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demosincebirth

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11. Laughable, huh?

Reply to grantcart (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 12:08 AM

Apr 2017

http://www.businessinsider.com/attendance-sports-leagues-world-2015-5

If you add Japanese attendance, that's 100 million attending baseball worldwide. If we consider total attendance, Major League Baseball is the most popular, drawing more than 70 million fans during the 2014 season. NO other sport is, even, close.

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Think Baseball Is Boring? Maybe a Cat Will Help [View all] elleng Apr 2017 OP

Baseball doesn't need fixing. stopbush Apr 2017 #1

I love watching baseball on TV. tazkcmo Apr 2017 #3

I agree, elleng Apr 2017 #4

Instead of a ball? tazkcmo Apr 2017 #2

The same people who find classical music boring, or going to a museum boring, stopbush Apr 2017 #5

Kittehs win! shenmue Apr 2017 #6

Baseball is the most popular sport in the world demosincebirth Apr 2017 #7

Football (soccer) is more popular than baseball by several times. grantcart Apr 2017 #8

Sorry, but Baseball draws more spectators than any other sport in the world. demosincebirth Apr 2017 #9

Beyond laughable grantcart Apr 2017 #10

Laughable, huh? demosincebirth Apr 2017 #11

Your statement was "Most popular sport in the world" grantcart Apr 2017 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author demosincebirth Apr 2017 #13