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Originally Posted by jackson41
Ruth's records can't be compared to baseball today. Baseball is a different game today. Ruth never faced a middle reliever who came into the game in the 7th and threw 95 mph. He never had to hit a slider. He never had to hit a black/Latino/Asian pitcher. The bats today are better, the balls today are better, and the talent today is better.
If we want to immortalize Ruth in the record books, than we need to have a different record book for each era. Baseball is a change game and I think...and I'm sure I'll get run off for saying this, but...If Ruth played today he'd never get out of AA ball. It's not fair to compare him to today's players.
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OK, yes, you will get run off for that. That's insane. It's ok to say that baseball has gotten better and the slope of history has inclined. It's damn ludicrous to think that the great player of baseball's 50-60 years, and maybe the best ever, would not even make it today. Ruth didn't have to face a Gagne or a slider, but he had to face a Walter Johnson and a Lefty Grove and a spitball. He had no conditioning. He had no airplanes. He had a ton of disadvantages players today don't have.
Oh, and he could kind of pitch a little himself.
That would be a damn steep incline of history, and I can't accept that. I doubt any rational person would agree with you here.