"When It Was A Game" DVD set

[KG Erwin]

My wife is gonna shoot me as, I've been going Amazon crazy lately. I set up an account there, and I stumbled across this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005 ... ance&n=130

Footage of the 40s-50s Golden Age is priceless stuff, so I couldn't pass it up.

Jeez, I've blown nearly $100 on baseball items in the last few weeks, so I owe the wife a few favors. [:D]

[sposfan]

KG,

you should check out Ebay to see if any stuff is available there for less! I've done very well in baseball books there including out of print ones for a small fraction of the retail cost.

[KG Erwin]

Thanks for the tip.  [;)]

[DreamTeams]

I'm gonna have to pick these up. I have the VHS version of these and watched them to death. I remember how great it was to finally see a moving picture in those grand old parks, in color. These are keepers.

[KG Erwin]

Woo-hoo! Got the "Triple Play" box set in the mail today. I'm popping open a cold one and gonna do the time travel bit starting now.  Later, guys. [:)]

PS Only five minutes in, this is simply breath-taking. On DVD, you are really transported back to a time when baseball was "the" sport, and I'm starting to fully grasp what it is about that era that I find so captivating. Also, the quality of this color footage is simply astounding.

[KG Erwin]

I started vol 2, but volume 1 was just amazing.
 
Call me sentimental, but when I saw a few seconds of footage inside old Forbes Field, focusing on the Longines clock, I nearly started to cry.   I've only seen the in-game versions. It was like meeting a long-dead relative that you'd only seen in photos.   

[mossicon]

thanks for posting about this, i ordered a copy a few days ago.

[Tanaka]

ORIGINAL: moss_icon

thanks for posting about this, i ordered a copy a few days ago.

yep ditto here! looking forward to it! [:D]

[rmayer32]

Well that was painless ordering..lol

Can't wait to check this one out.

[KG Erwin]

I wanted to bump this back to the top, as I've now watched the series, and am in the process of watching it once more. 
 
After listening to the player interviews, I'm getting a better understanding of why the era of the 1940s-50s appeals to me so much.  Considering the changes that have occurred in the business of baseball over the past 35 years or so, the Golden Age now seems almost quaint. 
 
That being said, the more I play Pure Sim with those players, the more I can identify with them, even though most of it happened before I was born (1957). 
 
I'm now starting to play a mental game, and try to put names to some of the lesser-known players featured in the videos.  Some, of course, are instantly recognizable, but others, who were solid everyday players for years, are not as well known.   Back then, players didn't have their names on their jerseys.  You had to know them by face and uniform number.   

[Tanaka]

ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

I wanted to bump this back to the top, as I've now watched the series, and am in the process of watching it once more. 

After listening to the player interviews, I'm getting a better understanding of why the era of the 1940s-50s appeals to me so much.  Considering the changes that have occurred in the business of baseball over the past 35 years or so, the Golden Age now seems almost quaint. 

That being said, the more I play Pure Sim with those players, the more I can identify with them, even though most of it happened before I was born (1957). 

I'm now starting to play a mental game, and try to put names to some of the lesser-known players featured in the videos.  Some, of course, are instantly recognizable, but others, who were solid everyday players for years, are not as well known.   Back then, players didn't have their names on their jerseys.  You had to know them by face and uniform number.   

Yep I just finished DVD 1 of the series. Great stuff thanks for the tip! Learning the history makes the game even more fun! I love the old school stuff myself as well...

I also just found a great place to find player bios that I did not know a lot about:

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/