Dead Ball Era Baseball

these days players are motivated by large contracts and living a rich lifestyle. back then they payed u just enough to survive yet these players were motivated to play because in their soul they love the game. this is how baseball players played the game then, and so few of them play the game that way now. if i cud choose to play in that era or now i wud gladly choose then. this time period was when baseball was america's game.

this is beautiful.

Think of this. The best 100 players from the last ten years would be a very easy list to create. It would take some effort to make the list for the entire deadball era (76-20). This is the roots of baseball, but I would NEVER compare these guys to the players today. I feel sorry for anybody that would. This is a very nice video though.

Yes they wouldnt compare to the steroid apes of today.

Very nice video. Just finished reading "Cobb" by Al Stump. Great unvarnished truth about a man that defined "maniacal genius". Video goes extremely well with the book.

i used to think that because of WWI, baseball decided to change. The live ball era began after WWI, and America became more lively. I thought Baseball changed because of America, but the more I realized, America changed because of baseball. Without Chapman getting killed and the balls getting changed and Ruth hitting those home runs, baseball would still be dead.

If I ever get my hands on a time machine......

Absolutely breathtaking photography and an amazing visual essay on early Baseball.

fantastic. I wish I grew up back then. This was real baseball

Actually it was fake baseball.. If these players had to face African-American athletes they would have gotten dominated.