Baseball as a sport developed in the 18th and 19th century from common bat-and-ball games originating in England such as cricket and rounders, and by the 20th century became an American sport. And this is true on the various Earths within the multiverse. In the Gotham City of Earth-One and Earth-Two, their MLB team was the Gotham Giants. Among Major League Baseballs fans on Earth-Two were the Huntress and Power Girl, each of whom reflected on this national pasttime while engaged in cases during their costumed careers.
During her first trip to the Gotham City of Earth-One while visiting her father's counterpart Bruce "Batman" Wayne and working alongside her counterpart, Barbara "Batgirl" Gordon, Helena encounter an MLB pitcher for the Giants named Catfish Turner. While on this world he was a superstar, the Catfish Turner on her home world of Earth-Two was less gifted and more of a benchwarmer!
Sometime later, while intercepting a plummeting plane from the sky in Earth-Two's Metropolis, Karen "Power Girl" Starr compared her skills with that of a Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher. What is remarkable is that, on Earth-One and our Earth, the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957. Then, in 1962, the New York Mets were created as an expansion team to fill the void left behind by the Dodgers. Evidentally on Earth-Two, the expansion team created in 1962...Los Angeles Mets... became the first Major League Baseball team in that Californian city!
Huntress and Power Girl’s teammates on Infinity, Inc. were also fans of the game, having played it as children in the mid-1970s. Some more instances of professional baseball teams across the multiverse were:
- California Angels: On Earth-One, Linda "Supergirl" Danvers and her boyfriend Greg Gilbert watched a California Angels versus New York Yankees game on television.
- Cincinnati Reds: On Earth-S, Billy "Captain Marvel" Batson was involved in a case in Cincinnati during a Reds' game.
- Detroit Tigers: On Earth-S, there is evidence of Major League Baseball as Captain Marvel's anamorphic tiger friend Tawky Tawny once played for the Detroit Tigers.
- Houston Astros: On Earth-One, New Teen Titans members Raven and Starfire battle terrorists in the New York Yankees' stadium during a game with the Astros.
- Metropolis Metros: On Earth-One, Superman battles a criminal in a menacing tripod who was attempting to tear the Metros' stadium apart during a game.
- New York Yankees: On Earth-Two, adventurer Skip Scuyler was asked to pitch for the Yankees, proving there was a version of the Yankees on this world as on Earth-One above.
- Pittsburgh Pirates: On Earth-S, Captain Marvel was involved in a case dealing with the ownership of the city in which this team played
- St. Louis Cardinals: On Earth-S, Captain Marvel chased some criminals trying to evade him in the Cardinals' stadium
- Star City Stars: On Earth-One, Green Arrow battled the Calculator in the stadium during a game.
- Texas Rangers: On Earth-One, Hal "Air Wave" Jordan attending a game with his girlfriend Karen Peterson.
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