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Posted By: Chris Counts

Actually, I like the idea of a game with former players, even if they are broken down. When I was a kid, I loved going to old-timer's games. In the early 70s, I watched Bob Feller pitch and Joe DiMaggio hit in Angel Stadium. I remember Beans Reardon was the umpire. Before the game I got their autographs, along with a whole bunch of former greats. What ever happened to old-timer's games?

An old-timer's game would go over big at Cooperstown during induction week ...