Here's another reason baseball remains our national pastime: Jeff Samardzija operates more often than not as a productive member of the Giants.
That's the San Francisco ones.
The New York ones play in the NFL, where they and their brethren had a chance, nearly a decade ago, of watching this gifted athlete of 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds prosper in their league.
"For me, I just felt like, regarding my ceiling in baseball, there was just more there," said Samardzija.
The 31-year old ranks among the leaders of Major League pitchers in games started.