Did Babe Ruth dominate baseball at the same level Wayne Gretzky did hockey?

HOF Auto Rookies · #1 06-07-2013, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by glenv

People have now hit more HRs than Ruth both in a season and career. And people were hitting HRs before Ruth, he didn�t really change that game all that much. However, there is no doubt that he was great and dominate.

Oh boy, I'm afraid that just opened up a whole new can of worms with that statement. Ruth's legacy wasn't just HR's btw...

freakhappy · #2 06-07-2013, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

Oh boy, I'm afraid that just opened up a whole new can of worms with that statement. Ruth's legacy wasn't just HR's btw...

Ruth's legacy was more than HR's, but he wouldn't be in this discussion if he hadn't hit the homeruns he did.

HOF Auto Rookies · #3 06-07-2013, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by freakhappy

Ruth's legacy was more than HR's, but he wouldn't be in this discussion if he hadn't hit the homeruns he did.

True

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