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Originally Posted by Casey2296

Good point. Transport the modern players back to 1927 and they would struggle with things like scuffed balls, metal spikes, taunting, shoulder checks, smaller bases, chin music, spitters, bad diet, long train rides, doing their own laundry, working in the off season, etc. I do think modern scrapper guys would do well back then cuz that's the style of play.
And just for perspective, Ty Cobb held 90+ major league records when he retired, 90+!, some of which still stand today. He was not only better than all of his peers but he was better than most of the players that followed him by a wide margin.
Imagine a player retiring today with 90 MLB records.
And let's invite the modern day players to throw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River, Walter Johnson did it at age 48 and threw it 430 feet, 23 yards farther than a modern day football field. Or let's get modern day catchers out to the Washington Monument to test their skill at catching a ball dropped from 555 feet like Gabby Street.

If you like those type of cool stories I highly recommend finding an old copy of the book More Strange but true Baseball stories. It is full of stories like the Walter Johnson and Gabby Street(pic on front cover) ones.