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Ex-MLB Star David Justice Says Shohei Ohtani Is Better Than Babe Ruth

by Larry Leo

August 23, 202125 Comments

Ex-MLB Star David Justice Says Shohei Ohtani Is Better Than Babe Ruth

Who's better, Babe Ruth or Shohei Ohtani? Well, it's the big MLB debate right now. Former MLB star David Justice has made his pick and he’s going with the current two-way L.A. Angels star Ohtani...

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“Babe Ruth played against farmers,” Justice said, via TMZ Sports. “Oh, and by the way, [Ruth] only played against one race. … You didn’t play against none of the Negro League players. You didn’t play against none of the Asian players. You didn’t play none of the Latin players. So, you only played against this population of players.”

"I don't want it to sound like I'm hating on Babe," Justice tells us. "It's just that I'm giving extra love to Ohtani."

Well, who gets your vote, Ruth or Ohtani?

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vol-boy

I remember when they said Tiger was better than Jack and would easily break his majors record. HaHa!

Reply•25 months

BigTimer23

Tiger at his peak was far more dominant than Jack without question

25 months

tucoco

Well, it's true, but David Justice isn't saying anything that people shouldn't already know. If you played sports like I did coming up, then you should know that you just can't compare an athlete from the past era to today's athletes, there's just no comparison. Smh Athlete's today are bigger, stronger, faster, and everything else. The Babe was something in his time, I'm sure, but today I'm not to sure he'd stand out.

Reply•25 months

tucoco

Reply•25 months

PhilK

Babe didn't have to listen to shitty rap music in the locker room.

Reply•25 months

Bth517

Now its Spanish rap. Even worse.

25 months

stho381

Babe did it his whole career while drinking and smoking almost every night. Ohtani has been doing it a couple years. Let's let the career finish before we compare him to one of the GOATs.

Reply•25 months

arcalades

Babe is dead so I'd expect someone living to be better

Reply•25 months

ncinthenext3

Why did he copy Kris Jenner's hair?

Reply•25 months

TigerDM

It's amazing what he's doing, but give it a few year. There have been numerous players over the years that have looked fantastic, then for one reason of another, didn't live up to the unrealistic expectations.

Reply•25 months

NorthPark

When Babe played the outfields were deep if they had a fence. Inside the park homers were a lot more common in his time. While Babe is only credited with 10 ITP homers the outfielders often played the wrong depth. Ruth was a powerful batter but he was an average athlete even for his time.

Reply•25 months

BigWillieStyle

Farmers league

Reply•25 months

Zzyzx

This is true of any modern era player though realistically... this is their only job. Get more money than kings and queens. Their whole life is devoted to being at peak performance. It just sounds good as a clickbait headline, but yes. The worst player in the MLB currently is probably better than Babe Ruth if they were put on the same field today. That’s true of any sport

Reply•25 months

Vacherie Saint

I think guys like MJ and Jim Brown would still be among the elite in today's leagues. Its definitely true of baseball though.

25 months

tucoco

Vacherie Saint - Of course Big Jim would stand out today, he was the prototype for today's RB way back then. But are you serious about MJ?? Lmao MJ would take apart today's NBA, he's dominate and destroy LeBron. Lol

25 months

Vacherie Saint

If Babe played today, with the skills he had in his prime, he'd never make it out of AA. If Ohtani played back then, with the skills he possesses now, the sport would have been renamed Shoheiball back in 1920.

Reply•25 months

hogminer

Tell us about those times you watched Babe play. Should be interesting.

25 months

eddieray

He’s in better shape than Babe. But there was no one as dominant at the time they played than Ruth was at the time he played. Otherwise, I understand his argument.

Reply•25 months

Sebastian

Babe chugged a pitcher of beer, at ten bratwursts, then hit a dinger.

Reply•25 months

Rex Feral

STFU David.

Reply•25 months

Feelthebarn

Babe is the goat. He invented home runs

Reply•25 months

TheTigershark

Dumb comparison

Reply•25 months

Outdoorreb

Ohtani is a lot better then The Babe ever was. I’m sure Babe Ruth had 1/20th of the training Ohtani.

Reply•25 months

Tiger in Texas

You are dumb...that is all...

25 months

tucoco

Tiger in Texas - Outdoorreb is telling the truth in some regards, if y'all think an athlete from the past can compete with an athlete from today's ball. Then y'all are seriously tripping on something!

25 months