The United States found comfort in baseball on the battle field and the home front. The contributions of baseball players like Bob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg made huge differences in the morale of the soldiers. They inspired the soldiers to play baseball, which lifted their spirits and could have gave them a sense of what they were fighting for. The effect of baseball on the soldiers was so great that they heads of the military were marketing baseball to their companies to raise morale in the ranks and it worked. Players on the home front made their own success by raising money for the war effort and war bonds. Did baseball win the United States the war? No, but it made a
The United States found comfort in baseball on the battle field and the home front. The contributions of baseball players like Bob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg made huge differences in the morale of the soldiers. They inspired the soldiers to play baseball, which lifted their spirits and could have gave them a sense of what they were fighting for. The effect of baseball on the soldiers was so great that they heads of the military were marketing baseball to their companies to raise morale in the ranks and it worked. Players on the home front made their own success by raising money for the war effort and war bonds. Did baseball win the United States the war? No, but it made a