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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry
In Ruth's time,the bases weren't pizza box-sized, and pitchers weren't limited in throwing to first .. (Not that Ruth would've stolen 50 even with those things)
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If there's one area where it's hard to argue Ruth was better than Ohtani in, it's base stealing. Ruth did steal 123 bases but was caught stealing 116 times not including his caught stealing to end the 1926 World Series.