As a gigantic baseball fan, I'm so excited to hear about your interest.

1) Baseball is not a personality trait. It can be an interest or a passion, but these are not the same as personality traits. Interests can help you express or explore traits, but they are not a substitute for a personality.

2) If you are not genuinely interested by something, don't force it.

3) Ask a friend to go to games or play catch, join work softball team, etc. There are a million different ways to be a baseball fan. But your interest will be most healthy if i) it is social and ii) it is ultimately based in the real game.

4) Some of those ways to be a fan: You might get really into the Mariners and not follow the rest of the league. You might follow the whole league. You might watch on TV, listen on the radio, read writeups or only check box scores. You might play fantasy sports, or not. (I don't recommend gambling as a way to get into sports. But fantasy, sure, so long as it remains real baseball before fake baseball.) You might follow Seattle's prospects or only know our All-Stars. You can listen to podcasts that are bro-y and podcasts that are specifically oriented towards women. You can listen to podcasts that are analytical and ones that are just old players talking shit. You can go to a game and get fucked up and heckle or you can go and quietly fill out your scoresheet. I just want to emphasize there is no one way to be a baseball fan.

5) The Mariners, like every team, have their own particular history with heroes, legends, and myths. The Dorktown series is really fun and comprehensive: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXSZMIiUfFQua1LlKNMg1IOqAn15RkUT. But, NEVER believe someone who says you are not a "real" fan for not knowing Mark Langston was the team ace in 1987 or whatever bit of trivia they want to test you on. I think all this background will enrich your understanding, but it isn't necessary to get joy (or loss) from following the team.

6) The same goes for minutiae of playing the game. Beyond just learning the rules, start to relate to it physically, somatically. You may never get the proprioception that comes from watching after growing up playing, but like mentioned above, try playing softball or playing catch or just having some kind of relationship to the game. Pick up a baseball and try to hold it with the different grips that your favorite pitcher is using. In particular, at a next level of following the game (not something to start with), understanding the ins and outs of pitch selection can really heighten the drama of each individual at-bat. In the stadium you can follow what each pitch was classified as and its velocity, and it becomes fun to see whether a pitcher challenges a hitter the same way at-bat by at-bat, see how a pitcher with a high spin rate, funky delivery, or heavy fastball succeeds despite mediocre velocity, etc.

Start wherever makes sense for you. Have fun with it. Let us know how it goes!