You knew, of course, that a Freeper would offer anecdotal evidence almost immediately to refute this. I am proud to say that Mr. RightField, a jock of the first order, has been this geek's faithful companion for 33+ years. I don't know how much beauty he saw in me way back then, but he could see that I understood and even watched baseball and football games, so how could he resist???
It's called "sarcasm."
Don't make me get Blooregard to explain it to you...
(Points to whoever gets THAT reference...)