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Posted By: Jay

I think both Cobb and Ruth would have been better if they played today. Reasons:

1.Dilution of talent today--more teams and more sports to compete for athletes--today's players are better athletes and worse baseball players
2.Brushback pitches have essentially been eliminated from the game
3.Juiced baseball
4.Better training facilities
5.Yankee Stadium smaller for Ruth--CF has been moved in a lot

Partial Offsets

1.Impact of Latin,Black and other foreign players
2.Night baseball (don't know how they would adjust to this but probably fine)