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Over Spring Break, I read Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Game, by Alan Klein. I was very excited about reading this book, more so than the rest of the assignments, because I consider myself a huge baseball fan. I’ve played, like most American boys, most of my life. From the time I was 4 years old, until my sophomore year of college, I played organized baseball at a competitive level. This book, put into perspective how much some people not only love this game, but need this game, stronger than anytime I didn’t feel like running at the end of practice. The Dominican Republic has long been a small nation dependant on a few resources they have to remain economically stable. Sugar Cane farming happens to be the most the choice resource to stay alive. Many Dominicans work on or around these sugar cane farms and to pass the time and boredom, they play baseball. But baseball to them is more than a past