Titanic wrote:Syzygy, yer, I never saw the highlights of that match, but I read a couple of the amtch reports, so wanted to see it.
Jamie, football as a proper sport was invented about 140 years ago, after you were independant. Baseball is not really that popular outside of N.America. Softball is played a lot in Japan and some other Asian countries, but in Europe, S.America and Africa its barely played. In Europe Cricket is more popular. The closest we get to Baseball is rounders, which almost everyone stops playing after primary school. IMO, Cricket requires less skill then baseball.
Baseball is the #1 sport by far in Japan. Look at all the Japanese imports in MLB. The US sends their best players over their sometimes, and sometimes they get beaten by the Japanese all-stars. The last couple of years MLB has opened theri season in Japan. They will do so again this year.
You stop playing "Rounders" in primary school. Hmm doubt they have 100 mph fastballs in Rounders. Or curves, or sliders, or change ups, or 60 ft pitching distances, or balls hit at infielders at 150 mph. Take all that away, and yes then baseball becomes a kids game.
Soccer is only 140 yrs old??? Why than have I read about the greeks and Romans playing it thousands of years ago, and how is it than that a sport that is only 140 years old has caught on in countries all over the globe. Keep in mind global travel wasn't practical until commercial airflights, so until that time, things spread slowly. Baseball is 170 years old, and it is just now catching on with countries outside of N. America, though it's been popular in Japan since only the 1970's
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