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The Home Run Chase in '98 'Saved Baseball'...BS. Baseball was great in the 90's.

Posted on 9/14/21 at 10:41 pm
Posted by Tarik One
Member since May 2016
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Posted on 9/14/21 at 10:41 pm
That entire decade was lit.

Braves pitching staff on TBS every night.

Seattle Mariners with prime Ken Griffey and that monster lineup

Colorado Rockies scoring 10 runs every game at home...and giving up 12.

The Albert Belle drama

There's much more to add....
This post was edited on 9/14/21 at 10:42 pm
Posted by wasteland
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Posted on 9/14/21 at 10:43 pm to
Thanks
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
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Posted on 9/14/21 at 10:46 pm to
Steroids saved baseball
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
130122 posts
Posted on 9/14/21 at 10:55 pm to
Chicks dig the long ball
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 9/14/21 at 11:09 pm to
Baseball in the 80’s > Baseball in the 90’s
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
16036 posts
Posted on 9/14/21 at 11:29 pm to
MLB literally cancelled a season right in the middle of it. Safe to say it wasn’t doing great.
Posted by DaTruth7
Member since Apr 2020
4065 posts
Posted on 9/14/21 at 11:32 pm to
Did it though? Baseball is tanking pretty hard right now.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 12:23 am to
Colorado Rockies attendance record of 4.4M people during their inaugural 1993 season.

That’s impressive
Posted by Hurricane Mike
Member since Jun 2008
20059 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 12:36 am to
As a Braves fan I agree. I watched the Braves win a World Series after the strike. I hated the Yankees pre '98 and I hate the Yankees post '98, not much changed. Actually, because of the Yankees buying championships and me going into the military in the summer of '98, I watched less baseball post Home Run Chase.
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 4:22 am to
quote:

The Home Run Chase in '98 'Saved Baseball'
It did
quote:

Baseball was great in the 90's.
It was

HR chase came after the strike. When players returned, iirc, attendance and tv ratings were way down.

Sosa and MM had people talking about baseball across the country again.

Side note, I can't tell you the last time I overheard anyone talking pro baseball.
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 4:22 am
Posted by BeachDude022
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 4:58 am to
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Actually, because of the Yankees buying championships and me going into the military in the summer of '98


Yea bc Bernie Williams, Paul O’Neill, Scott Brosius, Chuck Knoblach, and Chad Curtis were “bought” for a championship. GTFO.
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 4:59 am
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:03 am to
Steroids were the salvation, not McGuire.
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
8958 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:18 am to
80’s, 90’s, early 2000’s. Anything is better than today. I love baseball but MLB is borderline unwatchable. All the strikeouts, lack of balls and play, very few stolen bases, no more hit and runs. The analytics are killing baseball.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:31 am to
quote:

Baseball has always sucked
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17489 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:35 am to
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Braves pitching staff on TBS every nigh


If this is your #1 example, then…

quote:

That entire decade was lit.


…we have different definitions of “lit” baseball
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103772 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:40 am to
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Yea bc Bernie Williams, Paul O’Neill, Scott Brosius, Chuck Knoblach, and Chad Curtis were “bought” for a championship. GTFO.


To be fair... Knoblauch and Brosius were both traded to the Yankees for cash. Also some players, but cash was involved.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
37218 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:44 am to
dude as a high schooler during that time and a huge baseball guy (would skip school 6-12 grade on opening day to watch baseball all day) the HR chase absolutely saved baseball with general public.

The strike almost killed baseball for normal JOE BLOW. Every Joe Blow was talking about the HR chase, it was must see tv.
now i agree 80s and 90s were awesome baseball. I loved stolen bases, hit and runs etc and I fricking hate the shift in baseball and believe it should be illegal.
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
5766 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:59 am to
Nope… NFL and NBA was killing baseball… Mark, Sosa, and Bonds saved baseball… even the scandal was good to a certain extent… put them back to being talked about on TV
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
80137 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 9:43 am to
I wish I could have seen the 50s through 70s.

Aaron, Mays, Clemente, Yaz, Gibson, Robinson, Banks, Kaline...

Posted by T
Member since Jan 2004
9889 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 9:59 am to
The ‘94 world series was amazing.
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