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OT: MLB - Over the last full year Aaron Judge is basically Babe Ruth

jibsey said:
Are you sane? He’s a great outfielder with an amazing arm. Can he make an error or strike out in a critical spot? Yes of course. They all can even the best.
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Reference the pic in Post #21. That IS forever! So would batting over 0.400 be, if he can sustain it for the next 5 months. Possible, yes; probable, not so much.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Definitely harder to do now. Ruth played in a segregated era. That’s all you need to know.
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Ruth played in an era when the pitchers mound was almost a foot higher than it is now. Ruth also played in an era when a new baseball was hard as a rock. Why do you numbskulls think owners progressively lowered the mound through the years, or progressively juiced the ball up to where it was almost a Superball? Anyone who thinks it’s harder to hit a pitcher nowadays is delusional.

Last but not least, Ruth was not a “fat guy” during the majority of his years in the majors, he was a superb athlete. He might be the most talented player to ever pick up a bat or a glove. You know it’s funny that the pitcher with the best lifetime win percentage against the New York Yankees was not Pedro or Roger Clemens or Randy Johnson or Bert Blyleven, but this guy was great and was 18-5 lifetime against the Bronx Bombers….his picture is below….


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Ruth completely dominated his era. And Judge is doing the same thing. .400 doesn’t seem feasible over the 6 month season especially for a guy with his crazy home run slugging. Even George Brett couldn’t pull that off.
 
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uconn13 said:
Modern baseball, they use a new ball basically every batter, sometimes multiple times. Back in those days, the ball was used until it went into the stands. If a pitched ball hits the dirt, new one incoming, Immediately, in today’s game.
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Baseball began removing batted balls from play around 1920. Prior to that a single ball could be used for multiple innings which wore out the balls making them softer and harder to hit for distance. Home run hitting really took off after this change.
 
jibsey said:
Ruth completely dominated his era. And Judge is doing the same thing. .400 doesn’t seem feasible over the 6 month season especially for a guy with his crazy home run slugging. Even George Brett couldn’t pull that off.
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Many of Ruth’s pitching records still stand, 9 shut outs in one season, 170 strikeouts without allowing a HR in a season. What’s amazing is how many more batting records would he have set had he not pitched during his younger years.
 
I operate under the assumption that Judge fanboys rooted for Drago in Rocky 4.
 
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jibsey said:
Ruth completely dominated his era. And Judge is doing the same thing. .400 doesn’t seem feasible over the 6 month season especially for a guy with his crazy home run slugging. Even George Brett couldn’t pull that off.
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He’s having a Lou Gehrig like season and his swing reminds me of Gehrig’s, although they batted from opposite sides of the plate. Judge is also extremely muscular as Gehrig was.
 
mauconnfan said:
Huh? How do you correlate the best player in baseball who’s also a wonderful, likable guy to most any baseball fan to Drago? Don’t get it.
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I'm not in the NY media market. To me, he's as bland and corporate a baseball personality as they come. Jeter never gave up much of himself in interviews, but at least he dated hotties and had ARod as a foil.
 
storrsroars said:
I'm not in the NY media market. To me, he's as bland and corporate a baseball personality as they come. Jeter never gave up much of himself in interviews, but at least he dated hotties and had ARod as a foil.
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Not sure what you see but he’s not as bland as Jeter at all and is married which is good for him. He gets on base he talks to all the opponents always sharing laughs and pats this is a great representation of MLB, the best in a long time. Just sayin
 
storrsroars said:
I'm not in the NY media market. To me, he's as bland and corporate a baseball personality as they come. Jeter never gave up much of himself in interviews, but at least he dated hotties and had ARod as a foil.
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He’s so bland that when he comes to the plate the entire stadium stops what they are doing to watch him.
 
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jibsey said:
He’s so bland that when he comes to the plate the entire stadium stops what they are doing to watch him
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And what? They want to watch a physical freak hit a home run. That has zip to do with being bland. Drago had a whole arena on his feet too for 10 rounds. At least mau indicated he has a personality.
 
storrsroars said:
And what? They want to watch a physical freak hit a home run. That has zip to do with being bland. Drago had a whole arena on his feet too for 10 rounds. At least mau indicated he has a personality.
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He’s a nice and polite guy who doesn’t make a jackass out of himself at interviews which is something I guess people like these days? Maybe he should dress himself up in funny costumes.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
He was only played part time. Working another job when he was off, didn’t have world class chefs and doctors, smoking and drinking was very common, the bats and equipment were much heavier, etc.

Much harder to play back then
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There’s pluses and minuses to each era right? I mean they change balls now almost every pitch in the dirt but the pitchers throw up to 5-6 different pitches now which they never saw back in the day. In favor of today’s hitters also is they wear gear that allows them to crowd the plate and pitchers get thrown out if aggressive. Bats weren’t heavier they still had the option of having a 34-32 if they wanted but with guys lucky to be throwing 80 they could use heavier bats than today with these guys now seeing 92-102 often need to lightens them up to get through the zone quicker.
 
storrsroars said:
I operate under the assumption that Judge fanboys rooted for Drago in Rocky 4.
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Wrong assumption. I live in MA and am friends with many Sox fans who despise the Yankees. They hated Jeter and all those guys but have told me they don’t hate Judge. I’d say he’s more like Apollo Creed.
 
jibsey said:
He’s a nice and polite guy who doesn’t make a jackass out of himself at interviews which is something I guess people like these days? Maybe he should dress himself up in funny costumes.
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You seem to live in a binary world where things are either one way or another with no in-between.

If you really followed baseball outside of just the Yankees, you'd see there are tons of great people with interesting personalities who are not jackwagons.

We happen to have Cutch here. Great interview, great citizen, great Pittsburgher. We also have Sidney Crosby, who, while a great guy and big on helping the community, is about as interesting a media personality as Melba toast. And we also had Rapistberger, who was a dnozzle in his playing years and still is. There are all types, not just two.
 
jibsey said:
Ruth completely dominated his era. And Judge is doing the same thing. .400 doesn’t seem feasible over the 6 month season especially for a guy with his crazy home run slugging. Even George Brett couldn’t pull that off.
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It’s not feasible. Judge is incredible, best hitter in baseball right now for sure, but a good chunk of his average so far this year is luck-driven. The highest average on balls in play last year was Seiya Suzuki at .370, followed by Judge at .367. The highest single season recorded since 1945 is Rod Carew at .408. Judge is currently at .512. It’s not sustainable but even once that comes down, what he’s doing is mind-blowing.
 
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storrsroars said:
You seem to live in a binary world where things are either one way or another with no in-between.

If you really followed baseball outside of just the Yankees, you'd see there are tons of great people with interesting personalities who are not jackwagons.

We happen to have Cutch here. Great interview, great citizen, great Pittsburgher. We also have Sidney Crosby, who, while a great guy and big on helping the community, is about as interesting a media personality as Melba toast. And we also had Rapistberger, who was a dnozzle in his playing years and still is. There are all types, not just two.
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I know baseball way outside of Yankee stuff and of course there is other great guys and stories but your analogy of Judge makes me believe you don’t leave Pittsburgh all that much.
 
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