All American Pastime

With one out the Cardinal's slugger came to the plate and slammed a solo homerun off of the second winningest pitcher in MLB playoff history. At this point the entire game changed as my hometown team moved to one win away from moving to the World Series. I was gripped by the important game for one reason... I was drinking. Normally I find baseball to be one of the most boring sports to watch. Unless the Cardinals are in the playoffs, I'll maybe catch a World Series game and that will be it. But for some reason any baseball can captivate me when I am drunk. Perhaps this is because baseball has a single focus, the ball, unlike many other sports such as football, rugby, basketball, hockey, and the likes. And focusing on one thing is about all you are cabable of when you are drunk. Take golf. Unless you are drunk golf is pretty painful to watch. But baseball and beer go so well together I can't really see baseball without beer (but certainly not vis versa).