I remember a time when baseball was once king, and it wasn't that long ago...maybe my memories of the grand ol' game are biased because I was younger then, but I remember watching This Week in Baseball on Saturday mornings, and that was a thrill as large as watching WWF wrestling back in the day. I remember watching Johnny Bench and the Wizard teaching basic baseball skills. I remember watching postseason baseball on the big networks and having games on while during daylight. Now, this evening I was scanning the entire gamut of tv channels looking for the play-in extra game, only to find it on TBS. What the fuq is that? I know that most of the US has basic cable, which would include TBS, but still....they couldn't find their way onto ESPN2 or the networks....of at least better advertise the fact that this pivotal game would be shown on TBS. Argh. Anyhow, back to enjoying both the MNF game and this baseball game.
And while I'm verbally spewing stuff, I grew up on Tony K. I like his radio show, and I like PTI, and I've always liked his columns....but he is dreadful on MNF. He is killing it for me. I'd rather listen to Madden than listen to what little Tony K brings to the broadcast. Bring back Joey T, Boomer Esiason, or even Dennis Miller. MNF used to be great as well.
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I was a big baseball fan before the strike. I lived in Vero Beach Florida and the Dodgers training camp was there. I have fond memories of watching Doc Gooden and Howard Johnson and Daryl Strawberry before his troubles. I’m a Mets fan and I monitor what’s happening with the season; but rarely watch a game anymore until the post season, even then it’s only when the Mets make it or something interesting is going on.
Since the strike the game has just lost something for me. I have since started watching NASCAR and became a bigger football fan.
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I'm a NY Mets fans also. I had just turned 10 when the Mets won the World Series, and that series and the '80s Mets teams really struck a chord with me. Fond, fond memories...and I have been loyal ev0er since. I lost way with baseball during the college years (also known as the Yankees v. Braves era), but my interest in video games also waned then, too. I can't remember what I did to fill my time to substitute for those two hobbies, but I think that it just may have involved many bottles and lacy panties.
The 1994 MLB strike took the some of the wind out of my baseball sail, but I still stuck around and got all worked up with the McGwire/Sosa homerun race and the Cal Ripken's chasing of Lou Gehrig's iron man record. What really put the dagger in my baseball heart were all the steroid allegations. I've lost most of my faith in baseball ownership, players, and the union in hopes of cleaning up the sport. After watching Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn's enshrinement into the hall of fame this year, there sparked a little glimmer of hope for baseball. Actually, it's most sports now that I feel betrayed by. I think HGH, steroids, and whatever the latest synthentic drug of choice is for alluding detection but gaining performance runs rampant. Baseball, football, track and field, bicycling, ... they're all dirty.
It's really unfortunate, because I have very fond memories of collecting baseball cards, watching the Big Red Machine beat everyone up in the 70s, my beloved Dodgers make a few good runs in the late 70s and 80s. Yeah, baseball was indeed once king...
I think that it was because there were no other major sports like there are today (football hockey) and it seemed to fade in the 80's from what i remeber and it has seemingly gone down hill since 2000 beucase all the scandals and especially the roids
The emphasis on sports today is all about the championships. Winning the pennant of the AL or NL used to be a big deal. Now it's just a step towards the World Series. No one cares that the Rockies won the NL last year, only that they lost the World Series.
The NFL (and especially college football) makes every game matter. Winning or losing a key game makes the difference between the playoffs and an early ticket to the offseason. Baseball needs to cut back on the number of games they play in a season if they want me to start watching again.
Look at how much fun people had following the Mets collapse last year. The only part that people remember is the last month, when every game mattered.
It'll never happen, of course. Too many changes that would come along with it. Shorter pitching rotations, less tickets to sell, etc.
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