Play Ball! The Rise of Baseball as America’s Pastime Episode 17, Baseball and Our Common Culture Episode 17, Baseball and Our Common Culture.

Streaming video - 2019

In this episode, learn to better appreciate baseball’s longstanding ties to American culture. Get the story behind baseball’s connection to poetry and fiction (“Casey at the Bat”), music (“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”), collectibles (baseball cards), and even language (terms such as “bush league” and “home run”).