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How did baseball become symbolic during the war?

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Also, a lot of the professional baseball players went to war and couldn't play
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Baseball became symbolic because, while a lot of men were away at war, baseball gave something for people to look to and take their mind off the war. Baseball gave people something to talk about other than the war. 
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