Mexico

Socio/political Facts:

Mexico is home to more Spanish speakers than any other country in the world.
Mexico is home to 35 UNESCO world heritage sites.
Mexico City is home to more than 22 million people.
Mexico has more pyramids than Egypt with more than 60.
Mexico is home to the world’s largest pyramid, the Teotihuacan pyramids.
Mexico is home to over 200 volcanoes, more than any other country in the world.
Mexicans drink more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation in the world with average daily consumption of 2.2 liters of Coca-Cola.
Mexicans introduced chocolate to Europe.

Baseball first rose to popularity in Mexico during the 1880s, and may have been introduced there as early as 1846.
Mexico’s current premier baseball league, the Mexican Baseball League, was founded in 1925 and consists of two divisions with 16 teams in total.
The Mexican League has been classified as a Triple-A level league since 1967, and was classified as a Double-A league before then.
The sport has traditionally been considered one of the most popular sports in Mexico, second only to soccer.
Over 120 different players have made appearances for Major League Baseball teams, the first being Mel Almada who played for the Boston Red Sox starting in 1933.
Other notable Mexican MLB players include Fernando Valenzuela, Vinny Castilla, Joakim Soria, and Julio Urias.
Mexican teams have competed in the Caribbean Series since 1971, winning the championship 3 times in 4 years from 2013 to 2016.