" It’s when you start noticing these subtleties of the game that you realize baseball is actually a series of games within a game. It’s like the game grows within itself. The events are all interconnected, and as you become aware of them all, the game pulls you in deeper. And there comes a point in a fan’s life when the game becomes all-encompassing. It’s nearly impossible to look away, and suddenly the job phone call that you didn’t get that day, the date that ended in disaster—all those other things that felt so important an hour ago have disappeared. "

― Alyssa Milano , Safe at Home: Confessions of a Baseball Fanatic