Greg Procter
ihug.co.nz> writes:
> Hatunen wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:21:33 -0400, Tony Cooper
>>
earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >>>On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:23:42 +1200, Greg Procter
>>>
ihug.co.nz>
>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>Why would you use "baseball"? It's a game only yanks or yank
>>>>wannabes play seriously.
>>>
>>>Is "yank wannabes" a type of Japanese sushi?
>>>
>>>Wannabe is that green stuff that's so hot, isn't it? The stuff
>>>that the Japanese eat at the baseball games they take so
>>>seriously?
>>
>> Don't forget all the major leaguers who used to get in trouble
>> with their leagues for playing baseball in Mexico, wehre it is
>> popular.. Baseball is also popular in Cuba, as well as many other
>> Caribbean islands. Not to mention, of course, that teh Candians
>> have a major league baseball team
>
> Yeah yeah, you're still way under the 10%% thresh-hold for any sport
> to be recognised world-wide.
10%% of what? The IOC has a set of criteria (a minimum number of
countries with national federations on a minimum number of
continents) for a sport to be included in the olympics. Baseball
meets it. Cricket and rugby (I believe) don't.
At the orgainized youth level, looking at the Little League World
Series for 2006, the countries (and territories) whose national
champions played for spots in the tournament were, besides the US,
Canada and Mexico, which automatically get spots:
Pacific: EMEA
Philippines Austria
Indonesia Belarus
New Zealand Bulgaria
Guam (US) Georgia
Northern Mariana Islands (US) Germany
Italy
Latin America: Lithuania
Brazil Moldova
El Salvador Netherlands
Guatemala Poland
Honduras Russia
Nicaragua Slovenia
Panama Ukraine
Venezuela
Caribbean:
Asia Aruba
China Bahamas
Chinese Taipei Curacao
Hong Kong Dominican Republic
Japan Jamaica
Korea Netherlands Antilles
Thailand Puerto Rico (US)
Saint Maarten
US Virgin Islands (US)
(There's also a "Transatlantic" division that seems to be US leagues in
other countries, with representatives from Saudi Arabia,
the UK, Germany, the UAE, Italy, and Belgium.) Going back to 2005
adds Scotland, Bulgaria, and Colombia. 2004 adds Romania, France,
Kazakhstan, and Ecuador. 2003 adds Ireland and South Africa.
Not on par with soccer, but a pretty respectable showing, I'd say.
> I played the game for a year at high school compulsary sports
> sessions - my only notable achievement in the game was in going home
> at half time when I thought the game had finished. (well, it might
> have been half time, who knows)
It's nice to know you paid as much attention to learning the game as
you appear to have in other subjects.
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