| Going back to the original topic, I think there's kind of a paradox here. For instance, because of evolution, today's athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than athletes a few decades ago (such as Babe Ruth). But the thing is, the competition is also getting bigger, stronger, and faster. So, you probably won't see another player dominate baseball like Ruth did, or football like Jim Brown did, or maybe even hockey like Gretzky did.
I would be willing to bet that at least 50% of today's major leaguers would be better than Babe Ruth if they could go back in a time machine and play in the 1920's. So, even though today's athletes may be better than athletes back then, they won't be as legendary as somebody like Ruth |