It's because in the second world war the use of (English) loanwords was kinda prohibited but baseball was really popular so they had to come up with another word.
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Thank you... Now I can rest
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It’s like that country I don’t remember which one that says pineapple instead of Ananas haha it’s crazy.pic.twitter.com/eRSkHvPOlV
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In Spanish it’s not only Ananas
Piña is used to refer to
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isn’t volleyball both barēbōru AND haikyuu
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volleyball is ballet
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what do you eat after a baseball game? yakyuuniku!
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Why not Major or Cross Game? (This shows how old i am xD)
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