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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.
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And of course today's players don't have to spend the whole day riding a train from city to city, or hit dirty/scuffed balls, or hit against pitchers that were legally allowed to throw shine balls, spit balls, etc., or play in lighting conditions that may not have always been ideal. I'm not trying to minimize the conditions today's ballplayer faces, but you can't just ignore the conditions players from the past faced.