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I grew up and learned baseball in the 70's, so to me that will always be the best decade.
It also had a little of everything, great pitching (Seaver, Palmer, Ryan), excellent baserunning (Brock and Morgan), great sluggers (Jackson, Rice, and Schmidt), great managers (Herzog, Anderson, and Weaver). To me it was the decade with the best balance between great pitching, great hitting, great defense, and great baserunning. The 50's leaned to much to the hitters with very little baserunning, the 60's was all about pitching, the 80's was real good but momentum was swinging to hitters and bullpens were getting too prevalent, and the 90's and beyond is all about hitting. I think all around the 70's had the best of all facets of the game.
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"The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man"
- William Graham Sumner
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