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[rone]

If you like baseball and aren't reading Rob Neyer's ESPN.com column, you are missing out on a lot.

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D0000d... i've always loved the ol' ballgame. I managed to follow it a bit in Ecuador, and paid closer attention once i came back to the US, but became a more serious fan when i started playing fantasy baseball in `98. I'll cop to being a Yankees fan, but the Series i enjoyed the most was `96, when they went into the playoffs as a wild card and fought for the title. After that, it just wasn't the same.

I love baseball because of the minutiae. Yes, it can be slow and even tedious, but every pitch is a new opportunity. One player can't hog the ball.

1. True, but he's often willing to admit he was wrong.
2. I don't mind this at all. I don't find this crass; i don't find the idea of George Will nattering about baseball per se, but Will is such a schmuck, i find that his blabbering about baseball taints the sport.
3. Hey, Smoltz isn't HoF material. At least, not yet. I do think he has a "legitimate" shot, though, assuming he stays healthy.