Help me get into baseball! Irish bloke here who lives primarily late at night and gets to watch a lot of US sports as a result. Already follow the NFL and I figure it's time to try and wrap my head around America's original game. A mate of mine (Yankees fan) was drunkenly telling me to watch some documentary that's supposed to explain everything, but then he vomited on his shoes and went home. Any ideas?

I know precious little about the players, teams, positions, management (watched Moneyball a few months ago, not sure how accurate that is, but seems a world away from soccer) and history. Not sure if I want to 'pick' a team quite yet, before I watch a good deal of games first. I'm a Liverpool fan at heart, but I'm not going to to jump into being a Red Sox fan just because of the John W. Henry connection.

So help me out here, lads. All opinions appreciated. Also, which beer should I be drinking?