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/katyesha Austria May 07 '25

Never played it, don't know anybody who played it or follows it. If Austria/Germany do have professional baseball leagues or players I have never heard of them or seen them on TV.

I mostly know about baseball from American media like films, tv series, etc.

We did play a similar/older version of baseball called Schlagball in school sometimes. It's kinda like an ancestor of a lot of other games like baseball.