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Posted By: runscott

Rhett and Jay, you make good points about today's youth having other sports to choose from. But keep in mind also that with all the money available to athletes today, more people grow up trying to make the majors. Additionaly, back in the old days baseball players were considered ruffians - dishonorable sport that families sometimes thought disgraced them. Take Rube Marquard, for example, and I'm sure his story is fairly typical.

....so, I stick with my original assertion. But like you guys, it's just an opinion based on numbers I've looked up (like the pop stats), and what I've read about the old game, which is quite extensive.