I was there for 715

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Neb-Maat-Re

Talk of steroids aside, are there any other factors which might have come in to play here in achieving the record?

Don't they play a lot more games now than in Ruth's day? Have the fences/boundaries been brought closer in?

These are certainly two factors which made it a lot easier for modern players to have broken Sir Don Bradman's (cricket's equivalent to Mr Ruth) long standing record test score.

Well, one factor is that black people werent allowed to play in Ruth's days. SOme people argue that things might have been different if some of the great negro league pitchers had faced Ruth.