My saving grace and one love: Baseball

Wow, I'm feeling a little posty. Actually I have so much to do I don't know where to begin so I'm taking a break. I'm ready for baseball season to be here already. I do this to myself every year.

During the normal year, I am doing it all. I am in charge of all our financials, cleaning, cooking, setting appointments, buying cards and gifts for family, lawn care, grocery shopping and basically everything else too. The only thing I don't do is iron, because I hate it. My motto is "Go wrinkly or Go naked." Anyway, back to the point here.

During baseball season I either cook early and we reheat or it's Michael's responsibility to provide dinner. If it's a doubleheader I won't cook he has to bring something home. I think that is the shit. It's true I am very obsessive about my baseball, but that's the only time I'm like that. That's the only time I get to indulge. I freakin' love it. I love that Michael is cool enough to do a little role reversal when necessary. Tivo has helped immensely, however it's still nice to know I'm off the hook in season. If the power goes out, I even have a battery powered radio so I don't miss a thing. If I have to travel somewhere during a game I listen to AM radio. I even have a radio for exercising that attaches to my bicep. I used this at the art festival during post season.

I love the game. If I were a man I would certainly belong to some amateur league. I played a lot of sports in high school. Actually I kicked ass at basketball, but it was no baseball. I love the feeling of seeing someone live out their life long dream. There's almost nothing better than seeing a AAA player come up and lay out for a chopper to second. I love watching the vets too. When their heart is in it you can see it in their play. I just enjoy it like no other I think.

I sometimes encounter the baseball girl challenge which is frustrating. What is that you may ask? It's when a guy thinks you like the game for the wrong reasons. You have to justify being at the game or be able to back your opinion up with specifics. It's rather discriminating to be honest. The person will start quizzing me on my knowledge. What's an RBI? What's the middle pitcher called? How many players per team? Then they get progressively harder. What round draft pick did we get this year? How many umpires in a post season game? Next comes the historical/record setting questions. Who holds the record for the most saves? Who was the CY Young award winner in 1992? How many home runs did McGuire hit to break the record? What inning was it in? You get the idea here. Anyway it's really fucking annoying. So here are my questions:

1. Why would a woman lie about sports? Wouldn't it be advantageous to lie about something more girly, say your bra size?
2. Why don't other men (strangers/acquaintances) have to go through the same test?
3. Why is it automatically assumed that I must be in it for the cute uniforms or the butt cake?
4. When I pass the first section of the quiz why is it necessary to go further?
5. Why would I want to be treated like one of the guys if I am trying to hook up with one of you?
It's been my experience that sports guys don't hook up with sports chicks. You can fart around a sport's chick. In chickland here, it's not cool to be the sport's girl. So I guess I'm not getting this whole thing.

Sometimes I get so sick of justifying myself. It seems one woman has done something horrible to some man. I have to spend my time proving myself. Hey, I'm sorry she fucked you over, but I'm not her. Now hold your own beer while I get my glove on.