1. In the beginning of the article, Kang highlights the skills of Ichiro, yet the main argument of the essay is that Americans consider baseball "their" sport. People who are not American yet are exceptionally skilled at this sport, like Ichiro, are out of the stereotype. Despite the perspective that Americans hold towards baseball (Americans are the best players at baseball), one's nationality does not necessarily make someone innately better at baseball.
2. Kang's essay suggests that Americans view baseball as the sport that only American players can excel at, due to uncertainty and doubt in Ichiro's abilities as a non-American.
3. Kang's argument is clear about how the majority of people view the sport of Baseball. Baseball is an American sport where 99% of the players are born-and-raised Americans. Non-Americans, like Ichiro, are a more recent breakthrough in the history of the sport, and are possibly breaking the stereotype barriers that surround this sport.
When I researched Asian American, Immigrant, and Sports, articles about immigrants in sports environments and kids in sports came up.
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