Sports in the 1920's
That policy moderated with the passing years, but it was not until 1920 that league officials stipulated the use only of clean and new baseballs, both in an effort to enhance offense and as a concern for player safety (since worn and discolored balls frequently were hard to control or even see). Those directives lent a new measure of consistency to the game, so that the ball a batter swung at in the bottom of the ninth was not different from the one used in the first-pitch ceremonies. Baseball today is different from the game of the turn of the century in as many ways as American culture is different from the horse-and-buggy era. Imagine paying a quar
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, White Sox, Ty Cobb, World Series, York Yankees, Babe Ruth, Cincinnati Reds, major league, widespread popularity, world series,
Approximate Word count = 441
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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