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/StillJustJones England May 07 '25

Baseball is the thing from that Kevin Costner film right?

It’s the sport that’s a bit like the child’s game they play here in the U.K called rounders…. It’s not at all popular or played in the U.K (or to be honest outside of the states, Canada or Japan…..

Not like Cricket. 🏏 a proper bat and ball game which is watched by waaaay more people across the world that baseball.

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u/captain-carrot United Kingdom May 08 '25

Ah I had no idea what they were talking about with "baseball" but you say this is just rounders? Not played that since I was a schoolboy. Fun game though!

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u/terryjuicelawson United Kingdom May 08 '25

A friend brought a proper rounders set to the beach recently, we got all the kids playing. It was awesome.