My Passion For Baseball Research Paper

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For the past several years, baseball has been my passion.
Baseball was started by a man named Abner Doubleday during the summer of 1839 in Cooperstown, New York. Baseball caught people’s attention then became America’s favorite sport.
My passion for baseball began when I was 6 years old when my parents decided that I should join a sport because it would help me improve my social skills. My parents told me pick a sport I would love to play and continue to play, so I chose baseball. I had continued to play baseball because my parents realized that it fit my personality. When I started playing baseball my parents knew that I should stick to baseball because I really loved it and I was getting better at it. I am passionate about baseball because

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