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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

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Baseball in Spain? 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."
 

You can learn more about baseball in Spain and Europe in The World in a Ballpark: Baseball Goes Global, which is available for purchase at the Buy Joe's Guides page.

 

You can see Joe's photos by traveling to these links: European Feast; Baseball Italia; The Netherlands: Dutch Treats!; The British Are Coming!; Czech Republic This Out; French Connection; Do You Speak German?; Luck Of The Irish; From Russia, With Love; and Swiss Cheese!

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

SPANISH CELEBRATIONS? WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION
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THE SPANIARDS HOSTED THE 2005 JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

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