The real magic of simulation baseball is that it gives me and my dad something to take seriously that isn't actually serious. The games don't matter, but who you play them with really does.

If you watch enough baseball with my father, who watches baseball every night, you'll eventually hear his disquisition on the goatees, ... Watching baseball on TV with Dad is a game within the game.

The real magic of simulation baseball is that it gives me and my dad something to take seriously that isn't actually serious. The games don't matter, but who you play them with really does.