Thanks for posting this......
I finally got around to trying it out today. Started with kerry wood's 20 k game, but abandoned that after he struck out the side in the 1st.
Went to game 4 of the 1976 WS.
Man that was terrific to watch! The game has changed so much.
Here are some things I noticed that you don't see much (if any) anymore:
- Rose playing in on Mickey Rivers
- The first two batters in the game either bunted or faked a bunt.
- emphasis on the run game. alot of attention to the lead at first.
- Pitchouts
- Manager arguing with the ump (Martin was tossed in the 9th)
- the NL rbi leader (Foster) batting 6th... he'd be in the 2 hole next year.
- The Yankees #5 hitter (Carlos May) choked up about 2"
- Talk about the grounds crew over-watering in front of home plate, and at first base
- bad hops, playing the in-between hop
- The runner on first called time out because "there was a play on" and he wasn't sure of it
Really enjoyable, can't help but think today's game would benefit by borrowing some of the attributes from the game 40 years ago.