Babe Ruth Was a Fat Alcoholic Wasn't He?

I don't like baseball. It bores me. I have little regard for the athleticism required. There is little creativity necessary to do well at any given position. Style of play and strategy are limited and a lot of players are fat. I don't say baseball is not a sport, it's just a lame one. This however doesn't stop people from looking for meaning and purpose in it. Connected to that, there seems to be a correlation between how philosophical one gets about baseball and how wrong they are; George Will immediately comes to mind. They are wrong because they are looking for parallels in something that is flawed from the beginning. That is, if baseball is a template of reference for how one approaches life then you end with a result similar to the model.To wit, be fat, boring, unimaginative, scratch your crotch every 5 minutes, spit wherever you feel like, stand around a lot, and emphasize those aspects of life (the game) that have little substantive value but are good for image (homeruns). Even if I did like baseball, I don't know that I would think it a good reference for how one should approach life. Considering the traits above though, it probably is that many people do actually live baseball as a model.
I say this because I happen to enjoy soccer and I am going to be a bit philosophical about it.
I am going to see Real Madrid beat LA tomorrow. This isn't to say I want LA to lose, or that Madrid will easily roll over the Galaxy. Only that, you know how somethings will be before they are, but still, you play on because there are more important things at stake.
I have every hope it will be a great match. LA has every reason to play to win and they do very well at home. Madrid, though still in their pre-season, definitely do not want to lose to an MLS team and even while using a relatively new playing style have an unparalleled offensive ability. Still, LA will likely lose; but, even in losing, LA has the chance to prove that their starting lineup can compete with the best Europe has to offer.
More generically, isn't this game a better approach? In the face of such incredible opposition every Galaxy player on the field matters at each moment of play. It is not a game where batter and pitcher square off and then temporarily put a ball and half the participants into the game. The whole field is action and with the right strategy and each player's head in the game a team like LA can minimize the advantages of an opponent like Real Madrid.
Perhaps playing well regardless of the opposition is not unique to soccer but an aspect of sports in general. But more specific to soccer are the elements of the game that make it such a joy to watch and its fans so zealous: the creativity, strategy, importance of each player at once in cooperation with excellent individuals, and the athleticism. It is a great metaphor for how life can be, how life should be.
Not to put too fine a point on it, soccer is better than baseball because soccer makes the world a better place. Every baseball player clubs baby seals and sells crack to pregnant women in the off season. Most soccer players have advanced medical degrees and work with Doctors Without Borders. Those that don't teach literacy classes in mulitple languages, even between games. The Biblical parable of sheep and goats can be paraphrased to be about soccer players and baseball players respectively. The lake of fire is a baseball diamond while the giant-cube heaven described in Revelation is a scoccer stadium. The jersey numbers of all players on a baseball team, when added together, always add up to 666. Really, or maybe I'm just saying this as a reminder to not take it too seriously.