Pelé in a Baseball Field? Rare Images Show King's Games in the United States in the 1970s; Watch Video

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While the United States is once again receiving a World Cup and consolidating football as one of the most growing sports in the country, rare images of Pelé playing a game in a baseball field have drawn attention to social networks. The record, which at first glance seems unusual, refers to a time when sport still sought space among the American public — and in which the "King of Football" was the main responsible for this transformation. Did I …