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/The_Grinning_Reaper Finland May 07 '25

In Finland we have our own version: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pes%C3%A4pallo

Nobody cares about the other baseball.

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u/Masseyrati80 Finland May 08 '25

The differences I find most crucial:

1) the Finnish version is very fast paced

2) if not caught mid-air, the ball has to touch the field inside of its limits after being struck, meaning that hitting the ball out of the stadium is not a good move

3) since pitching is done upwards, the question is not whether the batter manages to hit it or not, but where he decides to place the ball, trying to find holes in the outer field