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... After all, baseball is the national pastime. ... Unfortunately, professional baseball, as well as most organized baseball games, is heading in a direction that is slowing taking the fun out of the game. Professional baseball was once a true ‘sport’, but today, the truest example of baseball as a sport is the game being played out back in the dirt field by the local youth. ... Major League Baseball does most of this as well you might say, but let’s look a little closer. ... This is baseball as a true sport, a sport that tests human strength and dexterity and a competition in which the winner is determined by an overwhelming show of physical and mental superiority. Professional baseball is no longer a true sport because of the influences of modern technology.
The kids out back are playing baseball because they are having fun. ... In a game of entertainment, as professional baseball is today, winning is what counts. ... One way to help maximize the chances of winning is to turn to modern technology. Today’s technology can help improve many aspects of baseball. This is great for teams that can afford it, but this technology detracts from the natural skill of truly talented players. Any player who trains with modern technology can perform at levels that only true athletes could attain in the past.
The technology begins right where it affects the player the most, the bat. In a game where baseball could represent a true sport, like the kids in the field, the bat is just a tool. ... Until recently, this was the trick to batting, but thanks to modern technology, new bats “…have a significantly greater sweet spot, resulting in hard hits by typically weaker players. ... ”(Louisville Slugger) This new bat technology is evident in the recent string of record-breaking seasons for multiple players. According to the Baseball Hall Of Fame Web Site, “Since the founding of the National League in 1876, only seven men have held the coveted record of most home runs hit in a single major league season…In 1998, two men passed the prior benchmark.
Approximate Word count = 1662
Approximate Pages = 6.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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