Me, too. I love a great pitchers duel. I wanted to be a pitcher growing up, but I sucked at it. I could throw hard, but NO control. Wild Thing.
Of all the sports, I was best at basketball, decent at football, and marginal at baseball.
I’ve really enjoyed watching the Anaheim Angels these past few years. They specialize in small-ball (Scioscia-ball), manufacturing runs, pressing it on the bases. It’s fun to watch.
One of the first games I remember seeing in person was Gibson v. Drysdale in LA in 1965. It was EPIC. Drysdale got the better of Gibson, 2-0. BUT, both pitchers went the distance, which of course never happens anymore. Gibson's power was something to behold in person.
From that day on, I was a pitching duel fan. Nothin' like it.
I call that real baseball.
I also was (supposedly) wild. My strategy on playing a team that didn’t know me was to drill the first batter in the ribs. That made the inside curve ball rather successful from then on. And they couldn’t reach a fastball on the outside corner. When I first saw “Bull Durham”, it really made me laugh when he told Nuke to plug the mascot. I thought “yep, that’ll get in their heads”. Baseball was my best sport. To small and slow for basketball, and only marginal at football though I played anyway.