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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
Here is what makes Babe Ruth stand out above any other player, ever, in baseball.
He single handedly transformed the sport. Everything about the game was changed because of what Ruth was doing. He showed that offense and power was the future. To capitalize on what Ruth was doing, they changed rules, the ball, changed the size of ball parks, and the philosophy of how the game should be played, all to focus on Home Runs. Name another player - in any sport - that has had that type of an impact on the sport.
Exactly. All of this. How many players or athletes from the 1920's are still talked about to this very day?
If people think that Cohen was bad about bunting they should have seen baseball in the early 1900's-1920 or so.
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