Grandstander, we're not challenging you and we're not proposing a statistical solution to re-calculating stats (nor do I think that's necessary to prove a point). I think it's pretty clear that we're both saying the weight of the achievement is different for certain eras.
Zen's point was factually accurate and that's the root of it -- the game has changed and evolved where you can't point out how many players all time have X home runs, or which players belong in that top percent statistically. Hell, that's what discussion is for. I just mentioned some examples of how the era shift makes a general view of totals a problem -- the games evolved. Teh rules have changed. The focus has shifted.
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