Baseball is not one of the biggest sports in the world, it's one of the biggest in the US.

I guess I forgot about all that land south of us. Sorry, that was just me being a silly American . .

you'd put Golf and Tennis over Hockey? WTF is your problem? If I could neg you I would

Hockey fan all the way.

Yeah Latin America hates baseball! You must've also forgot about Japan, I mean they hate it so much they make baseball players national heroes. Who likes baseball anyawy?

Epic fail and epic fail on poll.

Not to mention, I said "ONE of the biggest sports in the world".

Try reading some posts, EEB.

I did Cons, hense the acknowledgement of the word 'one'.

Baseball in Europe means ****, infact we call it rounders. It's only popular in several countries.

The biggest sports in the world are, in order of popularity:

1. Soccer
2. Basketball
3. Tennis
4. Gymnastics
5. Swimming
6. Cycling
7. Karate
8. Cricket
9. Baseball
10. Field Hockey

I'm tryin to figure out why the world popularity should affect our decision as to which is our favorite sport. Baseball is a rather active sub-forum in the sports section, hence, one of the reasons people are shocked not to see it in the thread. It's ok though, you tried Emo. Oh and...if it's one of the top most popular sports in the world then I think it's safe to say that it's one of the most popular sports in the world. Yeah...thanks for proving Constatine's point. *thumbs up*

I love it! He tries to get back at me by proving me right! EEB, not only did you prove my point that baseball is one of the most popular sports, but you didn't even provide a link! Not to mention, how do you gauge world popularity?
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The Final Word: The Most Popular Sports in the World

Just thought I'd drop this page here and see what EEB thinks . .

The best way, sports that are actually played by individuals, that's the best way to support a sport. (I can't believe fishing isn't in the top 10)


Although when you look at the number of fans each sport has...

1) Soccer. 3.3-3.5 Billion Fans. (Europe, Africa, Americas,etc)
2) Cricket 3-3.3 Billion Fans. (India,U.K,Pakistan,Asia,Australia,etc)
3) Field Hockey. 2-2.2 Bilion Fans. (Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia)
4) Tennis. Around 1 Billion Fans. (Europe, Americas, Asia)
5) Volleyball Around 900 Million Fans. (Asia, Erope, Americas, Australia)
6) Table Tennis Around 900 Million Fans. (Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas)
7) Baseball Around 500 Million Fans. (U.S,Canada, Japan)
8) Golf Around 400 Million Fans. (U.S, Canada, Europe)
9) Football 390-410 Million Fans. (U.S, Canada mainly)
10) Basketball Not more than 400M Fans. (U.S, Canada mainly)

WikiAnswers - What is the most popular sport in the world

I'm a big fan of "if it's not in the top five then then it ain't "one" of the biggest'.
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Obsolete much?

Once again, your ignorance shows. You do realize that the list you're citing does not include Central America or South America when determining baseball fans? Tsk, tsk . . .

Look at the site I cited, it actually shows soccer as number 4.

Sport
2002 Estimates of Participants Worldwide
Number of Affiliated National Federations
Volleyball
998 Million
218
Basketball
400 Million
211
Table Tennis
300 Million
186
Soccer
242 Million
204
Badminton
200 Million
147
Tennis
60 Million
191
Baseball
60 Million
110
Dragon Boat Racing
50 Million
51
Team Handball
18 Million
147
Hockey
3 million
118
Judo
2.5 Million
187
Rugby
2 Million
97
Cycling
600,000
160
Bocce
Pending
72
Cricket
Pending
74

Also, those numbers are given by International Olympic Committee.

EDIT: What the ****? It showed it as a table when I posted it, now it's all ****ed up! Lame.