<P> Baseball is the national game of Nicaragua, and is one of the most popular sports in the country . Nicaragua has a professional baseball league, the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League, consisting of four teams . The national baseball team has been successful in the past, mainly throughout the 1970s . In many pick - up games, players have to improvise due to lack of equipment . Often, grapefruits, and rocks are used as baseballs . Nicaragua and near - by Panama are two countries who have baseball as their national sport, rather than soccer, the national sport of many Central American countries . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Part of a series on the </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History of baseball </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Origins </Li> <Li> Early years </Li> <Li> First league </Li> <Li> Knickerbocker Rules </Li> <Li> Massachusetts rules </Li> <Li> Philadelphia town ball </Li> <Li> Alexander Cartwright </Li> <Li> Doc Adams </Li> <Li> Doubleday myth </Li> <Li> First pro team </Li> <Li> First pro league </Li> <Li> Team nicknames </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> By country </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Outside the United States </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Ireland </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> Japan </Li> <Li> South Korea </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Nicaragua </Li> <Li> Palau </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> Puerto Rico </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Venezuela </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Other topics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Negro league baseball </Li> <Li> Cuban League </Li> <Li> Women in baseball </Li> <Li> Minor League Baseball </Li> <Li> Comparison with cricket </Li> <Li> Baseball (TV documentary series) </Li> <Li> Baseball Hall of Fame </Li> <Li> Society for American Baseball Research </Li> <Li> Years in baseball </Li> <Li> Major League Baseball seasons </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related games </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Stoolball </Li> <Li> Rounders </Li> <Li> Old cat </Li> <Li> Softball </Li> <Li> Pesäpallo </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Baseball portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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