… going to ruin baseball …

Number of things that were supposed to ‘ruin’ baseball … whatever year you became a baseball fan is your baseline for what was pure, and then everything that came after was going to ruin it

Gambling 1919 World Series

End Dead Ball era/home run in the 1920’s

Night baseball 1935

Integration/Jackie Robinson 1947

Dodgers/Giants moving west 1958

Expansion 1961

Expansion 1962

Divisions/Expanded Playoffs 1969

World Series Night Games 1971

Players Strike 1972

Designated Hitter 1973

Free Agency 1976

Expansion 1977

Players Strike 1981

Drug Scandal 1983

Players Strike 1994

Cancelled Playoffs/World Series 1994

Players Strike 1995

Wild Card/Expanded Playoffs 1995

Inter-League Play 1996

Confessional Steroid Hearings 2003

Two More Wild Card Teams 2012

Instant Replay 2016

Owners Lockout 2020

Third Wild Card Team 2022

Pitch Clock 2023

ABS Challenge Replay 2026

… quit whining about change you little Cindy Brady …