For example, if you grow up near Boston (Massachusetts, USA) as I did, and you have any interest in sports, then you quickly learn the story of the 1967 Boston Red Sox baseball team.

比如说，如果你和我一样在美国Massachusetts的Boston附近长大，而且你对体育不是毫无兴趣，那么你很快就会知道1967年Boston Red Sox棒球队的故事。

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Baseball is the national game of the USA.

棒球是美国全民喜爱的运动。

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Every day from early March until the leaves fall off the trees covering the fields, groups of all ages gather at diamond shaped baseball parks across the countryside of the USA.

从三月初到树叶落满地，美国乡村各个地方每天都有不同年龄阶段的团体集合在钻石状的棒球场。

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Now managing Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Torre said Rivera's accomplishments won't be matched.

NPR: AP Source: Rivera Plans To Retire After 2013

Chris Holt, a former major-leaguer who now coaches prospects at Pro Bound USA, a Florida baseball academy, says young pitchers who can't hit 90 on the radar gun don't get a serious look.

WSJ: Baseball 2013: Here Come the Flamethrowers

Smith, who spent one winter playing baseball in the USA, has been told he will definitely play at Trent Bridge.

BBC: Smith gets England call