For all fans of baseball, there is a golden age, that time when you first became a fan and fell in love with the sport.
For me, the late 1980s was that time, and I cut my teeth on some pretty unremarkable Philadelphia-based baseball squads. Those Phillies from 1985-1992 were especially heinous at times, but that’s part of what made them so lovable. I loved watching those underachieving teams play in a horrible stadium to the sultry voice of Harry Kalas. It was my spirit animal.
Sometimes, in times of great wistfulness, I meander over to YouTube to search of some classic, 1980s Phillies content.