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KC · 08-08-2002, 08:52 PM

What I liked about baseball in my youth, more than I do now:

* $1 could buy you four packs of baseball cards.
* The Houston Astros "rainbow" uniform.
* Umps weren't afraid to call a strike above the belt.
* If Barry Bonds stood over the plate, as he does now, and got hit on the elbow, the ump would call the pitch a strike.
* Daytime baseball games.
* Seeing the final out of an All-Star or World Series game.
* The stolen base.
* A batter with a 100-strike outs was taboo.
* Bo Jackson.
* Small market teams like the Royals, Twins, and Brewers made it to the World Series, and won.
* Listening to Bill White and Phil Rizutto on the radio, calling Yankee games.
* Don Mattingly.
* Playing dice baseball.
* Playing one-on-one whiffle ball in the backyard of my friend's house, past dark, and coming in just in time to see Donnie Moore give up a home run to Dave Henderson in the 1986 ALCS.
* Watching games with my dad.

08-08-2002, 08:52 PM	#177
KC Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On my ass, you wanker. Now, sod off. Posts: 400	What I liked about baseball in my youth, more than I do now: * $1 could buy you four packs of baseball cards. * The Houston Astros "rainbow" uniform. * Umps weren't afraid to call a strike above the belt. * If Barry Bonds stood over the plate, as he does now, and got hit on the elbow, the ump would call the pitch a strike. * Daytime baseball games. * Seeing the final out of an All-Star or World Series game. * The stolen base. * A batter with a 100-strike outs was taboo. * Bo Jackson. * Small market teams like the Royals, Twins, and Brewers made it to the World Series, and won. * Listening to Bill White and Phil Rizutto on the radio, calling Yankee games. * Don Mattingly. * Playing dice baseball. * Playing one-on-one whiffle ball in the backyard of my friend's house, past dark, and coming in just in time to see Donnie Moore give up a home run to Dave Henderson in the 1986 ALCS. * Watching games with my dad. __________________ KC Ted Williams: "When you foul a pitch off, does it ever smell like scorched wood?" Mark McGwire: "All the time."