In the exciting 2014 World Series the San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals. However, only 12.9 million people watched the World Series which was less than cable television’s The Walking Dead. How did America’s pastime fall to a show about rampant zombie attacks? The answer is complex and requires examination of baseball and history to understand. Baseball started out as a sandlot sport that peacefully coexisted with professional baseball that centered around three largely independent groups whites, African-Americans, and the Caribbean people. However, with calls for integration and increased commercialization baseball, the independence of African-American and those in the Caribbean was lost. The effects of baseball’s commercialization
