Cabrera would be with the Detroit Red Sox. :).
He was OUT!! Great throw by willie. 
So in 84 - which I call a 5 game sweepā¦ I was in East Lansing at Michigan state. At a bar - which was closed except for regularsā¦ all of us sitting at the barcā¦ and you all know who went to MSU and left in 78 right? Kirk Gibson. You want to talk about going nuts when he ripped that shot to seal the deal. Free shooters all around. Wow. What a moment. Gibby was so money.
Dick Williams let Gossage talk him out of the intentional walk to Gibby. So classic 
In 85 me and my buddy went to the last game of the season at old tiger stadium. We got first row in the upper deck in right field. The overhang would put you almost on top of the right fielder. It was a contract year for Gibson - and every time he came out to take his position we would start wailing āDonāt leave Gibby!!!ā Finally in the 7th inning - he turns around and waives his glove at us to basically shut up. It was hilarious. He signed with the tigers again. You can thank us!
North Sider here. Yes indeed Iām ready for the crack of the bat. Canāt wait for the annual Red Line series next year when we host the Sox at Wrigley.
Go Cubs Go!
With the team we have assembled on the South Side this year I expect you wonāt enjoy that series as much as you think you will, but we shall see. Thatās why we play the games vs just plan them. JosĆ© Abreu remains the class act in the AL Central.
Omg. You guys have me excited for baseball. Some people donāt get it. I donāt get it. But there is something about that leather ā¦ the smell of the neats foot oil ā¦ the feel of the ball hitting the pocket of the glove ā¦ and walking from the alcoves of tiger stadium - almost ducking so your head doesnāt hit the ceiling ā¦ popping out around third base box seats ā¦ and seeing that beautiful diamond. Arggggh!!! That is life.
Others think itās strange that I find the āfasterā sports hockey football basketball, etc. boring and baseball not boring in the least. I say you either get it or you donāt.
āThen one thing led to another and Iād discovered alcohol, gambling, dope,
Football, hockey, lacrosse, but what do you expect?
When you raise up a young boyās hopes,
And then crush āem, like so many paper beer cups.
Year after year after year.
After year after year after year after year.ā
I think you are correct.
I find all sports boring and of no interest. But I know a good number of bright interesting people (professional classical musicians, scientists, etc.) who adore baseball.
A friend of mine (who happens to also find sports uninteresting) describes baseball as a statistics engine. True, and I suspect this is part of the appeal.
Baseball is a game of strategy, more so Iād argue than any other major American professional team sport. Canāt tell you how many times Iāve encountered those new to baseball at Cubs games who are completely puzzled by an intentional walk (primarily foreign visitors for whom, say, soccer is king). Baseball is a game I maintain you have to grow up with to fully grasp the nuance of what goes on both on the diamond and in the dugout. That strategic element is what attracts fans like me, as a scientist by training and engineer by trade.
still, a quality system will also pick up the crowdā¦so, your stereo can also influence your enjoyment of the gameā¦
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Nicely explained.
I think the strategy is also often subtle, so that people like me who do not regularly watch the sport totally miss what is actually going on.
So odd I ran across this thread. As a kid I loved baseball cards and was into them between the years of 67/69. About 22 years ago I lost track of them and I talked to my dad back then and we figured he threw them out. My son was cleaning out my exās basement andā¦ you guessed it. A Christmas miracle.
Nice!
Great news! I see some '68s and '69s I remember from that time.
Yes. I collected from 67-70. I have over 2000 cards I have duplicates of many valuable cards. 3 Nolan Ryan rookies. 2 Johnny bench rookies. 7 hank Aaronās. 2 Mickey mantles. Many Clemente. Multiple Kaline. It just goes on and on. Most of them look in spectacular shape. Iāve separated them in teams. Iām gonna get sleeves and create American / national league books. Plus Iāve got all of these decals that should have disentegrated but have not.
For now Iām going to enjoy and put them together.
Funny how the collecting window usually seems to be about 3 years for most of us, no matter the time period. My window was 1977-1980. Probably we discovered girls at that point and left the cards behind 
As they called it in Scouts for those going for Eagle. The fumes. Gas fumes and perfumes. There was a negative correlation between getting a driverās license and how close you were to Eagle Scout that oft determined your success.