Pakistan’s National Baseball Team Arrives, Improbably, in Brooklyn

Despite lacking resources and any history of success, the Pakistani national baseball team has managed to rise in the world rankings. The key is cricket players.

Just when we’re agonizing over the Mariners, a story pops up in the New Yorker about a Pakistani baseball team. What, baseball in the former British Empire? I once drove a VW Beetle from Peshawar to Lahore and saw several cricket fields, but no baseball diamonds. That’s because there aren’t any in Pakistan! Click here to read about this improbable team finding its dream.

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