We frequent this park to let our two Golden Retrievers run and
play. We have noticed and talked about the fact that when we were
childen, at any neighborhood park, you would always see kids
playing baseball. We hardly ever see kids playing baseball at local
parks today.
America’s Old Pastime -
Baseball began in the United States in the 18th century. By the
1860’s baseball clubs were being formed. Also at that time American
newspapers began referring to baseball as the “National
Pasttime”.
America’s New Pastime -
It seems that today our “National Pasttime” for kids at any
neighborhood park is Soccer.
Until the 1980s, most high schools in the U.S. did not offer
soccer at all, and youth soccer programs were extremely rare until
the 1970s. American high schools have grown to the point where most
offer soccer in their autumn sports seasons. Older generations of
Americans living today grew up with virtually no exposure to the
sport of soccer. Today, AYSO has more than 50,000 teams and more
than 650,000 players.
This cache is to honor America’s Pastime of Old.
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