Cats are active and playful, therefore entertaining to play with and watch. A lap cat provides nurturing and affection.

Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.

This is particularly true in the area of medical technology, where being anti-technology is equated with being anti-health and anti-cure.

But the sport is an old flame for romantic types, as proved by numbers even sabermetric lords can wrap their seamheads around.