What was the major contribution from Babe Ruth?

Answer 1

In 1920, Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees by the Boston Red Sox for $125,000. Baseball introduced a livelier ball and Ruth helped to change the game by bringing the Home Run to the game, changing much of the strategy of how the game was played. Ruth set a new record by hitting 54 home runs for the Yankees in his first season in New York. Led by Ruth, and other "power" hitters, this renewed a new enthusiam for the game. In addition, Ruth, and other power hitters then became the elite superstars of the game, taking the attention away from the pitchers, who had previously dominated the game. This power hitting era also sparked the building of new stadiums designed to make the home run more easy. This trend has come back around in the 2000s with the new stadiums with smaller dimensions, all going back to the Ruth era. It is safe to say that Ruth, primarily, and others, like Hank Greenburg, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and others, not only changed the game of baseball, but also the economics of the game.