Baseball

It hasn't even been that long and I already miss baseball.

I know a lot of people find it boring and the idiots claim that it's not a "real sport", but I love every part of it.

First of all, the season in which it's played is the best. You don't even need to know when the actual season starts, just take a look at the weather. You can also tell when it's about to go away because the weather starts to get shitty. The best thing though, is hitting up a game in the middle of summer. There's not a whole lot of things better in the world then sitting in the 100 level outfield, dome wide open, with a cold beer (let's not get into the ridiculous prices of beer at the Rogers Centre) and maybe a hot dog or two (if you haven't already had your fill of delicious/filthy street meat outside). It's also fun as hell heckling the opposing teams outfielders or bullpen, while screaming something along the lines of "MVP!" at some average player on your team. You could also make good with the other team's bullpen and get maybe a baseball from the bullpen catchers or get some snacks from some random reliever (check and check). Going with some friends who aren't afraid to yell/look like complete retards makes the game even better. I don't even mind going by myself now and then. Pulling the old man routine of sitting in the infield while listening to your AM radio broadcast of the game is actually pretty awesome too.

Now on to the actual game itself. I think a big reason why people either love or hate the game is because of how many aspects of the game there is. Hitting dingers, moving a guy over, smart baserunning, stealing bases, strikeouts, incredible defense, clutch situations, matchups... I could be here all day going over all the different things in baseball that make it a fucking incredible sport. If you think it's boring, it's probably because you don't understand any of those things. How some people can say shit like soccer is better than baseball boggles my mind beyond belief. I can't understand how a game where nothing usually happens for an hour is exciting at all.

I also like how baseball is the only thing really going in the summer. Other than the beginning and the end of the season, it's the only professional sports thing going that isn't stupid soccer (The CFL is not and never will be a pro sport to me). Even though the Jays are perennial fuckups, it's the only other sport other than football I could watch any team play.

The playoff system is the best in sports too. Some people want to expand the number of teams that make the post-season. Fuck that. You wanna make the playoffs? Be a better team. The fact that only the best teams make it in make the playoffs a lot more exciting to watch.

Fantasy baseball is pretty sweet too.

So that's pretty much it, ignore the fact that all of that had no writing format at all. Oh well.

I'm already counting down the days until pitchers and catchers report...