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[td][/td] [td]Baseball is very popular in Venezuela; in 2011, 95% of people surveyed claimed it to be the national sport.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Jack |title=Baseball is Venezuela's national sport โ but the 2024 Copa America shows why that might be changing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5615753/2024/07/05/venezuela-copa-america-baseball-soccer/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In Nicaragua and Panama, baseball is also considered the national sport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adler|first=David|date=March 7, 2023 |title=The history of baseball in Nicaragua |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/nicaragua-baseball-history |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Major League Baseball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 18, 2025 |title=Over 200K fans show up for Panama's U-18 National Baseball Championship as Coclรฉ repeats championship run |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/over-2...hampionship-as-cocle-repeats-championship-run |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=WBSC |language=en}}</ref> While soccer is still more popular, baseball is a fast-growing sport [[Baseball in Mexico|in Mexico]]. In 2024, top [[Mexican League]] baseball teams outdraw some [[Liga MX]] teams in attendance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez|first=Carlos|date=April 16, 2025 |title=Mexican Baseball League eager to build on growing attendance|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/apr/16/mexican-baseball-league-eager-to-build-on-growing/ |access-date=April 16, 2025 |website=Chattanooga Time Free Press |language=en}}</ref> Baseball also is somewhat popular in Colombia, though secondary to soccer, especially in coastal areas such as [[Barranquilla]] and [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] which are [[Caribbean region of Colombia|near the Caribbean]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul Morosi |first=Jon |date=September 24, 2020 |title=Next baseball juggernaut? Colombia has case |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/colombia-becoming-baseball-powerhouse |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> In recent years, baseball has grown in popularity in Colombia, especially in the capital of [[Bogotรก]], due an increase of Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner|first=James|date=November 24, 2023 |title=Baseball Flourishes in Colombia's Capital. But Not Because of Colombians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/sports/baseball/baseball-colombia-bogota-venezuela.html# |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> In Brazil, baseball fan popularity has grown in the last few years, thanks to MLB broadcasts in [[ESPN (Brazil)|Brazilian ESPN]] and the historic silver medal in [[Baseball at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023 Pan-American games]]. However, it still lags behind [[Basketball in Brazil|Basketball]] and [[American football in Brazil|American Football]] in the list of most played sports in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pessรดa |first=Lucas |title=Impulsionado por forรงa econรดmica da MLB, beisebol mira expansรฃo no Brasil |trans-title=Driven by MLB's economic strength, Baseball aims for expansion in Brazil |url=https://www.lance.com.br/lancebiz/m...a-da-mlb-esporte-mira-expansao-no-brasil.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Lance!]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobayashi Deckrow |first=Andre |date=2023-10-23 |title=How Baseball Became Brazilian |url=https://defector.com/how-baseball-became-brazilian |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Defector Media|Defector]]}}</ref> Baseball has also grown in popularity in Argentina and Peru in recent years due to Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zea|first=Tibisay|date=June 24, 2024 |title=Baseball rises in Argentina thanks to Venezuelan migration |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2024/06/24/baseball-rises-in-argentina-thanks-to-venezuelan-migration |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The World |language=en}}</ref> Costa Rica has also seen a growth in the popularity of baseball. Since 1987, baseballs have exclusively been made in the Costa Rican town of [[Turrialba (district)|Turrialba]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Llorca Castro|first=Fernando|date=October 25, 2021 |title=Turrialba Makes, the World Series Takes|url=https://www.wsj.com/opinion/turrialba-makes-the-world-series-takes-baseball-costa-rica-11635195464 |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Baseball is very popular in Venezuela; in 2011, 95% of people surveyed claimed it to be the national sport.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Jack |title=Baseball is Venezuela's national sport โ but the 2024 Copa America shows why that might be changing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5615753/2024/07/05/venezuela-copa-america-baseball-soccer/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In Nicaragua and Panama, baseball is also considered the national sport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adler|first=David|date=March 7, 2023 |title=The history of baseball in Nicaragua |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/nicaragua-baseball-history |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Major League Baseball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 18, 2025 |title=Over 200K fans show up for Panama's U-18 National Baseball Championship as Coclรฉ repeats championship run |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/over-2...hampionship-as-cocle-repeats-championship-run |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=WBSC |language=en}}</ref> While soccer is still more popular, baseball is a fast-growing sport [[Baseball in Mexico|in Mexico]]. In 2024, top [[Mexican League]] baseball teams outdraw some [[Liga MX]] teams in attendance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez|first=Carlos|date=April 16, 2025 |title=Mexican Baseball League eager to build on growing attendance|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/apr/16/mexican-baseball-league-eager-to-build-on-growing/ |access-date=April 16, 2025 |website=Chattanooga Time Free Press |language=en}}</ref> Baseball also is somewhat popular in Colombia, though secondary to soccer, especially in coastal areas such as [[Barranquilla]] and [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] which are [[Caribbean region of Colombia|near the Caribbean]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul Morosi |first=Jon |date=September 24, 2020 |title=Next baseball juggernaut? Colombia has case |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/colombia-becoming-baseball-powerhouse |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> In recent years, baseball has grown in popularity in Colombia, especially in the capital of [[Bogotรก]], due an increase of Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner|first=James|date=November 24, 2023 |title=Baseball Flourishes in Colombia's Capital. But Not Because of Colombians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/sports/baseball/baseball-colombia-bogota-venezuela.html# |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> In Brazil, baseball fan popularity has grown in the last few years, thanks to MLB broadcasts in [[ESPN (Brazil)|Brazilian ESPN]] and the historic silver medal in [[Baseball at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023 Pan-American games]]. However, it still lags behind [[Basketball in Brazil|Basketball]] and [[American football in Brazil|American Football]] in the list of most played sports in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pessรดa |first=Lucas |title=Impulsionado por forรงa econรดmica da MLB, beisebol mira expansรฃo no Brasil |trans-title=Driven by MLB's economic strength, Baseball aims for expansion in Brazil |url=https://www.lance.com.br/lancebiz/m...a-da-mlb-esporte-mira-expansao-no-brasil.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Lance!]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobayashi Deckrow |first=Andre |date=2023-10-23 |title=How Baseball Became Brazilian |url=https://defector.com/how-baseball-became-brazilian |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Defector Media|Defector]]}}</ref> Baseball has also grown in popularity in Argentina and Peru in recent years due to Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zea|first=Tibisay|date=June 24, 2024 |title=Baseball rises in Argentina thanks to Venezuelan migration |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2024/06/24/baseball-rises-in-argentina-thanks-to-venezuelan-migration |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The World |language=en}}</ref> Costa Rica has also seen a growth in the popularity of baseball. Since 1987, baseballs have exclusively been made in the Costa Rican town of [[Turrialba (district)|Turrialba]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Llorca Castro|first=Fernando|date=October 25, 2021 |title=Turrialba Makes, the World Series Takes|url=https://www.wsj.com/opinion/turrialba-makes-the-world-series-takes-baseball-costa-rica-11635195464 |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</ref> Baseball is also played in [[Honduras]]. In recent years, Major leaguer [[Mauricio Dubรณn]] has made efforts to increase support for the sport in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rome|first=Chandler|date=March 8, 2023 |title=Flag bearers: Houston's Mauricio Dubรณn and Bligh Madris are face of baseball in Honduras, Palau|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...-dubon-palau-bligh-madris-astros-17826867.php |access-date=September 3, 2025 |website=Houston Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The sport's overall popularity in Latin America has assisted in [[Hispanic and Latino Americans#Sports|integrating Latin American migrants to the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlain |first=Craig |date=2020-10-12 |title=Capturing the story of Latinos and baseball |url=https://las.illinois.edu/news/2020-10-12/capturing-story-latinos-and-baseball |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The sport's overall popularity in Latin America has assisted in [[Hispanic and Latino Americans#Sports|integrating Latin American migrants to the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlain |first=Craig |date=2020-10-12 |title=Capturing the story of Latinos and baseball |url=https://las.illinois.edu/news/2020-10-12/capturing-story-latinos-and-baseball |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois}}</ref>[/td]
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[td][/td] [td]Baseball is very popular in Venezuela; in 2011, 95% of people surveyed claimed it to be the national sport.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Jack |title=Baseball is Venezuela's national sport โ but the 2024 Copa America shows why that might be changing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5615753/2024/07/05/venezuela-copa-america-baseball-soccer/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In Nicaragua and Panama, baseball is also considered the national sport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adler|first=David|date=March 7, 2023 |title=The history of baseball in Nicaragua |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/nicaragua-baseball-history |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Major League Baseball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 18, 2025 |title=Over 200K fans show up for Panama's U-18 National Baseball Championship as Coclรฉ repeats championship run |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/over-2...hampionship-as-cocle-repeats-championship-run |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=WBSC |language=en}}</ref> While soccer is still more popular, baseball is a fast-growing sport [[Baseball in Mexico|in Mexico]]. In 2024, top [[Mexican League]] baseball teams outdraw some [[Liga MX]] teams in attendance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez|first=Carlos|date=April 16, 2025 |title=Mexican Baseball League eager to build on growing attendance|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/apr/16/mexican-baseball-league-eager-to-build-on-growing/ |access-date=April 16, 2025 |website=Chattanooga Time Free Press |language=en}}</ref> Baseball also is somewhat popular in Colombia, though secondary to soccer, especially in coastal areas such as [[Barranquilla]] and [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] which are [[Caribbean region of Colombia|near the Caribbean]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul Morosi |first=Jon |date=September 24, 2020 |title=Next baseball juggernaut? Colombia has case |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/colombia-becoming-baseball-powerhouse |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> In recent years, baseball has grown in popularity in Colombia, especially in the capital of [[Bogotรก]], due an increase of Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner|first=James|date=November 24, 2023 |title=Baseball Flourishes in Colombia's Capital. But Not Because of Colombians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/sports/baseball/baseball-colombia-bogota-venezuela.html# |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> In Brazil, baseball fan popularity has grown in the last few years, thanks to MLB broadcasts in [[ESPN (Brazil)|Brazilian ESPN]] and the historic silver medal in [[Baseball at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023 Pan-American games]]. However, it still lags behind [[Basketball in Brazil|Basketball]] and [[American football in Brazil|American Football]] in the list of most played sports in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pessรดa |first=Lucas |title=Impulsionado por forรงa econรดmica da MLB, beisebol mira expansรฃo no Brasil |trans-title=Driven by MLB's economic strength, Baseball aims for expansion in Brazil |url=https://www.lance.com.br/lancebiz/m...a-da-mlb-esporte-mira-expansao-no-brasil.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Lance!]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobayashi Deckrow |first=Andre |date=2023-10-23 |title=How Baseball Became Brazilian |url=https://defector.com/how-baseball-became-brazilian |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Defector Media|Defector]]}}</ref> Baseball has also grown in popularity in Argentina and Peru in recent years due to Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zea|first=Tibisay|date=June 24, 2024 |title=Baseball rises in Argentina thanks to Venezuelan migration |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2024/06/24/baseball-rises-in-argentina-thanks-to-venezuelan-migration |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The World |language=en}}</ref> Costa Rica has also seen a growth in the popularity of baseball. Since 1987, baseballs have exclusively been made in the Costa Rican town of [[Turrialba (district)|Turrialba]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Llorca Castro|first=Fernando|date=October 25, 2021 |title=Turrialba Makes, the World Series Takes|url=https://www.wsj.com/opinion/turrialba-makes-the-world-series-takes-baseball-costa-rica-11635195464 |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Baseball is very popular in Venezuela; in 2011, 95% of people surveyed claimed it to be the national sport.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Jack |title=Baseball is Venezuela's national sport โ but the 2024 Copa America shows why that might be changing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5615753/2024/07/05/venezuela-copa-america-baseball-soccer/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In Nicaragua and Panama, baseball is also considered the national sport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adler|first=David|date=March 7, 2023 |title=The history of baseball in Nicaragua |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/nicaragua-baseball-history |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Major League Baseball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 18, 2025 |title=Over 200K fans show up for Panama's U-18 National Baseball Championship as Coclรฉ repeats championship run |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/over-2...hampionship-as-cocle-repeats-championship-run |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=WBSC |language=en}}</ref> While soccer is still more popular, baseball is a fast-growing sport [[Baseball in Mexico|in Mexico]]. In 2024, top [[Mexican League]] baseball teams outdraw some [[Liga MX]] teams in attendance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez|first=Carlos|date=April 16, 2025 |title=Mexican Baseball League eager to build on growing attendance|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/apr/16/mexican-baseball-league-eager-to-build-on-growing/ |access-date=April 16, 2025 |website=Chattanooga Time Free Press |language=en}}</ref> Baseball also is somewhat popular in Colombia, though secondary to soccer, especially in coastal areas such as [[Barranquilla]] and [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] which are [[Caribbean region of Colombia|near the Caribbean]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul Morosi |first=Jon |date=September 24, 2020 |title=Next baseball juggernaut? Colombia has case |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/colombia-becoming-baseball-powerhouse |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> In recent years, baseball has grown in popularity in Colombia, especially in the capital of [[Bogotรก]], due an increase of Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner|first=James|date=November 24, 2023 |title=Baseball Flourishes in Colombia's Capital. But Not Because of Colombians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/sports/baseball/baseball-colombia-bogota-venezuela.html# |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> In Brazil, baseball fan popularity has grown in the last few years, thanks to MLB broadcasts in [[ESPN (Brazil)|Brazilian ESPN]] and the historic silver medal in [[Baseball at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023 Pan-American games]]. However, it still lags behind [[Basketball in Brazil|Basketball]] and [[American football in Brazil|American Football]] in the list of most played sports in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pessรดa |first=Lucas |title=Impulsionado por forรงa econรดmica da MLB, beisebol mira expansรฃo no Brasil |trans-title=Driven by MLB's economic strength, Baseball aims for expansion in Brazil |url=https://www.lance.com.br/lancebiz/m...a-da-mlb-esporte-mira-expansao-no-brasil.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Lance!]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobayashi Deckrow |first=Andre |date=2023-10-23 |title=How Baseball Became Brazilian |url=https://defector.com/how-baseball-became-brazilian |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Defector Media|Defector]]}}</ref> Baseball has also grown in popularity in Argentina and Peru in recent years due to Venezuelan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zea|first=Tibisay|date=June 24, 2024 |title=Baseball rises in Argentina thanks to Venezuelan migration |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2024/06/24/baseball-rises-in-argentina-thanks-to-venezuelan-migration |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The World |language=en}}</ref> Costa Rica has also seen a growth in the popularity of baseball. Since 1987, baseballs have exclusively been made in the Costa Rican town of [[Turrialba (district)|Turrialba]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Llorca Castro|first=Fernando|date=October 25, 2021 |title=Turrialba Makes, the World Series Takes|url=https://www.wsj.com/opinion/turrialba-makes-the-world-series-takes-baseball-costa-rica-11635195464 |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</ref> Baseball is also played in [[Honduras]]. In recent years, Major leaguer [[Mauricio Dubรณn]] has made efforts to increase support for the sport in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rome|first=Chandler|date=March 8, 2023 |title=Flag bearers: Houston's Mauricio Dubรณn and Bligh Madris are face of baseball in Honduras, Palau|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...-dubon-palau-bligh-madris-astros-17826867.php |access-date=September 3, 2025 |website=Houston Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The sport's overall popularity in Latin America has assisted in [[Hispanic and Latino Americans#Sports|integrating Latin American migrants to the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlain |first=Craig |date=2020-10-12 |title=Capturing the story of Latinos and baseball |url=https://las.illinois.edu/news/2020-10-12/capturing-story-latinos-and-baseball |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The sport's overall popularity in Latin America has assisted in [[Hispanic and Latino Americans#Sports|integrating Latin American migrants to the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlain |first=Craig |date=2020-10-12 |title=Capturing the story of Latinos and baseball |url=https://las.illinois.edu/news/2020-10-12/capturing-story-latinos-and-baseball |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois}}</ref>[/td]
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