Weekly Wrap: Baseball Edition

Baseball season is finally here! Baseball means a lot of things – the official unofficial start to spring and the first steps towards summer. Baseball is a special sport because it offers something for all different kinds of viewers, which many sports don’t do. In this week’s Weekly Wrap we are talking baseball and seeing how everyone is enjoying the sport differently.

Is this weird Hostess tweet for opening day a home run or a strikeout?

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AdWeek

Everyone can have fun on opening day, even Hostess. See how this snack company fooled people into thinking they didn’t know which sport was happening. So, was it intentional or not?

The pure pleasure of baseball’s Opening Day

The Week

 Baseball does not represent one type of culture, but multiple cultures coming together and enjoying the game in harmony. That is the beauty and the thrill of the game, and part of why people continue to come back and watch each Opening Day.

Getting Better Over Time: PNC Park at 15

Pittsburgh Magazine

 There is something for almost every fan to enjoy in baseball, but what about ballparks? Named Best BallPark in America, PNC Park might have it all for everyone, but what if one thing was different, or if there was a pirate ship in the park? 15 years later we look back on how our great park was made.

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Jess Klimczyk is an intern at WordWrite Communications. You can find her on Twitte@JessKlim.Jess Klimczyk

 

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