bothsportsdad,
Very eloquently put. Exactly the way I feel about things.
CaBBallFan,
Looks like you might have gotten the BB virus via your son. I've had it for 50 some odd years and there's practically no hope of cure. I don't know why it was me and not my brother, when we were exposed to the same BB levels and played countless two person games in our backyard together. I think baseball gets you when you first experience one of those facets of it's genius be it hearing Vin Scully for the first time, seeing Willie Mays make a catch, Seeing a young Ken Griffy laughing and playing like its the easiest game in the world, or maybe one of its more serious moments when a dying Lou Gehrig stands alone on the field making an unforgettable speech. Or maybe its just seeing the excitement and fun it can bring to your own young son. Baseball is all of these things.