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| SPANISH EDUCATION, AND THEN CELEBRATION... |
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| THE SPANIARDS ARE TODAY INFLUENCED BY DOMINICANS AND VENEZUELANS WITH SPANISH PASSPORTS |
Baseball in Spain? You, betcha! Baseball,
popular, in the home of the famous "Running of the Bulls?" Well, popular isn't the right description –
more like a well-known niche sport.
"Most Europeans don't consider baseball a sport," a Spaniard named
Stephane tells me as we watch a game on his native soil. Stephane loves the game though. "Baseball is not as complicated
as it seems, but learning to play good baseball is another thing entirely. We really need that with experience."
| BASQUE COUNTRY GREETINGS FROM THE GROUP, ETA |
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| IN PLACES LIKE OUTSIDE PAMPLONA, POLITICAL GROUPS DECORATE THE OUTSIDE OF BALLFIELDS WITH SLOGANS |
Spain claims 4,500 are participating in baseball, and Dominicans and Venezuelans with Spanish passports
have joined the national team in recent years.
| TREE SCENE BENEATH THE SETTING SPANISH SUN... |
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| BASEBALL IN SPAIN IS MOST POPULAR IN THE PAMPLONA AREA, BARCELONA AND THE CANARY ISLANDS |
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