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Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut
That doesn't change the fact they were still playing a shallower pool. You can't criticize Babe Ruth for facing a smaller pool while ignoring it for Gibson.
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I can see that. But I'm not criticizing Ruth since, AFAIK, he wasn't in any way responsible for the situation. But neither was Gibson. If the baseball leagues of the time wanted to protect the legacy of their great players, they probably shouldn't have excluded people that would have been legitimate competitors.