The start of baseball season coincides with spring and always has a very upbeat feel to it. Of course every team has a chance as they start off although you know some really don't, but the fans can always hope.
Its the sort of thing Americans pay attention to instead of say things like Geography or History or even the difference between real and fictional.
There are people who can tell you all sorts of facts and statistics about their favorite team who could never pass a basic citizenship test or tell you what tax dollars pay for.
This disinterest in Government is one of our greatest flaws since it allows all sorts of misinformation to be believed.
I don't see any real way to change this, so its probably just as well that so many Americans don't even bother to vote.
Of course the ones who do vote, with the exception of the regular good citizen types often vote because they are angry.
Angry about abortion or angry about taxes or angry about, well whatever.
This of course allows people who are basically one trick ponies to get elected.
We are more concerned about who is playing first base then we are about who is representing us in many cases.
Of course having a team lose or not make the playoffs is something we care about, equal pay for women or health care, not so much.
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