I think that may be a moot point if you move from an individual level to a societal level.

Like, the positive effects that their success in baseball has on the Dominican Republic would likely also be there if they would commit that hard to basketball, or chess (and maybe that would come with less knee injuries). Yet, it's still correct to say that baseball is hugely beneficial to the DomRep.

My larger point being that we have to disentangle "what should you do on your evenings" and "what is a good cultural approach to this issue"