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[Mr.Bill]

9. This is going to a baseball game for me:

I live 150 miles from where the Giants play, so after driving for three hours, I am rewarded with a $50 parking space. I likely paid Stub Hub $100 for my ticket. But once I am there, I settle into my seat at one of the best baseball stadiums in the country. The food and drinks are outrageously expensive but at least they are very good. I don't eat much there anyway, and with a three hour drive home, one beer is my limit.

There isn't a bad seat at that stadium, and I've sat all over it. The scoreboard is great and so is the sound system. The fans are nice people and in those few hours some good conversations can be had. On my retirement income, I can afford this outing maybe twice a year. Because of Covid last year, being asked to stand at the 7th inning stretch for a religious song (God Bless America) while I am an Atheist and being asked to worship the Police and the Military before seemingly every game, I haven't attended for several years.

Will someone explain to me why all efforts seem to be focused on making my enjoyable time at the game itself shorter?