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:lol: :lol:
 
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Can you imagine what's going to happen if he passes Ruth on the road? I envision the loudest boos ever and all sorts of stuff flying out of the stands.
 
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I cant imgine a pitcher throwing him a fastball to hit, id feed him breaking balls and sliders on the outside corner all day.
 
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I would just start hitting him if I was a pitcher. Most are walking him anyway, might as well save those other 3 pitches if you are going to put him on base.
 
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would you stand in a batting cage and throw him BP without a screen to protect you for a thousand dollars?

someone asked me that the other day
 
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(NCGatorBait @ May 6 said:
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:lol: :lol:
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Hot dogs, beer, only white players, less taxing travel, a less prying media, no real use of relief pitchers. Yeah, the fata$$ had it so much tougher.
 
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(dan4vols @ May 7 said:
I'd like to respond to this but I rather like posting here. :devilsmoke:
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Show me anything in my post that isn't factually accurate, and I'll rethink my position.
 
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Hot dogs, beer, only white players, less taxing travel, a less prying media, no real use of relief pitchers. Yeah, the fata$$ had it so much tougher.
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Hot dogs and beer-Ruth was not the giant fat man portrayed by John Goodman. Ruth was around six feet tall and 180-190 pounds.........

Only white players-Are you saying the competition level were easier? Where are you going with that point?

Less taxing travel-Trains are less taxing than air planes?

Less prying media-Media has always been crazy, look at local media in Boston and New York during the era. The only difference now is the availability of a 24 hour sports news service.

No real use of relief pitchers-So what, Walter Johnson, the greatest power baseball pitcher ever, played 20 plus years throwing a fastball and what he calls a curveball which was a slight cutting fastball. Other pitchers in Ruth's era could be categorized as a Greg Maddox finesse pitchers.

Again, Ruth was not fat.
 
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(hatvol96 @ May 7 said:
Hot dogs, beer, only white players, less taxing travel, a less prying media, no real use of relief pitchers. Yeah, the fata$$ had it so much tougher.
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96..sometimes you should just see the funny side in things and let the debate go...that pic is funny. :lol:
 
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(OrangeEmpire @ May 7 said:
Hot dogs and beer-Ruth was not the giant fat man portrayed by John Goodman. Ruth was around six feet tall and 180-190 pounds.........

Only white players-Are you saying the competition level were easier? Where are you going with that point?

Less taxing travel-Trains are less taxing than air planes?

Less prying media-Media has always been crazy, look at local media in Boston and New York during the era. The only difference now is the availability of a 24 hour sports news service.

No real use of relief pitchers-So what, Walter Johnson, the greatest power baseball pitcher ever, played 20 plus years throwing a fastball and what he calls a curveball which was a slight cutting fastball. Other pitchers in Ruth's era could be categorized as a Greg Maddox finesse pitchers.

Again, Ruth was not fat.
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Not to mention the bgiger ballparks (sans-Yankee stadium, right field was a Joke, I'll give you that), playing with softballs, and how many other players were hitting 50+ HRs a year at that... forget 50, how about 25?
 
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That is the thing though, the older ball parks had shorter fences down the line, but the power alleys and center fields were enormous.
 
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Rue the day that somebody like Barry Bonds becomes the all-time (Cheating, cough, cough) home run leader. What a smudge on the game of baseball that would be.

Babe Ruth and Hammerin' Hank are men I admire and respect for their contributions to the game of baseball but Barry Bonds...give me a break!
 
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I agree to a point, but the piling on Barry Bonds has gotten gratuitous. He probably juiced, but the fact is that he hasn't been caught and we're probably going to find out that he was the tip of the iceberg.

...but that pic is still funny.
 
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(GAVol @ May 8 said:
I agree to a point, but the piling on Barry Bonds has gotten gratuitous. He probably juiced, but the fact is that he hasn't been caught and we're probably going to find out that he was the tip of the iceberg.

...but that pic is still funny.
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There is not disputing the fact that he did juice. However, Bonds sticks to his guns in saying that he did not know he was juicing.
 
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I saw a video montage last night of Bonds hitting HRs #1, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and the year he hit 73. It was crazy how different he looked between HRs 500 and 600.
 
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(OrangeEmpire @ May 7 said:
Hot dogs and beer-Ruth was not the giant fat man portrayed by John Goodman. Ruth was around six feet tall and 180-190 pounds.........

Only white players-Are you saying the competition level were easier? Where are you going with that point?

Less taxing travel-Trains are less taxing than air planes?

Less prying media-Media has always been crazy, look at local media in Boston and New York during the era. The only difference now is the availability of a 24 hour sports news service.

No real use of relief pitchers-So what, Walter Johnson, the greatest power baseball pitcher ever, played 20 plus years throwing a fastball and what he calls a curveball which was a slight cutting fastball. Other pitchers in Ruth's era could be categorized as a Greg Maddox finesse pitchers.

Again, Ruth was not fat.
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Yes, I'm saying the competition was easier. Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Wilie Mays, and Bob Gibson, to name just a few, would never have gotten to play in Ruth's era.
 
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(hatvol96 @ May 8 said:
Yes, I'm saying the competition was easier. Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Wilie Mays, and Bob Gibson, to name just a few, would never have gotten to play in Ruth's era.
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With nearly twice the number of teams today there are quite a few others who are not so illustrious performers who wouldn't have played in Ruth's era either. The pitching talent after the most recent expansion is quite diluted, some of these guys shouldn't be major league players IMO.
 
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(volinasheville @ May 8 said:
With nearly twice the number of teams today there are quite a few others who are not so illustrious performers who wouldn't have played in Ruth's era either. The pitching talent after the most recent expansion is quite diluted, some of these guys shouldn't be major league players IMO.
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Nobody threw a slider or a splitter in Ruth's day. Pitchers stayed out there til the game was over. Hitters today get to face a fresh pitcher every other at bat. Babe Ruth would never have to face Pedro Martinez, Johan Santana, K Rod, etc.
 
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Even with all the walks, Barry still has over 700 more AB's than Ruth to get those homers. Not saying BB's numbers aren't impressive, but Ruth changed the game completely. The man was the first to hit 30 homers the year he hit 54 and also had 94 wins as a pitcher with a .671 winning percentage and a 2.28 ERA. I don't care what era he played in he dominated that era.
 
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i think it's safe to say Bonds has done a lot in his career. and in some respects deserves every accolade he's gotten or will get. The guy is a player.

it's unfortunate that he does have the whold steroids thing over his head. Personally, i think he did juice up, along with MM, SS, JG and others....doesn't make it right mind you. But it's an atmosphere that was created by MLB and was furthered in 98 by MM and SS in thier HR chase. MLB at that time threw a blind eye at the issue becuase of what it was"doing for baseball". Well, now look what it's doing....

And again, i don't even like BB, but comparing him and Ruth....tough thing to do. so many factors that both had to face that the other one never had to....

But the pic was funny.
 
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