what's the national sport of puerto rico?
Puerto Rico men's national volleyball team Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team Puerto Rico national football team
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 Writing in 1919 , philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen described baseball as America 's national religion . In the words of sports columnist Jayson Stark , baseball has long been " a unique paragon of American culture " — a status he sees as devastated by the steroid abuse scandal . Baseball has an important place in other national cultures as well : Scholar Peter Bjarkman describes " how deeply the sport is ingrained in the history and culture of a nation such as Cuba , [ and ] how thoroughly it was radically reshaped and nativized in Japan . " Since the early 1980s , the Dominican Republic , in particular the city of San Pedro de Macorís , has been the major leagues ' primary source of foreign talent . Hall @-@ of @-@ Famer Roberto Clemente remains one of the greatest national heroes in Puerto Rico 's history . While baseball has long been the island 's primary athletic pastime , its once well @-@ attended professional winter league has declined in popularity since 1990 , when young Puerto Rican players began to be included in the major leagues ' annual first @-@ year player draft . In the Western Hemisphere , baseball is also one of the leading sports in Canada , Colombia , Mexico , the Netherlands Antilles , Nicaragua , Panama , and Venezuela . In Asia , it is among the most popular sports in Japan , South Korea and Taiwan . 

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 The sport is played in European countries such as Switzerland , which has American football clubs in every major city , and Germany , where the sport has around 45 @,@ 000 registered amateur players . 

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 Puerto Rico 's waters are also an important breeding site for the humpback whale during the Northern Hemisphere 's winter . Humpback whale watching is a popular tourist attraction in the municipality of Rincón in western Puerto Rico . 

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 After World War II , professional leagues were founded in many Latin American nations , most prominently Venezuela ( 1946 ) and the Dominican Republic ( 1955 ) . Since the early 1970s , the annual Caribbean Series has matched the championship clubs from the four leading Latin American winter leagues : the Dominican Professional Baseball League , Mexican Pacific League , Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League , and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League . In Asia , South Korea ( 1982 ) , Taiwan ( 1990 ) , and China ( 2003 ) all have professional leagues . 
