How baseball can save your relationship

Er, not so scientific study says baseball saves marriages somehow:

"When Denver was considering the financing to bring the Colorado Rockies baseball team to town I did a survey, just for fun. I wanted to see what the relationship was in the divorce rate between communities that had major league baseball teams and those that wanted them. What I discovered was, you're 28 percent more likely to get a divorce if you live in a town that wants a professional baseball team," the professor explained.

Markman admits there is a definite connection between where most of the major league teams are located in this country and the divorce rate. The Northeast is home base for most ball clubs. It's well documented by the National Center for Health Statistics and other studies by various universities that the Northeast has the lowest divorce rate in the U.S.

Markman took his baseball study one step further in his book "Fighting For Your Marriage." He said, "Baseball is something couples can do together for fun. Baseball is a family-oriented activity, unlike the theatre. If you talk while you're at the theatre they'll kick you out. But you can go to a baseball game and talk to your heart's content and nobody cares.

Markman concluded that couples who attend baseball games are more likely to stay together over the long haul than those who don't. He says there is a definite collation between a healthy relationship and having fun with your husband or wife at the ball park.

Dr. David Popenoe, a sociology professor and co-director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers, doesn't put much stock in Markman's baseball theory. "There may be some lose coalition between divorce and baseball, as far as the geographical factors are concerned. But it almost like saying a lot of deaths occur in hospitals," the Rutgers professor added."-- FROM DIVORCE 360

We say, enjoying any past time as a couple leads to increased intimacy. Sure, you might think baseball blows, but hosting wings and beer night at your house can't be all bad. And don't forget that two can play at this game. It's not like dudes can't enjoy "girly" things. Make a deal. If you agree to feign interest in the sports he loves, why can't he pretend he loves going to get tandem manicures on Saturdays?

(Tried and tested: Turns out, most guys love getting their nails done as much as you love yelling obscenities at men you don't know wearing tight pants.)