I Respect THE BABE for what he accomplished in his career but l believe the reason ppl push back on his accomplishment, including myself, is because he did so in an era where very talented baseball players throughout the entire Majors were few and far between. On a day in and day out basis he wasn't playing against a gauntlet of high end athletes Shot-Out to Tim for always providing baseball knowledge one never knows they need!
Actually, he was playing vs top talent. Remember that when Ruth played there was only 16 teams, 8 in each league. Plus, teams rolled with 4 man rotations so only 32 SP in each league. Ruth faced the 28 best SP in AL which would be equivalent to guys facing only top 2 guys on each teams rotation today. He was ahead of his time which is why he is the GOAT. Also agree about Tim, I would love to have a conversation with him about baseball.
How do you know? There were no TV and only foggy video. Small sample size of moving film. Everything they talk about is only about a guy they never seen!! Knowing how exaggerated and mythical things are said about people in those days, it’s likely Ruth stories are gravely exaggerated. He might have been the best among people at that time but with no internet and no competition from other category than white players that happen to be there..how do we even know? As for why he stopped pitching was Ruth himself said (according to his grandson and other writers) he said “it’s too hard” “it’s not possible to do both” not that the Yankees forced him. He never was a TWP even for a whole season. First TWP for half a season, then half of the second year and one outing on the third year..the. He stopped. There never was a full season TWP until Ohtani.
I get what you’re saying, but when one person from that day and time puts up numbers that are so exceedingly, eye popping-gly greater than anyone else at that time, you can’t just dismiss it as if it really wasn’t and isn’t a thing to be remembered and strongly considered. His résumé transcends time and eras just like Sugar Ray Robinson in boxing, winning 91 fights in a row. Or Jim Brown rushing for over 1860 yards in a 14 game season. Or Wilt Chamberlain averaging over 50 points a game for an entire season. Those type of numbers cannot be ignored or reasoned away. And as far as Babe Ruth, even the Negro league players in his day respected his talent. Negro league legend buck O’Neill said that Babe Ruth made a certain sound with a bat as he was hitting it, that he only heard two other times from any other hitter, one from Josh Gibson, another Negro league, legend, and one from Bo Jackson, one of the greatest athletes that ever lived. Babe Ruth still deserves his flowers.
@@Riles3152 There are many eye popping things people could do even a century ago. That’s the history and it should be remembered and celebrated as the event of that. As other events in history. Problem is when you use those events taken place with complete different players involved, technical skills, routines, lives and no proper records (other than numbers which was created with those circumstances = level of skills of opponents etc) it becomes ridiculous. No other sport in other countries insists and obsessed with that kind of comparison.
Dan doesn’t know any current baseball players besides Ohtani. That’s the only player he ever talks about. One more reason it’s past time for Dan to walk away.
All those records from back then should have huge asteriks on them. There was not a sniff of integration in the league so was he really playing against all the best players night in and night out? No Josh Gibson, no Satchel Paige etc..... You can put Babe as one of the best but not THE best.
