Mexico is our neighbor, and there's a great Latin baseball tradition.

He questioned the need for his first game to be at the Stadium and I tried to explain baseball tradition.

Even beyond the caps, Montreal has a grand baseball tradition.

"These were two countries with more than 100 years of baseball tradition and two teams that really put it on."

Of course, pandering to fans is in the baseball tradition.

He added that Chicago, like Boston, "has a great baseball tradition."

"We still have a great baseball tradition here," Hathaway said.

Younger players in town have also enjoyed the baseball tradition.

They also come from sports-crazed families, revel in baseball tradition and share an earnest approach to the game.

Cracker Jack was developed in the late 19th century and quickly became part of baseball tradition.