A Baseball First

My employer pays for every employee to go out to dinner (with the rest of his team at work), twice a year, at a cost of no more than $100 per person. Recently I did my first such company dinner. We went to Sparks Steak House. This is the place where the Gambino mob boss was gunned down. They have *amazing* sirloin steak. *Amazing*.

Anyway, while I was waiting for the rest of the group to arrive, a baseball game was being televised. I glanced over at it, infrequently. Eventually I witnessed a Major League Baseball first ... both teams scored eight runs in the second inning. Now I like statistics. A lot, actually. Numbers in general. They're great for lying, and drawing wrong conclusions. But, what kind of madness is necessary to care that both teams scored eight points in the second inning?

BTW, what's an inning?