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Originally Posted by DougWyatt
Don't get me wrong, I do think that the talent in todays MLB could be alot better - if kids played more baseball. I agree with you there.
I'm only saying that the talent level coming in, comparitively to Ruths time, is just as good. In particular with regards to the Latino influx.
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The US baseball population circa 1920 is <= the US (including blacks), latino, etc. baseball population today.
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You also have to remember that all of the talent in 1925 was spread out among just 16 major league teams. So if the baseball talent pool's size today is equal to the talent pool of 1925, then the talent level in modern baseball would be much lower than it was back then. The talent pool today needs to be roughly twice as large as the talent pool of 1925 to maintain the same level of play because there are roughly twice as many teams today as there were then.