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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei
And the real point is that you compete against the other players of your era given the environmental constraints of your era, and that Babe Ruth dominated and owned the other players of his era - and the era itself - in a manner that no one else really has since.
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I agree with MD on this one but it depends on how you want to view it. If you want to yank Ruth out of 1921 with a time machine and plop him into today's lineup, I think he'd still be good but not one of the best. However, the way I view it is if Ruth was born 80 years later with the same inner talent, he'd have the benefit of growing up with the same qualities of medicines, knowledge, food, etc., and therefore would be dominant. In other words, same ability as he had, but with today's body types though I'm not implying he'd be a greek god. Maybe a huskier guy like Giambi or McGwire but the Ruthian ability.