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@Witch_Hunter_Siegfried @flux_the_cat To Matt Walsh sports are just another thing you sit your fat ass on the couch and consume. Watching random guys do something with a ball on TV isn't sports as a cultural activity, (conservatives are unable to conceive of culture as anything other than a product or something to be consumed), but actually playing it is.
Baseball is a cultural touchstone because people play it; the games being broadcast and the various leagues came about as a consequence of that.