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wireman · 05-12-2002, 09:02 AM

There are empirical arguments to be made for "old-time" baseball having been better. There are also counterarguments. I guess it could go on forever.

I know why, for me, baseball was better in 1955. Everything was fresh and new and awe-inspiring because I was fresh and new and it was my time to live and breathe baseball. The game was filled with magic and wonder and Griffith Stadium was a breathtaking shrine and the players were titanic heroes (even Jim Busby). Because I was a kid.

I don't think I could ever be so impressed by anything today, because I'm not young anymore. In fact, I probably haven't watched three games since the strike, I was so disgusted.

But if you're somebody for whom this is your time to love the game as much as I did, you're right to do that and you're right to defend the way it's played. I wish you only the best.

One other thing. I don't want to start a dustup with Malleus (or anybody else), but I think he would concede one small point about experience. It's beneficial if you know how to use it, but there are plenty of people who get the experience and never learn a thing from it (although I don't count Malleus among them).

-- Louie

05-12-2002, 09:02 AM	#150
wireman All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Harrisonburg VA Posts: 765	There are empirical arguments to be made for "old-time" baseball having been better. There are also counterarguments. I guess it could go on forever. I know why, for me, baseball was better in 1955. Everything was fresh and new and awe-inspiring because I was fresh and new and it was my time to live and breathe baseball. The game was filled with magic and wonder and Griffith Stadium was a breathtaking shrine and the players were titanic heroes (even Jim Busby). Because I was a kid. I don't think I could ever be so impressed by anything today, because I'm not young anymore. In fact, I probably haven't watched three games since the strike, I was so disgusted. But if you're somebody for whom this is your time to love the game as much as I did, you're right to do that and you're right to defend the way it's played. I wish you only the best. One other thing. I don't want to start a dustup with Malleus (or anybody else), but I think he would concede one small point about experience. It's beneficial if you know how to use it, but there are plenty of people who get the experience and never learn a thing from it (although I don't count Malleus among them). -- Louie __________________ "Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn't."