In “Going
for the fences” (Oct. 2, 2014) I noted that the moguls who rule the game
were in a sweat. Both home runs-per-game and
runs-per-game were 20 percent lower than the record-setting pace of the early
2000s. Attendance and TV ratings are down in consequence. The end was nigh.
What is wrong with our game? lamented pundits.
Not much, apparently. Over the 2014 MLB season, the average Home Runs
Per Game among MLB teams was 0.86. The average Home Runs Per Game in the in the MLB
2015 season was 1.01 — a 17.4
percent increase.
This article appears in Nov 5-11, 2015.
