The Aha! Moment

Dodger fans are still seething. A vast majority of us still can't watch the games on TV.

Sadly, out of sight often lends to out mind.

I recently got back onto the dating site bandwagon. Everyone was so buried in their phones and determined not to strike a conversation, I figured there mus be something to this. Where was everyone? I thought. They're online!

So online I went.

But since everyone is always figuring there is something better out there, I have found what I found before but hadn't recalled before I spent the money: there is no incentive to meet in person. As soon as you begin to communicate online, there's no reason to meet. Everyone just exchanges emails and phone numbers, then moves on to the next "perfect match." Online dating sites always promise "someone" is out there. Just waiting for you.

So you keep browsing. Waiting for the perfect match.

When do you know it's time to take a commercial break and stop looking? How do you know you haven't already met the perfect match- or at the very least a really good one? And is it ok to give yourself permission to actually take yourself offline and put yourself back in the game?

All people seem to want to do is chat in virtual time. What's the point? If you're not going to eventually meet, then why be on a site that prompts meeting? If it's just to email or text and never meet up, again I have to ask what's the point? Why are we getting farther and farther away from the idea (as a society) of interpersonal communication? Why is face time so difficult?

Back to baseball since that IS supposed to be the point of this blog: the parallel between baseball and a Girl's life.

Why is accessibility to Dodgers on TV so difficult? Why can't we see the Dodgers on TV? Why can't we see our virtual relationships face-to-face? Is it really so difficult?

Apparently, yes.

To be fair, one can go TO the home games in person. See it live. Eat a Dodger dog. Feel the pulse of the L.A. crowd. Be outside. Socialize. However, when it comes to the away games, we're screwed. And let's face it, who has the time (or in many cases, the money) to go to ALL 81 home games? So the next best thing would be to see it on TV.

Once you go to a game, you want more. You know what it feels like to BE there, to be present. And you want to experience the magic in your own home.

The cable negotiations fell through last year and held no promise this year either. Thank you new owners, thank you for not taking the fans into consideration and just cashing the check from the highest bidders, laughing all the way to the bank. We SO appreciate it. And we know you truly needed the money (insert sarcasm). TRUE fans know where the blame for this mess truly lies.

But I digress.

Look, my point for Girls is this: Dodger fans have been forced to go the way of dating sites: you listen on the radio and read about the game online the next day. You can chat about it on a Facebook Group and complain or celebrate... just like you do with your friends about that cute Guy you've been emailing or texting. But at the end of the day, if you don't get to "see" them, the game or the Guy, then isn't it time to just find something else to watch?

The dating site lures you back for more virtual time. Very little feels... real.

Same with the Dodgers.

Out of sight, out of mind....

I don't want to root for another team, but I want to watch baseball. What's a Girl to do? The virtual relationship with my team- and the Guys online- seems to be rather taxing. If a Guy isn't going to suggest dinner or coffee or lunch or a Dodger game, why waste your time Girls? Move on.

I'm sure there's something on TV you COULD be watching.

And I'm sure there are Guys out there who would like to meet you in person. They're the ones NOT online.