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Originally Posted by Aadik
Stacy, that's irrelevant though. We aren't comparing Bonds to people in that condition- we're comparing him to his peers. All of Ruth's peers faced that - not just Ruth. My point is his dominance over his league would be reduced with the factors that I mentioned- your point, while valid, doesnt change that.
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True, but the passage I quoted didn't seem to be arguing that. It seemed to only say why present day ballplayers have it tough and I just tried to point out how earlier ballplayers had it tough also. Jackson41 was stating that Ruth wouldn't make it out of the minors if he played today.
EDIT - His quote: "If Ruth played today he'd never get out of AA ball." which followed a paragraph that was confusing in that it seemed to defend present day players by talking about Ruth not facing Middle Relievers, but then turned around and said that the bats and balls of today are better so to be honest, I have no idea what his point was exactly. It seemed a bit convoluted. But it's probably just me not understanding what he was getting across.