‘What’s more American than baseball?’: World Cup brings fans, chants and verve to the national pastime
The crossover in the American sports calendar has made for a compelling collision of cultures, from Scots in Boston to a new English folk hero
The crossover in the American sports calendar has made for a compelling collision of cultures, from Scots in Boston to a new English folk hero in Atlanta First they sang for Harry Kane.
Then they sang for Michael Harris II. The Atlanta Braves center-fielder is not someone many Major League Baseball fans would consider a household name. A
local kid made good, he has established himself as an above-average, everyday outfielder and at age 25 is enjoying a career-best season, but his face
doesn’t dominate billboards and in the way of Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge. Continue reading...
