1.   Baseball is still the one major sport not sold on weight-lifting.

2.   Baseball was a one-month gig that left like the rest of snowbirds come April.

3.   But baseball is a sport with deep roots in the past.

4.   The best baseball was in the predominantly white neighborhoods.

5.   Baseball is the national pastime.

6.   The only baseball he saw was on the tube.

7.   Baseball has been a national pastime for years.

8.   When baseball was in its rudimentary stages, different teams played by different rules.

9.   Baseball was my favourite game and I really missed it.

10.   American baseball has long been a part of Japanese culture.