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Posted By: jay behrens

I guess the only way to get all the purists to stop whining and perserve the supposeded sanctity of baseball's records, all training and medical treatment should be reverted to 1950s or early so that everyone is playing on a level playing field. Training, medicine and other things that indirectly affect the game will always improve creating bigger, better, stronger players. If it isn't steroids, it's will be something else. Players will always will, and always have, looked for an edge and that will never stop.

It's nice to myopicly look back to years gone by, but the game is has never been "pure" and has always been in state of constant flux. Why do you think it is so hard compare players from different eras? It's also the reason you shouldn't hold players of the 1960s to the standards of the 1930s when considering them for the HOF. For that matter, 1930s was far from "pure" and stuck in the craw of old timers who whistfully dreamt of Deadball era when they player "real" baseball.

It's all relative. Accept the game for what it is today and realize that the game never be what it was in 70s, 30s, 10s or the 19c. The game can never go back, only forward.

Jay

Last year there was a fistfight between fans and players at a professional basketball game. Not to be outdone, the National Hockey League has announced that not only will several fans be beaten every period, but one lucky fan each game will be run over by the Zamboni.