BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. Baseball is a sport that began in the eastern United States in the eighteen hundreds. It became known as the national pastime, a game that millions of people continu

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By Doug Levine Washington 01 October 2006 Jazzman Duke Ellington had millions of fans around the world, but perhaps his most-loyal audience was in his hometown, Washington, D.C. Duke's legacy lives on in Washington with the 2nd Annual Duke Ellington

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Many songs have been written about America's baseball teams. These include the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Chicago Cubs. Other songs have been written about famous baseball players: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson and Joe DiMaggio

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