The Globalization of Baseball written by Michael Mcmaster on May 18, 2009, is an article that talks about how in the United States baseball is more than a sport, that is a tradition passed down from generation. The origins of baseball are unknown, but Americans believe it was created by Union soldier  Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown in 1839. Over the next two centuries, baseball evolved into a national phenomenon, making stars and heroes out of household names like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jackie Robinson. Although the United States is where baseball is played on the biggest stage there are also some other countries like Mexico and Japan where they also have a baseball league.  The world baseball classic is an event like the Olympics every country has a team of baseball players(of that country) and plays against each other. In this event, the United States has a big problem and is that there’s the best play don’t go to this event and play because they believe that there a lot of risk of getting hurt and not being able to play for their regular team, especially pitcher because they have the most probability of getting hurt. Baseball is no longer America’s sport is now a sport of the world.

Who’s the author? Michael McMaster is a developmental biologist and educator and joined the UCSF faculty in 1994. Dr. McMaster is the Director of the Biomedical Sciences stream with primary responsibility for the basic science curriculum in the first and second years of Dental School.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Who’s their audience? The primary audience is people who want to know more about the sport and how it got so popular.                                                                                                                                                                                 What’s the occasion? In 2009 baseball had a lot of players in their prime, so it was getting popularity after some dawn years.                                                                                                                                                                           What’s the purpose?  The author wants people to know that baseball is not just a United States sport there are some other countries that have a professional league.                                                                               What’s the genre?  Why use it?  (I don’t get this question)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 What is the tone? The author sounds proud of the sport and its growth, he also sounds sad when he talks about how players from the United States don’t play in the BWC.                                                                    Relevance. Yes, it help answer my question because I got some more information that I didn’t know about the game.                                                                                                                                                                                              Accuracy. Me being a baseball fan I agree with what he is talking about and also can relate to it.