Select the paragraph that best expresses the central idea of the passage.
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“Like many other presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt loved baseball—even though he hadn’t played it very well in his youth. As a school boy, he was once assigned to a team called the Bum Baseball Boys, ‘made up of about the worst players.’ At Harvard, he ended up not as a player but as manager of the school’s team.” (paragraph 1)
“Like many other presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt loved baseball—even though he hadn’t played it very well in his youth. As a school boy, he was once assigned to a team called the Bum Baseball Boys, ‘made up of about the worst players.’ At Harvard, he ended up not as a player but as manager of the school’s team.” (paragraph 1)

“So it should have come as no surprise that Roosevelt would come to baseball’s defense when the question arose sixty years ago, soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as to whether the ‘national pastime’ should be suspended since the United States had become fully engaged in World War II.” (paragraph 3)
“So it should have come as no surprise that Roosevelt would come to baseball’s defense when the question arose sixty years ago, soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as to whether the ‘national pastime’ should be suspended since the United States had become fully engaged in World War II.” (paragraph 3)

“After the attack on Pearl Harbor, which finally drew the United States into the world conflict, life in America changed. Able-bodied men were quickly being drafted into the armed forces, essential materials were being rationed, and priorities everywhere were shifting—from the highest levels of government to average families. Wartime required a change in the regular way of doing things, and people were willing to make sacrifices.”
(paragraph 7)
“After the attack on Pearl Harbor, which finally drew the United States into the world conflict, life in America changed. Able-bodied men were quickly being drafted into the armed forces, essential materials were being rationed, and priorities everywhere were shifting—from the highest levels of government to average families. Wartime required a change in the regular way of doing things, and people were willing to make sacrifices.”, , (paragraph 7)

“Indeed, baseball culture was evident on the war front. Soldiers used baseball lingo and facts when confronting suspected enemy infiltrators attempting to pass themselves off as allies. There were servicemen’s teams across all theaters of war, and baseball was being played recreationally whenever ball diamonds could be carved out. Moreover, the services often utilized major league talent and staged inter-service and intra-service championships.” (paragraph 19)
“Indeed, baseball culture was evident on the war front. Soldiers used baseball lingo and facts when confronting suspected enemy infiltrators attempting to pass themselves off as allies. There were servicemen’s teams across all theaters of war, and baseball was being played recreationally whenever ball diamonds could be carved out. Moreover, the services often utilized major league talent and staged inter-service and intra-service championships.” (paragraph 19)