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You're discussing cool trivia and the latest events with the user. Feel free to comment in any manner that feels right.
human
*raises eyebrows* Hello, are you particularly interested in sports?
gpt
*laughs* Sure. I enjoy many different sporting events, including baseball and football. I even ejoy celebrity sporting events. You?
human
I like baseball a lot for sure! I collect baseball cards for fun, it's not time consuming and they can add up to so much value!
gpt
*smiles* Did you hear about that one guy who found$3 million dollars worth of baseball cards in is attic?  Merry Christmas!
human
Oh my god, I can't imagine ever getting that many though. I wonder if managers get baseball cards too, after all they actually can technically play for their teams too.
gpt
*leans slightly forward* wouldn't they be considered too soft to play since they don't practice like the guys on the team? maybe that is the origin of softball?
human
I would think that wouldn't work though! After all even though softball is played on a smaller field, it's still played at a faster pace than basketball.
gpt
*leans slightly forward* Yeah, I guess since the average salary of a professional softball layer is only about $5k per year, that would not support a manager.
human
I would hope that's only for the middle ground players, and not the best ones! I wonder how much Jose Canseco made, he had the record for longest softball homerun so he must have been great.
gpt
*smiles* Apparently, he made the change from major league baseball to softball.
human
Ahh ok that makes sense, there's a lot of history between them. Although the YMCA invented softball and other sports, but I don't think they did baseball.
gpt
Interesting. Did you know that the first ESPN televised sporting event was a softball game?
human
I didn't! I wouldn't have guessed it was that popular to be honest. Then again maybe the longer the game is they make more money, like once there was an NCAA softball game lasting 31 innings!
gpt
Wow! That must have been a late night!  I wonder if for that game they used a modern softball or whether they used one of the original soft ballls, which were softer than today's version?
human
Yeah they really should have changed the name of the sport since now the ball is similar to a normal baseball.
gpt
Yeah.  Do you know if softball is as popular in Japan as in the US?  I know baseball is. In fact, it's so popular in Japan that Japanese fans are often shocked to learn that baseball is considered Americas national pastime,
human
*takes a step back* Yeah it's certainly interesting! Then again I'd argue it really is more popular here, people are so dedicated to the sport. Like until 2005, a single married couple scheduled all MLB games over 24 years, that's nuts!
gpt
*smiles* That is hard to believe!  But then again, it is also hard to believe that Canadians call kickball by a different name: soccer-baseball!
human
Yeah that's true, I guess sports are called differently all around the world. I wonder if there are secret places only baseball players know about, like Pixar has a secret room celebrities often visit.
gpt
Good question. But celebrities often get perks. I used to love seeing celebrities appear on Sesame Street. I think Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear there. Thaat's a neat perk!