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So the FIFA World Cup is approaching, and I've been wondering -- how much is soccer's popularity worldwide due simply to the fact that they have an international organization, active since 1904, keeping the sport active globally?

What would it take for a similar organization to arise, promoting regular international competitions in baseball? Could it make baseball more popular than OTL, even as popular as, or supplanting, soccer? And what other effects would butterfly from this?
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