For me personally it all goes back to my childhood. Playing little league, having my dad cheer me on from the stands. It still brings a smile to my face when I think of all the fun memories I had of playing the game.
In football and many other sports, it's all moving so fast that I never got to stop and smell the roses. I may remember a specific play here or there that I'm proud of when playing football or soccer but nothing to the degree of baseball where I can remember silly antics we'd play on each other in the dugout or the awesome feeling I got when stealing a base off someone in school I disliked.
Baseball is a game for kids. Even for those who play it professionally. It's for the kids in all of us.
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