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Originally Posted by robw1959
I will always tell people to be careful when making modern player comparisons to Ruth. He was routinely batting against 450' centerfield fences. Even so, in 1921 Babe Ruth managed to hit a 500" homer in every American League ballpark he faced.
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That's amazing - the power that man could generate and with baseballs that weren't wound so tight, it's incredible.
On the flip side, Ruth wasn't facing 3-4 pitchers each night who were fresh and throwing pills at 95 - 102 mph. Think of how many starting pitchers in his era went 9 innings/game, and threw 300+ innings/yr... humans haven't devolved since that era so in pre-war and beyond, the time a lineup got to their 3rd AB in a game, in mid-season, a lot of arms were worn. Never taking away anything from the stars and greats of that era, but it was completely different.
Think of the prep between starts that pitchers go through in the modern era - and Ohtani is doing that and playing full time.... scout the pitching staff w/ film work on non-pitching days, hitting routine, then pitching recovery on start +1 days, start +2, start+ 3, etc.
Just impressive all around! Both players are absolute greats!