Regardless of what you think about the US immigration policy, you have to love this Christianity Today article. 27% of the major league baseball players are foreign born. The recent World Baseball Classic proved that baseball is truly an international sport, with Japan beating Cuba in the final game of the Classic.
The beauty of athletics is that it's color blind. The person who runs the fastest, hits the ball the farthest, or jumps the highest has the job. The competitive drive to win levels the playing field for all.
The rest of the world is beginning to catch up with the United States. We no longer have a corner on the world market. Even the two sports that originated in the United States, baseball and basketball, have been exported around the world.
Our monopoly and dominance is over. The US NBA superstars finished third in the 2003 Olympic Games and our major league baseball players didn't even make it into the semi-finals! America, it's time to wake up and take notice. There is a hungry world knocking on our door, just waiting for the opportunity to prove that they are world champs!
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