Beisbol En Los Años 20 En Ingles

Sports in 1920s
Baseball:
Two words describe why the 1920s stake a claim to baseball’s golden age – Babe Ruth. The man had stadiums (some could say cathedrals) built to either house his home runsor for him to hit them out of the stadium. Everything about today’s game goes back to Ruth. The home run became the predominant force of the game, unless you count good pitching. But still, the gamerevolves around the home run. However, there are other factors which helped to make the game a national passion.
1. Radio – during the 1920s, radios could now be massed produced, and massed producedcheaply. It was the way to get the information about the game. Many families in the Midwest and the Mideast tuned in to hear some of the greats of radio bring the game to life.
2. Newspapers – duringthe 1920s, many national newspapers began to have their own sports sections solely devoted the game. While pro football was in its infancy and basketball not even a national or professional sport yet,baseball had the run of the roost in the pages of the newspapers.
3. Stability – by the end of the decade, the teams of the next 30 years were established. Until expansion arrived in the 1960s, theleague itself did not change much for three decades until the Dodgers and Giants moved west.
4. Cork – the ball was now being made with a cork center instead of being wound. This changed the emphasisof the game from pitching and defense to hitting.
5. The Negro Leagues – starting in 1920, the National Negro Leagues provided an opportunity for some of the greatest talent the game has never seen.Rube Foster’s business sense provided a sound foundation for the next 30 years for African-Americans and Latin greats to play in the US.
6. Stadiums – Baseball was coming off its greatest scandalwhen the decade started. Within ten years, Ruth had transformed the sport in to what we recognize it as today. All but two of the stadiums of that era are gone – Wrigley and Fenway – but the stadiums...