Today’s pod is a lively back-and-forth about fun in baseball, and uses ripe examples from today’s playoff-caliber game, viewed in-person, between the the Nats and presumptive World Series victors–the Giants. In baseball, there’s time to discuss and process changes in the game, compare pitching performances, and internalize the tension created by a wiry pinch-hitter who’s ready to pounce. Viewers can’t enjoy football by itself, but can enjoy reacting to football together with others. Is that because a sport that sucks is best tolerated with commiserators?

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