Sporting tattoos are a great way to show your love for the game. Just like when choosing any other tattoo design, a baseball tattoo should be chosen in such a way that it suits you and your personal sporting preferences in the game. Don't choose a particular type of tattoo just because some hard-core baseball fan has inscribed it on his body. Your tattoo should be chosen by you only.

Here are some cool ideas to help you get started on what sort of baseball themed tattoo you can adorn on your body and the purposes that these tattoos will serve:

Tattoo about your favorite team: Be it the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds or Texas Rangers if you want to show everybody how much you love your favorite team, inscribe a tattoo whose theme is based on your favorite team. For Ex: you can adorn a tattoo of a ranger's hat (Texas Rangers) or a tiger based tattoo (Detroit Tigers) to support these teams. You may also inscribe a quote from these players or the general motto of the team on the appropriate places. The team's mascot is another object which can be used in tattoo designs.

Tattoo based on the team's home ground: Every baseball stadium and its governing body have a rich history of great players and home grown cultures and trends. Some stadiums have a distinctive design and/or are a tourist destination in themselves. A tattoo sporting your favorite stadium or your teams home ground or something that depicts its culture is a great way to show your love for the stadium and its culture.

Baseball equipment tattoos: A simple bat or ball or the gloves and other gear can be used as abstract art forms in themselves.

Baseball tattoos featuring portraits of the players: Your favorite player's portrait on an appropriate place on your body, what more does player want from a die-hard fan?

Love for the game: All of the rest including the ones mentioned above can be clubbed here. If you are inscribing a baseball themed tattoo, you already love the game.

These are just a sample of the wide varieties of options available to fans. Like every art form, this too is limited by your own imagination. As most probably, you would be sporting your tattoos in public or on live TV (chances are), care should be taken that proper standards of decency are maintained.