++ I am a huge baseball fan, but the combination of my own aging and the onset of philosophies at the plate that result in a parade of interminable at bats have taken me to the point where I prefer to record the games and fast forward through innings where not much happens. ++
Pretty seldom that I don't hit the FF button fifty or a hundred times during a DVR. Even if the M's are on a hot streak, as soon as the M's are down -1 run I'm speeding up every interval between pitches, minimum. Usually even if I'm waiting all day for a game, I wait until 7:30 or 8:00 pm so I can get through commercials, long pitch delays, stupid BABIP innings, etc...
And Dr. D is not exactly the Soccer Mom demographic here any more than you are DaddyO :- )
The Shout Box is kind of a new experience, since you have to chat it in real time. Had almost never watched a game in real time before chatting them online with you amigos.