{"id":29209,"date":"2017-10-30T14:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29209"},"modified":"2017-11-06T15:50:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:50:47","slug":"the-world-series-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-world-series-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Series…in French?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, baseball actually has a long history sur le sol fran\u00e7ais\u00a0<\/em>(on French soil). The first game played in France, occurred on March 8, 1889.\u00a0\u00a0Le premier championnat<\/em> (the first tournament) took place during World War I. Today, baseball is known as a primarily American sport in France and is not given much media coverage despite its long history in the country. Professional baseball in France is overseen by la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration fran\u00e7aise de baseball et softball.<\/p>\n

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Since we are in the midst of another World Series this week, we’ll look into the role baseball plays in France today.\u00a0L’\u00e9quipe de\u00a0France\u00a0de\u00a0baseball\u00a0is the French national team, which represents the country in both le Championnat d’Europe de baseball\u00a0and la\u00a0Coupe du monde de baseball.\u00a0L’\u00e9quipe de\u00a0France\u00a0de\u00a0baseball played its first game in 1929 against l’\u00c9spagne<\/em> (Spain). In 1999, the team took third place in the European championship. However, that was its highest ranking in recent years. In 2016, France finished in seventh place out of twelve teams participating in the championship. Les Pays-Bas<\/em> (The Netherlands) placed first in that championship, with Spain and Italy taking second and third place, respectively.<\/p>\n

Here are some French baseball terms and their equivalents in English:<\/p>\n

Arr\u00eat-court<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0shortstop<\/i><\/p>\n

Atteindre une base<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0to advance a base<\/i><\/p>\n

Balle courbe<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0curve ball<\/i><\/p>\n

Balle rapide<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0fastball<\/i><\/p>\n

Coup de circuit<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0a home run<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00c0 domicile<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0at home<\/i><\/p>\n

Fl\u00e8che<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0a line drive<\/i><\/p>\n

Frappeur<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0batter or hitter<\/i><\/p>\n

Losange<\/b>\u00a0: baseball<\/em>\u00a0diamond<\/i><\/p>\n

Monticule<\/b>\u00a0: pitcher’s mound<\/em><\/p>\n

Prise\u00a0:<\/b>\u00a0strike<\/i><\/p>\n

Retrait sur trois prises<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0strike out<\/i><\/p>\n

Sauf<\/b>\u00a0: safe<\/p>\n

Voltigeur\u00a0ou joueur de champ ext\u00e9rieur\u00a0:<\/b>\u00a0outfielder<\/i><\/p>\n

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In Qu\u00e9bec, baseball is a larger part of local culture with the Qu\u00e9bec Capitales the popular local team. Qu\u00e9becois baseball terminology differs in some way from the French terms listed above. Les Capitales won their seventh championship in 2017 when they defeated Rockland Boulders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Believe it or not, baseball actually has a long history sur le sol fran\u00e7ais\u00a0(on French soil). The first game played in France, occurred on March 8, 1889.\u00a0\u00a0Le premier championnat (the first tournament) took place during World War I. Today, baseball is known as a primarily American sport in France and is not given much media…<\/p>\n

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