Baseball vs. Cricket- which sport is Toronto more familiar with?

[Steve Harper]

With immigrants from Asia, I wouldn't be surprised if cricket gave baseball a run.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Jays,Eh?

Everyone: Being so close to the USA and having a somewhat successful pro baseball team - Who can forget the early 90s Blue Jays - I would say that it is definitely BASEBALL but Cricket can find a niche market from immigrants and others who learn and play it. LI MIKE

 

[Zephyr]

After four months, it looks like a consensus.

 

[rpgr]

Cricket is only familiar in Western Asia - non-orient

Baseball is big in Japan and has strong followings in any oriental country and cricket has 0 presence.

 

[Urban Shocker]

I despised having to play cricket at school. The absolute worst thing was having to run towards some rock-hard little ball that was falling out of the sky towards you and pretend you really, really wanted to catch it - while all these other pretty little schoolboys in white flannels looked on eagerly.

 

[shumoon]

It's best to ask the local newspapers. My hunch is if a newspaper missed a baseball score, there probably wouldn't be any response by readers. However, if a cricket result left out, the paper would probably get a half-dozen phone calls about it.

 

[syn]

Cricket is only familiar in Western Asia - non-orient

Baseball is big in Japan and has strong followings in any oriental country and cricket has 0 presence.

Well, it's big in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. It's also big in England, the West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and some other countries.

Overall I'd say it has a larger worldwide following than baseball.

In Toronto baseball is definitely more popular, though Cricket is growing in that regard.

 

[adma]

The game that's played at 100 Queen W

 

[Build Up]

baseball no contest