09/06/04 06:25:37 ZOewVZHL
プエルトリコでも子供が野球をしない
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.nytimes.com)
Long recognized as a breeding ground for boxers and baseball players,
Puerto Rico is shifting its sporting priorities, with soccer making a run to be the sport of the future.
“The fastest-growing sport is soccer,
and kids who used to play baseball will now play soccer,
which gives them nonstop movement,” said Henry Neumann,
the secretary of the Puerto Rican Sports and Recreation Department.
“Modern kids need action, and a kid could spend all afternoon in the outfield and not get a single ball to play.”