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According to the book, World Religions Today, by John L. Esposito, Darrell J. Fasching, and Todd Lewis, under the section entitled The Sacred, it states that religion “expresses our sense of being “tied and bound” by relations of obligation to whatever powers we believe govern our destiny-whether these powers be natural or supernatural, personal or impersonal, one or many” (9). Furthermore, the book World Religions Today, by John L. Esposito, Darrell J. Fasching, and Todd Lewis, states that the religions of various people over the years or centuries have proven to be essentially as diverse as the types or forms of power that people essentially believe govern human destiny. In which these types or forms of power “ have ranged from gods as forces of nature to the unseen ancestral spirits or spirits associated with sacred places, to more impersonal sacred forces or energies; or finally the mysterious power(s) that govern history (including the seemingly secular powers associated with wealth and politics that get treated as if “sacred”) (9). Therefore, according to this logic religion then can be anything that creates a following that people can be tied and bound to, which can include how religion can be seen as something such as power, money, or even fame. Thus it can be argued that under these conditions of what a religion can consist of, it would be safe to say that a major professional sport such as baseball can also have the sufficient requirements or conditions needed for it to be considered as a religion as well. Therefore it can be argued that baseball in and of itself is a religion due to the fact that just like other types of religions baseball creates a following that people can be tied and bounded to. Baseball also, just ...

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...all. One of the things the game and the players have always done is give back. They’ve never taken for granted what they have. To make a lasting contribution to these communities is really important to these guys”. What can be found intriguing about this quote is that when one keeps in mind that this charity or volunteer work was done during the MLB All-Star game weekend, when MLB players are normally focused on playing well and winning the All-Star game so that their league whether it be the American League or National League wins home field advantage in the World Series. One can thus see that the game of baseball is not just about pleasing its fans based off of the performances of MLB players on the field during games, but it is also about helping out the community in an effort to once again be able to promote the general well-being of others in any way possible.