A notable exception to this pattern, however, managed to squeak past my decidedly anti-athletic childhood. This was watching baseball. Granted, I haven't seen a game in about five years. Baseball has quite clearly doffed its crown in the manner of French royalty, and I have some notions why. Remember, though, that my commenting on sports is hardly authoritative.
Baseball is boring.
It drags on forever. Yes, I say. Baseball is one of the few sports that actually gave me enough time to understand it. It isn't laden with a complex series of fouls and penalties, and everyone is kind enough to pause after every few seconds of action to allow me to understand what just happened. Baseball is much simpler.