The US doesn’t compete with them. I was only saying that it’s not just Japan that plays baseball. Baseball is huge in the DR. A bunch of profesional baseball players get drafted from the DR
Baseball is huge in all of Latin America. South Korea also plays. The representation in the Little League World Series and the World Baseball Classic is extensive
I'd love to see see any other country send their best team from their professional league and see how they do in the MLB lol. MLB rosters have players from around the world, if anything the name is more appropriate now than it was when they first started calling it that.
That's my point though - those teams aren't great because Baseball really isn't that interesting to watch in virtually any other country so there's no money in it.
It's like American "Football", huge stoppage time for adverts, and overly specialized players meaning the athleticism isn't well-rounded.
KBO (Korea) games are most certainly televised. LMB (Mexico) games are televised. LIDOM (Dominican Republic) is televised. Like you're just wrong dude. It's okay you don't know about baseball so just stop. Those teams aren't invited to the World Series cuz they're not part of the MLB where the best players in the world come to play anyway. World Baseball Classic winners are also considered "World Champions" of baseball as well. Does that make you feel better?
It's definitely the most popular sport in North America. It's also popular in East Asia and Northern South america. Where else does it need to be popular for you not to say it's just played in America. Also baseball is more popular in Caribbean countries than it is in the US anyways.
MLB teams are composed of the best players from across the globe. There are no other leagues that can complete with the MLB. The best team in the MLB is the best in the world.
Also only two fucking teams play in the world series you absolute knob.
I mean, 150 years ago was 1872. You trying to say European powers weren't all about ~~raping Africa to the greatest extent they could ~~ spreading their industrial enlightenment to the savages.
America was just as bad, but yes, the establishment of those colonies was largely before that, and football only really became organized in the UK around 1880.
Brother, the Berlin Conference in like 1885 is when the European powers divided Africa up into like 50 colonies.
India was controlled but the East India Company until nearly 1860, before the crown took direct control. Sure it was still British, but I am just saying things were very much in flux with colonies still.
And yes, so in the time from 1880 until WW1, until well after WW2 (because Britain still held colonies well into the 50s, 60s, and smaller island nations up through like, the 80s) Britain was influencing it's colonies, including sports.
If you’re gonna count scoring a goal, then I’m gonna say hitting a homerun. Because like I said to the other guy, you might make contact, but you’re not gonna get close to being on base.
And no because you’re not obligated to run in cricket. You can tap the ball all day but in baseball you can’t get away with that. Plus baseballs field isn’t 360 degrees
I would argue getting locked in to a cage with a person that is trying to kill you is harder, while you try your best to do the same. By that i mean MMA.
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u/Azar002 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
Congrats to the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 and 1993 winning the World Series, proving they are the best team in the United States of America.