RESEARCH: Homers are here to stay
By Matthew Cederholm
November 13th, 2018 10:00am
It should come as no surprise that home runs have increased since 2014. That year, there were 4,186 home runs hit, while in 2018, there were 5,585 (a 33% increase). The trend began in 2015 and continued through 2018. Most of us have now accepted that this is a “new normal,” but is it? Before we can declare it so, we need to understand the why behind the increase.
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