Quote Originally Posted by neavling View Post
Turkey Stearnes was quite the player. It would be interesting to see how different baseball history would be if sluggers like Stearnes were allowed to play in the majors. He could destroy the ball. There are legends about it. He also was an incredibly humble guy who didn't like the spotlight.
Just like Josh Gibson reportedly hitting over 800 HR's over his career. Quite a bit more than Babe Ruth. It's a injustice those players weren't allowed to play that will never be rectified.