Oh, how times have changed....

[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.

[toledo_mudhen]

Awesome video -

I'm old enough to remember Red Barber on Yankee radio broadcasts back in the late 60's (and then again on NPR in the 80s)

Quite a walk down memory lane!

[Joshwesley]

Man, that was great. Thanks for sharing !

[egri]

Thanks for sharing. I was watching the last few innings of game 7 from the 1960 World Series, and what a difference; the announcers weren’t constantly talking, there were no graphics that got in the way, and the focus was on the game.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by 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.

They were better... MUCH better. But I'm not allowed to have that opinion according to you??

We live in a world right now where the overwhelming majority of people enjoy the highest quality of life and standard of living that has EVER been experienced in history... this isn't even debatable, yet there is more whining and complaining then there ever has been. YOU'RE a perfect example with this post... the world is full of losers right now who can't even handle someone else's opinion. It's pathetic.

Didn't you also just start a thread with some ridiculous garbage about growing old.... with some nonsense about trying new things? .... so it's great to announce YOUR opinion... right?

Next time, just go sob in the corner when you disagree with someone and can't deal with their opinion, and save everyone from your whining and insecurity clown.

Originally Posted by Huysmans

They were better... MUCH better. But I'm not allowed to have that opinion according to you??

We live in a world right now where the overwhelming majority of people enjoy the highest quality of life and standard of living that has EVER been experienced in history... this isn't even debatable, yet there is more whining and complaining then there ever has been. YOU'RE a perfect example with this post... the world is full of losers right now who can't even handle someone else's opinion. It's pathetic.

Didn't you also just start a thread with some ridiculous garbage about growing old.... with some nonsense about trying new things? .... so it's great to announce YOUR opinion... right?

Next time, just go sob in the corner when you disagree with someone and can't deal with their opinion, and save everyone from your whining and insecurity clown.

LOL. Eeyore for sure.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

They were better... MUCH better. But I'm not allowed to have that opinion according to you??

We live in a world right now where the overwhelming majority of people enjoy the highest quality of life and standard of living that has EVER been experienced in history... this isn't even debatable, yet there is more whining and complaining then there ever has been. YOU'RE a perfect example with this post... the world is full of losers right now who can't even handle someone else's opinion. It's pathetic.

Didn't you also just start a thread with some ridiculous garbage about growing old.... with some nonsense about trying new things? .... so it's great to announce YOUR opinion... right?

When he posted his age, it was, shall we say enlightening ntrospection, into his previous posts.

Just sayin'

[Clutch-Hitter]

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[Ricky]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

They were better... MUCH better. But I'm not allowed to have that opinion according to you??

We live in a world right now where the overwhelming majority of people enjoy the highest quality of life and standard of living that has EVER been experienced in history... this isn't even debatable, yet there is more whining and complaining then there ever has been. YOU'RE a perfect example with this post... the world is full of losers right now who can't even handle someone else's opinion. It's pathetic.

Didn't you also just start a thread with some ridiculous garbage about growing old.... with some nonsense about trying new things? .... so it's great to announce YOUR opinion... right?

Next time, just go sob in the corner when you disagree with someone and can't deal with their opinion, and save everyone from your whining and insecurity clown.

Not sure what Steve said that deserved this response. Was he wrong? I just finished an autobiography of Henry Aaron and a biography of Roberto Clemente. Both ballplayers told the same stories of their times in the South during spring training. How black ad Latin ballplayers were forced to stay on the bus when they'd stop to eat and have to wait until the white teammates brought food back out to them on the bus; how white teammates stayed in luxury hotels, while the black players were forced to rent rooms in houses owned by black people in the black section of town. And it stayed this way until 1962!! So, if you asked them, I think they'd say things and people weren't so great back then...

[sdimag]

Originally Posted by Ricky

Not sure what Steve said that deserved this response. Was he wrong? I just finished an autobiography of Henry Aaron and a biography of Roberto Clemente. Both ballplayers told the same stories of their times in the South during spring training. How black ad Latin ballplayers were forced to stay on the bus when they'd stop to eat and have to wait until the white teammates brought food back out to them on the bus; how white teammates stayed in luxury hotels, while the black players were forced to rent rooms in houses owned by black people in the black section of town. And it stayed this way until 1962!! So, if you asked them, I think they'd say things and people weren't so great back then...

Wow! You and Snapolit have uncovered some dark secrets!Hope you enjoy the all star game in racially diverse Colorado as the black restaurant/hotel owners in Atlanta suffer.Yes we’ve come a long way.

[timn1]

Good grief, Brent - who is it exactly that's freaking out about someone else's contrary opinion, and calling them impolite names? - wait, it seems to be you!

I agree with you that for most people (in the world) the standard of life has never been better than today, and also that a lot of people don't appreciate that fact and complain way too much. But that's part of what Steve was saying in the first place. I don't know how you get from that to ripping him apart for saying BB is good today...

Originally Posted by Ricky

Not sure what Steve said that deserved this response. Was he wrong? I just finished an autobiography of Henry Aaron and a biography of Roberto Clemente. Both ballplayers told the same stories of their times in the South during spring training. How black ad Latin ballplayers were forced to stay on the bus when they'd stop to eat and have to wait until the white teammates brought food back out to them on the bus; how white teammates stayed in luxury hotels, while the black players were forced to rent rooms in houses owned by black people in the black section of town. And it stayed this way until 1962!! So, if you asked them, I think they'd say things and people weren't so great back then...