It always surprised me how baseball never caught on in the UK. American football did a little better, but not by much. Same with NHL to be honest, interest in hockey seemed to peak with the Mighty Ducks movie.
The first game was 17-13, which is quite high. Bugs Bunny baseball slugfest.
I was hoping after the London visitors got a taste of that extreme game that the next day it go the other way and would be one of those grinding, 15 inning, 1-0, pitching duels.
It’s too close to cricket.
Massive basketball (top 5 domestic league, huge NBA market) but baseball is relegated to a 2-month semi-pro competition in front of maybe a thousand people.
Which is a shame, a lot of the enjoyment (some of it, I'm a Cubs fan, I get enjoyment out of baseball where I can) I get out of Baseball is the same as Cricket