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re: Players from past vs players today (baseball)
Posted on 4/16/14 at 8:42 am to cheesesteak501
Posted on 4/16/14 at 8:42 am to cheesesteak501
Good luck sneaking some mediocre 2014 fastball by a prime Von Hayes.
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Posted on 4/16/14 at 8:51 am to cheesesteak501
If they were born later, they would be fine. If they were zapped here by a time machine, it would be quite an adjustment.
Same for modern players being zapped to the 1920s with none of today's perks, low pay, and having to work real jobs during the off season. It would be a big adjustment.
Same for modern players being zapped to the 1920s with none of today's perks, low pay, and having to work real jobs during the off season. It would be a big adjustment.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:00 am to Master of Sinanju
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Same for modern players being zapped to the 1920s with none of today's perks, low pay, and having to work real jobs during the off season. It would be a big adjustment.
This is a good point. Imagine if today's coddled, rich athletes had to work in the offseason, travel by train, and didn't have modern medicine or training. Drop Mike Trout into 1920, and he has to deal with things he's never dreamed of... like shineballs. Or terrible field conditions.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:14 am to cheesesteak501
Ruth is an all-time great and could easily crack most lineups at first or DH. Look around at the league, how many DHs are there that are actually worth something?
Posted on 4/16/14 at 11:30 am to cheesesteak501
Babe Ruth was nothing but a fat old man with little-girl legs. And here's something I just found out recently ... he wasn't really a sultan.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 11:52 am to Master of Sinanju
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If they were born later, they would be fine. If they were zapped here by a time machine, it would be quite an adjustment. Same for modern players being zapped to the 1920s with none of today's perks, low pay, and having to work real jobs during the off season. It would be a big adjustment.
Excellent point. But one thing that nobody has mentioned ... baseball was the sport of choice back in the 20s.
Every boy wanted to play baseball and minor leagues started at Class D. Heck, New Iberia had a minor league professional team.
So, the sifting process through the numbers was MUCH larger back then than it is today. Today, athletes who would have been baseball players in 1920 are choosing other sports... FB, basketball, soccer, video games.
That's why current MLB has to import so many players from Latin America and Japan. Baseball is no longer the sport that every American kid grows up wanting to play like it was in the 20s.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 1:35 pm to VerlanderBEAST
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Mays, Mantle
Two of the most talented people to ever put on a pair of spikes.
Had Mickey taken better care of himself and had modern sports medicine, he'd likely own every record in baseball.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 3:23 pm to elprez00
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Had Mickey taken better care of himself and had modern sports medicine, he'd likely own every record in baseball.
As he said, he didn't know he'd live so long.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 3:26 pm to cheesesteak501
Ty Cobb probably has the best bat control of anybody that has ever played baseball. Yes he would be very successful today.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 3:43 pm to SaintCajun
One thing that is frequently over looked in these threads is that there have been very few changes to the fundamentals of baseball over the years.
Give Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb or any other number of HOF players from the 20s a 31oz bat and Spring Training to see pitching and they'd adapt.
Give Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb or any other number of HOF players from the 20s a 31oz bat and Spring Training to see pitching and they'd adapt.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 5:00 pm to Zach
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Every boy wanted to play baseball and minor leagues started at Class D.
There were hundreds of minor league teams. The competition to get and stay in the majors was intense.
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