I'd love to see Rose taken down a peg but it is such a dumb argument and people were talking about that a month ago when Ichiro technically passed Rose. If Ichiro came right over when he was 19 or whatever would he stand a good chance to break 4,000 and challenge Rose? Probably, but he didn't so why would we consider him as greater? It's the same thing with Ted Williams missing seasons of his prime due to military service. Would Ted have hit over 700 home runs and challenged Ruth? Maybe, but he didn't and nobody considers him the "true" home run king (granted Aaron and Bonds put that number out of reach, but you get my point).