The Seattle Times · Jul 14, 2019
Launch angle, doctored balls, whatever: MLB needs to curb skyrocketing home-run rates
I would never presume to speak for the chicks of America, but one man’s opinion: I no longer dig the long ball.
Furthermore, I sense that I’m not alone in experiencing Dinger Fatigue. Remember when the Mariners homered in their first 20 games this season, and it seemed like this wondrous, unique achievement?
Well, not so much any more. Now we know that home-run records are getting cheaper by the dozen — which is one fewer than the number of blasts the Diamondbacks and Phillies combined to hit in one game in June, a new mark.