Hey Bonds...

**dan4vols** · 05-06-2006, 03:17 PM

Your moment of Zen........

**GAVol** · 05-06-2006, 03:20 PM

Can you imagine what's going to happen if he passes Ruth on the road? I envision the loudest boos ever and all sorts of stuff flying out of the stands.

**dan4vols** · 05-06-2006, 03:22 PM

I cant imgine a pitcher throwing him a fastball to hit, id feed him breaking balls and sliders on the outside corner all day.

therealUT · 05-06-2006, 03:33 PM

I would just start hitting him if I was a pitcher. Most are walking him anyway, might as well save those other 3 pitches if you are going to put him on base.

D MAN 335 · 05-06-2006, 06:22 PM

would you stand in a batting cage and throw him BP without a screen to protect you for a thousand dollars?

someone asked me that the other day

**tidwell** · 05-06-2006, 06:37 PM

I'd do that for $20.

thebradmanvolfan · 05-06-2006, 08:01 PM

**hatvol96** · 05-07-2006, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by (NCGatorBait @ May 6, 2006 2:43 PM)

Hot dogs, beer, only white players, less taxing travel, a less prying media, no real use of relief pitchers. Yeah, the fata$$ had it so much tougher.

**dan4vols** · 05-07-2006, 01:54 AM

I'd like to respond to this but I rather like posting here.

**hatvol96** · 05-07-2006, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by (dan4vols @ May 7, 2006 1:54 AM)

I'd like to respond to this but I rather like posting here.

Show me anything in my post that isn't factually accurate, and I'll rethink my position.

**OrangeEmpire** · 05-07-2006, 08:24 AM

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Hot dogs, beer, only white players, less taxing travel, a less prying media, no real use of relief pitchers. Yeah, the fata$$ had it so much tougher.

Hot dogs and beer-Ruth was not the giant fat man portrayed by John Goodman. Ruth was around six feet tall and 180-190 pounds.........

Only white players-Are you saying the competition level were easier? Where are you going with that point?

Less taxing travel-Trains are less taxing than air planes?

Less prying media-Media has always been crazy, look at local media in Boston and New York during the era. The only difference now is the availability of a 24 hour sports news service.

No real use of relief pitchers-So what, Walter Johnson, the greatest power baseball pitcher ever, played 20 plus years throwing a fastball and what he calls a curveball which was a slight cutting fastball. Other pitchers in Ruth's era could be categorized as a Greg Maddox finesse pitchers.

Again, Ruth was not fat.

**NCGatorBait** · 05-07-2006, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (hatvol96 @ May 7, 2006 12:49 AM)

Hot dogs, beer, only white players, less taxing travel, a less prying media, no real use of relief pitchers. Yeah, the fata$$ had it so much tougher.

96..sometimes you should just see the funny side in things and let the debate go...that pic is funny.

**tidwell** · 05-07-2006, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by (OrangeEmpire @ May 7, 2006 7:24 AM)

Hot dogs and beer-Ruth was not the giant fat man portrayed by John Goodman. Ruth was around six feet tall and 180-190 pounds.........

Only white players-Are you saying the competition level were easier? Where are you going with that point?

Less taxing travel-Trains are less taxing than air planes?

Less prying media-Media has always been crazy, look at local media in Boston and New York during the era. The only difference now is the availability of a 24 hour sports news service.

No real use of relief pitchers-So what, Walter Johnson, the greatest power baseball pitcher ever, played 20 plus years throwing a fastball and what he calls a curveball which was a slight cutting fastball. Other pitchers in Ruth's era could be categorized as a Greg Maddox finesse pitchers.

Again, Ruth was not fat.

Not to mention the bgiger ballparks (sans-Yankee stadium, right field was a Joke, I'll give you that), playing with softballs, and how many other players were hitting 50+ HRs a year at that... forget 50, how about 25?