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National Pastime

National Pastime How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer

Andrew Zimbalist and Stefan Szymanski, Brookings Institution Press 2005 c. 263pp.

Preface

1. Introduction: The Fields of Play

2. The Origins of Baseball and Soccer Leagues

3. How Soccer Spread around the World When Baseball Didn't

4. Pay for Play: The Development of the Baseball and Soccer Labor Markets

5. Fans, Franchises, and Financial Failure: Why Baseball Clubs Make Money and Soccer Clubs Don't

6. Watching the Money: Baseball and Soccer Broadcasting

7. Uncertain Prospects: Creating Competitive Balance

8. Crossing Cultures and Learning Lessons: What Americans Need to Know about World Soccer and the World Needs to Know about American Baseball

Notes

Index

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