BP Daily Podcast

Haven't listened yet, but I'm going to counter in all caps so it's easy to pick out my comments, not because I can't control the volume of my voice:


#1: Age 8-9 before middle school when little league was pure and you aren't grumpy yet, you still love and respect everything your dad does.
AT 8-9 YOU BARELY KNOW THE PLAYERS ON YOUR OWN TEAM, MUCH LESS OTHERS. YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW TEAMS OUTSIDE OF YOUR DIVISION. I DON'T THINK YOU'D FULLY APPRECIATE A WORLD SERIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THE OTHER TEAMS ACTUALLY ARE. A PLAYOFF RUN A DIVISION CROWN IS ALL A CHILD NEEDS.

#2: Age 41 you have enough money to afford a ticket to a playoff game or two, you are old enough to bring your kid who is now 8-9.
I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR KIDS, BUT I HAVE A FEELING BY THE TIME I HAVE 2 KIDS BASEBALL IS NOT GOING TO BE AS BIG OF A DETERMINANT ON MY HAPPINESS LEVEL. YOU BRING UP A POINT ABOUT YOUR KIDS THOUGH. IF THEY SEE YOUR TEAM WIN A WORLD SERIES AT PRIME "I'M KIND OF STILL PICKING A TEAM" AGE THEN THEY'RE YOURS FOR LIFE. SO, ASSUMING YOUR KIDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BASEBALL, I AGREE.

#3: Age 67 or so. You are retired now so you can go to more regular season games and really have time to be a fan AND you have also assured yourself of living to 67, which is nice bonus.
YES. 100% AGREE.


So I guess I would only disagree with #1 and would counter with sometime between 16 and 22 (assuming you go to a 4 year college). At that age you can fully understand baseball and appreciate it more, you have the time (especially in most summers) to watch games on a semi-regular basis and ideally your team is the home town team so all your buddies are also fans and this gives you a great reason to hang out and do it all together.

Spacing them out is obvious. We might all pretend that each championship matters equally, but as a fan of a team that has won multiple championships relatively close together you just can't appreciate it as much. As fun as the dynasty term is, history isn't as fun as the next championship.