[goodolemr]

Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

[AmishDude]

Barry played during the expansion era.

[lonestar]

Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

Your point is....?

[Cyber Liberty]

Thanks for brightening the thread with that.

[brewcrew]

Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

Meaning that white pitchers are easier to hit? What are you talking about?

[Alberta's Child]

Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

What does that have to do with the number of home runs he hit during his career?

[Tallguy]

Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

True, but it was also during an era before the talent pool was diluted through expansion. So the depth-of-talent thing cuts both ways.

Starting pitching during Ruth's era was probably better. OTOH, Relief Pitching hadn't been invented yet (not really).

Ball parks were generally much bigger, but some had short fences or tight sidelines that offset the depth to straightaway center.

And how does one account for the variation in the 'hardness' of the ball or bat technology? I remember many stories over the years about the ball changing.

[Labyrinthos]

Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

He also played in an era of dead baseballs and dead bats, pitchers who threw at your head if you pissed them off, doubleheaders, long bus and train rides, 154 game seasons, and extremely deep centerfield walls.

[L98Fiero]

"Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era."

That is a good point. I bet we were denyed some legends because of it.

Still it's been desgregated quite a while...

[hodaka]

"Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era." So I guess if we use this argument I guess we can say that George Washington was a lousy president because he owned slaves.