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[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by hatvol96

I'd buy that, except for the fact that the first two waves of black and latin players to enter MLB from the Negro Leagues pretty much took the game over despite several teams enforcing unwritten quotas.

Took the game over is a bit strong. The pitching was still dominated by whitey, but hitting and D gave way.

I'll definitely give that olden days ball of all types is marred by lack of America's best athletes.
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[JTrainDavis]

Originally Posted by Dbake005

Maddux
Johnson
Clemens
Koufax
Pedro

C - Bench
1b - Gehrig
2b - Honus
3b - Schmidt
ss - A Rod
lf - Bonds
cf - Mays
rf - Williams
dh - Ruth

Also, another great baseball book: Bullpen Gospels by Dick Hayhurst

Baseball is played the right way in fantasy land, no DH.
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[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

Took the game over is a bit strong. The pitching was still dominated by whitey, but hitting and D gave way.
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That's part of the quota issue, no different than the "Last 3 Guys On The End Of The Bench In the '70s and '80s NBA." To get a shot as a pitcher, blacks and latinos had to be Newcomb, Gibson, Marichal, or Tiant. How many mediocre black or latin pitchers did you see then? It's not because they didn't exist. Look at the Negro League stats for the excellent players who made the jump. Their MLB numbers were pretty much in line with their performance in the segregated game. That tells me the pitching was comparable.

[005]

Originally Posted by JTrainDavis

Baseball is played the right way in fantasy land, no DH.
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More me wanting Ruth on my squad than support of the DH