I round out the bat-and-ball sports in my “minimum you need to know about a sport in order to watch a match and not be completely confused” mini-series by covering pesäpallo, also known as Finnish baseball.

Also: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190718-01/?p=102695

Brännboll is a Swedish bat-and-ball game. The name is pronounced “brennboll” and literally means “burn-ball” because the term for being “out” in Nordic countries literally translates as “burnt”.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20191009-01/?p=102976

The “minimum you need to know about a sport in order to watch a match and not be completely confused” mini-series continues with kabaddi, an ancient sport popular on the Indian subcontinent and surrounding areas, but not well known outside it.

And rugby: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20191014-01/?p=102994