What does baseball on the radio mean to you?

Question

To me it means total immersion, magical moments listening to the voice of Vin Scully. Sometimes I even turn off the tv and just listen to the radio. In the old days when no tv was available and people would look forward to a game that evening would gather around, now that was really being into a game. What do you think?

Answer 1

I don't have FSMW, so I still listen to most Cardinals games on the radio. I like Mike Shannon a lot, but I don't care for John Rooney. It used to be Mike Shannon and Jack Buck...

Answer 2

its pretty cool  

Answer 3

It means fishing on a quiet pond with no one except you and the radio booming with the game of the week.

Answer 4

it means my teams game is out of market

Answer 5

It's great listening to Pat Hughes and Ron Santo for the Cubs

Answer 6

I grew up listening to Angel games on the radio.  I would listen to my transistor radio, which I hid under my pillow, when I was supposed to be sleeping.  If I fell asleep before the game was over, my Dad would come in and turn it off for me.  I never got in trouble for it.

Answer 7

Coming from Detroit I grew up listening to Ernie Harwell so baseball on the radio reminds me of long, hot summer days outside listening to the Tigers games. Now-a-days baseball on the radio isn't as good (too many commercials) but I still listen to it but would rather watch it.  

Answer 8

Yeah, I'm with you. You can follow the game while you paint a room or saw wood or cook or just rock in a hamper. With all the technical innovations of the 20th century, they still haven't topped radio baseball.

Answer 9

I remember taking a walk as a child and hearing  the sound ball games on the radio  from so many of the houses that I passed. To me it is the  sound of hot, happy, carefree days of summer when I was nine or ten.