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i was wondering if anyone would be interested in a new forum that focuses on baseball before 1900?
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Anything that will help increase my knowledge of the game is welcome."I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."
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I would be curious as why that would be a better place / different place than making a post in the Baseball History forum which is designed to handle items considered to be not-current?
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It would be more focused to that era as opposed to searching up and down the thread for 19th century baseball. If you go to that thread, you know that's what you're going to find.Originally posted by webmaster"I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."
Carl YastrzemskiComment
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I would be in favor of it, because 19th century baseball is a subject I often find myself reading up on. It is very interesting to me and I think it would be great. But also, I have to agree with sean that the baseball history forum is a good place to post about the pre-modern era.
So whatever the deciscion is, I will be in favor of it."Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination."
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i suggested it just because such a high percentage of baseball fans and really historians focus on baseball after 1900. it was my thought that 19th century topics would be at the forefront and not be pushed aside from all the best/worst and other discussions which are 95+% focused on the modern era.Comment
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Considering some of the recent forums created, like Women's Baseball and the Seattle Pilots, which don't generate talk, a 19th Century History forum may not be a bad idea. It would be akin to the Teams of yesteryear forums or the Negro League forums as a unique part of baseball history. While the game is still essentially played as it was in the 19th century, levels of competition, mound distance, etc. also make it distinctly different.Dave Bill Tom George Mark Bob Ernie Soupy Dick Alex Sparky
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I think it's a great idea. Would simplify things a bunch for me, at least. The last discussion I had on these forums had to do with the 1860's and was spread out over two forums and private messages- would've been more convenient to have it in one place."Here's a crazy thought I've always had: if they cut three fingers off each hand, I'd really be a great hitter because then I could level off better." Paul Waner (lifetime .333 hitter, 3,152 lifetime hits.Comment
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Thats a great idea BUT I think thats what they made History of the Game forBorn True BlueComment
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HOLY CARP! I was gonna make this same exact thread but I thought I would have no supporters so I didn't bother. Yay bkmckenna for making this. I would love for there to be a 19th century thread. It would deffinently attract more that the AAGPBL and some other teams. I hope this goes through. BTW it would fall under history but in the time I've been here (about 3.5 months) the only 19th century baseball threads I saw in there were the ones I made."I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher."
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Just a note to all the active members of BBF, I consider all of you the smartest baseball people I have ever communicated with and love everyday I am on here. Thank you all!Comment
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Maybe thats why theres no 19th century baseball threadOriginally posted by Cubsfan97Born True BlueComment
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my apologies then - but wouldn't this entire bbf forum fall under the "history of the game" categoryOriginally posted by ElCaminoSS
but you're right to the entent that baseball fans focus 80+% of their discussion to current issues and anything related to the hall of famers and all these silly lists which offer little intellectual appeal
another thought here was the length that bbf went to to highlight the significant fields of study that obviously stray from the mainstream as noted above - female ball, negro leagues, international ball, minor leagues, etc. -- i merely thought 19th century bb fit in with that conceptComment
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Well those forums are forums because they are different and didnt fit into other forums. While 19th century baseball would not get many posts (probably less than the pathetic amount on Womens Baseball) and if you ask any moderators they would probably tell you that thats what history of the game is for.Born True BlueComment
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19th c ball would get a heck of a lot more posts than some of you guys seems to think. It's a great idea and I fail to see how it would be a problem for anybody."Here's a crazy thought I've always had: if they cut three fingers off each hand, I'd really be a great hitter because then I could level off better." Paul Waner (lifetime .333 hitter, 3,152 lifetime hits.Comment
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maybe it can be made as a sub-forum, which is only accessable through the History of the Game forum.
Ive seen it on several different VBulletin forums."Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination."
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