| e past half a century, the sport of baseball hasbeen | | | | honor many of the Latin American baseball legends. |
| gaining popularity in the . Traditionally, soccer is the | | | | Inone of the more memorable instances in Latin |
| more popularsport, but baseball has been rising in | | | | American baseballhistory, on June 23rd, 2007 current |
| popularity.Bothsports can be played without much | | | | Giant Omar Vizquel, former Giant |
| equipment Many people in Latin | | | | Matty Alou, and former NY Yankee Hector Lopez |
| America play baseball on the streets. They simply use | | | | were honored during ahomeplate ceremony at |
| a stick and ball. | | | | AT&T Park for their recent induction tothe |
| Instead of gloves they catch the ball with their hands.In | | | | Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum 's Hall of Fame |
| thisway, baseball is simplified. Latin America has | | | | before a crowd of |
| produced many baseballstars. In June, 1999 the | | | | 43,000 fans.This year, six of the sixteen nations playing |
| Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum wasestablished to | | | | theworld baseball classic are from Latin America. |