Day 17: Homerun!
June 17th, 2012
I’m not really a big sports fan, but I just gotta go see a baseball game while I’m here!
The game of baseball was introduced to the country by Venezuelan students who had studied at American universities. When they returned home after finishing their studies, they tought the the game to their friends in Caracas in the early 1890’s. Wow, the history of the sport is much older than I thought!
In May 1895, brothers named Amenodoro, Augusto, and Emilio, and Gustavo established the first organized baseball club, called Caracas BBC. The team had been practicing every Sunday for the preceding three months at a plot of open land in front of the train station in Quebrada Honda. The field would soon be known as the Caracas Baseball Club Exercise Field.
The place we went to is huuuuge! Unfortunately, I didn’t get to catch any of the baseballs that flew into the audience, but I still had a great time! The home team won the game too!
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