[UA] The Bartman Baseball

[nick wedig]

> But the books are US-centric in the sense of lack of context, like
> the mail
> from Greg about this really infamous ball (look, it has us fighting
> here! :
> -P). They assume everyone reading knows US culture at a level that is
> just
> not true (as somebody else said, we all know TV USA)
> 
> The best example I can think of is a mistake on the translation of
> "Bullets, Money and Lawyers", where we got the puzzling statement of
> Abel
> being told his arquetype was "El Heroe Argelino" (Hero from Algeria)
> and we
> all were trying to figure out what the hell had that north african
> country
> to do with Abel. Horatio Alger is a complete unknown author here and
> the
> translator screwed up :-)

I had problems understanding both these things, and I live in America. 
I had never heard of that baseball, and also thought they were talking
about North African heroes.  I wonder if some of the belief that Ua is
US-centric comes from Americans finding these things, realizing they're
some aspect of the culture they don't know about, and seeking out info,
while those in other countries think that this info is commonly known
in America.

I do know who Horatio Alger is, but still found the text misleading at
first.

Mr. Teapot
ill informed about sports

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