Comments on: Baseball, the Red Sox, and the (Swedish) Innovation Economy http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/10/baseball-the-red-sox-and-the-swedish-innovation-economy/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Baseball in Sweden http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/10/baseball-the-red-sox-and-the-swedish-innovation-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-84424 Baseball in Sweden Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:07:03 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40891#comment-84424 [...] stumbled across an interesting post on Xconomy today about the Baseball World Cup qualification in Sweden. This got me thinking about the great [...] [...] stumbled across an interesting post on Xconomy today about the Baseball World Cup qualification in Sweden. This got me thinking about the great [...]

]]> By: Mr Punch http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/10/baseball-the-red-sox-and-the-swedish-innovation-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-80999 Mr Punch Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:01:51 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40891#comment-80999 The "ecological niche" issue -- e.g., ice hockey's success because there was not another winter team sport) is the key. And it's related to climate: American summers are often too hot for football in its various forms. Incidentally, American football and rugby, along with Canadian and Australian Rules football, are versions of the same game. The real trade-off is rugby-type (hands)games vs. association football (soccer - no hands). The “ecological niche” issue — e.g., ice hockey’s success because there was not another winter team sport) is the key. And it’s related to climate: American summers are often too hot for football in its various forms.

Incidentally, American football and rugby, along with Canadian and Australian Rules football, are versions of the same game. The real trade-off is rugby-type (hands)games vs. association football (soccer – no hands).

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