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Why baseball is the single greatest sport ever

So yesterday (or rather the day before) my dad and I went out, bought pizza at a place called Red Boy, rented some movies, and came home. We watched the movie (More than a Game with LeBron James, it was great), ate pizza, and then my mom and sister went to bed. But my dad and I weren't quite so tired, so we decided to watch some of the Olympics on NBC. We saw the Apolo Ohno incident, and both the individual 500 and team speed skating, which was awesome. Where am I going with this? Well, you see, right after Ohno got disqualified, a Giants commercial aired. Immediately a huge rush of adrenaline passed through my body, and I was so excited at the sight of seeing real baseball (I'm not allowed to play video games except in summer and winter/thanksgiving/spring breaks, so I hadn't even played MLB 09 the Show for quite some time) that I yelled a bit. At that very moment seeing Lincecum go into his lineup and blow his fastballs right by people, or see Pablo Sandoval crush yet another homer over the expansive walls of AT&T into McCovey Cove, or even Aaron Rowand doing his thing (swinging at sliders 2 feet off the plate) I knew that that I was destined to become an MLB player. Or a general manager. Or a great little leaguer. (tryouts are today) Or just a really good fan. Okay, my point is that I felt as if I was playing on that field at that very moment, slapping line-drives down the third-base line, or taking off for second as soon as the pitcher was halfway into his windup, or throwing a called third strike off the edge of the plate with my circle-change. I felt i was, to quote the 2009 Giants commercial scheme, "We are in this thing!" It shows me that i love baseball so much, maybe too much. After all, I always carry a ball and my tiny 11 1/2 inch glove to school so that I can pitch off the mound during breaks and lunches. I always talk fantasy baseball with most everyone who I think probably understands it. (By the way, I have built an unstoppable contender that I will list in the comments) I do like basketball and football and all the others. But baseball has a special place in my heart. especially A's baseball. Heck, if I'm going to get that excited watching Giants baseball, what am I going to do if i happen to see an A's commercial airing? I'd yell for a full minute! I love this game.