NFT: Things in sports that you miss..

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that would be so damn fun to watch

Octobers with Jeter, Mo and Andy.

Madden and Summerall.

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In comment 13047608 jlukes said:

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that would be so damn fun to watch

Shutting up Stan would also be damn fun to watch.

This Week In Baseball that was on on Saturday mornings.

All NFL games played on Sunday afternoon except MNF and late season Saturday games

No interleague play in MLB

The World Series "home team" rotating each season by league (not based on All Star Game winner).

The old MNF intro with the helmets smashing into each other and exploding.

Just the 90's NFL in general even though we had a lot of crappy years.

The early-mid 90's Seattle Supersonics with Shawn Kemp and The Glove in their primes.

Logos that I miss: Montreal Expos, Houston Oilers, the orange creamsicle colored Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

NBA Inside Stuff on the weekends

-Baseball boxscores solely in a newspaper, and poring over all the information to determine how things happened in those games during the pre-ESPN age.
- Bat Day at baseball games.
- This Week in Baseball (and its great theme).
- The original Monday Night Football theme
- Madden, Summerall, Gifford, Cosell, Enberg, Charlie Jones
- A dominant Giants LB corps
- Alcoa Presents: Fantastic Finishes
- Wide World of Sports

Giants Stadium

loved that look

instead of the equipment blown up monsters we have now

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"Whoa, Nellie"...Keith Jackson calling NCAA football.

"Down the stretch they come!" call, especially during the big Triple Crown races.

I miss fighting, the positioning in front of the net and the stick work, the red line, and the blind eye to marginal interference. Hockey used to have a huge element of brute force to it, every year it becomes more of a finesse sport like every other one. A guy like Scott Stevens today would maybe play 10 games before being suspended forever.

hear me out...

nfl primetime, 1992ish, before the whole network became a fucking disgrace.

Wasnt like it is now where youve already seen every highlight 3x by 730pm. berman and tj no bells and whistles, no cmon man bullshit. just an hour more of football after dinner and before bed on a school night.

was a great time to be a little boy.

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* College basketball players who played 3-4 years, making the NCAA game that much more interesting and draftees that much more ready to play in the NBA.

* The old, old Yankee Stadium with it's outrageous dimensions.

* Ebbett's Field and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

* Some of the great old NY coaches: Red Holzman, Bill Parcells, Casey Stengel.

* That old Knicks team with Willis, Debusschere, Bradley, Frazier and Barnett, even more so than when Monroe took over at SG.

* LT.

In comment 13047632 Sean said:

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Giants Stadium

Amen.

In comment 13047654 I am Ninja said:

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hear me out... nfl primetime, 1992ish, before the whole network became a fucking disgrace. Wasnt like it is now where youve already seen every highlight 3x by 730pm. berman and tj no bells and whistles, no cmon man bullshit. just an hour more of football after dinner and before bed on a school night. was a great time to be a little boy.

do you remember "Monday Night Matchup" on ESPN with Allie Sherman as lead analyst? Then Phil Simms joined after he retired, was his first gig

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Less in gsme reports.
Less sideline interviews.
Less focus on the crowd/celeberties.

Focus on plays and the game. We don't need 6 reporters and commentators for a game.

without my stomach jiggling.

In comment 13047644 Patrick77 said:

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I miss fighting, the positioning in front of the net and the stick work, the red line, and the blind eye to marginal interference. Hockey used to have a huge element of brute force to it, every year it becomes more of a finesse sport like every other one. A guy like Scott Stevens today would maybe play 10 games before being suspended forever.

I miss that teams had different styles of play. The NHL has become so homogenous and generic

Without the legal tampering period.

God I loved when we would here someone was getting a physical.


BBI - Glovedone with his asshattery

I'll say the Kissing Bandit.

IBM Presents ... You Make The Call.

Surprised I'm the first to mention that one.

Goalies are too good now.

In comment 13047704 Crispino said:

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Surprised I'm the first to mention that one.

I always thought daytime baseball postseason games were weird. Especially on weekdays. So many people are at work. I guess it isn't that big a deal in a DS.. but in a CS or WS it was crazy to me.

write at length.

Basically football pre-Roger Goodell

you knew the ugly mug of pretty much every player in the league. And the hockey was fantastic. Those were some tough dudes ...

In comment 13047701 Deej said:

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I'll say the Kissing Bandit.

Morganna!

In comment 13047704 Crispino said:

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Surprised I'm the first to mention that one.

YES!!

When the NBA was watchable
When sports in general was more about competition than marketing
When we didn't know the every move of every athlete and there was actually mystique with sports
Get off my lawn

didn't need TJS

I miss NFL teams not being decimated by injury

I miss my NFL team being primarily on Sunday at 1pm or 4pm or the rare MNF game. No SNF, THNF, London games, etc.

I miss two-a-day NFL training camps and "real" training camps

I miss ESPN having sports and sportscenter being watchable

I miss Fenway NOT playing Sweet Caroline in the 8th inning

I miss the NBA where there wasn't a 3 pt shot most of the time (or a lot of the time)

I miss those gambling slips I used to play growing up

but I miss Mike and the Mad Dog in their primes during the 90s.

the Islanders winning Stanley Cups

In comment 13047746 JayBinQueens said:

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the Islanders winning Stanley Cups

I don't

buster.

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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anyone shouldn't be allowed to go pro whenever they want.....but thw quality of play in the 80s and 90s was on another level.

I miss Hockey Night in Canada Wednesday and Saturday nights.

In comment 13047761 Greg from LI said:

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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anyone shouldn't be allowed to go pro whenever they want.....but thw quality of play in the 80s and 90s was on another level.

I miss the days when AAU and sneaker companies didn't poison high school and college basketball.

In comment 13047761 Greg from LI said:

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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anyone shouldn't be allowed to go pro whenever they want.....but thw quality of play in the 80s and 90s was on another level.

Very true.