Change and baseball go together like peanut butter and mayonnaise. A few swear by it. Most resist its creamy charms, at least until that’s all there is to eat.
Baseball is changing. Home runs are down. Strikeouts are up. Overall hitting is down, too.
The ball is less springy, stored in humidors and sooner or later will be delivered to umpires in miniature hyperbaric chambers. Next season, the pitcher will have a timer, the runner will have bigger bases, and the manager will no longer be able to shift the infield defense so easily.
Turns out four-hour games aren’t so fun anymore.