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AmericanSport–Introduction
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orfulrituals,eminentsportsheroes.Itisimpossiblenottomention
theirhugeinfluenceonculture.Sporthasvisiblyentereddiferent
spheresofAmericanculture,whichisvisibleinliterature,film,mu-
sic,butalsoart.Onepartofthisbookdealswiththeculturalimpact
ofbaseball.Letusgivesomeexamplesfromtheworldofthissport–
calledthenationalsportor“nationalpastime”
.Baseballhasinflu-
encedthelanguage(manysportsphrasestransferredtothecommon
language,likegettofirstbase),literature(forexample,presentin
Hemingway’sTeOldManandtheSea),film(FieldofDreamsand
manymorebaseballfilms)andmusic(Mrs.RobinsonbySimon&
Garfunkel),tomentiononlyafewcases.Teseissueswillbedis-
cussedinmoredetail.
Asforvisualarts,numerouspainterswerethemselvessportsfans
wholookedfordramaandinspirationintheworldofsports.Amer-
icanartistswerenotanexception.Sportscompetitionintrigued
WinslowHomer,TomasEakinsandmanymore.Definitely,the
Yankee(baseball)StadiuminNewYork
Source:Sourceofthisandtheotherpictures:https://en.wikipedia.org.
