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Juuuuuuuust sayinnnnnnnn'...
illwill:
Call me when Barroid throws 29⅔ straight scoreless innings in the World Series.
S P I C E:
^^Ruth played in a sport that at the time banned the greatest athletes from being allowed to play ::)
It is also absurd to compare a player from the 20's to now. Bonds is EASILY the greatest player since Willie Mays though and possibly the greatest baseball player in the history of the game.
illwill:
You know whats so sad about Barroid. If it wasn't for his ego and and jealousy without a doubt he would of gone down as a top 10 player of all time. Instead he was jealous of McGwire and Sosa and now with all his accomplishments he may not even get voted into the HOF. When so many were juicing before him, he was still the best player in Baseball. And that still wasn't enough for him.
S P I C E:
--- Quote from: Fist pump from hell on January 09, 2010, 11:55:14 PM ---You know whats so sad about Barroid. If it wasn't for his ego and and jealousy without a doubt he would of gone down as a top 10 player of all time. Instead he was jealous of McGwire and Sosa and now with all his accomplishments he may not even get voted into the HOF. When so many were juicing before him, he was still the best player in Baseball. And that still wasn't enough for him.
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That is on point. I can't argue w/ that. Bonds and Clemens were already baseball legends before they juiced and there poor decisions cost them their legacies. Bonds made a stupid, stupid decision to say the very least.
illwill:
--- Quote from: S P I C E on January 09, 2010, 11:54:07 PM ---^^Ruth played in a sport that at the time banned the greatest athletes from being allowed to play ::)
It is also absurd to compare a player from the 20's to now. Bonds is EASILY the greatest player since Willie Mays though and possibly the greatest baseball player in the history of the game.
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Babe Ruth faced many Negro League greats in barnstorming games that took place during the regular season. Lets see todays player take on the schedule of players in the 20's. On top of not have the modern amenities and advances in medicine that they have today. Babe Ruth one instance faced Satchel Paige in a barnstorming game. Ruth crushed a home run off him. Buck O'Neil said it was the only time he had ever seen Paige speechless. And people talk about blacks not being allowed to play. While it was just whites in the game at the time. It was the best of white athletes playing Baseball at time. The other sports were no where near as lucrative as Baseball and didn't take as many kids away from the game. You also only had 8 teams per league which didn't stretch pitching out nearly as thin as it is now. And even during that time Babe Ruth feasted off the best Baseball had to offer. During his career Babe Ruth on a couple of occasions played through injuries that now a days would have players on the DL for a month. He also lost many home runs in the late teens and early 20's due to some ridiculous rules in the game such as if a ball crossed the fence fair but landed it foul it was a foul ball. Now granted you can bring up the short porch in RF in the old Yankee Stadium which I think was 298 down the line which no doubt aided Ruth at times but historians through tedious research have shown Babe Ruth's power was to the gaps and not down the line. A legit argument can be made for Barry being the best of all time but I think it's Babe and I think its ridiculous when people try to dismiss Babe Ruth because he didn't face blacks during the regular season.
With all that being said... arguments like this are what makes Baseball >>>> any other sport.
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