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Old 01-27-2014, 04:15 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Astros33Resurrected View Post
I think it's even better to look at the numbers compared to others , Ruth was a monster compared to his peers. In 1928 Babe hit some thing like 54 homeruns while the closest person had 27. Thats double. That would be like Sosa hitting 55 while McGwire hits 110.
That's because players prior to Ruth were taught that trying to hit homeruns was foolish. Once he showed that you could hit homeruns with a high frequency, lots of other players started putting up similar numbers.
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