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@td_nash When the Devil finished, Johnny said
"Well you're pretty good ol' son
But sit down in that chair right there
And let me show you how it's done.
Sam Jones won 10 titles in his 12 year career.
Bill Russell won 11 in 13 years.
Which NBA dynasty are your going with?
Why didn’t anyone else of his era come close to doing the same thing? Why was Ruth singlehandedly hitting more homers than entire teams? Why was he the only person to be both an elite hitter and elite pitcher in his era? You say the game was so much easier then, but nobody came close to doing what Ruth was doing at the advent of the Live Ball Era.
The difference between Ruth and the average player of his day was far greater than the difference between any other athlete and the average player of their day, in any era, in any sport.
Brother he slugged .690 lifetime
(For perspective, Albert Belle slugged .690 when he went 50/50 in a strike-shortened season)
Babe Ruth slugged .690 for 22 years
And he had a 1.159 WHIP on the mound across 1221.1 innings and was one of the greatest postseason performers ever