Who owns the national pastime?
At home with the redoubtable Frederick Keys
NOTHING SAYS spring like the thwack of cowhide on maple. It follows that nothing says mass vaccination like the sound echoing through a crowded ballpark. Lexington and 3,000 other Marylanders experienced this thrill one sunny evening last week in Frederick, Maryland, home of the redoubtable Frederick Keys.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Who owns the national pastime?”
United States June 5th 2021
- Liberals and crime spikes
- The January 6th commission and the two main weaknesses of America’s democracy
- Congress is set to make a down-payment on innovation in America
- The pandemic pushed more Americans to try out van life
- Horseracing, the sport of kings, needs more punters and fewer drugs
- Hispanic Americans are most vulnerable to covid-19
- Fewer Americans are going hungry
- Who owns the national pastime?
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