October 1965 I was in Mr. Anderson's 6th grade classroom at Highland Park Elementary in Sugarhouse and we watched every game possible. Luckily, this girl was a big baseball fan, too.

The difference is simple. Back in the '60s, they actually played the World Series during baseball season.

Nowadays, by the time they get to the World Series, the NFL season is half over, we're 10 games into the NHL season, and even the NBA season is underway. Major league baseball was not meant to be played in November.

There is not enough blood and guts in baseball to attract the younger generations glued to their PC games of destruction.

It's also rightfully true that the world series should be played in August or early Sept as there are too many other winter sports getting the attention. It seems that all sports are trying to gain a year round fan base and it's too much to ask of fan's. Many sports are losing because of it and the seasons should be more reasonable time frame so they don't lose their following. Call it a sports overload that has no direction and nonsense time frame.

It kind of hard get excited about World Series that is 90 miles apart. Part get me is TV announcers toward New York Yankees in " Here come Yankees", I lived in Ohio in early 1960's - when any midwesterner happy any team in World Series other. Think Tigers, Indians, White Sox anybody, but Yankees. Those were my reasons bypass this year's Series. Tim

Another reason is that MLB has become a game of the haves and the have not's with most of the teams being the have not's. There are a few teams that are playing for the world series right from the beginning. the rest are out by the third week. The cubs used to be the exception as the lovable losers of wrigley field. Now we are expected to think of everyone but the few elite teams as lovable losers.

When I was in sixth grade my teacher wheeled in the tv and we watched every game of the World Series while working on our schoolwork. Some might think that this was a waste of educational space, but I think we would do well in our schools to have more experiences of shared culture. Besides being a cultural education, such activities help kids feel like they are part of a larger world. And the traditional educational possibilities? Unending. Just think of the possibilities for teaching physics, math, social organization, geography, spelling, vocabulary, and on and on. Maybe more of our curricula should be built around shared events, so that we learn more than facts--we learn that we belong.

Like the others who have commented, I can remember either listening to WS games in the classroom or watching them in the auditorium on TV. The Series was talked about and everybody in class seemed to have their favorite.
It was a different time. Not so many avenues for entertainment. People are desensitized, and even bored, because what used to be "special" is now pretty much hum-drum.
I also believe the season is far too long, and the steroid scandals, athlete misbehavior, and outrageous salaries have spoiled baseball for a lot of us.
Thanks Lee Benson for a column that brought back some wonderful memories of fall afternoons with the World Series wafting over the school intercom system. Happy times.