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What does it mean?
Whitman praises baseball for promoting outdoor activity, physical health, and mental resilience.
In plain terms
Baseball gets people outside, healthy, and mentally stronger.
What can you take from it?
Sports build physical and mental strength.

Where it applies

  • physical education
  • community building

Putting it to work

  • promoting sports
  • public health advocacy

Questions to consider

  • What role does sport play in society?
  • How does exercise help the mind?

Another view

It attributes broad social benefits to one specific sport.

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