National pastime : how Americans play baseball and the rest of the world plays soccer / Stefan Szymanski, Andrew Zimbalist.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: xiv, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0815782594
  • 9780815782599
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 716 .S99 2006
Contents:
Introduction, the fields of play -- The origins of baseball and soccer leagues -- How soccer spread around the world when baseball didn't -- Pay for play : the development of the baseball and soccer labor markets -- Fans, franchises, and financial failure : why baseball clubs make money and soccer clubs don't -- Watching the money : baseball and soccer broadcasting -- Uncertain prospects : creating competitive balance -- Crossing cultures and learning lessons : what Americans need to know about world soccer and the world needs to know about American baseball.
Summary: "This revised paperback of Szymanski and Zimbalist's provocative comparison of baseball and soccer includes a new preface from the authors, updating readers through Malcolm Glazer's purchase of Manchester United and the success of the inaugural World Baseball Classic"--P. [4] of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-243) and index.

Introduction, the fields of play -- The origins of baseball and soccer leagues -- How soccer spread around the world when baseball didn't -- Pay for play : the development of the baseball and soccer labor markets -- Fans, franchises, and financial failure : why baseball clubs make money and soccer clubs don't -- Watching the money : baseball and soccer broadcasting -- Uncertain prospects : creating competitive balance -- Crossing cultures and learning lessons : what Americans need to know about world soccer and the world needs to know about American baseball.

"This revised paperback of Szymanski and Zimbalist's provocative comparison of baseball and soccer includes a new preface from the authors, updating readers through Malcolm Glazer's purchase of Manchester United and the success of the inaugural World Baseball Classic"--P. [4] of cover.

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