I liken it to World War II, where even though most of the players were off fighting the war, it was important to keep baseball going to keep up morale and provide a brief respite from harsh reality (besides, how else would the St Louis Browns ever win a Pennant?)
Right. I understand that completely...when I was in the Navy, I used to pace back and forth outside the radio shack on the ship, waiting for them to post the Sunday scores on the bulletin board outside the door sometime after midnight...:)