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Xenophobes Celebrate! America's Pastime Gets American-er
Published 4/2/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
Filed under: MLB BizIt's no secret that "America's Pastime" is actually played throughout the world, with every lineup in the game featuring players born outside the 50 states. Anecdotally speaking, it seems like there are more and more foreign players in the game every year, right? If you look at the numbers, though, it turns out that's not actually the case at all. According to The Biz of Baseball, 29.2% of players on Opening Day rosters in 2005 were foreign born; last year, that figure slightly dipped to 29%, and this year it's at 28%. What does this all mean? Is baseball really ever so slowly shutting its borders? Actually, no; ...