[This Just In]

Baseball is out because it is distinctly American. We rule the game.

[philsfan24]

“Baseball is out because it is distinctly American. We rule the game.”

don’t tell that to cuba, japan, or the dominican republic.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Baseball is out because it is distinctly American. We rule the game.

Not at the Olympics, we don't. It became a medal sport in 1992. That year the US didn't medal. They scored a bronze in 96 and gold in 2000, but in 2004 they didn't even make it to the games, losing the regional qualifier to Canada and Cuba.

Now women's softball's a whole different story. THAT we rule.

[HIDEK6]

Baseball is out because it is distinctly American.

And its being totally non-gay didn't help matters either.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Baseball is out because it is distinctly American. We rule the game.

Actually, on a per capita basis, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico have the most players in the Majors, they are roughly tied in per capita terms. The U.S. is a distant second. (There's some Carribean country with two players and no population, Antigua, I think. I don't count them.) Canada is somewhere down from the U.S. Surprisingly, Mexico is really low, with percapita numbers similar to the Netherlands. Japan does well, of course.