Who is Babe Ruth?

Who's the best: Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, or someone else?

• Considering that the majors were a much smaller group of teams and the talent level was very high thanks to a lack of dilution AND the fact the Ruth was a pretty good pitcher too, I'd have to go with Ruth.

• Answer:

  I have to go with Ruth on this one. He ushered in a new era of baseball - the longball. I don't have the stats available, but the first few years he was belting homeruns, his totals were more than the totals of entire teams. That is a dominance that I can't envision will ever be repeated. He was a trailblazer of monumental proportions. When we start comparing players of today versus those of yesteryear, it's important to take a look at what the rest of the league was doing at the time. Ruth stood heads and shoulders above everyone else for a while and continued to dominate for nearly his entire career, not just a portion of it. As a pitcher, he was considered among the very best in the league. He was an embassador of the game and brought a positive charisma that few have ever matched. If you mix portions of Wilt Chamberlains' 100 point performance for single game dominance, Sandy Koufax's 5 year run as a pitcher, Ali's bigger than life persona, Wayne Gretzy and Tiger Woods for impact, Seattle Slew for excitement and throw in a little Paul Bunyon and Santa Claus - you get The Babe. The greatest player the sport has ever known. .