Earlier today, the Red Sox and Yankees played the very first regular season MLB game in the UK. Trying to spread a sport to another country that has been fully aware of its existence for 150 years is already a dubious endeavor. If the UK had any interest in baseball, you’d think they’d have picked it up by now. Americans have known about cricket for just as long, and if Jim Johnman himself rose from the grave to show kids how to slap wickets or whatever, you wouldn’t see kids bowling in the streets of New York.
The Red Sox and Yankees introduced the British to baseball with a bonkers first inning
