Clemente: Inner circle of the elite, or on his way?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

Many top-10 lists look similar to this, with all 10 having played in the last 100 years yet only 1 (sometimes 2) has played in the last 50 years. Were ball players really that much better in the early-mid 20th century? Or do we tend to inflate the legacies those players left behind? In 50 years from now, will Maddux and Clemens and Pedro and Randy Johnson and Arod sneak into these lists? Or have we been watching bad baseball the past 50 years?

sorry to get off-topic, just making an observation

I think on a prewar card board there is going to be a lot of nostalgia inflation.