{"id":148573,"date":"2026-02-27T16:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/latinos-lead-baseball-passion-in-the-u-s-heading-into-the-world-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:07:40","slug":"latinos-lead-baseball-passion-in-the-u-s-heading-into-the-world-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/latinos-lead-baseball-passion-in-the-u-s-heading-into-the-world-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos lead baseball passion in the U.S. heading into the World Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hispanics are now the “most avid fans” of baseball in the United States, where the World Classic begins in a week with a growing fan base in Latin America driven by countries like Mexico, former Mexican player \u00c9dgar Gonz\u00e1lez and commentator Carlos \u00c1lvarez tell EFE.<\/p>\n

More than one in three Latinos in the United States, 36%, consider themselves “avid fans” of Major League Baseball(MLB<\/a>), ahead of 24% of whites and 15% of African Americans, according to Statista. The phenomenon is occurring in the face of growing Latino representation in MLB, which reports that three out of every 10 players are Hispanic, 30%. <\/p>\n

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