Shohei leads off with a home run and pitches 5 shutout innings. Ruth never did that.

[Oklahoma Journalist]

why do you disagree?....there is a reason pitchers won 30 games in the dead ball era...

Because they were smarter than today’s steroid players blowing out their arms.

 

[jacksonlamb]

More than 700 home runs beginning in the squash ball era morphing seamless into the modern age and averaged career wise more than .340. Only Ted Williams, if he had those five missed seasons, could have challenged that.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Ruth hit far more HRs than anyone in his era. He looked dominant because he was dominant.

he was dominate because those guys went from a crappy ball,were its mostly hit and run to a ball that was harder and goes farther and faster and Ruth was the only guy hitting for power everyone else was still hit and run....ty cobb in an interview that supposed to be around 1923 was asked how come no one was hitting for power like ruth,,he said the boys as soon as they figure this faster ball out you will see more ....and low and behold the late 20's and 30's all kinds of players hitting 30,40 and even 50 hrs...if ruth played in the 30's and had his same numbers he would just look like another of the great homer guys from that era...but he would not have been as dominate as he was in the 20's....when one hits 50 hr and next guy has 23 you look dominate....when you hit 50 but there are maybe 20 other players hitting 30 or 40 or even 50 hrs...you dont look so dominate....

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

he was dominate because those guys went from a crappy ball,were its mostly hit and run to a ball that was harder and goes farther and faster and Ruth was the only guy hitting for power everyone else was still hit and run....ty cobb in an interview that supposed to be around 1923 was asked how come no one was hitting for power like ruth,,he said the boys as soon as they figure this faster ball out you will see more ....and low and behold the late 20's and 30's all kinds of players hitting 30,40 and even 50 hrs...if ruth played in the 30's and had his same numbers he would just look like another of the great homer guys from that era...but he would not have been as dominate as he was in the 20's....when one hits 50 hr and next guy has 23 you look dominate....when you hit 50 but there are maybe 20 other players hitting 30 or 40 or even 50 hrs...you dont look so dominate....

If, if, if…..


IF only you pontificators would step into reality.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Because they were smarter than today’s steroid players blowing out their arms.

yea thats the reason why.....pitchers had the advantage because of the ball they used for just about the whole game.....they didnt have to throw 90 plus...

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

yea thats the reason why.....pitchers had the advantage because of the ball they used for just about the whole game.....they didnt have to throw 90 plus...

Lay off the steroids and thinking you can throw 100 mph

 

[Harry Dresden]

If, if, if…..


IF only you pontificators would step into reality.

so you cant prove what i said wrong?...

 

[Harry Dresden]

Lay off the steroids and thinking you can throw 100 mph

you will have to explain that one....

 

[jacksonlamb]

You just showed us you don't understand the history or the nature of MLB.

Just don't reply to Harry Dresden on baseball. He is being willfully ignorant.

he was dominate because those guys went from a crappy ball,were its mostly hit and run to a ball that was harder and goes farther and faster and Ruth was the only guy hitting for power everyone else was still hit and run....ty cobb in an interview that supposed to be around 1923 was asked how come no one was hitting for power like ruth,,he said the boys as soon as they figure this faster ball out you will see more ....and low and behold the late 20's and 30's all kinds of players hitting 30,40 and even 50 hrs...if ruth played in the 30's and had his same numbers he would just look like another of the great homer guys from that era...but he would not have been as dominate as he was in the 20's....when one hits 50 hr and next guy has 23 you look dominate....when you hit 50 but there are maybe 20 other players hitting 30 or 40 or even 50 hrs...you dont look so dominate....

 

[Harry Dresden]

You just showed us you don't understand the history or the nature of MLB.

Just don't reply to Harry Dresden on baseball. He is being willfully ignorant.

so you cant prove me wrong either?...most of the stuff i told you was from the baseball almanac....

 

[Meister]

Ruth hit far more HRs than anyone in his era. He looked dominant because he was dominant.

I've always said that you can't critique the different era's using just one criteria.
Judge each in their own era. The sport as in music is a progression. You have to go through
one era to get to the next era.

 

[jacksonlamb]

I've always said that you can't critique the different era's using just one criteria.
Judge each in their own era. The sport as in music is a progression. You have to go through
one era to get to the next era.

Well expressed. Ruth would have excelled in any era, imo, whether pitching or hitting.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Well expressed. Ruth would have excelled in any era, imo, whether pitching or hitting.

but he would not have been so dominate....

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

but he would not have been so dominate....

He might have been. He would also have had the benefit if being groomed all his life, like today's players.

 

[Harry Dresden]

He might have been. He would also have had the benefit if being groomed all his life, like today's players.

right but when he was hitting 50 hr and the next guy was hitting 23 he looked pretty dominate,but in the late 20's and into the 30's there were many guys hitting as many as he was,now he was just another great homer guy...

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

right but when he was hitting 50 hr and the next guy was hitting 23 he looked pretty dominate,but in the late 20's and into the 30's there were many guys hitting as many as he was,now he was just another great homer guy...

Well sure, they all copied him.

 

[jacksonlamb]

but he would not have been so dominate....

Sure he would. So would have Gehrig, Fox, Simmons, and a Riggs Stephenson if he could have stayed healthy.

It's still the same athleticism and coordination that set them apart.

Did you know a rookie struck out Joe Sewell once in 1930 and he struck out only one more time all season?

We have great ballplayers today, but they are no heads and shoulders above those of the 20s and 30s.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Sure he would. So would have Gehrig, Fox, Simmons, and a Riggs Stephenson if he could have stayed healthy.

It's still the same athleticism and coordination that set them apart.

Did you know a rookie struck out Joe Sewell once in 1930 and he struck out only one more time all season?

We have great ballplayers today, but they are no heads and shoulders above those of the 20s and 30s.

whats your opinion of being dominate?...yours is different then mine...

 

[jacksonlamb]

That could be so. I

whats your opinion of being dominate?...yours is different then mine...

I would like to see the All Star teams of 1934 and 2026 play each other in a seven game set.

 

[Harry Dresden]

That could be so. I

I would like to see the All Star teams of 1934 and 2026 play each other in a seven game set.

the guys in the thirties would be seeing faster pitches by pitchers who are bigger and stronger then the ones they are used to...speaking of the all stars i wish they would play it after the series is over and make it a three game series playing for charities...