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Old 10-25-2005, 03:52 PM
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Default Who will be more popular 500 years from now: Babe Ruth or John Lennon?

Posted By: Hal Lewis

I agree with Scott Gaynor.

Baseball is different than music because baseball has STATS.

Thus, we can always compare current players to old-time legends with a somewhat objective standard.

In music, there is no objective measurable standard.

Who is greater: Lennon or Elvis? Elvis or Elton? Elton or Springsteen? Springsteen or Streisand? It goes on and on forever.

Thus, while SOME people may think that John Lennon is a "God" of music... there are a TON of people who do NOT like his music and wouldn't collect anything of his if you gave it to them for free.

Babe Ruth was undeniably ALONE at the TOP of the entire sporting world for decades.

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