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And remember the tremendous difference in the ball Babe Ruth was hitting for homers in the twenties. It was a beanbag comparied to today's rabbit ball.
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I think tsuwm's right...but what about slugging percentage? Fergie Jenkins pitched for the Cubs, and Billy Williams was a top rate player. And I just saw a spot on the news that there's a guy in Canada who customizes maple bats for many of today's players, including Barry Bonds, as opposed to the traditional Louisville Slugger ash bats. The bats have a larger "sweet spot" and harder wood... now let's just give one of those to Ruth or Mays or Ted Williams hi, wow and see what happens! Sheesh! And, yes, I willingly have entered the Baseball Hall of Shame for my major-league gaffe...but spare me some mercy, guys...please? 
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Jim Abbott was a top rated southpaw with one hand who broke in around '87. He showed a lot of promise and pitched superbly for a few seasons. What an inspiration it was to see him switch his glove on and off his bad hand to pitch and field with such speed and dexterity! I wanted to see him have a hall-of-fame career...I think everyone did. But he faltered along the way after the "wondrous" George Steinbrenner did a trip on his head when he pitched for the Yanks (I may be a Yankee fan, but I've never been a Steinbrenner fan!), and finally retired about two years ago, Still, the level of his achievement is a marvel in my mind. I'm eagerly waiting for the movie!
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I willingly have entered the Baseball Hall of Shame for my major-league gaffe...but spare me some mercy, guys...please?
I would tell my brother, but that would be too cruel.
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I think AsP kindly started a whole nother thread for you baseball junkies to chatter to yourselves!!
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say, here's an idea: let's start up the baseball-cricket wars again.
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yeahbut. What about those of us who think they're BOTH boring?!
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"yeahbut. What about those of us who think they're BOTH boring?!"
Then don't read it.
That shouldn't stop those of us who don't think that.
"ASAP kindly started a whole nother thread"
That thread goes under what category of the Main Index? Miscellany? or hijack some under-used category?
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that shouldn't stop....Exactly. Problem arises only when another topic suddenly zooms off into the obscure reaches of one-legged penguin-fanciers etc! I only have a problem with topics that I know will bore me if they are flagged as continuation of something else entirely - I feel about most sports topics like some feel about politics and religion  and FWIW, quoting AsP: Might be better if we confined said discussion here, folks (speaking from experience )http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=31712
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Let those who find any topic boring either ignore it, or think of a better one.
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