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Originally Posted by milkit1
I'd live to see the mlb outlaw batting helmets and legalise all illegal pitching just to see all these "naturally talented" new players averages plummit. Cobb hit over 400 and probably couldn't even see the ball half the time. Maybe that would be a good punishment to steroid users! Make them earn that money!
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These days batters can crowd the plate without any consequence, and the pitcher gets fined for throwing inside. It has DRAMATICALLY changed the game.
We also haven't mentioned the lowering of the pitching mound in modern times, which has also tilted the playing field towards the batter.
No doubt players are bigger and stronger today, and in some ways more skilled, but there are many many advantages that modern batters have that dead ball batters did not have.