according to the history presented in "star trek", the earth game baseball suffered from a decline in popularity that culminated in the final world series, which was played in 2042 before a crowd of 300 and won by legendary player buck bokai. by the 24th century, the now-obscure game was appreciated by a relatively small number of aficionados including captain sisko, jake sisko, kasidy yates and astrophysicist dr. paul stubbs. the only organized baseball mentioned is a six-team league on the distant cestus iii. a vulcan starfleet crew formed a team under the leadership of their captain and challenged a team led by captain sisko in 2375.