(We are in the midst of home renovations right now. I've been living without a TV for the last few days and finding -- as I suspected -- that I don't need it, which brings me to tonight's Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 229th in a series): The last few nights after coming home from work, I've been watching the 1974 All-Star Game on youtube. As you might suspect, if you are my age, it was fascinating. I switched it on because I wanted to see the players that I've known from the 1975 Topps All-Star cards in action, the players I watched as a kid. But I saw so much more than that, from the players I never saw play live -- like Dick Allen and Hank Aaron here -- to so many elements of that time that I've forgotten or never knew. Here is what I took away from that game, won 7-2 by the National League, by the way: Broadcasters were more respectful and never critical about the players on the field. The broadcasting crew for this game was Curt Gowdy, Joe ...
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