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View Poll Results: Was Hank Aaron better than Babe Ruth?
Yes 27 13.92%
No 167 86.08%
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Old 06-02-2013, 11:49 AM
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All serious rankings of baseball players list Ruth first.
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Old 06-02-2013, 12:07 PM
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Got to go with Ruth he completely changed the game.
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Old 06-02-2013, 12:09 PM
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Better than Mantle, not better than Williams or Mays, and certainly not better than Ruth.
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He was no Mays.
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Aaron was great, Ruth was beyond that. I still rate Ruth and Cobb among the five best ever....
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What about this guy Hoshi Gangu he had 868 home runs during his career in Japan?

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What about this guy Hoshi Gangu he had 868 home runs during his career in Japan?

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Some say that Berk Ross was also quite the hitter.
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And that Dan Dee sure could play!
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Some say that Berk Ross was also quite the hitter.
He was good but topps topped em all!
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What about this guy Hoshi Gangu he had 868 home runs during his career in Japan?

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Sadaharu Oh hit 868 home runs in Japan. Hoshi Gangu was the name of a card maker.
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We can move that to the Best All-Time Net54 Lines thread.
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Hahahaha lollll my mistake never really heard of the guy till today.

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All of the above. What a clown.
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IMO Ruth was by far the best.
If you made a list of the ten best all-time, whomever you put second (Cobb, Wagner, Mays, etc.), that #2 player would be closer in talent to the #10 player than he would be to Ruth. No one is close to the Babe.
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Thanks that clears that up!!

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Awe-some
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I can't believe Hank is pulling 15 percent of the vote. Seems like a pretty good showing for him IMO, given the question presented.
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I can't believe Hank is pulling 15 percent of the vote. Seems like a pretty good showing for him IMO, given the question presented.
I think some people like to be contrarian and vote for underdogs. There's no logical reason one could vote Aaron here. I find the poll to be embarrassing actually. But, to each their own.

That's not a knock on Aaron either, by the way...He was great.
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Sorry, but I'm not even putting Aaron above Mantle let alone Babe.
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Sorry, but I'm not even putting Aaron above Mantle let alone Babe.
You're entitled to your opinion, of course. But a comparison of Mantle and Aaron's numbers would suggest that Aaron was at least Mantle's equal.
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Sorry, but I'm not even putting Aaron above Mantle let alone Babe.
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