Why Are Most people on this Board in their 60s, 70s, 80s?

[Voldemort]

Someone did a poll here a while ago and most of the board is in their retirement ages.

Why do you think that is? I'm 41 and i think i'm one of the younger ones on here

possibilities:
-the younger crowd consumes their info more with apps, podcasts?
-Baseball doesn't quite draw in the younger generations like the NFL, NBA does? MLB doesn't seem as cool to them?

your thoughts

I suspect it’s because many of us were raised by baseball fans in a time when keeping a scorecard with a pencil was commonplace. Riding your bike to school was too. Catching crawdads and fishing were hobbies. Coming home when the street lights came on was the rule. Harry Carey and Jack Buck were gods. 1120 KMOX was always there, for every pitch, on a transistor radio. Baseball is in our blood. We wouldn’t know life without it.

Excellent post!

[OldRed]

Truth b known. Kids simply traded in their baseball mitts for cell phones. No competition.

That is true and also in the 1950's when I grew up, we didn't nave central. The best place to be in the summer was outside.

[imetsatchelpaige]

Truth b known. Kids simply traded in their baseball mitts for cell phones. No competition.

That is true and also in the 1950's when I grew up, we didn't nave central. The best place to be in the summer was outside.

And we played baseball ALL the time.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Someone did a poll here a while ago and most of the board is in their retirement ages.

Why do you think that is? I'm 41 and i think i'm one of the younger ones on here

possibilities:
-the younger crowd consumes their info more with apps, podcasts?
-Baseball doesn't quite draw in the younger generations like the NFL, NBA does? MLB doesn't seem as cool to them?

your thoughts

I suspect it’s because many of us were raised by baseball fans in a time when keeping a scorecard with a pencil was commonplace. Riding your bike to school was too. Catching crawdads and fishing were hobbies. Coming home when the street lights came on was the rule. Harry Carey and Jack Buck were gods. 1120 KMOX was always there, for every pitch, on a transistor radio. Baseball is in our blood. We wouldn’t know life without it.

Excellent post!

I’d add- listening to early Black Sabbath, Joe Walsh, Uriah Heep, Nazerath, Styx, Steve Miller.

Formed an attitude.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Truth b known. Kids simply traded in their baseball mitts for cell phones. No competition.

That is true and also in the 1950's when I grew up, we didn't nave central. The best place to be in the summer was outside.

And we played baseball ALL the time.

We played every baseball day, hung up the cleats and went straight into football, then basketball, track, then back to baseball. Well rounded athletes.

[BrummerStealsHome]

People who are retired have more time for this kind of stuff.

Retired? What's that?

No kidding.
That seems to me to be a quick way to check out.
I'm 71, run two organizations and a national campaign. And still find time for this.
We find time for the things that are important.

I knew I liked you for some reason. I'm 63, just started an energy company. Projected commercial operation date July 2029. Debt financing paid off in 2032, with plants 2 and 3 under constuction. Only then will I start thinking about retirement, but I fully expect to be having too much fun to retire.

[Adam2]

Someone did a poll here a while ago and most of the board is in their retirement ages.

Why do you think that is? I'm 41 and i think i'm one of the younger ones on here

possibilities:
-the younger crowd consumes their info more with apps, podcasts?
-Baseball doesn't quite draw in the younger generations like the NFL, NBA does? MLB doesn't seem as cool to them?

your thoughts

I suspect it’s because many of us were raised by baseball fans in a time when keeping a scorecard with a pencil was commonplace. Riding your bike to school was too. Catching crawdads and fishing were hobbies. Coming home when the street lights came on was the rule. Harry Carey and Jack Buck were gods. 1120 KMOX was always there, for every pitch, on a transistor radio. Baseball is in our blood. We wouldn’t know life without it.

Excellent post!

I’d add- listening to early Black Sabbath, Joe Walsh, Uriah Heep, Nazerath, Styx, Steve Miller.

Formed an attitude.

I love your posts.....i generally do not like your music lol

[sikeston bulldog2]

Someone did a poll here a while ago and most of the board is in their retirement ages.

Why do you think that is? I'm 41 and i think i'm one of the younger ones on here

possibilities:
-the younger crowd consumes their info more with apps, podcasts?
-Baseball doesn't quite draw in the younger generations like the NFL, NBA does? MLB doesn't seem as cool to them?

your thoughts

I suspect it’s because many of us were raised by baseball fans in a time when keeping a scorecard with a pencil was commonplace. Riding your bike to school was too. Catching crawdads and fishing were hobbies. Coming home when the street lights came on was the rule. Harry Carey and Jack Buck were gods. 1120 KMOX was always there, for every pitch, on a transistor radio. Baseball is in our blood. We wouldn’t know life without it.

Excellent post!

I’d add- listening to early Black Sabbath, Joe Walsh, Uriah Heep, Nazerath, Styx, Steve Miller.

Formed an attitude.

I love your posts.....i generally do not like your music lol

Thanx. Nice comment. 30 years difference. Probably the reason. Plus I had an entire album or eight track to ins some serious deep cuts. Seems today the focus in on social singles. I wonder of deep cuts still exists.

[dugoutrex]

People who are retired have more time for this kind of stuff.

Retired? What's that?

No kidding.
That seems to me to be a quick way to check out.
I'm 71, run two organizations and a national campaign. And still find time for this.
We find time for the things that are important.

I knew I liked you for some reason. I'm 63, just started an energy company. Projected commercial operation date July 2029. Debt financing paid off in 2032, with plants 2 and 3 under constuction. Only then will I start thinking about retirement, but I fully expect to be having too much fun to retire.

no thanks - retired at 53 - I'm having too much fun to ever work again!

[VegasVinny]

There are older people on this board partly because it's attached to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. If we were to poll 100 people under the age of 40 across the United States, I imagine maybe two of those 100 could even attach the Post-Dispatch name to St. Louis.

Infinitely more "forums" exist today than when Cards Talk launched in the late 1990s. Tech has been to consumerism what El Chapo was to Miami.

Don't like the song that's playing on the radio at this very second? Go to Apple Music and play whatever song you want to hear for free, er, $4.99 per month! Don't like the news that's being reported across the major networks? Go to the App Store and download a news source that feeds your fear! Don't like any of the 400 shows playing right now on your TV? Download Apple TV/Netflix/Hulu/Tubi/Zubilee Zoo to watch (almost) whatever you want!

[Adam2]

Someone did a poll here a while ago and most of the board is in their retirement ages.

Why do you think that is? I'm 41 and i think i'm one of the younger ones on here

possibilities:
-the younger crowd consumes their info more with apps, podcasts?
-Baseball doesn't quite draw in the younger generations like the NFL, NBA does? MLB doesn't seem as cool to them?

your thoughts

I suspect it’s because many of us were raised by baseball fans in a time when keeping a scorecard with a pencil was commonplace. Riding your bike to school was too. Catching crawdads and fishing were hobbies. Coming home when the street lights came on was the rule. Harry Carey and Jack Buck were gods. 1120 KMOX was always there, for every pitch, on a transistor radio. Baseball is in our blood. We wouldn’t know life without it.

Excellent post!

I’d add- listening to early Black Sabbath, Joe Walsh, Uriah Heep, Nazerath, Styx, Steve Miller.

Formed an attitude.

I love your posts.....i generally do not like your music lol

Thanx. Nice comment. 30 years difference. Probably the reason. Plus I had an entire album or eight track to ins some serious deep cuts. Seems today the focus in on social singles. I wonder of deep cuts still exists.

I like the forrest gump soundtrack. does that help? mamas and the pappas are good. other than that get me to 3rd eye blind, goo goo dolls, tim mcgraw and alanis morisette

[sikeston bulldog2]

Someone did a poll here a while ago and most of the board is in their retirement ages.

Why do you think that is? I'm 41 and i think i'm one of the younger ones on here

possibilities:
-the younger crowd consumes their info more with apps, podcasts?
-Baseball doesn't quite draw in the younger generations like the NFL, NBA does? MLB doesn't seem as cool to them?

your thoughts

I suspect it’s because many of us were raised by baseball fans in a time when keeping a scorecard with a pencil was commonplace. Riding your bike to school was too. Catching crawdads and fishing were hobbies. Coming home when the street lights came on was the rule. Harry Carey and Jack Buck were gods. 1120 KMOX was always there, for every pitch, on a transistor radio. Baseball is in our blood. We wouldn’t know life without it.

Excellent post!

I’d add- listening to early Black Sabbath, Joe Walsh, Uriah Heep, Nazerath, Styx, Steve Miller.

Formed an attitude.

I love your posts.....i generally do not like your music lol

Thanx. Nice comment. 30 years difference. Probably the reason. Plus I had an entire album or eight track to ins some serious deep cuts. Seems today the focus in on social singles. I wonder of deep cuts still exists.

I like the forrest gump soundtrack. does that help? mamas and the pappas are good. other than that get me to 3rd eye blind, goo goo dolls, tim mcgraw and alanis morisette

I like those four artist. Know a couple songs from each. For sound tracks- try vision quest. Good movie as well.

[Galatians221jb1]

Look around and see how many people under 60 who read newspapers. They’re like pay phones. Most of us probably read the Post (Globe was my preference) and worked the crosswords at breakfast etc. Today, virtually no one watches local TV news and they don’t know what a newspaper is. We relics have adjusted to on line newspapers. Probably won’t be too much longer that this option is gone. Lee publishing is fading quietly from the scene. If CT shuts down some of us will turn into those people walking down the street and screaming at windows and mannequins.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Look around and see how many people under 60 who read newspapers. They’re like pay phones. Most of us probably read the Post (Globe was my preference) and worked the crosswords at breakfast etc. Today, virtually no one watches local TV news and they don’t know what a newspaper is. We relics have adjusted to on line newspapers. Probably won’t be too much longer that this option is gone. Lee publishing is fading quietly from the scene. If CT shuts down some of us will turn into those people walking down the street and screaming at windows and mannequins.

Hello. Is there anybody in there. Just smile if you can hear me; is there anyone at home.

[imetsatchelpaige]

Truth b known. Kids simply traded in their baseball mitts for cell phones. No competition.

That is true and also in the 1950's when I grew up, we didn't nave central. The best place to be in the summer was outside.

And we played baseball ALL the time.

We played every baseball day, hung up the cleats and went straight into football, then basketball, track, then back to baseball. Well rounded athletes.

And we played year round, weather permitting, a group of 8-12 hard core baseball kids. It's who we were.
None of this Hornsby "stare out the window and wait for spring" stuff for us. I remember playing in snow.
Three of us played college ball (two at UT, Brummer, including me), and still stay in touch.
Two were drafted in very late rounds.
Baseball was our currency, and remains in our blood.

[imetsatchelpaige]

If school were more like baseball
we’d only have to play.
We’d hang out in the sunshine
and run around all day.

We wouldn’t have to study.
We’d practice and we’d train.
And, best of all, they’d cancel
whenever there was rain.

-Ken Nesbit