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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 3834212, member: 101"]
Baseball fandom is a different kind of engagement. With Syracuse football and basketball, there are one or two games each week. One's world can stop while these games are happening. One can devote two-three hours of undivided attention. Baseball is on almost every day for six months. Life is happening while the games are going-on. Baseball becomes part of that life. Our attention is taken away, but when he hop in the car, the game is on the radio. The game plays on the radio while we do yard work. When we return to the living room, the game is on television. What we miss, we can pick up quickly in a box score or gameday feed. We can watch highlights of the scoring plays. Within a minute, we are re-engaged and have a full-sense of context.

I probably watch more baseball than an average fan and I still think it's rare that I would see or hear an entire game without missing an at-bat.

I do agree that pace of play remains a problem. The game comes to a screeching halt when a runner gets on base. I'm hopeful that some of the pick-off rules being tested in the minor leagues will help.
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