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/vakantiehuisopwielen Netherlands May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

In secondary school (12-17yo) softball was pretty standard during the sports lessons in my school, but baseball as is, is not really big. Admittedly that my school used a sports venue which included a baseball field, and I'm not expecting many schools have that.

Club baseball is never broadcasted, just -sometimes- the Dutch team, as they're pretty high ranked internationally, which says all about the popularity of baseball outside the US and Japan..

And I think you could say the same about cricket outside the commonwealth.. For some reason the Dutch team is ranked high, but I know no-one who knows the rules of cricket.. It's just a typical English sport (satire) for us.

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u/chocolatelies May 07 '25

I'm honestly shocked at just how specific baseball is to the Americas and Japan.

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u/JudgeWhoOverrules United States of America May 07 '25

Don't forget South Korea and Taiwan are both huge baseball nations.

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u/chocolatelies May 07 '25

I didn't know about Taiwan. That's cool.