Fan-O-Meter Update

All right, all right!

My dearest Follower,

I have received the multitude of letters and emails. The phones have been ringing off the hook and the childsplayaz dot blogspot dot com receptionist is having a nervous breakdown. The bombardment of your inquisitive requests has not been in vain. I am here to tell you: I am listening. For you and you and you and you…and you who have been asking repeatedly, “Izzy, it’s been over a month now! Are you a fan of baseball yet?” To you, I write-

I have carefully assembled a list of 10 aspects of baseball I have learned to appreciate in the last month or so. And here they are:

• 10. Cheese fries at a baseball game.
• 9. Baseball reminds us of a much more innocent time when the simple pleasure of a ballgame was a top priority.
• 8. Its theme makes for an amazing blog.
• 7. Old pieces of cardboard with a picture of a guy in a baseball uniform can make you very rich.
• 6. Batting practice = good exercise.
• 5. The cheese fries.
• 4. Baseball is a lot like good theatre: it gets people out and allows them to escape to the game's drama.
• 3. The fine art of the sport. It's clean and strategic. An amazing combination of technique and strength. Have you seen videos of Ichiro hitting baseballs into the outfield?
• 2. The funny looking, fuzzy mascots.

And my top favorite aspect of baseball:

• 1. You need to be a kid to play baseball, no matter how old you are.

…and the cheese fries at a baseball game are good too.

What do you like about baseball?