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| Subject: Funny: Chants of "Allahu Akbar" are not what you'd expect to hear at a Brooklyn baseball diamond directly after "The Star-Spangled Banner" Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:45 am | |
| But a 29-member all-Pakistan squad that last week visited the U.S. seeking a berth at the World Baseball Classic brought a new flavor to America's pastime. As a former British colony, the world's oldest Islamic republic is cricket crazy. While the games are cousins, baseball hasn't caught on in Pakistan. It's not an intramural or a varsity-level sport in schools or colleges, and the only diamonds around are those nestled behind barbed wires guarded by Marines on the U.S. Embassy's high-security compound.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/baseball-takes-root-cricket-crazy-pakistan-n656791
Cultural expropriation!!!
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