展来了解一下这项被誉为“竞技与智慧相结合”的运动。
Americans love all things baseball. Most men own at least a few baseball caps and collector cards. More than 350,000people each year make the pilgrimage to the Baseball Hall of Fame^1） in Cooperstown, New York. Millions. of people attend games every year, but few know how it all started. The History of Baseball is interesting,murky^2）,and controversial.
