The Globalization of Baseball

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today, baseball is played at the highest levels on nearly every continent. Stars come from the United States, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Korea, and far beyond. Yet for most of its history, the sport lacked a true international championship featuring the world’s best players. That changed in the 21st century with the creation of the World Baseball Classic, a tournament designed to crown the best baseball nation on Earth. Learn how baseball became a global game, and how the World Baseball Classic transformed international competition on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, baseball is played at the highest levels on nearly every continent.
0:04.0	Stars come from the United States, Japan, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, South Korea, and more.
0:10.0	Yet, for most of its history, the sport lacked a true international championship featuring the world's best players.
0:17.0	That finally changed in the 21st century with the creation of the World Baseball Classic,
0:21.5	a tournament designed to crown the best baseball nation on Earth.
0:25.4	Learn more about how baseball became a global game on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:12.4	Now, are all the traitors present?
1:14.9	Let's get started, shall we?
1:16.9	From rags to riches.
1:18.3	I'm so sick of this.
1:19.5	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
1:21.6	Yorkshire to New York.
1:23.2	Poor climbers, you and me.
1:24.8	A life dedicated to revenge.
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1:35.2	In a previous episode, I covered the origins of baseball.
1:38.9	While its precise origin remains shrouded in legend, two developments are certain.
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