As you might imagine, I get a lot of emails.

Some of them are business and news-oriented; most of them are not, and are based on my interests — sports, fantasy sports, Libertarian politics, real country music and sports.

You can imagine I was baffled and, yes, a bit intrigued, when a few weeks ago I got this email from Major League Baseball announcing that it had teamed up with match.com to bring me the ultimate in dating opportunities called MLB Singles powered by match.com. This promotion has little, if anything, to do with baseball, I must warn you.

The premise is, as you can see in the photo, MLB invites you to connect with other single MLB fans.

I said to myself, “OK, Lance, what's it gonna hurt to do this, what have you got to lose? Being a charming, bald man, who knows, you might find Miss Right, or is that Ms. Right? I never know anymore. Is it politically correct to be politically correct? Is it OK to not be politically correct and say what's on your mind? Did Clinton really not inhale? Why did Obama have to wear the tan suit and send Twitter into a frenzy? Did Teddy Roosevelt really walk around the White House carrying a big stick? ”

Yes, sometimes when I talk to myself, I tend to go off topic.

So I keep talking to myself and myself talks me in to going to match.com to see how it and baseball go hand-in-hand. Like I said, it really doesn't.

I was hoping there would be a ton of questions that were baseball-related. After all, it is MLB Singles powered by match.com. I'm expecting questions on the designated hitter, inter-league play and speeding up the game, to which my answers would be no, no, and no. Baseball has been baseball for a good century or more so let it be.

Instead I go through a list of dating questions based on my hair color, eye color, height, weight, ethnicity and even spiritual and religious questions that make dating the superficial thing it is. In the political field there is no place for Libertarian.

It wasn't until later it even asked you what your favorite baseball team is and that is way after you've completed the tedious survey. 

While my favorite team is the Dodgers, I'm not a rabid enough baseball fan to be that picky, like if it would be if eHarmony were doing a promotion based on the NFL. I could easily go out with anyone except a Yankees fan, unless that Yankees fan was a huge Gehrig fan, which I am. I could never see myself with a Cowboys or Panthers fan. It would be like wearing a toupee or doing a comb over.

So I fill out the information and pick my preference in women — typically anyone over 5-feet, 4-inches tall. Standing nearly 6-feet, 2-inches tall — I've actually checked my height on the robbery suspect measuring tape at stores — it would be a chore and quite comical if I ever proposed to someone who I'm still taller than while on one knee.

My preferences other than that were simple — spiritual not overly religious, anyone from Jewish to Mennonite, although there was no Mennonite selection, which there should be because of that Neil Young song, Mennonite Girl, or was that Cinnamon Girl?

Almost instantaneously, I start getting these matches. The catch is, other than no questions on corking the bat — sounds a little racy after re-reading this sentence — PED use — does Viagra count? — and the infield fly rule, they want you to pay something like $16 a month to find true happiness on a dating site that doesn't even consider being a Libertarian a valid political option.

Of course, it all kind of comes down to what your idea of true happiness is. 

If your idea of true happiness is having to adjust to someone else's sleeping schedule, hygiene routines and someone who may not find your annoyance with petty, mundane things clever or charming then you probably shouldn't pay the $16 bucks a month. Wasting $16 a month only to find out she doesn't find your obsession with bald discrimination and comfortable socks to be cute would be a travesty.

If you can adjust your personality to satisfy her, even if it means getting hair transplants or switching teams, then by all means pay the $16 a month. 

Otherwise, don't buy in to the MLB Singles promotion powered by match.com. It really has nothing to do with baseball and shows, like me, you get a lot of emails — Lance Martin