Resolved Question: Why do ignorant people only think that USA plays baseball and basketball?

15 March 2009, 1:58 am

Cuba loves the sport of baseball okay it's a national sport there and Fidel Castro was the most upset about the sport being removed from the Olympics as they won all the gold medals except 2. 2000 USA and 2008 South Korea. Are you unaware baseball is huge in Japan , Taiwan ans South Korea. Countries such as Panama , Dominican Republic, Venezuela,Cuba and Nicaragua care more about the sport then Football. Puerto Rico has a love for the sport as well (While they are a Commonwealth of USA they have their own national teams just like Scotland and Wales). In addition many a player comes from Mexico and Canada (which in case of the latter I dare say produces better baseball then football players) I actually do not wont baseball in the Olympics as I prefer the World Baseball Classic (International Baseball championships).To set the record straight Japan won the 1st ever world championships. In fact Netherlands sent a team with majority of players coming from Aruba, Curacao and the rest of Antilles though a few of the players actually do come from Netherlands. http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6215375/Dutch-thrashed-by-Venezuela-in-Baseball-Classic Lastly I can't even begin to say how foolish you all are for thinking only Basketball is played in the USA. From both North-South America , Africa, Europe and Australia the game is played by both men and women. Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania, Argentina, Spain and Russia are some of the countries that have strong international programs. In China basketball is one of the most popular sports (table tennis and badminton being other 2). Top flight players don't come from just USA they come from every continent. I can provide examples if you want. 2002 Serbia/Montenegro won FIBA World Championships, 2004 Argentina beat Italy for gold (USA had to settle for bronze) 2006 Spain won FIBA World Champion Ships 2008 USA won gold medal Netball came from basketball as an American teacher miss read the basketball rules. Only international tournament sport is played in is the Commonwealth Games. http://www.netball.org/netball.aspx?id=18... Read More »

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