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Originally Posted by Balticfox
If true, that's yet another reason for me to dislike Babe Ruth. I loved the running game played during the dead ball era. That was far more entertaining, action filled baseball than the present swing for the fences game played these days.
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I don't disagree that today's game is kinda one-note, but hating on Babe Ruth...
Personally, I think there is nothing more thrilling than to see a player like Ruth step into the box, but the game ebbs and flows based on equipment, stadiums and talent. Look at the running game in the 1970s-1980s, it surpassed the deadball game. Speed demons all over the place because the artificial turf in many stadiums favored speed:
Rickey Henderson
Vince Coleman
Lou Brock
Tim Raines
Joe Morgan
Ron LeFlore
Omar Moreno
Willie Wilson
Davey Lopes
Mickey Rivers
Not a single player stole over 100 bases between 1900 and 1920; over 100 bases were stolen seven times between 1974 and 1988.