You have to go to a game.
At the very least, I make it a point to go to one ballgame a year (It's a five hour drive to Cardinal country
) just to recharge the old baseball batteries.
Baseball needs to be seen in person to appreciate it. If paying too much for Bluejay's tickets sits ill with you, go watch someone else. Once you're in the stadium, it won't matter...we're all fans, right?
Baseball has a lot of problems, but not every player is pumping themselves full of illegal shit, or making millions upon millions of dollars. A lot of the owners suck and a most of the salaries are outrageous, but it's still baseball and once you're in the stadium all that other superfluous shit just doesn't exist anymore.