I miss the days when...

[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.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by 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.

This is a good one. Now even a perfect game isn't enough to keep them in.

[Brian Van Horn]

Just kicking in a theme song for this thread:

Those were the days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI46_zBGv1A

[jingram058]

I guess if you're young, and this current state of baseball is all you have seen, then I can understand your liking it. It's all you know. I don't like it. I know a lot of people my age who quit baseball with the strike in the 90s and the steroids, and now the crazy money. But I am not seeing any empty stadiums, so I guess it's me and my peer group.

[bbcard1]

I'm 63 and have no problem with the state of the game. I guess I miss affordable concessions, Morannna the Kissing Bandit and streakers.

[bmattioli]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I'm 63 and have no problem with the state of the game. I guess I miss affordable concessions, Morannna the Kissing Bandit and streakers.

As they say.. Plus 1..

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I guess I miss...streakers.

Of course, it depends on exactly who is doing the streaking.

[byrone]

I miss MLB before 1994, when it became dead to me

[mortimer brewster]

I started following MLB NHL and NFL in 1971 as an 11 year old.

My interest in sports now is purely nostalgic. I am currently working thru (up to March) the Sporting News coverage of the 1972 season. Lou Piniella commenced workouts at his local YMCA 2 weeks before spring training. He is worried about losing his starting job. Mets manager Gil Hodges is worried about his SS Bud Harrelson's inability to gain weight. No talk of a player strike....

Instead of complaining about the state of MLB in 2024 I feel extremely fortunate to grow up in the era that I did.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I know a lot of people my age who quit baseball with the strike in the 90s....

One of my buddies and I had for about a dozen years been taking an annual baseball trip for a weekend of games in a different MLB stadium every summer. We'd stretched the envelope (from Toronto) as far south as Baltimore and Cincinnati and as far west as Chicago (twice). We were eyeing Milwaukee or St. Louis for the next one but the strike put an end to those ventures - permanently.