Oh, how times have changed....

[Snapolit1]

We can all debate the good old days and when exactly they were, but I daresay that I never remember a period in my life where MLB had more incredible exciting talent. Trout. Betts. Acuna. Soto. Tatis Jr. Harper. DeGrom (not as young). Amazing how exciting baseball has been in the last month. For the first time in years I find myself watching random games, because it seems like every team has one of these must see players. Dodgers Padres was like a world series in its intensity.

And for a dying sport MLB.com has been pulling the great ratings.

[mrreality68]

Agreed thanks for sharing.

Amazing the times when they took subway’s to the ball park and had winter jobs.

Very interesting commentary also

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

We can all debate the good old days and when exactly they were, but I daresay that I never remember a period in my life where MLB had more incredible exciting talent. Trout. Betts. Acuna. Soto. Tatis Jr. Harper. DeGrom (not as young). Amazing how exciting baseball has been in the last month. For the first time in years I find myself watching random games, because it seems like every team has one of these must see players. Dodgers Padres was like a world series in its intensity.

And for a dying sport MLB.com has been pulling the great ratings.

No one wants to debate it.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

We can all debate the good old days and when exactly they were, but I daresay that I never remember a period in my life where MLB had more incredible exciting talent. Trout. Betts. Acuna. Soto. Tatis Jr. Harper. DeGrom (not as young). Amazing how exciting baseball has been in the last month. For the first time in years I find myself watching random games, because it seems like every team has one of these must see players. Dodgers Padres was like a world series in its intensity.

And for a dying sport MLB.com has been pulling the great ratings.

I no longer watch baseball for that very reason. It's a team sport and the world series winner would be the team that played as a cohesive unit. Weren't a lot of whiny prima donas back then (and as recently as the 90s).

Short Example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PilAosY41eA

Respectfully

[Snapolit1]

Lol. People have been complaining about money ruining baseball and whiny prima donnas since about the time Babe Ruth held out for more money basically every year.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Lol. People have been complaining about money ruining baseball and whiny prima donnas since about the time Babe Ruth held out for more money basically every year.

You just didn’t care about these issues when you were 15 years old.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Ha! I'm a little older. Bobby Cox was the last fearless manager, I'm afraid.

Stuff like this pisses me off:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpuLvMeIk7Y

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

You just didn’t care about these issues when you were 15 years old.

I don't care now. Just an observation. I wasn't around when Ruth played so I can say with certainty anything about his contract negotiations.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Babe Ruth was a fan of the fans. There are zero Babe Ruth types playing; it's no comparison.

I'll start watching when the fences are moved back 100ft for the, relatively speaking, giants playing today. I'll mention my suspicion of drug use, including testosterone boosters and speed, in passing only. Move the fences back and let them use whatever they want.


1990s_Young_Y32_Klesko by Greg Martin, on Flickr

[Huysmans]

Thanks for posting.... much better times and people then, on and off the ball field.
Nice to see.

[Snapolit1]

Yeah, people were much better in the 1940s, when black men were excluded from MLB, and then the few guys who were slowly let in were showered with abuse from other players and fans and had to stay by themselves at separate second rate hotels. Oh, the good old days were wonderful.