The single greatest joy of most Major League Baseball seasons is that there is baseball almost every single night for six months. Every night, or thereabouts, you get to tune in (or show up) to your favorite show and all the fireworks that come with it.
On a slightly deeper level, however, there is some esoteric beauty in the six-month season allowing for fans - and the teams themselves - to find out how they respond to adversity. In any six month season for even the best of clubs, there will be adversity. There will be a slump, or two, and a forced shuffle of the deck, but the season provides ample opportunity for a response from the clubs who are well-equipped enough to handle such drama.