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Originally Posted by messenjah
But think of it this way, if there are 1000 white, asian, latino and black pitchers, and you need to fill out a league with 100 pitchers. If you have an all white league, you will have the top 100 white pitchers, but if you have a mixed league, you will have the top 25 white, black, asian and latino pitchers out there, meaning the pitching from night to night will be harder. It's not saying that the asian latino or black pitchers were any better or worse, just that with more people out there, you have a deeper pool of players, and generally the level of pitching goes up.
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that's pure speculation. maybe the top 100 white pitchers also included the top 80 or 90 pitchers of all the races. I mean, there no reason to believe the top 25 black, asian, or latinos pitchers were any better than the top 50 or top 100 white pitchers. You can't just assume they were better. I'm not assuming they were worse either.
I also stand by my original theory that regardless, Ruth was talented and motivated (in his younger years anyway) enough to raise his game if the pitching pool had been more talented, even though no evidence exists to suggest it would have been.
Take the current major leagues... are blacks, asians, and latinos really better than their white counterparts?!? Aren't most pitchers white?!?