For You Youngsters-All Star Game/From an old timer

paulfmf · Jul 15, 2014

There are other "old timers" on this forum and they will back me up on this

You youngins' have no idea how big the MLB All Star game was back in the 60s & 70s. Maybe even the 80s.

Back when there was only 1 MLB game on per week? The MLB All Star game was HUGE. HUGE.

And it was special.

I love baseball and even I basically click on it for just a few minutes at a time.

It was huge, I tell ya.

Paulfmf-Class of 68.

Michelangelo · Jul 15, 2014

It was.

dg84 · Jul 15, 2014

True statement. Remember Monday Night Baseball on ABC before the days of ESPN, Fox or even TBS?

paulfmf · Jul 19, 2014

Yes I do. Basically sports on TV were (was?) special. Geez, the NBA finals were on tape delay. I have a friend clean up on a game. He walked in to one of our fav spots just as the Lakers and ??? were coming on. Some guy at the bar started spouting off how so and so was gonna get killed. Well the dumb ass didn't know the game had already happened and my pal had heard the final score on his car radio. East money.

cubfan · Jul 19, 2014

Not to mention the novelty of watching NL vs AL back in the day, when players from the two leagues only faced each other twice a year.

kaptain · Jul 21, 2014

remember it well........when "Baseball was a GAME".........Money was NOT the controlling issue...PRIDE/WINNING was.....Players in the OLD DAYS, were honored/proud to be selected.........

School of 1960........