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World Baseball Classic, like it or not, is taking America's pastime global again
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History: A look at America's favorite pastime throughout the years
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Ohtani puts the classic into the World Baseball Classic as Olympic hopes boosted
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The Great American Pastime - Baseball! - Mapping Megan
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Mark DeRosa Named Team USA's World Baseball Classic Manager
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America's Pastime: Then to Now – The Historic Village at Allaire
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WhistlePig and David Ortiz Release Whiskey Finished with Baseball Bats
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Team USA to Open World Baseball Classic Title Defense in Phoenix
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Franklin C. Schulz and America's Pastime
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Commentary: Perhaps it's no longer 'America's pastime,' but baseball will always be a national treasure