Thanks Mideastfan2 and Forheavendial4999. Great insights. After re-reading my post, I can see how it could be seen as demeaning to other eras. No doubt there has been great talent pre- and post the turn of the century. I have the utmost respect for those that have played and are playing who just do it because they love the game.
I think I was trying to reconcile the trends in the record books across many of the region's schools during this period to their respective long histories. I suppose some of it could be scheduling and some of it could be bats, but to Forheaven's point, it just seems like a disproportionate pool of talent was in this region during this time. A lot of these kids were drafted and I know at least Desalvo and Sharpless pitched in the bigs. I remember watching these teams play and thinking to myself, "Good Lord, they're all 6'-2" 210lbs men throwing the ball 90mph and hitting it 420'." At the time, the regionals were held at Thurman Munson Stadium and it was like watching D1 baseball (and it rivaled the Frontier League, in my opinion, who played there at the time). Anyway, thanks for the thoughts. Hopefully we'll bring it home this year.
I think I was trying to reconcile the trends in the record books across many of the region's schools during this period to their respective long histories. I suppose some of it could be scheduling and some of it could be bats, but to Forheaven's point, it just seems like a disproportionate pool of talent was in this region during this time. A lot of these kids were drafted and I know at least Desalvo and Sharpless pitched in the bigs. I remember watching these teams play and thinking to myself, "Good Lord, they're all 6'-2" 210lbs men throwing the ball 90mph and hitting it 420'." At the time, the regionals were held at Thurman Munson Stadium and it was like watching D1 baseball (and it rivaled the Frontier League, in my opinion, who played there at the time). Anyway, thanks for the thoughts. Hopefully we'll bring it home this year.