I'm glad you still love baseball after the last few days. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif When I began to follow the Brewers in 1982, I certainly wasn't in the "key demographic" or whatever the marketing term is - I was a 16 year old, barely athletic girl (I've got a problem with small hard objects being hurled at me - though I did play volleyball, so I wasn't a total slug). I admit, I was lured in by the home runs and the winning that season. I also believe that (like many teenagers) I wanted an interest that was not like everyone else's, and the Brewers became my alternative to following the Packers. Obviously, I've stuck with it. As for the game in general...to me, baseball is an orderly sport, and I've always liked order. You have the batting orders, the fielding arrangements, the rotation pattern. There's much you can predict in the game, but every game is still unique. Home runs are exciting (for your team, at least), but I just as much enjoy pitchers' duels and not only web gem defense, but regular solid defense too. I became more interested in game strategy after the Brewers' move to the NL (and obviously my participation in this site has helped too). Also, baseball has become a slight underdog over the course of my lifetime (compared to the attention the NFL gets, for example), and I still like to root for the underdog. I bet I'll think of more later, but there's a start. Good topic, Jason.