For many Americans, baseball is not just a kind of sport, it makes them thinks of hot dogs, cold beer and sunny afternoon. Baseball is the game of father and sons. They practice catching balls with each other on lawns and in parks. It is a very popular sport. Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of kids' favorite players on them. At school, kids often trade baseball cards and talk about the players on them. Baseball players are called" the boys of summer", because people like playing baseball in summer. You don't need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don't have to be as tall as a basketball player or as strong as a football player. When you want to have fun, you can just take part in it. Baseball is not a fast-paced game like basketball. People play baseball in a fun and safe way. So when you go to watch a baseball game, there's time for you to relax, talk and make friends with other people.
