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joe brennanApples to Oranges, apples to oranges. You cannot compare todays game with the stars from 100 years ago. Power stats, blah blah. Small parks, juiced balls, juiced other things. It's how much greater the player was to the players he played with. Cobb was a man amoung boys. He did everything better in his era. Gretsky, a man amoung boys. Jim Brown, 12 game seasons, a man amoung boys. Jerry Rice, the greatest ever. Weren't Yankee stadium fences move in 50 or 60 feet? The monuments use to be in play. The games has changed but the great ones stand out. When Ruth hit 60 HR's he hit more than 21 other teams combined? How far above the players they play with currently is the measure. Jeter is agreat player but is he that much better than everyone he plays with? He's got a guy playing to the right of him everyday that would beg to differ.
People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't never seen a penny of it.