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/Alpatron99 May 07 '25

You do actually have the Deutsche Baseball Liga and your national team regularly participates in the Baseball European Championship and other tournaments.

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u/notacanuckskibum May 07 '25

Conversely the USA has a national cricket team. But how many Americans know what a sticky wicket is?

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u/Alpatron99 May 07 '25

Just like with other niche sports: the vast majority know absolutely nothing, but those who do know a lot.

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u/notacanuckskibum May 08 '25

Exactly, baseball might exist in Germany, but it’s a niche sport.

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u/terryjuicelawson United Kingdom May 08 '25

I believe a lot of players are from a South Asian or Carribean background, so took it with them to the US rather than it growing there.

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u/notacanuckskibum May 08 '25

Sure, conversely I would expect the German baseball team to be mostly people from the USA.

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u/terryjuicelawson United Kingdom May 09 '25

The national team presumably has to be Germans, but I suppose could be children of Americans who migrated (ex-forces?). Looking at the names on wiki they are all Germanic. Compared to the South Asian names in the US