I played a fairly high level of baseball growing up and absolutely love the sport. Up until the lockout, I was watching 3 or 4 games a week on the tube. After the lockout, I had a hard time watching for quite a while. Now I'll take in a game or two a month but tune in more regularly during the playoffs.
As for soccer, I played a little in school but not a lot. I couldn't stand watching it on television until the Euro Cup a few years ago. I made a conscious effort to give it a try and watched as many matches as I could. In the end, I found the tournament incredibly fun to watch. It's not like I stay up late to watch the matches on cable or anything but when the major tournaments happen I'm glued to the tube.
I've yet to see a pro soccer match live. Baseball, with all the sights and sounds and smells and experiences of the stadium, is a great way to while away a lazy afternoon.
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