Babe would have hit more home runs, if only he cut down on the smoking, and the drinking, and the sex....especially between the innings.
I forgot to mention today’s players are trained in nutrition as well. Ruth probably thought he was malnourished if he didn’t eat three large steaks, a dozen eggs, a few loaves of bread, and whatever booze available to wash it down with at a single sitting. I figure all generations of pros have succumbed to the temptations of the flesh equally i.e. Tiger Woods. Although even Woods most likely wouldn’t have matched Ruth in the debauchery department.