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Originally Posted by Xelebes
Baseball has been dying in Alberta for quite a while too. During the 50s, baseball rivalled the CFL for popularity but now it's behind Lacrosse, Curling and Soccer.
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You'd have to be on shrooms to think lacrosse is more popular than baseball in Alberta. The only lacrosse games that are even televised are Toronto games on TSN2...
With curling you are kinda right for the big time events but at the same time the curling season is quite short and the baseball season is dragged on. The Brier kills the World Series in the ratings though but at the same time it usually involves an Albertan and the World Series is two American teams
For soccer, you are also wrong except for World Cup. The Jays are at least 5 or 6 times more popular and mainstream in AB than Toronto FC and the Whitecaps combined. And all the European soccer jerseys you see around isn't close to approaching all the MLB caps worn by people.
Though all these sports are probably less popular than NHL, CFL and NFL