Hypothetical Question, could Ruth hit modern pitching

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bnorth

You might want to actually check out how big Ted Williams was.

Oh my, Mr Paige doing that was more of an example of how poor his competition actually was during those exhibitions. To be clear there is zero chance Babe Ruth could magically appear and not look absolutely foolish against todays best pitchers.

Now if Mr Ruth was born 30 years ago and had all the benefits of todays training, food, supplements, and ate the horse meat he would still be one of the best to ever play.

The question was if Babe Ruth was transported to todays game could he hit. Not if he was afforded all the benefits of todays technology/training could he hit.

Funny how people keep changing the question, isn't it? And yeah, Paige could strike out the side therefore he must have been throwing everything in the 90s. There's a logical conclusion. BTW, from all I've read Paige also had an extraordinary arsenal of offspeed and trick pitches.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Funny how people keep changing the question, isn't it? And yeah, Paige could strike out the side therefore he must have been throwing everything in the 90s. There's a logical conclusion. BTW, from all I've read Paige also had an extraordinary arsenal of offspeed and trick pitches.

Don't forget about the "pea at the knee," which was his go-to pitch, his fastball.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by robw1959

Don't forget about the "pea at the knee," which was his go-to pitch, his fastball.

Well of course he had a great heater, but we don't know the actual speed and cannot infer it from his success.