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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2733304, member: 6819"] And Gywnn, Boggs, and Carew were not free swingers. During their careers many observed how "old school" their hitting techniques were. Yes, and I acknowledge many of these improvements, especially where strength is involved (and a lot of those strength guys are and were on steroids). But where speed is involved, swimming, track, marathons, skating etc. much of the improvement can be put down to better training and equipment. In track alone the change from cinders to synthetic tracks improved times immeasurably. In marathons, well, that inclusion factor made the improvement leap more than quantum. In swimming the use of speedo's, training, heck what's even in the water made for vast improvements. Let us not forget that the use of steroids and PED's in T and F, swimming and many of these other sports contributed to many of these records; and still does. [B]This doesn't mean that those athletes from yesteryear wouldn't benefit from these changes and excel. [/B] I never said players from years ago had [B]better[/B] eye/hand coordination. I said this factor doesn't change. Great coordination, be it eye/hand or body control, is the same across the ages. In these things Homo Sapien(sapiens) haven't changed at all. Okay, I'm just going to shine your apple just a bit. Only you and some others (Scoop, UcMiami, MilfordHusky, CocoHusky, Kaizen, RSHERMVIKES, RockyMTblue, nwhoopfan, msf22b, bags27 and a few) have I been able to have fun in a discussion and in the Inbox, and learn some stuff without talking at each other. Like I said, 'preciate it like hell. [/QUOTE]

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