Bob Uecker’s death last week at the age of 90 was not just a reminder of what a great guy (and bad ballplayer) he was, but also a reminder of a very important fact — baseball is supposed to be fun. That’s something that’s easy to forget if you have any involvement with the Chicago White Sox.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation says more than 65 million people worldwide play one of the two games, and that’s just on some sort of set team or league, not counting neighborhood pickup games, More than 99.9% of them play it because it’s a fun thing to do.