I suppose that you also pooh-pooh cars of that era because they're not up to today's standards.
It's bad enough that an entire side of society (the Left side, of course) does exactly that with historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the United States in general. I don't like it there, and I don't like it here.
If you read my post and understand what I said it was in praise of Kaline. It was not an extollation of modern ball players.