Very well said, Mark. You hit the nail on the head. I would add that those of us who are 60+ may have a slightly bigger burden since a higher percentage of players back in the day stayed with the same team their entire career, or at least very close to it. I think we tend to associate a player with a particular team more so than do fans today given player movement.
Made me think of Pete Rose getting hit by a fastball on the elbow he didn’t take a second to rub it off he was above all that he took the base and owned it. That was Pete.
Well said, Mark. My baseball (and Tigers) love really flourished in 1985, so I knew Rickey first as a Yankee. I missed most of Rose (though I checked his hit total in the newspaper every day during that summer of ‘85) and all of Mays, Cepeda, and Tiant, but still felt like I knew them due to reading of their exploits in various baseball books (over and over again). I was rooting hard for Herzog’s ‘85 Cards (and especially Vince Coleman) only to see them go down in seven to the Royals. Still feels strange to be older now than all the players are (and were when I was a kid). Thanks for this perspective today. Looking forward to a new season and more memories in the making!
Well said, Mark…
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen🙏🏼
Very well said, Mark. You hit the nail on the head. I would add that those of us who are 60+ may have a slightly bigger burden since a higher percentage of players back in the day stayed with the same team their entire career, or at least very close to it. I think we tend to associate a player with a particular team more so than do fans today given player movement.
Made me think of Pete Rose getting hit by a fastball on the elbow he didn’t take a second to rub it off he was above all that he took the base and owned it. That was Pete.
Well said, Mark. My baseball (and Tigers) love really flourished in 1985, so I knew Rickey first as a Yankee. I missed most of Rose (though I checked his hit total in the newspaper every day during that summer of ‘85) and all of Mays, Cepeda, and Tiant, but still felt like I knew them due to reading of their exploits in various baseball books (over and over again). I was rooting hard for Herzog’s ‘85 Cards (and especially Vince Coleman) only to see them go down in seven to the Royals. Still feels strange to be older now than all the players are (and were when I was a kid). Thanks for this perspective today. Looking forward to a new season and more memories in the making!