One of the reasons why soccer is so popular worldwide is because the world is an impoverished shithole for the most part. You can get cheap soccer balls in any country for a dollar and play in the street. For baseball you need a $60 glove, a $30 bat, a $5 ball.

What... 5% of the people in the world could afford that maybe? And that's the cheapest North American sport. The one you play when your dad is unemployed and cant afford $1000 worth of hockey equipment.