SI.com's "Things We Miss in Baseball."

[DanOregon]

A good list. My personal fave:

Color me fail on the link.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/remember-when/baseball/25things.html?bcnn=yes

 

[spnited]

A link to the list might be nice.

 

[User 1019]

Mine

 

[micropolitan guy]

Games completed in 2:30 or less.

 

[Oz]

An afternoon playoff game during the ALCS, NLCS or World Series would be a nice throwback.

 

[Trey Beamon]

An afternoon playoff game during the ALCS, NLCS or World Series would be a nice throwback.

WFW.

Here's the link:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/remember-when/baseball/25things.html?eref=sihpT1

 

[spnited]

Pitchers who pitch complete games.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

An afternoon playoff game during the ALCS, NLCS or World Series would be a nice throwback.

End of thread.

 

[Bob Cook]

Games completed in 2:30 or less.

If Mark Buehrle is on his game, you'll be out in less than two hours.

 

[RickStain]

World Champion Chicago Cubs

 

[Trey Beamon]

The Pirates not sucking.

 

[poindexter]

Holy crap, they had a tugboat bring out the reliever?

That is fantastic.

 

[Bob Cook]

Here's another one: scheduled doubleheaders.

 

[playthrough]

An afternoon playoff game during the ALCS, NLCS or World Series would be a nice throwback.

Millions of fans would drop dead from shock.

Nice to see Big Klu on the list. I met him at Spring Training as a kid, a thrill after hearing so many stories from my Cincinnati family. He still had the big guns in his 60s.

 

[mpcincal]

Some of the more curious entries:

10. Youppi! -- Really? I'm surprised anything from the Expos makes the list, much less a furry mascot.
11. Fans Running Out Onto The Field (after a team clinches a title) -- Um, not in this day and age, or has someone forgotten the Ligues, Jr. and Sr.
21. Bullpens Not in Foul Territory -- Not in my book. Keep them away from the field.
24. Unbalanced Schedules -- And when we had unbalanced schedules, people were bitching that division rivals didn't play enough.
25. Bullpen Carts -- I never understood the charm of these. Like the pitcher couldn't get from the bullpen to the mound under his own power?

Also

6. Listening to Baseball On The Radio -- "Once upon a time, before Sirius and XM and MLB.com." I kind of get his point about the romanticism of finding a game broadcast from a faraway signal surrounded by static, but the author is aware that Sirius/XM and MLB.com allow you to listen to any game you want, with the local announcers, right?

 

[mustangj17]

Tiger Stadium porch. So awesome.

 

[Huggy]

Games completed in 2:30 or less.

If Mark Buehrle is on his game, you'll be out in less than two hours.

Roy Halladay too.

 

[spnited]

Monuments in play in center field at the old Yankee Stadium.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Day playoff games.

4 man pitching rotations.

 

[mpcincal]

One I did like was the one on leaving the old Yankee Stadium through the outfield. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable on baseball history, but I never knew you could do that back then. You learn something new every day.