http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/11/12/author-picks-60s-as-best-baseball-decade/ America's longest-running baseball-only magazine Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/11/12/author-picks-60s-as-best-baseball-decade/#comment-2387 Shallow Throat Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:40:03 +0000 http://www.baseballdigest.com/?p=3930#comment-2387 The 60's was probably the best decade for baseball and the talent pool since then has diminished alarmingly! Football/basketball have improved conversly. The primary reason is simple numbers...all the baby boomers played organized ball(little league,pony,babe ruth etc.)The number of participants is staggering during that period...and they were the LAST group that played mostly baseball only! Expansion, other 'glory' sports, electronic distractions/alternatives came right after the 60's. One only has to look to the dominant hall of famers of that era(most HOF pitchers coupled with the only two(2) legitimate 5 tool players EVER Mays/Clemente and you can't conclude any different. Re. the '71 WS the noted wonderful baseball writer/historian Roger Angel said...'there was Clemente playing a level of baseball we've never seen before'. Unfortunately, we'll probably never see another Mays, Aaron or Clemente. The 60’s was probably the best decade for baseball and the talent pool since then has diminished alarmingly! Football/basketball have improved conversly. The primary reason is simple numbers…all the baby boomers played organized ball(little league,pony,babe ruth etc.)The number of participants is staggering during that period…and they were the LAST group that played mostly baseball only! Expansion, other ‘glory’ sports, electronic distractions/alternatives came right after the 60’s. One only has to look to the dominant hall of famers of that era(most HOF pitchers coupled with the only two(2) legitimate 5 tool players EVER Mays/Clemente and you can’t conclude any different. Re. the ‘71 WS the noted wonderful baseball writer/historian Roger Angel said…’there was Clemente playing a level of baseball we’ve never seen before’. Unfortunately, we’ll probably never see another Mays, Aaron or Clemente.

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