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Originally Posted by Zone91
Still think the Baltimore News Babe Ruth is much more important than the Wagner but that is me (With less than 10 known and the whole world knows Babe Ruth). And Babe Ruth's story is way way more fun to read...the guy was poor as dust and had to overcome HUGE obstacles in his life!!!
Wagner was one hell of a player but just not a fun guy like Ruth and Ruth had 714 Home Runs that is much more impressive for that period in baseball.
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Trust me, Wags had QUITE a bit of power and had he, Cobb, Jackson and Nap played almost their entire careers in the "live ball" era like Ruth, they too would have had WAAAAYYY more home runs than what they had. And vice versa for Ruth had he played mostly in the dead/spitball ball era with NASTY pitchers like WJ, CM, Walsh, Plank, CY, Mordecai, Chief etc. he wouldn't have ended his career anywhere near 714.