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All-Time All-Stars: Part II (Thomas Sowell)
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| July 6, 2012
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 07/06/2012 11:08:24 AM PDT by jazusamo
Edited on 07/06/2012 12:19:40 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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To: Dr. Sivana
That’s a dog that knows some baseball history :)
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07/06/2012 5:56:36 PM PDT
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Figment
To: jazusamo
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07/06/2012 6:28:19 PM PDT
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razorback-bert
(I'm in shape. Round is a shape isn't it?)
To: boop
There's a great story or two about Gibby brushing guys back in an old timers' game.
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posted on
07/06/2012 6:51:57 PM PDT
by
Notary Sojac
(Ut veniant omnes)
To: jazusamo
Back then it was real people with real jobs that played.
The hitters had it easier, with less capable pitchers.
Here in the 21st, it has become a steroid mechanized E German precision like machine.
They took the people out of it. I care not to watch even more felonious millionaires on TV. Aren't there enough already?
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07/06/2012 6:53:43 PM PDT
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rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: rawcatslyentist
I tend to agree. Years ago the great players had their natural ability, worked at it and gave the sport their all.
Some players now and in the not so distant past have chosen to enhance their game in various ways subverting the rules, for me the game has lost much of its appeal.
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07/06/2012 7:28:55 PM PDT
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jazusamo
("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
To: driftless2
That's why Ruth IS the greatest. It's fun to compare people from different eras and how they would do if placed at a different time, but we can't do that. All we can do is look at how someone performed in their own era.
By any measure, Ruth was literally levels above anyone else.
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07/06/2012 7:36:10 PM PDT
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boop
(I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. ...Ernest Borgnine)
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