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Since the late 1940s, television began shaping baseball. As with many other sports, the spread of television shaped schedules and when games could be played, including night games becoming more common since the 1940s.<ref>For more on the influence of television on baseball, see: Ham, E.L. (2011) Broadcasting baseball: a history of the national pastime on radio and television. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.</ref> Today, baseball continues to be dubbed America's pastime and with basketball and football is among the most popular sports in the United States.

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