I was raised on watching baseball.
It's the only sport I can really stand to watch for extended periods of time. Hockey does hold a special place in my heart, though.
While other sports obviously have halls of fame and keep records, baseball has a completely different level of history to it.
Do football or basketball have traditional and iconic songs written specifically about the experience of going to a game?
No.
Only baseball has that — though the dudes who wrote "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" had never actually been to a single baseball game in their lives before
writing it.
My loyalties to different teams tend to shift. Sometimes I'm a St. Louis Cardinals fan, as long as they aren't playing the Arizona Diamondbacks.
But the only time I would ever root for the San Francisco Giants is when they're playing in the World Series. I will never root for an American League team unless that team is playing the Yankees, whom I loathe.
I was a Braves fan for a year after visiting Atlanta when I was 5 years old.
No matter what, I will always be a loyal Diamondbacks fan, even when I can't watch the games thanks to the MLB's restrictive broadcasting.
I don't have a television, and I'm technically in the media market, so I still can't watch on my computer.
Talk about lame.
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