Here is an under informed and completely subjective list of why baseball is awesome:
5. Math. Baseball is a game of statistics. I do not love math. So it gets put last on the list. It's my list and I can do that. But math is a huge part of baseball. Every part of baseball is measurable. Except for scrappiness, ask David Eckstein about that.
4. Hot dogs. Baseball and hot dogs have a long relationship. Every ball park in the country serves hot dogs. Hot dogs are an essential part of the baseball experience. Some people think that hot dogs are sandwiches. Do not associate with these people. They are not to be trusted.
3. Speed. Other than racing cars no other sport has the speed of baseball. Whether it's someone stealing a base or a 100 MPH fastball, baseball has more speed than it gets credit for. I know the game has a lot of downtime but that's for talking to your neighbors at the ball park, or as my generation does, taking the perfect selfie every inning.
2. History. Ever get a new game and set a high score on it, only for that high score to be beaten by your fraternity brother Chad two days later? Well baseball is crazy old. Its high scores and records have been around forever. When a record is broken it is a big deal. Like worth celebrating with cake and ice cream. Not like when you beat my high score on Pac-Man, Chad. That's not a time to throw yourself a party and rub it in my face. Chad is getting a fastball up and in during softball for that.
1. Dingers. It is a well known fact that chicks dig the long ball. Home runs are what we all want to see. Little kids, and Chad, bring their mitts to games to catch home runs. There is no more definitive scoring play in sports than when a guy hits the ball so far out of the field of play that he gets points for it. Think about the first home run, some guy hit the snot out of the ball and everyone basically gave up on retrieving the ball and said "just run around the bases, we don't need to waste time running and sweating more. You just hit the ball too far." That man deserves unlimited hot dogs.
