I went to a baseball game recently and sat next to my girlfriend’s eight-year-old nephew. We’ve been to a few games together, but something made me ask a question I’d never asked before.
“So who’s your favorite player?”
I was surprised to hear that he didn’t have one. I was intrigued because I’ve always had one—sometimes it’s a lifelong love (Jim Rice), sometimes it’s a favorite of a particular season. (Shout out to my current favorite, Triston Casas, as he begins healing from his devastating ruptured patellar tendon.)
I got to wondering: how does a favorite player get chosen?