31.   Never before have so many watched a baseball game in the Fort Worth-Dallas area.

32.   No wonder so many voters stayed at home, or went to watch baseball.

33.   Only normal to have a couple of beers while watching baseball on a Sunday afternoon.

34.   Other kids, watching baseball on TV, would assume batting stances in front of their sets.

35.   People watch baseball when the Dodgers are in the World Series.

36.   Still, more people than ever watch major-league baseball.

37.   That a father can still sit down with his young son and watch baseball on TV.

38.   The good news is that people who stopped watching baseball are watching baseball again.

39.   The idea is also to counterprogram the World Series on Fox, because, presumably, male viewers are pounding beer and watching baseball.

40.   The network knows that many male viewers still will watch local baseball, while occasionally checking in on the Olympics.