The majority of baseball's popularity resides in East Asia, and the Americas, although in South America its popularity is mainly limited to the northern portion of the continent. Baseball is among the most popular sports in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Japan, Cuba, Panama, Canada, Venezuela, Nicaragua, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States.

Baseball's biggest market is the United States where it is the second most popular sport. This popularity has resulted in baseball being regarded as more than just a "major sport". Since the 19th Century, it has been popularly referred to as the "national pastime" and Major League Baseball has been given a unique monopoly status by the Supreme Court of the United States. This popularity continues with Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig commenting that baseball is currently more popular now than it has ever been.

Worldwide, baseball is estimated as being the seventh most popular sport, behind Association football (soccer), cricket, field hockey, tennis, volleyball and table tennis.[citation needed] However, on the 8th July 2005 the IOC controversially decided to drop baseball from the 2012 Olympics.

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