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Originally posted by Demon2
As far as I'm concerned a modern baseball player shouldn't be able to get the record unless he deserves it. Back in the day of Ted Williams and Babe Ruth, they played less games per year and used a harder baseball which made it harder to hit homeruns. So it annoys me when some new guy beats one of their records without really deserving it.
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Does that mean that all new records are no longer valid?? The NFL has added games, does that mean all records set since the merger are null and void?
I respect your loyalty to history, but should we no longer keep track of how players are doing just because it wouldn't be the same as in 1927?? With that logic, Hank Aaron's record doesn't count. Babe Ruth had it easier than Frank "Home Run" Baker.
Eventually, all that's left is Rogers Hornsby and Christy Mathewson.
Anyone for Pie Traynor???