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Originally Posted by Snowman
I forgot to address the comments earlier about record breaking being more a function of technology and environmental factors than evolutionary factors. This is certainly true as well, though the degree to which this applies varies greatly by sport.
Here's an interesting TED talk on the topic
https://youtu.be/8COaMKbNrX0?si=Dzvz-03MvT086MUS |
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Originally Posted by eliotdeutsch
Love this Ted talk on the subject. Just posted it and saw you had as well.
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My takeaway from watching this TedTalk is that it is likely many of the players of baseball in 1910s would be pushed into other sports due to their body types. If we really think about it, it is amazing Billy Hamilton and Elly de la Cruz are baseball players rather than running for a track team at some university. In 1920, professional baseball was the game of choice. However, today players opt out of baseball to pursue Football -- like Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson, and Tom Brady. If Ruth, Foxx, Gehrig, and some of the other two sport athletes from 1920 were transplanted today would they do the same thing?
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