Listened to ESPN Racist Radio morons this morning. White loser recited his top 5 “of all time” players, who were all black (Mays-Aaron-Bonds...). When he dared to mention Babe Ruth, the idiot black co-host said “nope...he never played against Negro leaguers—doesn’t count. What a joke. So Hank Aaron, who hit where the CF fence was 402 (and remember how they kept moving the fence in at Atlanta for Aaron—how is that not as bad as steroids?), is to be compared against Ruth, whose CF fence was 468??? Aaron, who trailed Ruth’s career average by 40 points. Aaron—who took 100 years to get to 755, while Ruth, had he played as long as Aaron, would have had 1,667 home runs!!! But because he didn’t play black pitchers it all means nothing??? This kind of racism is on ESPN nearly every day now. Mickey Mantle didn’t even make the top 10, even though he played against blacks—and his stats blew Aaron’s out of the water.
Ruth’s rightfield porch was very close.
The Yankees are always looking for Left-handed power hitters for the middle of their lineup. Why? The Right-Field “porch” that was put in allegedly to advantage Ruth’s HR stats. Whether that was intended or not (I think it was), it certainly helped Ruth hit HR’s out of what otherwise was a mammouth ballpark.
Guest William Rhoden's reasoning is downright embarrasing. In one breath he acknowledges the steroid-era, and suspicions about Bonds; in the next he says, "No one can question Bonds' accomplishment."
Huh?
And the one thing that pisses me off the most is that MLB has not retired Ruth's Number.
This was the guy who defined the word 5 Tool Player. But as there was never another Babe Ruth they had to shorten the list of skills they were looking for in a ball player.
He hit for Power, Avg., On Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage. Drove in Runs, Stole bases, Fielded could Throw. Was the Ultimate Clutch Hitter and he did what no other player today can do......
Pitch a Complete Game while doing all of the above.
And the guy would would party like it was 1999. Because Baseball was fun. And he was having fun.