"Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they're fascist."

I did something tonight I haven't done in a long time - watched a college baseball game. So what, you might think. Yes, I watched the White Sox game for the fourth night in a row, but this is different, in a good way. Watching high school and college baseball is just for fun. You don't know any of these guys' names and probably won't see any of them ever again. Even the Missouri pitcher, who was the 11th pick overall in the amateur draft earlier this week, may never set foot on a major league field. These guys are playing because they love baseball - the same reason you're watching them. No endorsement contracts or bonuses are on the line when you step up to the plate in an NCAA super-regional playoff game - just a trip to Omaha.

And for those of you who haven't figured it out yet, the title of this post is a Crash Davis quote from Bull Durham.