If you could watch any era of MLB, what would it be?
Watching the Braves and the Cubs rn, and just heard the above question posed by the dudes in the Braves booth. Thought it was a good question, wanted to pose it here.
For me, I'm tempted to say 1990s. I was born in 2000, so that era might be a little close to now, but it's always the era that I look back on the most.
Posted Apr 16, 2021, 8:26 PM UTC
I’d wanna watch 1991-1995 Braves baseball, knowing what would be happening and not in diapers.
That team was wild. Their starting rotation was insane and the offense was damn good too.
And we could all watch it on TBS nearly anywhere in the country.
God I miss that.
I miss Dinner and a Movie.
I was going to say 87-91 Twins for the exact same reason...
Those teams were fun. I'd go back and watch them again.
Kenny Loftin is one of my all-time faves.
Me too. I loved that man, absolute tragedy he got snubbed on the HOF. His glove was insane.
The transition from Dead Ball until the end of the Murderer's Row.
Truth. Only '20s kids will understand
I don’t know if any of those 1 year olds understand much of anything about baseball yet.
Even though the Phillies were aaaawwwwffffuuuulllll (save the magical 93 season), I'd love to re-live the 90s era again. Get to see the rise of Griffey again. The Indians dynasty that never was. The steroid era was super fun despite the fallout. The Braves' pitching. The excitement of 4 new franchises.
Baseball was fuckin cool in the 90s. A super fun time to be a fan.
Baseball was fuckin cool in the 90s
Outside of the strike in '94
Well yeah true. But otherwise...
1950s into the 60s, i think. Ted Williams, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, i just love the way they played ball back then.
1954 - 1960 would be ideal because the Yankees lost more World Series than they won during that span.
Hahaha! I can get on board with that. I forgot that they lost the WS, all i remembered about them from that era was that the Twins finally broke their stranglehold on the AL crown in 1965
I miss the excitement of the steroid era, so the steroid era.
I mean personally, I’d like to see the greatest era in reds history, the 70s. I’d enjoy seeing that team score like 7 runs a game with the Big Red Machine. I’d like to see arguably the greatest hitting team of all time with the great 8.
The more modern, the better. This is the best baseball ever, and it gets more boring the further back you go.
Right now - I think it’s hard to say any era of baseball can match the excitement we get from being able to watch Trout, Acuña, Tatis, Soto, Ohtani, Betts, etc. on a nightly basis
1915ish to say 1930. Adjustment from the dead to live ball era. Golden Age of the Negro Leagues. Many towns, cities, and industries had semi-pro teams or even whole leagues. It was a deeply flawed time, to be sure, but as a baseball fan it must have been an embarrassment of riches.
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Late 1920s/early 1930s, with some Yankee and Negro League greats. I’d like to see Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson with my own eyes.
As a dodger fan. I’m good right here lol. I don’t think my heart could take all the WS losses to the Yankees in the 40s and 50s.
From 1941-1953 the dodgers lost 5 World Series to the Yankees. Fuck that.
Fuck all that, right now is a great time to be watching
I gotta say the late 40's - early 60's. Integration happened, and so many legends came with it. I'd love to see Ernie Banks, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron play live.
Ask me again in 20 years tho lol
I really wish I could have experienced the 90s :(
May 24, 2019 - October 30, 2019
Turn of the deadball era. +/-5 years circa 1920
Watching a game from the 1920's in HD would be fascinating.
I think there must have been a wild discrepancy in talent in the league back then.
In the 1927 regular season, the home run leaders were Ruth with 60, Gehrig with 47, and then Cy Williams of the Phillies and Hack Wilson of the Cubs tied with 30.
Babe Ruth personally hit more home runs in 1927 than every team except the Yankees, Giants, Cardinals, and Cubs. The entire Indians offense only combined for 26 home runs.
Mid 50's through 60's
Absolutely the deadball era. I want to see the 1910s in all their glory. Stolen bases, bunts, sacrifices, inside the parkers, bowler hats, Philadelphia A's dominance followed immediately by incompetence.
1880s
Being a New York baseball fan in the 40s and 50s seems like the best shit ever.
Strongly recommend all baseball fans read Pafko at the Wall by Don Delillo. Novella/short story - really paints an evocative picture of the Shot Heard Round the World (1951).
(It’s also the prologue to “Underworld”, but better than and different from the rest of the novel. Just the novella is just fine. Though underworld is also about (a) baseball.)
For sure. Its a doorstopper but a very worthwhile read.
Agreed. 3 teams, all legitimate World Series contenders, and all of them filled with players that would become some of the most iconic and greatest players in the history of the sport
It truly was the capital of baseball
I don't need the whole era.
I just need to watch Mays in CF seats in fashionable business attire.