By playing baseball , foreign athletes helped assure themselves a place within American society .
By playing baseball , foreign athletes made baseball , according to FDR , the symbol of America as a melting pot. 341 But the true impact of international baseball reaches outside American borders .
By playing baseball , foreign athletes helped assure themselves a place within American society and made baseball , according to FDR , the symbol of America as a melting pot. 341 But the true impact of international baseball reaches outside American borders .