national pastime
Diamonds and innings
A national pastime is an activity or sport so widely enjoyed in a country that it becomes part of the cultural identity.
In the United States, the phrase almost always refers to baseball: Baseball is America's national pastime.
The term can apply to other countries' signature pursuits—cricket in India, soccer in Brazil—or be used ironically for any widespread habit: Complaining about the weather is the British national pastime.
- apple piePastry with cooked fruit
- Cy YoungLegendary MLB pitcher, award namesake
- ballparksBaseball playing facilities
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- Babe RuthLegendary Yankees slugger
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national pastimenational duty
Citizen's responsibility to country
compulsory service · work · drudgery · labor · chore