Foxxx rakes
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Learn some history bro! FOXX in his day was known as top 2/3 power hitters behind the Babe
Yea I need to up my baseball history I know nothing lol
More like AlanThalackofbaseballknowledge. There are far better players from the past than what there will be in the future. The old timers never took a day off and played for pennies compared to players of today. Most played for the same club their entire career mainly because there was no free agency and the club basically owned them. It is rare in this day and age that you don't have a great player go and chase the money in free agency.
When Foxx retired he was number 2 on the HR list behind the babe and it wasnt until Willie Mays in 66 that someone hit more than him. I actually used to lived about 20 minutes from the town he grew up in and was debuted in the majors at 17 while in his junior year of high school. He was also the quickest to 500 HR until Arod did it with using steroids.
You really need to pick up a baseball history book from a local library an learn about the greats even the great players that were never able to play in the majors
All about baseball history, its fascinating indeed!
I don't think it's smart to compare past players with the present, it's completely different.
Who knows how'd it'd shake out if there were Free Agency earlier, no color barrier, 30 teams, no Great Depression or two World Wars?
Weirdly enough was that originally there was no color barrier with William Edward White, Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother was the first black players in MLB. Cap Anason was the one who kind of put the end of black in baseball until Jackie Robinson.
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Loved that documentary. We need a Mordecai ( Three Fingers) Brown card. LOL
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