If you could go back in time to watch sports.....

spleen1015 · 01-20-2020, 06:03 AM

I've always thought it would have been awesome to live during a time when baseball was really the national pastime. I'm not sure when it would be though. There have been a lot of great baseball players. I don't know who I'd want to see more. I think Lou Gehrig.

If you could go back in time to watch a sport, what sport, when and why?

jbergey22 · 01-20-2020, 08:50 AM

Fun question.

Id probably want to go back 1920 MLB so I could experience the start of Babe Ruth and the end of the dead ball era.

1970s NFL would be kind of neat as well if the Vikings had actually won any of the 4 super bowls they were in.

Flasch186 · 01-20-2020, 08:52 AM

Watch Jackie Robinson
Watch Babe Ruth
Watch Muhammad Ali prime and the build up to matches

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bob · 01-20-2020, 09:26 AM

Honestly, I'd go back to 6th grade and watch the following decade of sports again. I knew everything about all the leagues, teams, etc. 1990 - 2000 might not have been the most exciting, but I would love to relive that.

Vince, Pt. II · 01-20-2020, 10:20 AM

For me it's either Willie Mays or going back to the Negro Leagues. I love the stories and mythology built up around some of those players, and would love to have been able to see it first hand.

QuikSand · 01-20-2020, 01:29 PM

Maybe see Man O War, Phar Lap, Citation, Secretariat

Dodgerchick · 01-20-2020, 06:33 PM

I wasn't watching basketball back then, but the 80s to watch the Lakers and Larry Bird.

bhlloy · 01-20-2020, 07:05 PM

Can I forget that concussions and brain injuries are a thing? I'd absolutely love to experience the insanity that was the mid-late 80's NHL in person, even if it does make me more than a bit uncomfortable now.

B & B · 01-20-2020, 07:35 PM

Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.

albionmoonlight · 01-21-2020, 07:01 AM

Seeing Muhammad Ali in his prime when heavyweight boxing was at its peak of popularity would have been something

NobodyHere · 01-21-2020, 07:13 PM

I would go back in time and watch my now dead son play little league baseball

Just kidding, no woman will ever love me

Groundhog · 01-21-2020, 08:19 PM

I'd like to see the Wilt 100 point game, but I doubt it would live up to the hype.

JPhillips · 01-21-2020, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

I'd like to see the Wilt 100 point game, but I doubt it would live up to the hype.

I feel like this is true for most sports in the past. As recently as my childhood baseball pitching was much slower, the players were not anywhere close to as fit as they are now, and the lack of technology left umpiring unpredictable at best.

At the time, of course, none of that mattered, but I expect everything would look so slow and dated if one was able to time travel.

Coffee Warlord · 01-21-2020, 10:22 PM

Seeing Ali fight in his prime would be great.

And the ancient history nerd in me would go back to some truly old sporting events ... Roman Colliseum, first Olympics...etc

01-20-2020, 08:50 AM	#2
jbergey22 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Minnesota	Fun question. Id probably want to go back 1920 MLB so I could experience the start of Babe Ruth and the end of the dead ball era. 1970s NFL would be kind of neat as well if the Vikings had actually won any of the 4 super bowls they were in. Last edited by jbergey22 : 01-20-2020 at 08:50 AM.

01-20-2020, 08:52 AM	#3
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	Watch Jackie Robinson Watch Babe Ruth Watch Muhammad Ali prime and the build up to matches Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

01-20-2020, 06:33 PM	#7
Dodgerchick College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Austin, TX	I wasn't watching basketball back then, but the 80s to watch the Lakers and Larry Bird. __________________ DON'T ITCH THAT NOSE! A Meditation Dynasty

01-20-2020, 07:35 PM	#9
B & B College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo	Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime. __________________ Nobody cares about Kyle Orton because he's black. -PT

01-21-2020, 07:13 PM	#11
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	I would go back in time and watch my now dead son play little league baseball Just kidding, no woman will ever love me __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

01-20-2020, 09:26 AM	#4
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	Honestly, I'd go back to 6th grade and watch the following decade of sports again. I knew everything about all the leagues, teams, etc. 1990 - 2000 might not have been the most exciting, but I would love to relive that.

01-20-2020, 10:20 AM	#5
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	For me it's either Willie Mays or going back to the Negro Leagues. I love the stories and mythology built up around some of those players, and would love to have been able to see it first hand.

01-20-2020, 01:29 PM	#6
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Maybe see Man O War, Phar Lap, Citation, Secretariat

01-20-2020, 07:05 PM	#8
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Can I forget that concussions and brain injuries are a thing? I'd absolutely love to experience the insanity that was the mid-late 80's NHL in person, even if it does make me more than a bit uncomfortable now.

01-21-2020, 07:01 AM	#10
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Seeing Muhammad Ali in his prime when heavyweight boxing was at its peak of popularity would have been something

01-21-2020, 08:19 PM	#12
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I'd like to see the Wilt 100 point game, but I doubt it would live up to the hype. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-21-2020, 10:22 PM	#14
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Seeing Ali fight in his prime would be great. And the ancient history nerd in me would go back to some truly old sporting events ... Roman Colliseum, first Olympics...etc

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