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Matthew S. MooreOne not-to-be-missed game would be the one in which Bill "Dummy" Hoy, as the Reds' leadoff man, faced Luther "Dummy" Taylor, starting pitchier for the Giants, on May 26, 1902, at League Park II (a.k.a. " Palace of the Fans"). The Giants were still under Horace Fogel's management, so they weren't yet champs, but that is one game I'd like to see!
Another game I'd love to see is the one (June 18, 1889) in which Hoy, center-fielding for the Washington Senators in Indianapolis, threw out three Hoosier baserunners at home plate—a feat that was treated all too casually by contemporary sportswriters. (This WAS 1889, after all.) If I can't get to see the game for myself, I'd certainly settle for some good film footage! I'd arrange to have sophisticated movie equipment, of course.
Wouldn't it be marvelous to be able to sit in Ebbets Field or the Palace of the Fans again?