Baseball!

Baseball is not popular in Costa Rica. It is very much so in Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south.

One theory for it skipping over Costa Rica is that the U.S. military has never had a presence in Costa Rica, thus no soldiers playing baseball.

However, on Sunday mornings/afternoons at the stand where we buy the fruit for breakfast, there is a baseball game every week. It is Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica, who gather and take over a soccer field for the great past time.

It's got a short porch for every corner (jungle around all sides) and there are no defined base paths (or bases) let alone a mound, but they have a great time playing out there, and there are usually 30 to 40 folks hanging out and watching.

Nice to see some prime real estate put to good use.