I think if kids today could have seen the Clemente's, Rose's, Seaver's, May's, Aaron's, Yount's, of yesterday play, they would see a different type player than what comes out of todays game. The way kids were brought up, lifes priorities, politics, economics, racism, $, all factor into a players make-up. Now the evil rz1 comes out and asks...
Factor in those "outside the lines" issues. What if those fore mentioned players were early in their MLB careers playing in todays game, would we be seeing a different player now, versus when they played? better/worse?
Even though todays players overall may be better conditioned, have more organized ball under their belt from their youth, and better training tools, should they be better players? If not Why?
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