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A lot of people think baseball was better in the old days, and a lot of people complain because of the steroids, interleague, Wild Card, late World Series start times, etc. the game is not what it used to be.
But, I think it's a better game now than it used to be.
Here are my top 5 reasons:
#5- Interleague play makes for interesting opponents. Let's face it- some fans are probably sick and tired of the same-old teams coming to their park every year. I like a little spice.
As an Athletics fan, I get a little sick and tired of seeing the Rangers so many times- playing the occasional N.L. team is pretty cool.
(BTW, I forgot to mention: I'm an A's fan, although I also think the Indians are pretty cool)
#4- The D.H. I'm sorry, but to all the N.L. fans who think the designated hitter is against the purity of the game, let me say this:
Do you REALLY think seeing pitchers strike out all the time makes for better baseball?
#3- More game avaiability with the modern advances in TV and technology, . In the old days, if you wanted to find out what was going on elsewhere, you had to check the out-of-town scores at the scoreboard, check the newspapers, or something else.
Now, it's easier to keep up with how others are doing.
For example, last year, it was a lot easier to follow games down the stretch to check out how they affect the magic number. In the old days, I would have had to check the sports section in the paper for the scores before I went to school.
#2- Easier to find out how players are doing. Again, you had to watch the nightly news or check the boxscores to see how hitters or pitchers did in the old days.
And the #1 reason I think baseball's better than it used to be:
More teams have a shot at the Fall Classic
If we used the old "team with best record in entire league wins pennant automatically," it wouldn't be the same.
I bet millions of fans were sick and tired of the Yankees and the Dodgers playing all those Fall Classic back then.
If we used that format, just imagine how many times we would have had to see Yankees/Braves in the World Series.
If that format was used, Colorado's sensational hot streak would have merely put them in third of fourth in the old days instead of launching their miraculous run to the World Series.
But, I think it's a better game now than it used to be.
Here are my top 5 reasons:
#5- Interleague play makes for interesting opponents. Let's face it- some fans are probably sick and tired of the same-old teams coming to their park every year. I like a little spice.
As an Athletics fan, I get a little sick and tired of seeing the Rangers so many times- playing the occasional N.L. team is pretty cool.
(BTW, I forgot to mention: I'm an A's fan, although I also think the Indians are pretty cool)
#4- The D.H. I'm sorry, but to all the N.L. fans who think the designated hitter is against the purity of the game, let me say this:
Do you REALLY think seeing pitchers strike out all the time makes for better baseball?
#3- More game avaiability with the modern advances in TV and technology, . In the old days, if you wanted to find out what was going on elsewhere, you had to check the out-of-town scores at the scoreboard, check the newspapers, or something else.
Now, it's easier to keep up with how others are doing.
For example, last year, it was a lot easier to follow games down the stretch to check out how they affect the magic number. In the old days, I would have had to check the sports section in the paper for the scores before I went to school.
#2- Easier to find out how players are doing. Again, you had to watch the nightly news or check the boxscores to see how hitters or pitchers did in the old days.
And the #1 reason I think baseball's better than it used to be:
More teams have a shot at the Fall Classic
If we used the old "team with best record in entire league wins pennant automatically," it wouldn't be the same.
I bet millions of fans were sick and tired of the Yankees and the Dodgers playing all those Fall Classic back then.
If we used that format, just imagine how many times we would have had to see Yankees/Braves in the World Series.
If that format was used, Colorado's sensational hot streak would have merely put them in third of fourth in the old days instead of launching their miraculous run to the World Series.
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# 5, It's time to do AWAY with interleague play.
Yes it's fine when you have the Yankees and Met's or San Fran and Oakland, Cleveland and Cincy ext, some make sense and are good, but over all, we end up with a bunch,(the majority) of games that are really meaningless and has NO draw.
Since when is Detroit and Arizona a rivalry ?
Look at the teams that are playing tonight for example, MOST are teams that have nothing in common, how are they rivalies ?
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# 4 DH rule, I prefer NL style ball even though I am a AL fan as far as teams I follow.
As for your comment about late starting times in the playoffs, how can you possibly think it's OK to start a game at 9pm, most kids CANNOT watch, they cannot even watch the All Star game because it starts so late.
I don't know how old you are, but they use to play the playoff games in the day time when I was growing up, one at 1pm one at 4pm and the Yankees would ALWAYS be on at 8pm prime time (somethings NEVER change).
This garbage of starting games at 11pm like last year is way out of whack, and they wonder why kids don't play baseball anymore
Sheeesh
Jimbo
As for your comment about late starting times in the playoffs, how can you possibly think it's OK to start a game at 9pm, most kids CANNOT watch, they cannot even watch the All Star game because it starts so late.
I don't know how old you are, but they use to play the playoff games in the day time when I was growing up, one at 1pm one at 4pm and the Yankees would ALWAYS be on at 8pm prime time (somethings NEVER change).
This garbage of starting games at 11pm like last year is way out of whack, and they wonder why kids don't play baseball anymore
Sheeesh
Jimbo
You misinterpreted me.
I never said I liked the late start times.
I was just pointing it out as one of the complaints about baseball today.
As for the D.H.
You're a Tigers fan. Who would you rather have at the plate with the bases juiced (not literally): Sheffield or a pitcher?
I'm sorry, but all a hitting pitcher is good for is killing rallies.
I agree, I stayed up many nights listening to the transistor radio to catch the Reds and Dodgers on WLW with Marty and Joe
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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AT&T basically went downhill as even for Internet, they were slow in offering services as AT&T WorldNet did not exist until 1994.
In 1994, the commercialization of the Internet accelerated rapidly, forcing major telecommunications giants like AT&T to compete directly with pioneering network operators like BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman).
AT&T's Early Moves. In October 1994, AT&T launched its first public World Wide Web presence (www.att.com). However, AT&T initially lagged behind rivals in offering direct, commercial Internet backbone and access services, leading it to look for external partnerships to catch up quickly.
Having built and operated the original ARPANET, BBN formed its commercial Internet service provider (ISP) division, BBN Planet, in 1994. By the end of that year, BBN acquired regional networks like SURAnet, making it the largest provider of corporate and institutional Internet access in the United States.
Long-distance rival MCI moved faster than AT&T into commercial Internet infrastructure. Alongside Sprint, IBM, and UUNet, MCI operated one of the primary commercial Internet backbones as the government-funded NSFNET prepared for decommissioning in 1995.
Because AT&T needed immediate enterprise-grade Internet capabilities to counter MCI and Sprint, AT&T forged a major alliance with BBN Planet in mid-1995.
According to The New York Times, AT&T guaranteed BBN Planet at least $120 million in revenue over three years to supply Internet access and security services to AT&T's corporate clients, while also purchasing a minority stake in the company.
While the BBN partnership gave AT&T an immediate foothold in corporate Internet services, AT&T soon built out its own massive consumer and enterprise infrastructure, launching dial-up service AT&T WorldNet in 1996. So basically AT&T would use BBNPlanet's backbone and BBNPlanet would then use MCI's backbone for anything they didn't handle directly.
Meanwhile, GTE acquired BBN in 1997, eventually merging it into what became Verizon's network assets.
Found this online:
www.steelintheair.com
Only thing was I thought AT&T split into 13 Regional Bell Operating Companies and not 7 like it says.
In 1994, the commercialization of the Internet accelerated rapidly, forcing major telecommunications giants like AT&T to compete directly with pioneering network operators like BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman).
AT&T's Early Moves. In October 1994, AT&T launched its first public World Wide Web presence (www.att.com). However, AT&T initially lagged behind rivals in offering direct, commercial Internet backbone and access services, leading it to look for external partnerships to catch up quickly.
Having built and operated the original ARPANET, BBN formed its commercial Internet service provider (ISP) division, BBN Planet, in 1994. By the end of that year, BBN acquired regional networks like SURAnet, making it the largest provider of corporate and institutional Internet access in the United States.
Long-distance rival MCI moved faster than AT&T into commercial Internet infrastructure. Alongside Sprint, IBM, and UUNet, MCI operated one of the primary commercial Internet backbones as the government-funded NSFNET prepared for decommissioning in 1995.
Because AT&T needed immediate enterprise-grade Internet capabilities to counter MCI and Sprint, AT&T forged a major alliance with BBN Planet in mid-1995.
According to The New York Times, AT&T guaranteed BBN Planet at least $120 million in revenue over three years to supply Internet access and security services to AT&T's corporate clients, while also purchasing a minority stake in the company.
While the BBN partnership gave AT&T an immediate foothold in corporate Internet services, AT&T soon built out its own massive consumer and enterprise infrastructure, launching dial-up service AT&T WorldNet in 1996. So basically AT&T would use BBNPlanet's backbone and BBNPlanet would then use MCI's backbone for anything they didn't handle directly.
Meanwhile, GTE acquired BBN in 1997, eventually merging it into what became Verizon's network assets.
Found this online:
Wireless Telecommunications Timeline: 1983 – Present - Steel In The Air
Curious about the U.S. wireless telecom industry? Learn how the Big Four U.S. wireless carriers began and evolved into what they are today.
www.steelintheair.com
Only thing was I thought AT&T split into 13 Regional Bell Operating Companies and not 7 like it says.
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