Legends of Baseball History

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Legends of Baseball History
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• Baseball is a sport with a rich history that is
  full of stars. Depending on how far back you want
  to go, you can look at different classes of
  legends. A lot of people who like sports know
  that it is hard to compare eras when it comes to
  sports. The original legends put up incredible
  numbers, but the players today put up numbers in
  a completely different way. In comparing eras,
  one of the first things that throws a wrench into
  the process is the fact that the game is
  constantly evolving. There are new rules today
  that completely change what kind of stats that
  you put up. That is why some records are never
  going to be broken and some are newly in danger
  of being broken.

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• Starting in the early years of the game, Babe
  Ruth might be the most famous name, if not the
  most famous of all time. Ruth, who was also
  called The Great Bambino, was a two-way player,
  which is very rare in the game. This means that
  he was a pitcher as well as a hitter. Back then,
  pitchers were also hitters in the lineup, but
  most only hit on days that they pitched. Ruth
  also played the field on days he did not pitch.
  The Babe has stood the test of time because he
  set many pitching and hitting records in his day
  and many of them stood for decades. His numbers
  still place him among the greatest players ever
  and he did not play in the recent steroid eras of
  the game.

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• Steroids are a huge topic in baseball classes
  because they changed the game back in the 90s. In
  the mid-90s, baseball faced a work stoppage
  thanks to a labor dispute. The strike in 1994
  took a chunk out of the audience for what was
  considered Americas pastime. In the years
  following, baseball managed to come back thanks
  to the performances of a few freak athletes that
  started breaking the records that we thought were
  etched in stone. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa made
  baseball a must-watch during the 1998 season when
  they both chased the 61 home run record of Roger
  Maris, which had stood since the 60s.

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• Before that, the previous records were 60 and 59
  home runs from Babe Ruth back in the 20s. McGwire
  dominated 1998 and was the first hitter to pass
  61 home runs in a season. He finished that year
  with 70 home runs. That seemed like it would be
  impossible to top, but Barry Bonds crushed 73
  home runs in 2001 and that is now the unbreakable
  mark. That said, most of these numbers are
  considered tarnished thanks to those players
  cheating by using steroids to improve their
  power.

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• Records tend to make legends and we will remember
  some players as long as their records hold. Cal
  Ripken Jr. is a legend not just in Baltimore, but
  throughout the league. He played in 2,632 games
  without a day off, which made him baseballs Iron
  Man. Joe DiMaggio holds another streak that is
  hard to break with 56 straight games with a hit.
  Of all the players mentioned, these are mostly
  just the hitters. Chicks dig the long ball, but
  there are also plenty of pitching legends too.
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