Hypothetical Question, could Ruth hit modern pitching

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

My point was that all sports aren't the same. Baseball as a sport has changed very little in the past 100 years. It's managed differently in game, but the game is the same and the same skills that made you an elite player like Ruth translate the same way today.

It's like saying Willie Mosconi wouldn't be as good at billiards now. Why not?

Billiards is not an athletic pursuit. Baseball obviously is. Football and basketball basics are the same as they were too, it's a question of do you see the similarities more than the differences or vice versa?

[packs]

I don't agree with that. If you took Red Grange and sent him to an NFL game in 2023 he'd have no idea what was going on.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't agree with that. If you took Red Grange and sent him to an NFL game in 2023 he'd have no idea what was going on.

It would take him 5 minutes to adapt, and then he would realize he was not nearly up to the challenge physically because of the evolution in athleticism.

[packs]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It would take him 5 minutes to adapt, and then he would realize he was not nearly up to the challenge physically because of the evolution in athleticism.

The point I have consistently made and don't see much of a challenge to is that the physical evolution in the NFL you're mentioning doesn't exist in major league baseball, at least not in my opinion.