Nobody likes college baseball.

we have no idea what team this is, but DAMN

No, seriously.  Log on to ESPN.com sometime, especially from your cell phone.  There’s no dedicated page. It’s even difficult to find scores, if you’re using one of the score (ha) of iPhone apps.  It’ll update me on NASCAR, WNBA, the Olympics that are happening two years from now…and yet college baseball, even at the highest level, is somewhat off the radar.This just shouldn’t be

Here are the reasons we love college baseball….

1. Cheap: Yep.  This is #1. Call us cynical, but movie tickets now cost almost twice as much as the ticket to a college baseball game, and last only two thirds as long.  Plus, movies might be terrible, and you can’t talk during them.  College baseball is at least entertaining, and you’re allowed to speak.

2. The Hot Dogs are Better. I bet you were expecting something about love of the game, but we’ve tooted that horn enough.  Let’s go with this instead: NOM.  (No, you can’t haz cheezburger.)  But the hot dogs are just as good–and lots less cash–than at major league parks.  At some places, you can even get a beer with that.

3.The Pants. OK, this is a chick blog. We’d be remiss if we didn’t comment on baseball pants on not-yet-huge college butts.   Consider the comment  made.

OK, the real reason, though?

College baseball is a ton of fun to watch.  It’s fast, it’s played at a surprisingly high level, and it’s a great way to get in on the ground floor of the next great superstar.  All over the country this weekend, regionals are taking place that’ll eventually send some of these teams to Omaha for the College World Series.  We can’t make it to Omaha this year, but we’ll be taking in the Austin regional for starters.

So get out to your local park and see what there is to see–you just might be surprised.