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Grigorios N. Karimalis,  Elias E. Hristodoulakis,  Maria Matiatou, Juan Luciano-Nieves, The all 'American' pass time: an ethnographic study of baseball fandom, Management & Social Sciences Invention (ASIO-JHMSSI), 2022, 8(2): 01-07.

1 Ph.D, Associate Faculty in the American College of Greece,  
2 Ph.D, Late Associate Faculty in the American College of Greece,
3 Μ.Α., Ph.D. Researcher, Senior Academic Counselor, The American College of Greece, 
4 Ph.D, Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.

Doi : 10.2016-14781119; DOI Link :: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2022-61247931/ASIO-JHMSSI/10.2016-14781119/V8/I2/748

ABSTRACT:
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the United States as well as in other countries all around the world in which spectators of all ages participate. This study is based upon observations of the spectators of a major league team (Tigers) in a large US metropolitan area (Detroit), in order to offer more insights about the communal nature of the sport.  The aim of this analysis is to increase the awareness regarding baseball spectators’ symbolic actions and develop a framework to retrieve these interactions.  The function of this study is to provide systematic data on the baseball fun and it is an attempt to explain how baseball spectators' language, norms and other social practices communicate ideologies, values and beliefs.  

Keywords: Baseball, sports, events, ballparks, crowd, spectators, fans, culture.

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