Asian visitors to the United States are often surprised and disappointed by how quiet American baseball fans are. "When I went to a baseball game in San Francisco, everybody was just sitting there watching the game. It was kind of boring," says Barry Iwasa, a Japanese student at the University of California, Berkeley. "Baseball was invented in the United States," Iwasa says, "but Americans don't seem very excited about their game" It's true. Baseball fans in the United States are some of the quietest in the world. It's common to see baseball fans eating hot dogs and popcorn, and chatting with friends. "When I go to a baseball game," says Ginger Hanson from San Francisco, "I want to have fun with friends and catch on' their lives. The real reason I go is for the social experience