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Originally Posted by JRutledge
There has never been another man, because they will not let them, not because he was a much better athlete in the history of the game. Just look at Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals. Now I would never compare the accomplishments of Ruth to Ankiel, but I am sure if given a chance there are many players that can hit and pitch, but they are often want people to focus on one or the other. And even if you can hit, people want certain kind of players for specific position.
And my ultimate point is there was an explosion of 500 Home Run hitters and let the "experts" tell it, that only happen because of drugs. Not that athletes in all sports lift more weights, train at an earlier age, played organized ball at earlier age, play more games long before they get to the pros and these "experts" want you to believe he could not be surpassed. Oh, I almost forgot, Babe Ruth did not play against Blacks or Latinos either, which some historians have shown that many of those players were better than the average player of that time. And even if they were not as good, we have no way of knowing for sure what many of those players would have done before 1947.
I honestly do not know what is so special about what the "experts" have to say other than Burns or some fantasy of what used to be.
Peace
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I don't think there's any doubt among people who have studied the game that Babe Ruth was and will likely remain the greatest player of all time.
Perhaps some would argue that Ted Williams and Ty Cobb were better hitters, but many people forget that Ruth was a lifetime .342 hitter and is #1 all-time in lifetime OPS (even with Barry Bonds and the seasons of the intentional walk thrown in to skew those numbers). Not only that, he was 94-46 as a pitcher and had a career 2.28 ERA.
I don't think opening up baseball to African-American and Latino players would've changed much of those numbers, if at all.