[New Perspective]

I'm old enough to remember the A's winning the World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi... they had great teams. What memories!

I attended a couple of A's games in the early 70's when I was 8. In those days it was much less expensive but we still have to set aside some money for the occasional game. The days of the average family attending and are long gone and so are the opportunities for the average kid to have life long memories of attending a pro baseball game.

[Dan in Wichita]

The days of the average family attending and are long gone and so are the opportunities for the average kid to have life long memories of attending a pro baseball game.

Sad, isn't it? I fondly remember back in the early to-mid 1970s my family driving up to KC every summer to watch the Royals play. General admission tickets were $1.25 each.

Every day I miss the country of my youth.