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Posted By: jay behrens

I've read a number of quotes from different players from the OJ era that say Ewing was the player of that era.

In regards to someone else's comment;
Even as basbeall matured after the turn of the century, many good, possibly great, players never played in the majors becuase several of the 'minor' leagues payed as well or better than the majors. Most notably the PCL. Many players from the PCL never went to the majors becuase they did not want to take a pay cut and/or leave their families. So there were still a large number of outstanding players that were not in the majors.

I have heard some good arguments that the PCL was basically a third major league for most of the first half of the 20th century.

Jay