It has been called by many names - Baseball Diplomacy, Diamond Diplomacy, Home Run Diplomacy - but the concept is always the same. By exchanging ball-players instead of politicians, and competing on athletic fields instead of battlefields, two countries can bypass complex government relations and generate a sense of good will among the people. And it's not just baseball. Basketball, soccer, ping pong and pretty much any sport you can think of has served this purpose at one point or another over the past several decades.
