I liked Griffey in his prime a lot, as short as it was.
Ruth did enjoy the food but it is over blown that he was a fat guy with a big bat. Sure he was not the best fielder from what I have read and researched but he was easily average to better in his younger years. He would show up early to spring training to run hills and get in shape, his base running shoud show that he was more then a fat guy.
It is a good point you make about the overall player. Would Ruth being the biggest star in the game, helping grow the game probably more then any other player, and being a stnad up guy for the fans play into the cards?
The overall body of work for Ruth is huge IMO.
I only hope that we can see some great "clean" players in the coming years. With the steroid era and the huge bombers tainted I hope that baseball can move on and get ahold of the situation. Being 20 years of age I sure hope I can see some great players during my time.
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