Baseball · Governing body
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), formed 2013; international federation roots date to 1938 World Series (annually since 1903, except 1904 and 1994) and the World Baseball Classic (since 2006)
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Baseball · Governing bodyWorld Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), formed 2013; international…
Baseball · AttendanceMLB drew 71.3 million fans in 2024; Japan's NPB set its own record with more…
Baseball · taglineThe clockless chess match where a round bat meets a round ball and the best…
Baseball · Its geography is distinctiveIts geography is distinctive. Baseball is the national sport in practice of…
MLB drew 71.3 million fans in 2024; Japan's NPB set its own record with more than 26 million The 2024 Dodgers-Yankees World Series averaged 15.8 million US viewers per game, plus a massive overnight audience in Japan
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Baseball · Attendance
MLB drew 71.3 million fans in 2024; Japan's NPB set its own record with more than 26 million The 2024 Dodgers-Yankees World Series averaged 15.8 million US viewers per game, plus a massive overnight audience in Japan
Baseball · tagline
The clockless chess match where a round bat meets a round ball and the best hitters on earth still fail seven times out of ten. Baseball inverts the logic of almost every other team sport: the defense holds the ball, the offense scores by running a circuit, and until 2023 no clock governed anything. A game ends when 27 outs are recorded, whether that takes two hours or five.
Baseball · Its geography is distinctive
Its geography is distinctive. Baseball is the national sport in practice of the United States, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Cuba, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic — a country of 11 million that supplied over 100 players to MLB opening-day rosters in 2024.
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