before the days of cable TV going to games was actually afforadable and easy to get to. just look at those old clips of games of any sport in that era. the stands stayed packed. only now that you can watch games whenever you want to people not feel the need to go to live games. the experience is better at homet these days. so i think old heads were at most home games and saw all the players come through that way. and for away games, maybe they listened on the radio (my granddad listened to the Mets on the radio till the day he died. even when we had the game on TV in the other room.)