Last night, the St. Louis Cardinals were able to avoid falling into a season-long 2-game losing streak by defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on the strength of the longball and Jaime Garcia’s return to “good enough” after shoulder surgery. But none of that matters right now, because one of my all-time favorite things that can ever happen at a baseball game took place in the top of the 7th inning after Pete Kozma hit a home run to center field.

A male fan, enjoying the game with his special gal, saw the ball approaching them and he promptly stood in front of his babe, extended his arm and caught the ball before presenting it to her as a token of his love. JUST KIDDING. He jumped away like a frightened rabbit and the ball hit her in the head!

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Let’s face the facts, guys and dolls – if you’re short a Y chromosome, there’s just no way you can like baseball for the right reasons. At least that’s what I’m taking away from the blogosphere’s website of hatred du jour, Baseball Boyfriend, which asks the question: “Who’s your Baseball Boyfriend?” Basically, while the men are off at work, earning the total household income, the ladies at home – nursing, cleaning and preparing food – can have their own fantasy baseball fun by “dating” a baseball player of their choice. I pick Steve Garvey!

If you’re unfamiliar with this Baseball Boyfriend idea, here’s the basic gist from what seems to be a Dan Gilbert-designed website:

Baseball Boyfriend doesn’t replace your current fantasy baseball experience or simplify it in any way. It’s a side game that you can play at the same time. While you are playing in your normal league, can have a Baseball Boyfriend off to the side. To play, you’ll need to be a part of a CBSSports fantasy baseball league.

In fairness, I’m just poking fun at yesterday’s Twitter rage, as the public response to this idea has just been hilarious. Women think it’s sexist and guys who consider themselves modern and progressive-minded also think it’s the online equivalent of clubbing a girl over the head and dragging her back to a cave. But I just don’t see the big deal, because almost all of us know a girl who has filled out a March Madness pool sheet based solely on cute uniforms or players. Hell, I’m surprised this isn’t coming straight from MLB.com.

In fact, I see this as a relationship builder, if anything. As the description states, a girl has to be in a CBS Sports Fantasy Baseball League, too, so her man is going to have to help her create a league. Haha, what’s that, honey? Your desired screen name is already taken? Well I’m sure you can live with I’mASamanthaXOXO143~I<3Pinterest2. Now quiet down, the game is on.

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