No matter the march of time, the game of baseball will always be stuck in 1930. Grandstands, newsreels, games of pepper—the game has an old soul, an ingrained essence that taps into a different era, a different mentality.
Through the waxing and waning of exploding scoreboards, cookie-cutter stadiums, and uniforms with shorts—White Sox, I’m looking at you—the game has always had a streak of staidness running through it. It was of our fathers, and it will be of our children; this much is certain.
So when a new technology is introduced, or some type of change swirls around the sport, a pushback is inevitable. Look no further than the QuesTech debacle of 2003 or the debate over video replays in last year’s playoffs.
(Full disclosure: As a lifelong baseball fan, th ...
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