3/12/12

1. As Kang put it, baseball puts a "false shine on a rotten apple," and his whole point of the article is claiming that baseball glosses over racism and division, claiming that everyone is equal and has equal opportunities and is accepted.  However, underneath that facade, racism and division is still rampant within baseball and other sports.
2. Kang speaks of baseball as the American Sport by alluding to the fact that people in the US feel like they are a part of a group and included in something patriotic when speaking about, watching, and understanding baseball.  His examples throughout the article show that he felt an inclusiveness with his community and friends when speaking about baseball.