“There's something innately unsatisfying in spending 3 hours watching a game and in the end nobody won, we have no declaration of superiority”
That’s a short-term view. No victor was declared on the day perhaps, but over the season a victor emerges.
I don’t doubt you believe what you say. My point was essentially the entire rest of the world doesn’t concur!
Nothing wrong with a short-term view. Sports is a short-term concept, sports is about the moment (ask any football fan about "the drive", "the catch" or "wide right"), that's part of why sports need to declare winners after every game. Eventually getting a winner over the course of the season isn't good enough, people to a game to see somebody (preferably their favorite team) win.
Actually most of the rest of America does concur, that's why we abhore draws. What's the first question somebody asks when they find out you watched a sporting event recently that they didn't? "Who won", and the worst answer possible is "nobody, it was a draw". Maybe the non-American world doesn't concur but we spend more time and money on sports than they do so we might have a point. You asked why America abhores draws, I told you, maybe the real question should be why does the rest of the world tolerate draws.
So what!
I am not exactly a baseball fan, but I like my Angels. If I pay the money to actually see a game, I want to see them win (or lose). If I pay money I want to at least have a resolution of that game. Since The Angels are seldom in the hunt, I don't necessarily follow the standings.