It is the All Star break and he is taking an All-Star break as well. Lighten up. I'm glad Dr. Sowell did.

All from the segregated era. It would be curious if the Babe, Gehrig, Williams, etc had to play in an integrated league. They would still be great, but facing better pitching on a regular basis (fourth man in the rotation is not the same when Satchel Paige, Rube Foster and Ray Brown are taking spots at the top of the rotation). Also, adding the great players from the Negro Leagues would also upgrade the defensive capabilities of teams, flares and wounded ducks being snared instead of falling in the gap. Maybe tomorrow we can be treated to his modern day top five.

On the other hand, how well would those five have fared in an intergrated baseball system. Too many outstanding black pitchers and merge the best defensive abilities of both the white and black players into one league and everything changes. Why isn't Stan the Man somewhere in this mix?

The same way they can rely on "science" that says climate change is based almost solely on man-made CO2. Following liberal logic in 1972, England would have been an uninhabitable frozen rock (Paul Erlich) by 1990 and on liberal logic in 1992, the Maldives would be submerged by now. It gives them reason to be in control. Facts do not have anything to do with it. I agree with Friedman on the economy. Isn't it amazing whenever there is gridlock in Washington, the economy improves?