Cobb vs. Ruth

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Posted By: jay behrens

I hope you don't honestly believe Bonds would only hit .250. That's as silly as the other person claiming that Cobb would hit over .500 if he played today.

If anyone has ever read Bill James Historical Abstract or books by Pete Palmer and Jim Thorn, then you know that these guys all agree that the great from that era were truely great, but the bad players were truely bad. I think was James that explained talent on a bell curve and that in the early years the curve was fairly flat. But as you move to the modern era, the curve becomes very steep with the greats remaining on the same spot in the graph, but the median and poor players moving further right all the time.

Jay