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Today's Players Or Yesterday's Players?
Do you think Babe Ruth or Christy Mathewson would do as well playing today? I'm not saying if they had access to the training methods of today, but how much of baseball is based on athletic ability and how much based on skill (Fernando Valenzuela was overweight and grew up playing in dirt sandlots and he turned out pretty good)? Can the old timers play in this day and age and be dominant like they were? Interested in all opinions.Tags: None -
Re: Today\'s Players Or Yesterday\'s Players?
I think that some of the old time pitchers might be put down a notch or two but still be amazing. There are some that would be amazing in any era tho.
If anything some of the hitters would probably struggle a lot. The TRUE legends would make it regardless of era but there's a select few of them.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
"Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. ParkerComment
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Re: Today\'s Players Or Yesterday\'s Players?
I think that some of the old time pitchers might be put down a notch or two but still be amazing. There are some that would be amazing in any era tho.
If anything some of the hitters would probably struggle a lot. The TRUE legends would make it regardless of era but there's a select few of them.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
"Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. ParkerComment
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Re: Today\'s Players Or Yesterday\'s Players?
I think that some of the old time pitchers might be put down a notch or two but still be amazing. There are some that would be amazing in any era tho.
If anything some of the hitters would probably struggle a lot. The TRUE legends would make it regardless of era but there's a select few of them.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
"Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. ParkerComment
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Re: Today\'s Players Or Yesterday\'s Players?
I think the hitters of old would do just as well since the game is more hitter friendly, and the parks are smaller.
The older pitchers would struggle for the same reason. And I think a lot of today's hitters would struggle in the old parks. How many HRs would Bonds have now if he were still in Candlestick? Or a park like Forbes Field?“In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.” - Lewis BlackComment
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Re: Today\'s Players Or Yesterday\'s Players?
I think the hitters of old would do just as well since the game is more hitter friendly, and the parks are smaller.
The older pitchers would struggle for the same reason. And I think a lot of today's hitters would struggle in the old parks. How many HRs would Bonds have now if he were still in Candlestick? Or a park like Forbes Field?“In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.” - Lewis BlackComment
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