Steven Womack

America's Favorite Pastime Steven Womack

For over two centuries, it's been what Walt Whitman called our game. It's America's favorite pastime, our national preoccupation. It's more than a game, more than a sport. It's who we are as a peaople, as a culture. But where did baseball come from? From its earliest roots, through the lifting of the Curse of the Bambino, here is the story of this uniquely American sport.