Top 10 things in Sports you wish were still around.

Neckroll, Double 00, and kick ass nose bar. Not to mention the oldschool chinstrap.

 

Having covered a few games there, it was the darkest building in America.

 

1. Duels in the town square.
2. The Cleveland Spiders
3. Tug of war in the Olympics
4. The Decatur Staleys
5. Newsreels with sports highlights between talkies at the picture show
6. The New York Americans
7. St. Louis being the western frontier of baseball
8. The Incas' game of human sacrifice
9. Chariot races
10. Greeks competing in the Olympics in the nude.
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Awesome.

These are still around -- MLB Network, baby. Just got done watching the '45 World Series newsreel.

 

I can get behind all of these.

Gotta say, though, I like the experimental rule of nine points for goals from outside the 50-meter line.

 

Yeah, when TWIB would start, you'd get that high-tempo, disco-ish music before Mel's voice would kick in..DINT, DUNT...DINT, DUNT...DINT-DUNT.

And then see Greg Luzinski smashing a homer onto the inverted black cover just past the wall at the Old Vet. What I loved about TWIB was seeing all of the other uniforms. In those days, 1979-80-81, it was the only time you'd see other uniforms, as we didn't have ESPN then.

Also, Saturday mornings for the Baseball Bunch. Watching Tom Seaver in front of a chalk board breaking down how to calculate a pitcher's ERA was a great lesson in math. Only wish there would have been a 'no gambling in the clubhouse' episode with Bench and Pete Rose.

 

Maintain an original, by-God Gunslingers t-shirt, in virtual mint condition.

 

How cool would it have been to see the '44 Series? Cardinals vs Browns, the last Series played in only one stadium.

 

Shame that the one top-drawer Browns team -- '22 -- couldn't outfinish the Evil Empire.

 

No Philly/Baltimore Stars?

 

While watching that video I found this shot:

 

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