Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
The Man wrote:
I never watched any of these guys play baseball but Ted Williams numbers always amazed me. The fact that he spent 3 years in his mid-twenties in the service took away what would have been even better numbers. Babe Ruth played in a very exclusive time when 1/3 of the league was nicknamed rube and one of the better pitchers had 3 fingers. His number are great but I think that in a different era they would have be slightly less impressive.
Same thing with DiMaggio. You know, if you take out the Fenway and Yankee Stadium numbers from each guy's stats, there pretty close to the same. In fact, DiMaggio is slightly better.
I think you're way off on Ruth. He played in a tough time against tough men and the difference between him and the next best guy was greater than for anyone else in any team sport in any era.
I do think baseball was at it's best from between the time Robinson broke in up until expansion. In particular, the National League of that era was as good as any baseball league has ever been as they were quicker to accept the black and Latino players.
The Big Red Machine was the GOAT
Johnny Bench (c), Tony Perez (1b), Joe Morgan (2b), Dave Concepcion (ss), Pete Rose (3b), Ken Griffey (rf), Cesar Geronimo (cf) and Geoge Foster (lf).
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