UNC is a basketball school. You know it, I know it. The campus squirrels probably know it. Football is arguably the runner-up. The campus gears up, grills and gathers ‘round for every game. But what about America’s favorite pastime?
Friday evening I attended the UNC-Clemson baseball game and peers, I am appalled. A patch of old women wearing red, a cluster of high school players in green and a surprising number of traveling Clemson fans easily equalled or outnumbered the sad, scattered members in Carolina blue.
Here are five reasons why YOU should attend a baseball game this season:
1. We’re good. UNC is currently ranked number six in the country. I bet with some enthusiasm we could bump that up a few notches.
2. The casual pace makes for the perfect social outing. Unlike loud basketball and football games, it’s easy to laugh and converse with friends or a date. Plus, you get to sit down.
3. Perhaps I ought to make that last comment its own point. YOU GET TO SIT DOWN.
4. It is customary to eat during a baseball game. Hot dog, nachos, peanuts, sunflower seeds, ice cream, lemonade.
5. For the ladies: baseball pants. Enough said.
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