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National PastimeHow Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer\nAuthor(s): Stefan Szymanski, Andrew Zimbalist\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Brookings Institution\nISBN-13: 9780815782599, 978-0815782599\nSynopsis\nThis is the story of two great sports. One is \""\""America's game,\""\"" while the other is \""\""the world's game.\""\"" Baseball and soccer are both beloved cultural institutions. What draws fans to one game is often a mystery to fans of the other. Despite superficial differences, however, the business and culture of these sports share more in common than meets the eye. This is the first in-depth, cross-cultural comparison of these two great pastimes and the megabusinesses that they have become. In N ational Pastime, Stefan Szymanski and Andrew Zimbalist illustrate how the different traditions of each sport have generated different possibilities for their commercial organization and exploitation. They pay sp.