The question landed on r/baseball like a fastball down the middle.
“It is a lot of waiting and like 3 seconds of actual activity,” wrote user Potential_Board4190, “so now I’m asking what is there to like? help me out”
The post — titled “Why do we love this sport?” — drew responses within minutes, each attempting to articulate an affection that resists easy explanation. A fan who enjoys baseball but cannot explain why, turning to a community of fellow obsessives for help.
The answers ran the gamut. A Yankees-flaired user offered the most famous sentiment in modern baseball broadcasting: “How could you not be romantic about baseball?” An Angels fan pointed to the pitcher-hitter duel, calling it a “1v1” that “lends itself well to analysis and statistics.” A Braves fan praised the structural contrast between “mostly