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Making old-school new again

By Mark Kreidler
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 22, 2003

Ah, the old stadium days. Days of Riverfront and Three Riverfront and Veterans Riverfront, of Candlesticks and Arlingtons and KingDomes, oh my. Days of baseball as viewed through binoculars while seated down the left-field line. Days of wide open (parking) spaces and "I Survived (Fill in the Blank) Night at (Fill in the Facility)" lapel pins. You used to need a little courage to go watch a baseball games, remember? You had to want it bad. Now? It's a cakewalk, that's what. It's all so effortl ...

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