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Originally Posted by IsaYogi  Chicken and egg? Are fat hitters good at homeruns or are homerun hitters fat because they do not have to run fast? Bad hitter + Slow = Not On Team.
And this has been forever. Old Babe Ruth was one of the fattest men in Baseball in his day. |
Understood. He gave the term "athlete" a real stretch.
However, there were alot fewer of those type of "power" hitters in the 1970's. Then the 1990s had a sudden bulking up (not from steriods, heavens no!), and now you have first base, third base, and left field held by the big hitters, and when was the last time you saw a skinny DH in the AL? Just seems like bulk is getting rewarded in what was once a speedster's sport.