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Overview
Baseball is an American sport that involves players hitting a ball with a bat in order to round the bases and score runs. The sport has had a huge following in not just the United States, but also in Canada, Mexico, Caribbean countries like Cuba and the Dominican Republic, and Asian countries like South Korea and Japan. On the web, baseball has spawned many memes, most notably photoshop memes of various players.
Background
The sport was established in the United States in 1839 when it was invented in Cooperstown, New York. The game was inspired by the British sports of rounders and cricket. Sometime during the U.S. Civil War, baseball became professional and more popular in America. In the 1880s, the National League was formed as the Cincinnati Reds became the first Major League Baseball team to be founded. In 1903, the Boston Americans (now the Red Sox) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in MLB’s first World Series, which was named after New York World Paper. The next year, the American League was formed as the World Series consisted of a seven game series between the National League and American League champions. During the early days of MLB, African Americans would play separately in the Negro League until Jackie Robinson began the integration of MLB when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. When more African-American players began integrating into MLB, the Negro League was disbanded. Today, MLB is played with 30 teams (15 teams in each league) and consist of many players from around the world.
Online Presence
Baseball has gained a huge following across the web as the official Facebook page for MLB has 6.2 million likes and the official Twitter account for MLB has 5.1 million followers. Although people have expressed their like and interest for baseball, others have expressed their dislike of the sport by claiming that the game is boring to watch and have sometimes accused baseball of being a rip-off of other sports like cricket.
Notable Memes
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They Don’t Think It Be Like It Is But It Do
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Ceremonial First Pitches
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Phillies Tased Fan
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One Strike Away
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Complacent Reynolds
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Winnie The Pooh’s Home Run Derby
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That’s A Clown Question Bro
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Bartolo Colon at Bat
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Marlins Man
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Hunter Pence Signs
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#FerrellTakesTheField
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