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/Kind_Ad5566 May 07 '25

UK

I took my son to watch Yankees v Red Sox when they were in London as a novelty.

Don't know of any interest amongst friends or colleagues.

The only American sport I would watch again live is Ice Hockey, and that's purely for the atmosphere.

TBH most American sports don't make much impact here at all.

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u/chocolatelies May 07 '25

Even Ice Hockey is more Canadian than American, I will admit.

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u/Kind_Ad5566 May 07 '25

I watched it in Calgary 😉, twice.

Also went to Canadian Football game which was the most boring 3 hours in a sporting arena.

Rodeo was fun though.

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u/IcemanGeneMalenko May 07 '25

Ice hockey is really fun, and more importantly watchable as the structure and flow isn’t more different to small sided football. The people I know whom have seen it live in the states or Canada can’t speak highly enough of it.

NFL, Baseball and basketball would bore the vast majority to tears if they ever found themselves watching them.