Christmas Specials | Take me out to the ball game
Why cricket and America are made for each other
The world’s second-most-popular sport and biggest sports market are about to meet
|GRAND PRAIRIE, MORRISVILLE AND STATEN ISLAND
By the middle of September, half a diamond was all that remained of the infield at the AirHogs baseball stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas. The artificial turf was being carted away. The pitcher’s mound was a crater. The dugout had been dug out. The stadium’s tenant, a minor-league team of the same name, disbanded in 2020, a victim of the pandemic.
This article appeared in the Christmas Specials section of the print edition under the headline "Batter up"
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