What traditions have grown around baseball, and how do they affect the people who play and love the game?

It has become a family sport. If you go back to family lines, you most likely will find baseball in several members leading to the player or person you are studying. Not only that, but also the fact that it has become a most-watched show, sometimes even more than the Super Bowl.

Why is baseball so beloved? Because you don't have to be exceptionally big, or exceptionally fast, or even physically-fit to play the game; you just need to have great hand/eye coordination and a long attention span.