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		<title>Baseball Really Sucks Time Away From Everything Else</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s watching the Mets. There&#8217;s watching MLB Network. There&#8217;s reading about the Mets. There&#8217;s watching 4-hour-plus Yankees-Red Sox games. There&#8217;s reading up on fantasy advice. There&#8217;s managing three fantasy teams using that advice. There&#8217;s following and posting on Twitter during Mets games. There&#8217;s hitting F5 and posting in the MLB-GAF thread. There&#8217;s betting on the games [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s watching the Mets. There&#8217;s watching MLB Network. There&#8217;s reading about the Mets. There&#8217;s watching 4-hour-plus Yankees-Red Sox games. There&#8217;s reading up on fantasy advice. There&#8217;s managing three fantasy teams using that advice. There&#8217;s following and posting on Twitter during Mets games. There&#8217;s hitting F5 and posting in the MLB-GAF thread. There&#8217;s betting on the games and watching through <a href="https://visitorstv.com/">스포츠중계</a>. Learn betting tricks at <a href="https://stoprapeinconflict.org/">stoprapeinconflict.org</a>.  In short, being a hardcore, internet-addicted baseball fan has to take up more time than any &#8220;hobby&#8221; other than playing <em>World of Warcraft</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/">Flip Flop Fly Ball</a>, of course, made an awesome chart that graphically displays what I&#8217;m trying to say in words. I fucking love his site so much. I wish I could be so awesome.</p>
<p>(Click to embiggen)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/pics/flipflopflyballtigers.png"><img class="aligncenter" title="dedication in a pie chart" src="http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/pics/flipflopflyballtigers.png" alt="" width="600" height="668" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Naturally, such a chart applies to any team, and would extend another month for a fan of a team which happens to make the World Series as we know people love watching and practicing sports, from baseball to golf which they can even practice at home now with a <a href="https://shopindoorgolf.com/collections/golf-simulators">home golf simulator</a> as well. And this chart doesn&#8217;t even count most of the things I mention in the first paragraph of this post. The fantasy team managing would overlap with work. Sleep would be hurt by West Coast trips. Other stuff would be &#8220;reading about baseball.&#8221; It&#8217;s really insane. And then when you count all the hours I put in practicing and playing baseball for most of my life, I&#8217;ve spent more time with baseball than married people have spent with their significant others.</p>
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