Pesäpallo [SEP] country of origin
Pesäpallo
Pesäpallo (; , both names literally meaning "nest ball", colloquially known as Pesis, also referred to as "Finnish baseball") is a fast-moving bat-and-ball sport that is often referred to as the national sport of Finland and has some presence in other countries including Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, and Canada's northern Ontario (the latter two countries have significant Nordic populations). The game is similar to brännboll, rounders, and lapta, as well as baseball.
Nurmon Jymy
Nurmon Jymy is a Finnish sports club with several departments, located in Nurmo.
History.
The club was founded in 5.5.1925.
Today the most popular departments are pesäpallo, floorball and volleyball. Other departments are cross-country skiing, ski jumping, gymnastics and wrestling. Before wrestling were the most popular department with many Olympic winners.
Pesäpallo.
Today, pesäpallo is the most popular department for Nurmon Jymy because the men's team play at the highest level of Finnish pesäpallo, the Superpesis