Read the paragraph. each year between april and october, millions of baseball fans head out to fields across america to watch their favorite teams compete against each other. but how and when did baseball become recognized as the national sport of the united states? why does the author end the paragraph with a question? to make the reader understand how baseball became a national pastime for many americans to make the reader wonder how baseball became the national sport of the united states to make the reader guess which baseball teams are the most popular in the united states to make the reader curious about which teams will most likely win in the next baseball season

B) to make the reader wonder how baseball became the national sport of the United States.

Explanation: in the given paragraph we can see the description of how every year, millions of basball fans in America, go to watch their favorite teams compete against each other, and the author ends the paragraph with the question: But how and when did baseball become recognized as the national sport of the United States? this question creates curiosity in the reader and makes him/her wonder how baseball became the national sport of the United States.

To make the reader wonder how baseball became the national sport of the United States

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i have watched the play of this story last friday.