Investing your time following Major League Baseball can be a fruitless effort. As I’ve taken on more responsibilities it’s been more difficult to track the day to day happenings throughout the game. Baseball minutiae, like who is closing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, is replaced with remembering when bills are due and what time the exterminator is stopping by.  When I was single I would watch, conservatively, thirty hours of baseball a week.  When you factor in time spent managing my fantasy teams, planning ballpark trips and reading articles online I probably spent more time each week with baseball than at work or with loved ones. I can hear my wife now as I write this so let me say I am not complaining in anyway.  Getting married and being a father to two children, four cats and a dog is the best thing that ever happened to me.  It’s the life I wanted and am happy to be living it.  Having less free time has helped me prioritize my hobbies and my interest in baseball has grown. [Read more…]