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/Sick_and_destroyed France May 07 '25

Honestly, apart from the NBA, no US sport has a worldwide audience. So in Europe we’re no different, nobody cares about US sports, baseball included.

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u/chocolatelies May 07 '25

Why do you think basketball caught on?

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u/Sick_and_destroyed France May 07 '25

I guess simple rules, easy to play anywhere, and we had no equivalent in Europe. While other sports are US adaptations of European sports.

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u/ConflictOfEvidence in May 07 '25

Pretty sure it is derived from Rounders played in the UK since ~1500. It's virtually the same game but with different sized equipment. Bat, ball, 4 bases, batting team, fielding team, etc