In defense of baseball.

Sam always tells me that he likes football better than baseball because baseball is TOO SLOW. Since he’s sound asleep and not here to defend his position, I’ll go out on a limb and tell you he’s DEAD WRONG.

Aside from the fact that baseball’s rules are easier to understand, the umpires wear great little outfits, the weather’s always better and who doesn’t love a sing-along during the seventh inning stretch, please consider the following:

• A baseball game never stops unless somebody runs out to the mound for half a minute to find out if the pitcher has to pee or wants a stick of gum.
• You don’t see a couple hundred yahoos with clip boards, bandages, head phones and Gatorade hanging out along the first base line.
• Every movement on the field doesn’t require an instant replay on the Jumbotron or a 20-minute review by the commissioner of baseball, six announcers, the general managers of both teams and a committee of fans from the right field bleachers.
• When a player hits a line drive, four umpires don’t crawl around with tape measures to make sure he actually ran 90 feet to first base.

In addition:

• Baseball is an all-American sport featuring the finest athletes from Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
• If it rains everybody can run inside to buy a hotdog.
• You don’t have to be the CEO of General Motors to afford a couple of box seats.

I would also like to add GO RANGERS because they won game two of the World Series last night. The next three games will be played here in north Texas.

Thank you for reading this.