When I first started playing Little League, the players were given an assignment by our coach. He told us to find a great player who played our position and watch them. I played second base and already familiar with Ryne Sandberg because the Cubs were on WGN, so I picked Sandberg. The assignment fueled my love for the Cubs and I got to watch a Hall of Fame second baseman on a regular basis. Watching baseball was easy and fun.
In 1993, the Rockies came and I had two teams. It was double the baseball to watch and I could do it all because my parents had cable.