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Originally Posted by Jason Moyer

Ruth was a great hitter, but I'm not really sure you can say that he was the best of all time. Aside from not playing against African Americans, he didn't play against all of the best white players either since a good portion of them were content playing in the PCL or other minor leagues. I'm skeptical of the whole pre-integration and pre-Branch Rickey era.

is that his fault? do we discredit his accomplishments because of the state of baseball? i vote, no.

should we discredit all accomplishments that didnt happen in the "perfect" baseball environment? has that perfect environment even occured? what about all the talented athletes who decided to play a different sport? does that mean no accomplishment should be acknowledged because all the best athletes havent/dont play baseball?

again, if, if, if.