I agree, very good documentary. Really made you feel the influence the "Bums" had on Brooklyn. Would have been really interesting to see how differently all of baseball would have turned out if the Dodgers had gotten that one piece of land that would have kept them in Brooklyn.
It did make me a little jealous though, since baseball now is really nothing like the way it used to be, before I was even alive. Back then it seemed like you knew every player on the roster of every team, and you knew they would barely change for the next 5-10 years. Trades were a big deal, no free agency, and it seemed more about the game than the money. Wondering if some of you old timers know what I mean...
It did make me a little jealous though, since baseball now is really nothing like the way it used to be, before I was even alive. Back then it seemed like you knew every player on the roster of every team, and you knew they would barely change for the next 5-10 years. Trades were a big deal, no free agency, and it seemed more about the game than the money. Wondering if some of you old timers know what I mean...
Life was far different back then...today there are so many more choices. In the 30's through 50's...baseball was part of the fabric of society.
It is amazing to think that baseball was segregated for well over 50 years...how many great black baseball players should be held in the same regards as Babe Ruth, Lou Gherig, Ty Cobb, etc...
Think how radical of a move it was back in the 50's to move two teams out west...2,000 miles past St. Louis. I'd love to look at the scheduling back then.
