Happy Birthday, America! 15 super-patriotic photos from baseball's July 4th

MLB celebrated the Fourth of July in style on Thursday -- after all, America's pastime has to go big for America's birthday. Here are 15 stars-and-stripes photos from ballparks across the country, guaranteed to put a smile (and maybe a little red, white and blue paint) on your face.

(Photos via Meera Venkatraman, Austin McLaurin, Kent Klooster, Philip George, Mike Nelson, Ryan Cantrell, Evan Vladem, Andrew Harts and Michael Kelly / MLB.com Real-Time Correspondents)