Quote Originally Posted by Commercecomet24 View Post
Yeah in the early days of baseball they were basically using a "rag ball". That's why pitchers back then could pitch in so many games cause they threw very few pitches cause just about everything was an out lol. Dead Ball Era, babe changed that thought and the HR become in vogue. Chicks even dug the long ball back then!
ETA that's also what made Babes HR even more epic he was hitting a dead ball for parts of his career.