The baseball episode is probably the best comedy/holodeck episode Trek have ever done so I disagree it should be skipped. All the Quark/Ferangi episodes set up the changes in Ferangi society we see by the end of the show and Roms ascention to Grand Naugus.
There’s episodes of ds9 you can skip. The baseball episode, anything focused on quark, anything where the entire plot is just O’Brien torture porn
The baseball episode is probably the best comedy/holodeck episode Trek have ever done so I disagree it should be skipped. All the Quark/Ferangi episodes set up the changes in Ferangi society we see by the end of the show and Roms ascention to Grand Naugus.