I miss the days when...

[jingram058]

I miss the days when ballplayers didn't make millions upon millions upon millions of dollars.

I miss the days when a 9 inning game was about 2 hours long, + or -.

I miss the days when commercials were. done from the press box.

I miss the days when the only thing on the TV was the game.

I miss the days when an intentional walk was 4 pitches.

I miss the days when extra innings was just that.

I miss the days when winning the pennant was having the best record in your league.

I miss the days when pitchers hit.

Am I an old fogey? Yes, and proud to be one.

[bk400]

Agree with most of these.

But:

1) I like the better helmets so guys don't lose an eye when they get hit in the face by the pitchers who are all throwing mid to upper 90s.
2) I don't mind the expanded playoff format


Super agree with the celebration comments. What's with Andy Pages doing the bat flip when his team is down 8-2? And that weird YMCA dance move that the Dodgers do to each other every time they reach base is super quiche.

[FrankWakefield]

Well done guys, I agree with almost everything you said. Once a game starts, the home team should be fined if the lights are intentionally flickered and face forfeiture if there's a second incident. I liked Joe Buck, AND Tim McCarver...


I miss the days when the only wave was when a coach or manager waved at a player in the field to move where they were positioned.

I miss the days when all of the bats were H&B.

I miss the days when the only songs were the National Anthem and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, and there was no walk p music.

I miss the days when the pitchers had a tacit understanding and control of who got hit when, and if this silent code was violated, everyone knew that at the top of the next inning a brushback or more was coming.

I miss the days when the players might sign an autograph with no consideration as to whether the recipient might sell it, which wasn't likely back then.

I miss the days when, come September, I'd need a scorecard to match the jersey numbers to names to see who these new players were when the rosters expanded to 40.

And while there's more, I'll close with...
I miss daytime World Series games; would it derail some vast cosmic scheme if they'd have just one daytime World Series game on a Saturday?

[BioCRN]

Day 4: I fear there is no end. After hearing cries to "Get off muh lawn!" and moving my way off the grass, I have discovered there is nothing but lawn for miles. I am thirsty, hungry, and tired. I have accepted my life may end on this lawn and I'll never live long enough to see another 20 foot bat flip.

[Balticfox]

Great thread!



I miss the days when all nine players in the field took their turn at bat, i.e. according to the original intent of the game.

I miss the days when a player actually had to touch first before he could get to second in extra innings.

I "miss" the deadball era when players tried to hit the ball into gaps and turn singles into doubles and doubles into triples. I miss all the base stealing that was part of baseball back then. I miss all the action on the basepaths.

I miss knuckleball pitchers.

I miss the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and their wild cool uniform.

I miss the Montréal Expos and the Cleveland Indians.

I "miss" Ty Cobb and the intensity with which he played the game.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I "miss" Ty Cobb and the intensity with which he played the game.

You must be pretty old!

[Rich Klein]

1. I miss the days when a player tossing a foul ball into the stands didn’t have to arc it high over a wall of netting.

I miss those days as well when that was possible BUT in terms of fans safety I'm all in favor of this. Way back in the day, a young lady about 2 years behind me in high school lost sight in an eye with a screaming foul ball. And this was pre cellphone days so she was paying attention to the game.

Lost the suit which was filed because the ticket clearly says there are risks and there is an announcement before a game as well.

She's not the only one who got hurt by those foul balls BTW. I'll make a safety trade every day of the week

[Fred]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

Day 4: I fear there is no end. After hearing cries to "Get off muh lawn!" and moving my way off the grass, I have discovered there is nothing but lawn for miles. I am thirsty, hungry, and tired. I have accepted my life may end on this lawn and I'll never live long enough to see another 20 foot bat flip.

I don't know about the bat flip thing... One of these days I would just like to see the guy flip his bat and then have the bat come back and hit him. That would make it worth it.

I miss old school baseball. It'd be nice if the showboating just stopped.

I miss the days when scalpers would be selling nice seats, day of game for half price, just outside the stadium.

[jingram058]

I miss the days before the now stale, stupid, and dangerous massive pile-on celebrations, as if the saving of the planet from catastrophe had just been achieved.

[Mark17]

I miss the day when no manager would ever consider removing his pitcher if he was working on a no-hitter, no matter how many pitches he'd thrown.