5/28/2023 0 Comments Breaking The Rules by Ruth Wind![]() ![]() There's no way of knowing exactly, but no one can convince me that Ruth would have the same numbers had he hit against the likes of Rube Foster, Hilton Smith, and Satchel Paige. Ruth played in an era when baseball, like everything else in America, was segregated. It is unfair to label Ruth as the greatest ever when he didn't play against the best competition. However, don't confuse dominance for being the greatest player ever. He was the most dominant player and far superior to anybody that played against him. He towered over the competition like no player before or since. I won't deny Ruth's greatness as a player. ![]() He not only hit 714 career home runs, but he also won 94 games as a pitcher and very likely could have made the Hall of Fame as a pitcher. Proponents of Ruth will say Ruth is by far the best player. Ruth, along with a new set of rules, took the control of the game off of the pitcher's mound and moved it directly into the batter's box.Īs great as Ruth was, he simply wasn't as good as William Howard Mays, the greatest baseball player of all time. He revolutionized the game and saved it after the Chicago Black Sox scandal of 1919. Babe Ruth has become an icon almost bigger that the sport itself. ![]()
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