of course it's embarrassing. when you shine hte harsh light of reason on it, every single damned thing, every aspect, every notion of being a fan of a particular group of people contractually obligated to perform a competitive recreational task together while wearing common attire for hte enrichment of a wealthy owner is ridiculous, patently so. but hte dark knight stuff is really no less embarrassing than the bulk of everything else that is done in the service of baseball fandom, and far less so than throwing a perfectly good baseball back onto the field.