The Padres who used to wear brown and yellow. The Padres who used to suck. You should have been in San Diego this weekend. It's a beautiful thing, really. Let me tell you why baseball is our national pasttime rather than any of those sports that require everyone to wear helmets or tank tops.
Baseball has lots of time to think.
It's that simple. There are times to stand up and cheer and there are times to do the wave, but there's a ton of time involved in the pitcher's keeping the guy on first, getting the right sign from the catcher and walking around the mound. There are nine innings, with a rest after each one. And there's the time when they throw the ball around the core, spit and hit foul. So we find ourselves in a rhythm.