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50+ Reasons Why Baseball is Awesome

Why Baseball is Awesome

All we’ve heard about for the past couple decades was how steroids have ruined baseball. Don’t believe it! The game is still great. People try to tell you its boring, but it’s not — it’s a cerebral game that leaves room for discussion between each pitch. It leaves room for banter and appreciation of every single event. In this age of instant gratification, it’s a game that teaches us patience and rewards us with bursts of power and speed.

I’ve recently amended this list to add some great reasons why baseball cards are the most awesome, too!

Here are 50 (or so) reasons why baseball is awesome – even if some are long behind us.

  1. Upside-down mini-helmets filled with ice cream
  2. The suicide squeeze
  3. Wooden bats
  4. Suddenly, left-handed people matter
  5. The seventh-inning stretch
  6. Managers running out onto the field to argue a call
  7. Fifty or so baseballs end up in the stands (fouls and homers) during every ballgame as souvenirs
  8. The 5-4-3 double-play
  9. Dents on the Green Monster
  10. Sausage Races in MilwaukeeRoll call in the right-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium
  11. Tommy John surgery
  12. “42” Jerseys on Jackie Robinson Day
  13. Different dimensions in all stadiums
  14. Sausage races
  15. The physics of the curve ball
  16. 1971 Topps Thurman Munson
  17. Yogi
  18. Bob Costas
  19. Fathers/Mothers and sons/daughters enjoying a game together
  20. Its place in civil rights history
  21. Little League
  22. If not for baseball, we’d have to watch tennis in the summer.
  23. Closers’ entrance songs and hitter walk-up music
  24. Catch against the wall
  25. Chin music
  26. Playing catch with your Dad/son
  27. Peanuts and hot dogs taste the best here.
  28. Ken Burns
  29. A triple
  30. Fitted caps
  31. The stories about Harry Caray, Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Bill Lee, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth
  32. Topps All-Star Rookie Cup
  33. 56
  34. Spring training
  35. 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.
  36. Bloopers on “This Week in Baseball” with Mel Allen
  37. Sports’ greatest villain: The Yankees
  38. Topps 1971 Thurman Munson, New York YankeesBuck O’Neil
  39. First baseman’s split
  40. Pesky’s Pole
  41. The sacrifice bunt
  42. Old stadiums with trough urinals
  43. The walkoff home run
  44. Bowman 1st
  45. The ivy at Wrigley Field
  46. Mound ball
  47. Nicknames like The Splendid Splinter, The Say Hey Kid, Charlie Hustle, Pudge, Sho Time, Polar Bear and El Nino
  48. Visiting team’s homers returning to the field in Chicago
  49. Rotisserie
  50. Gem Mint 10s
  51. The Sandlot
  52. Vintage
  53. 1975 Topps
  54. SPs
  55. Home Run Derby
  56. Rated Rookies
  57. Junk wax
  58. Dominicans
  59. Gold parallels
  60. Billy the Marlin
  61. Mad Dog Chris Russo
  62. MLB Tonight
  63. Different dimensions for each stadium
  64. Games. Every. Single. Day.
  65. Three-game series
  66. Ichiro & Shohei
  67. Bunting (both on stadiums and on the field)
  68. Patriots Day early baseball
  69. Mr. & Mrs. Met
  70. Stirrups
  71. McCovey Cove
  72. 7 No Hitters by the Ryan Express
  73. Stealing home

Did I miss anything awesome?

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David Gonos
David Gonos spent 5 years as a CBSSports.com Senior Fantasy Writer and three more years writing with SI.com. Over the past 17 years, his work has been published on NFL.com, MLB.com, FanDuel, FoxSports.com and USA Today. Since 2001, he has been tracking down the Top 50-plus Free Fantasy Football Draft Tools online. You can contact David Gonos here.
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