Barry Bonds walks into a room already having all of the questions and answers to an IQ Test in hand. After finishing up, he'll be hailed as the smartest (living) man in the world by some people.

PATHETIC!!!!!!!

I read that his contemporaries said that Ruth was an excellent defensive player who never threw to the wrong base. And he was a right fielder, where the better defensive guys played (as opposed to left field, that is.) Clemente, Furillo, Kaline had the cannons, as opposed to their left field counterparts.

It would be nice if they would choose to prosecute strong cases for meaningful crimes with identifiable victims instead of wasting tons of money on showboating, revenge, and/or fame-chasing prosecutions. The only reason to go after Bonds and Clemens alone among the steroid accused was that they were the two biggest names. There was a case to be made against Bonds, though it was silly to spend so much time and effort on such a petty crime, but there wasn’t even a case at all on Clemens. Would be nice if we could save our money instead.

Ruth played about as many games in left field as in right. At least, if this is right.

Ruth played in 1128 games in right field, another 1047 in left field, 163 as a pitcher, 74 in center field, and 32 at first base.

I wonder when they would decide to play him at first

Looks like 18 of the games at first were during 2 seasons with Boston. The rest are scattered throughout the years with the Yankees. I never knew he played so many games in left. I only remember ever hear him talked about as a right fielder.

Oh, you know. Whenever Gehrig needed a rest day.

Babe Ruth pitched 5 games for the Yankees, 4 as the starting pitcher and 1 in relief, and he won all 5.

His ERA for rhe Yankees was 5.52.

Who cares. He won.