每日背誦第三期83
As much a part of an American summer as ice cream and school vacations, baseball has a grip on the national psyche unrivalled by that of any other sport. The game evolved from obscure origins into the huge, multimillion-dollar industry it is today. The first recorded baseball game took place in 1845, but the sport did not take off until the early twentieth century with the birth of the National and American Leagues and the World Series.
盛夏時(shí)節(jié)，棒球在美國人心目中的地位，足以同冰淇淋和學(xué)校暑假媲美，更是其他運(yùn)動(dòng)所望塵莫及的。這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)的起源不甚清楚，但流傳至今已成為幾百萬資本的大產(chǎn)業(yè)。 有正式紀(jì)錄的第一場棒球賽始于1845年，但要說到真正的盛行還是在二十世紀(jì)初國家聯(lián)盟及美國聯(lián)盟成立，“世界大賽”（兩聯(lián)盟冠軍賽）誕生之后。
(短文節(jié)選,本期開始連載：美國大聯(lián)盟 )
