the three time champion Houston Comets (the woman's team) or the > Houston Rockets (who barely made it in the playoffs). My argument would be > the Rockets because they would win any game handily.
B This is not a good analogy because the differences between the teams is that the players have intrinsically different performance levels. And in fact they could play each other, tomorrow. It is like asking can the little league champions beat the WS champions? or more realistically can the NCAA champions beat the NBA champs. Such a game could be played and the outcome would be obvious. > A better analogy for today's vs. yesterday's ballplayer is Mechanic A and B > would be to give them the same material, but mechanic B would have 50 years > of increased knowledge over mechanic A. Would it be unfair to say B is > better because of his greater knowledge? B B could certainly build a better engine but so what? He knows more. That is what progress is all about. But is he better? Is he more ingenious, is his engine more elegent? D With the possible exception of certain supplements, which are mostly illegal now, the players of 50 years > ago had access to the same food and weights that the players today have. B But there was no reason for them to train all year or take supplements because their competition did not. In addition with a few rare exceptions these players did not have the luxury of training all year.They had to work during "the off-season" because they were not paid enough. Let me show you how era could very sensitively affect performance. The teams are warped to another dimension. They will play the game and go back home. The winner will collect $1000 per player, the loser $0. They will play with 1930 equipment and by 1930 rules and common practice (that is pitcher might very well throw at your helmetless head every other pitch. Pedro will have to pitch the whole game. No pitch counts no nothing. If he blows out his arm so be it. All for the chance to make less money in a game than he does in a minute. D I'd pick Martinez. B Unless he had to use the equipment of the prior era and play under their constraints. What was the strike zone like then for instance. \
