Baseball is a true American sport and tradition. There's nothing better on a summer day than getting your family together and heading outside, bats and gloves in tow. Or, how about catching a Major League Baseball game on television with a group of friends? Now, if you're a fan of the popular sport, you can personalize your bank checks this favorite American pastime.

Baseball has been recognized as America's national sport since the late nineteenth century. Even though it is played throughout the world, from Japan to Cuba, it is still an American tradition at heart. The first official baseball game took place in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 19, 1846 and has been going strong since.

One of the reasons that baseball became so popular in the United States was the fact that it was accessible to everyone. Class, race, and geography didn't matter in this sport. As a matter of fact, most baseball diamonds were located in rural areas, giving people outside of the city limits a chance to play. Tickets were priced low enough so that most people could afford to go to a game and get quality entertainment. As a result, it became a sport that everyone could enjoy.

If you're a fan of Major League Baseball and support a certain team, then you might be interested to know that there are checks available with your favorite team's image. Teams like the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies, as well as the other major teams, can all be found as images on bank checks. You can't showcase your support of a team much better than that.

You can also locate baseball checks that just contain images of the game itself if it's not a particular Major League Baseball team that you are looking for. One series in particular offers 4 rotating scenes of baseball images which contain photographs of a player sliding into home, a ball soaring through the air and into an awaiting glove, an umpire calling "safe", and a worn out glove.

Another popular series of checks simply has close-up images of balls, bats, gloves, and the baseball diamond itself-the essentials to playing the game.

Coordinating baseball accessories can also be purchased along with your checks. To keep your new checks protected, you might be interested in a checkbook cover. While designs vary, a popular neutral checkbook cover is black leather with an embroidered image of a baseball, two bats, and a diamond in the lower right hand corner.

You don't have to worry about price when it comes to buying your baseball personal checks, either. Whereas it used to be costly to purchase bank checks from your local bank, and difficult to come across the images and designs that you wanted, it doesn't have to be that way anymore thanks to the internet. With several highly regarded websites, you are able to have access to hundreds of check images at 50% off the price that you might have paid in the past at your local bank.

All you'll need are your checking account number and routing number when ordering your baseball checks online. You can count on your checks arriving in the mail to you in about 5 days, which is about the same amount of time it took in the past for your bank to get them to you.

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