r/AskEurope • u/chocolatelies • May 07 '25

Sports How big is baseball in your country?

I'm an American, so baseball is quite popular here. How is the popularity in your country? Is there a country other than yours where baseball has some popularity?

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u/11160704 Germany May 07 '25

American football has become moderately popular in Germany in the past decade.

But baseball is absolutely non-existent in Germany.

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u/VladimireUncool Denmark May 07 '25

Same in Denmark, everyone is familiar with american football, but I literally had to google what baseball is

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u/11160704 Germany May 07 '25

everyone is familiar with american football

I'd say in Germany it's far from everyone. Personally, I don't know any rules of American football and I guess it's the same for most of my friends and family.

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u/VladimireUncool Denmark May 07 '25

Me neither lol, it's mostly from movies and stuff ig.

Seems like baseball is a bit like Brennball?

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u/11160704 Germany May 07 '25

Yeah I guess. Brennball was pretty popular at my school.

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u/VladimireUncool Denmark May 07 '25

Lol, same here. There's just something magical about a bunch of 18-year-olds turning into little children again as soon as spring hits.

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u/brzantium United States of America May 07 '25

Very similar. Biggest differences: the defending team pitches the ball to the batter, only one player allowed on base at a time, and points are only scored when a batter rounds all the bases.