I listened to that '69 Series in a cave near Napa, CA and woulduv cried myself to sleep had it not been for a buddy who showed up late with a cold case of Coors. It was the first Coors I ever drank (since I just hitched out to California from Maryland to earn residency and a deferment. I got drafted the next month anyway.). We listened to game 2 on my old transister by a campfire. Koosman pitched six no-hit innings until singles by Blair and Brooks Robinson broke the spell and tied the score. Then, in the ninth inning, the Mets went on to win the game on two-out singles by Charles, Grote and Weis. I've never gotten over that lost to this day.

I don't LOVE baseball, I LIVE IT! Two of our best family vacations have been to baseball shrines (once to spring training, another time to Dyersville...Coopertown's on my blacklist till Shoeless Joe and Charlie Hustle get their day!) Football is my "filler sport" between the seasons.

You wouldn't be Guy Aversa, SPHS '67?

No, sorry. Guy Faget.

I've never gotten over that lost to this day.

Sorry, as a Met's fan, I still cannot keep the smile off my face.

Joe and Charlie Hustle get their day!)

I agree. It is supposed to be the best of the best, and they are. Their shunning is pure politics, even tho I hate Pete Rose.

I'm not a Pete Rose fan either. But I despise Ty Cobb even more, and he's in there, so Rose DEFINITELY deserves his day, in that light!

I get very frustrated at the Rose situation because I know a ton of other players of questionable moral fiber and character are also in the hall. I understand that baseball had it's dark days with gambling, but the MLB welcomes back drug addicts, boozers, spouse abusers and all sorts of flawed characters and yet they haven't found a way to forgive Shoeless Joe (who never admitted to cheating) or Charlie Hustle.

Put them in the darn hall already. Put a notation about the gambling issue on their plaques. Heck, put an exhibit in the hall that preaches the evils of gambling and refer to that new exhibit when you put Shoeless Joe and Pete Rose in. Turn it into a positive. Remind the world that baseball does give people second chances, even when the crimes are baseball's worst.

As long as Bud Selig is in charge, things probably won't change.

There's also the issue of reporters and others in the media that get sticks up their butts about who they want to put in because of treatment of the media. Those reporters and others should long since have been dropped from the voting roles for that attitude. Heck, many of those reporters are far from saints themselves, and would hate to have someone looking through their personal lives too. The list of players that have been passed over just because they wouldn't kiss up to the media is just plain crazy. Hopefully someday that will be fixed, but I'm not holding my breath.

Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose should both be in the Hall of Fame. Just because Major League Baseball banned them doesn't mean that Cooperstown has to too.

I think if you just put what they did to get banned from MLB on their HOF busts it would be enough. Pete and Joe deserve to be in but their crimes or alleged crimes should be in with them.

I think some players who haven't made the Hall of Fame because the media is holding a grudge could get in if the voting wasn't done so anonymously. What needs to be done is to make each vote public so we can know how each voter voted.

I think its about time that they change the way voting is done for the HOF. Only the Baseball Writers Association is allowed to vote
so a beat writer who's only been working for 10 years can get a vote. That writer probably doesn't even know much about older players that are still eligible for a HOF vote.

Why can't a television broadcaster like Vin Scully get a vote? He's only been broadcasting games for like the last 30 years.
The Football HOF has a variety of voters, but Cooperstown refuses to chang its ways from the last 70 years or so. What about Radio broadcasters at least?

I love baseball and I'm excited about the World Baseball Classic. However, I'm even more excited for the season to start.
So many new players, except for my Angels who have yet to pick up the big bat it lacked last year. The A's at least made a move with The Big Hurt, and the Rangers picked up an arm in Millwood, although we have to see how he fairs in Arlington.

Take me out to the ballgame...

Every Booklyn Dodger fan I have ever met expressed the exact same sentiments as you did. You are not alone!

Yeah, but they forgot about it after the Miracle Mets!

Then... in 1956 they packed their gear and moved to Los Angeles. I was devestated. I felt betrayed.

Ah, but the sweet memories of Dolph Camilli, Campanella, Robinson, and Reiser!

I'm not what some people consider "die hard", but I am a baseball fan moreso than any other sport. Go Mariners!