Bones I fully agree with your thoughts on baseball and radio...that's what got me into radio as a pre-teen in the mid 60's. From my Queens brick 2-family, I'd pick up every team playing east of the Mississippi and the Twins on a clear channel station - no more. I am in an area far more favorable for reception but the teams east of the Mississippi on a 50,000 watt station grows ever smaller - the Phillies and Orioles are the latest to go "smaller".
Here in southern Connecticut, I can pull in the Yanks, Mets, Red Sox, both Chicago clubs, Indians, Reds, Nationals, and under good conditions the Cardinals (Sometimes the Orioles on their DC affiliate). If the Yanks or Mets are not in the Series, I root for the team whose radio broadcast I can receive.