Heart

Why do people love baseball? I love baseball because I can watch players that give their all runs circles around those who don't. Those who don't care sometimes rely on skills alone, or the passion they usto have. They still get paid, some of them still play extremly well. The difference is that I don't care about those who don't care for the game, or the ones who are too good for practice. I care about the ones who care enough to give the fans what they paid for, effort.
Pete Rose, the all time hit king is admired by some for his all out effort. You can count me in that bunch. He may have bet on baseball. Everybody knows he did. He did that though because he knew so much about the game. This was the sport he grew up around. This was the sport he cared about. Though he is one of the only, if not the only player who bet on baseball that I know of, he didn't cheat in the way that matters most to me... effort.
Chicks dig the long ball. We have all heard that saying. Well, I dig the hustle. I love the players who don't care about what people think about them. I want someone who will risk injury and give that 110%. Is that too much to ask? Those that do care will be forever admired by baseball fans like me. Baseball fans who are great players, but who didn't care will be loved by millions. I guess those players would rather be loved by millions. But, could you imagine if those great players did care? How great they could be.
I will leave you with one final thought. The talented players get by with the talent that god gave them, but the true warriors get by with what god gave us all, heart.