How Has Baseball Changed Over Time

After several decades and countless games, people tired of the slow, grind it out pace that baseball had to offer. As the technological boom continued to explode across the map in the early 1990s, the pace of life on our planet was speeding up by the day. Information was readily accessible at our fingertips, people could be reached on the go via cellphone, the list goes on. As people began to experience a greater deal of excitement, baseball did not change with the times. The strike shortened season of 1994, which saw the World Series and approximately 50 regular season games get cancelled, was seemingly the nail in baseball’s popularity coffin. People were fed up, and they wanted their game back. When play resumed in the spring of 1995, people did not care for the results. Since the last full season in 1994, ticket prices had dropped by 13 percent league wide to accommodate for the drop in attendance, which remained at a 9% decrease even after the price reduction (ESPN). However, things took a turn in 1996.
17 players hit 40 or more home runs that year, compared to only five in 1993. As noted earlier, In 1998 two of the game's premier power hitters, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa,
When the country was stuck in situations such as the Great Depression or World War II, baseball was there to guide people through the most difficult of times. However, as the years past by and new professional sports began to emerge in the spotlight, baseball struggled to adapt to the rapidly changing world. With the introduction of modern technology and a rapidly changing culture, baseball lagged in its ability to adjust. The sport produced America’s first true superstar Babe Ruth, and it rode his wave of popularity for quite a long time. As it died over time, a change needed to be made. The emergence of modern medical science coupled with the MLB’s lax rules on drug testing allowed players to take full advantage of the oppurtunity that was