Baseball is highly deterministic. Each event has a very limited set of outcomes. (Example: Any deviation from normative defensive behavior will be called an Error, and those are pretty rare.)
Makes it easy to follow audibly. Plus, radio commentators talk a whole lot more than TV commentators.
I find baseball FAR too boring to watch. But if I'm doing something else that is a mindless task (lawn work, etc), then it can be enjoyable to listen to.
My grandpa used to take me fishing when I was a kid, and he always had a small radio on the boat tuned into the ball game. Back then it made the time pass when the fishing was slow. That was around 50 years ago, he's been gone for twenty, and now I still listen to a ball game when I fish. There's just something relaxing about it, and it reminds me of him while I'm fishing.
Plot twist: You guys are neighbors and he was talking shit about you.
:) Only headphones for me. I'm a polite neighbor.
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