Saw a press release today that I thought you would all be interested in.
Apparently in advance of the Baseball World Cup (yes, there is one, independent of the World Baseball Classic that MLB does not allow its players to participate in) in September, Europe is seeing a spike in popularity:
Over 40 players from no less than nine European countries (England, Portugal, Spain, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France) are currently playing in the North American major and minor leagues – the highest number ever.
Initial reports from Little League baseball, working with the European Baseball Confederation (CEB), are showing an increase in enrollment of over 10% for boys and girls playing Little League baseball across the continent.
Always good news, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the next frontier of baseball players, already being imported from Japan, China and Korea, comes from Europe itself — especially with cricket already being played and similar to baseball.
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