In The 1990s They Called It The "Lively Ball Era"

We were convinced in the 1990s that MLB had introduced some sort of new ball that made home runs fly out of the park at an alarming rate. We had no idea what was really going on. The same thing happened back in the 1920s as well...sort of. This link to an article by David Martinez is a great source to the 1920s home run explosion. This article by Martinez looks like it was written in the late 1990s and does not even broach the subject of PEDs.

Its still a cool ad.

http://www.homerunweb.com/livelyball.html

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