Real Baseball Is Officially Back.

#28
#28
I'm in love with baseball again for the first time since I was 9 or 10 (1996ish). I wish they would take it one step further and raise the pitching mound back to where it was when Bob Gibson roamed the hill.
 
#29
#29
VolSwaff said:
I'm in love with baseball again for the first time since I was 9 or 10 (1996ish). I wish they would take it one step further and raise the pitching mound back to where it was when Bob Gibson roamed the hill.
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Gibby was the man!
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#30
#30
GAVol said:
The game is definitely a lot more recognizable for those of us that grew up watching baseball prior to the mid 90s. I can remember when 30 HRs defined a very good power hitter and getting to 40 was considered freakish.
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Eric Davis was an absolute beast with that bat speed and he hit 37 to lead the league.
 
#31
#31
BigPapaVol said:
Eric Davis was an absolute beast with that bat speed and he hit 37 to lead the league.
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In a season the ball was hard as a Titleist. To a great extent, '87 was the precursor for the steroid era. They juiced the ball and watched all the casual fans ooh and ah about guys like Davis, McGwire, Dawson, Jack Clark, George Bell, et al putting up huge home run numbers. It showed them that artificially distorting the game could be good for business.
 
#32
#32
I remember Tom Glavine saying that during the beginning of his career he could grip the ball tightly and slightly move the leather, whereas later in his career the balls were stitched so tight that it was impossible.
 
#33
#33
hatvol96 said:
To a great extent, '87 was the precursor for the steroid era.
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Yep . . . Then teams like the Bash Brothers A's and the 93 Phillies started winning . . . Then came expansion diluting the pitching talent and the balls were flying out like BB's . . . Then the strike in '94 and you had a perfect storm . . . a steroid problem that was too far down the tracks and MLB that was more than willing to look the other way because they needed the excitement to bring the game back.

After 1998, they might as well have been handing out syringes in the clubhouses.
 
#34
#34
GAVol said:
the 93 Phillies
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That's the team that has gotten a free pass in all the steroid talk because they were so damn likeable. I got to know a few of their guys while I was living in Florida. They really are great guys. That doesn't change the fact that almost everyone on that roster was artificially jacked up.
 
#35
#35
hatvol96 said:
That's the team that has gotten a free pass in all the steroid talk because they were so damn likeable. I got to know a few of their guys while I was living in Florida. They really are great guys. That doesn't change the fact that almost everyone on that roster was artificially jacked up.
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The didn't call it 1 Mormon and 24 Morons for nothing.

Some of those guys were so jacked up that they looked like cartoon characters. The whole world knew that Len Dykstra was on roids, but nobody said anything.
 
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#36
hatvol96 said:
That's the team that has gotten a free pass in all the steroid talk because they were so damn likeable. I got to know a few of their guys while I was living in Florida. They really are great guys. That doesn't change the fact that almost everyone on that roster was artificially jacked up.
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ugh, i don't know many braves fans who liked them
 
#38
#38
GAVol said:
The didn't call it 1 Mormon and 24 Morons for nothing.

Some of those guys were so jacked up that they looked like cartoon characters. The whole world knew that Len Dykstra was on roids, but nobody said anything.
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I always feared Incaviglia would just explode at some point.
 
#40
#40
golfballs03 said:
ugh, i don't know many braves fans who liked them
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1993 is the first year I can remember actively following tennessee football and braves baseball. I remember celebrating my 7th bday the night that jay barker killed the prevent defense to tie us at 17. I then remember just as vividly crying then later watching in delight as Joe Carter crushed Wild Thing that night.
Even at the age of 7, when u can't comprehend hate, I knew that I hated the Phillies. John Kruk gave me nightmares and Darren Dalton/Jim Eisenreich made me want to kill....
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#41
#41
VolSwaff said:
1993 is the first year I can remember actively following tennessee football and braves baseball. I remember celebrating my 7th bday the night that jay barker killed the prevent defense to tie us at 17. I then remember just as vividly crying then later watching in delight as Joe Carter crushed Wild Thing that night.
Even at the age of 7, when u can't comprehend hate, I knew that I hated the Phillies. John Kruk gave me nightmares and Darren Dalton/Jim Eisenreich made me want to kill....
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John Kruk, now that dude was on juice...









Gin and juice with a side of twinkies. Loved Kruk.
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#43
#43
Huge Pujols fan. If they ever tell me he is juiced I will never watch the game again.
 
#47
#47
volger said:
Huge Pujols fan. If they ever tell me he is juiced I will never watch the game again.
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He has filled out a lot...


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#49
#49
It's going to be interesting to see if the offensive numbers fall even more over the last month when everybody is dog tired and can't go to amphetamines for an energy boost.
 
#50
#50
GAVol said:
It's going to be interesting to see if the offensive numbers fall even more over the last month when everybody is dog tired and can't go to amphetamines for an energy boost.
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I think this would affect the pitchers more. They are the ones who might tail off and need an extra little boost...
 
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