Which era of baseball do you think is or was best?

Question

I liked the 80's I think the picthing was still great there was some great hitters and it seemed like everyone was on an even playing field You had the Home run hitting teams and you had teams that played Small Ball ( Cardials)
Pittsburgh was good the Royals were good
teams didn't only try to buy the World Series they grew players.
thats right the Yankees did try to buy the world series but keep trading great young players for has beens

Answer 1

i agree with you weirdly enough...i am huge red sox fan now ( my dad grew up with red sox so i think somehow it seemed into my blood!!!) ..but i mostly grew up in ohio and was a huge reds fan....big red machine....it was just different then....seemed more pure then or somehting....of course i am way into football so that might taint my opinion...but i agree with the 80's and am loving that ken griffeys son is playing now....ken griffey sr. was one of the most classiest players ever! :-)

Answer 2

Even though I didn't live it, the 1960s had to be the heyday of baseball, with Aaron, Mays, Clemente, F. Robinson, B. Robinson, Banks, Gibson, Koufax, Drysdale and Marichal all in their prime, plus Mantle, Maris, Berra, and Ford still great in the early 60s. And young budding stars like McCovey, Rose, Yaz, Palmer, Jenkins, Carlton and Reggie Jackson coming of age. I'm probably leaving a few players out, but no decade could compare with the star power of all of these greats.
Plus, you had the 60 W.S. Maz home run, Maris' 61 HR in 1961, the Koufax extraordinary years in the mid 60s, Denny McLain winning 31 games in 1968 and Gibson having an unreal 1.12 ERA in the same year. And then the decade ended with the miracle Mets taking the 1969 World Series.
Just a fantastic decade of baseball. Also, Yaz won the triple crown in 1967 and F.Robby did in 1966--the last two players to accomplish that feat.

Answer 3

A quote by a home plate umpire, after calling a game featuring Rod Carew batting against Whitey Ford: "I had the best seat in the house!"
Or, Jim Bunning , on having everybody come to the mound to discuss whether he should pitch to Hank Aaron." It's my game, get you *** back to second base."

Today: any pitcher after 6 innings, "I'm tired."
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A 2-1 game, with an announcer who could occasionally SHUT UP, priceless.

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Answer 4

The Dead Ball Era, you needed tons of skill and got paid very little

Answer 5

Whatever one would call the era that spanned the length of Willie May's career; that was baseball at it's best.

Answer 6

wen slammin sammy and marc mcguire were goin at it with the omeruns, that saved baseball, especially sicne it happend after a player's strike

Answer 7

the 30's and 40's. best players ever.

Answer 8

masturbation