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Salesman89 t1_ixu0u17 wrote

Reply to comment by Uranus_Hz in TIL In The 1930s, Baseball rivaled Soccer In England, attracting 10,000 spectators per game. In 1938, at the inaugural Baseball World Cup, Great Britain defeated the USA 4 games to 1. The outbreak of WWII interrupted the sports ascendancy, and it never recovered its prewar popularity. by contextual_somebody

Baseball is honestly one of our purest exports... Almost all of our allies are or have at least tried it. Look at Japan and Australia, Germany is picking it up.

And then there's Cuba.... if only the Yankees had signed Fidel...

Edit: Went and googled. That Castro story is a myth. Still, Cuba's love of the game has had an interesting impact on U.S.-Cuban relations...

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Uranus_Hz t1_ixu2ggb wrote

I know. It’s very popular in Latin America and Southeast Asia. I was simply making a joke that the WORLD Series is just a US championship

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ycpa68 t1_ixu4f2x wrote

Ok but what about the World Baseball Classic?

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contextual_somebody OP t1_ixuzad0 wrote

The Netherlands is currently ranked 5th in the world rankings. Italy is ranked 11th and Germany, 17th.

There is a baseball World Cup. Because something isn’t well known where you live, it might still exist.

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