---
"title": "America’s Pastime?"
"description": "That's the proportion of adults who said they were especially looking forward to baseball's World Series according to a January Pew survey, down 13 points from 1988."
"date": "2008-01-15"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/01/15/americas-pastime/"
---

# America’s Pastime?

As the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals open the baseball season Sunday night, only 38% of Americans say they are especially looking forward to the World Series this year according to a January Pew survey. That is a 13-percentage point decline from 1988, when 51% of Americans said they were especially looking forward to the Fall Classic. The presidential election (70%) was the most anticipated event of 2008, with the Olympics (52%) and Super Bowl (49%) more popular sporting events for Americans. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/679/the-publics-not-so-happy-new-year)