Why doesn’t MLB use aluminum bats? That was a technological innovation that, in theory, is a development of the game.

Why do we not want players to use steroids? That’s an innovation that, in theory, contributes to the advancement of the game. (I don’t believe in steroids, I’m just making an example.)

Why don’t we juice the balls up even further? That could easily be done as an inevitable development.

I just wonder how we ever made it without computers – how did Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Josh Gibson, and all the other pre-computer age players and fans make it?

To me, we have gotten too wrapped up in trying to make the imperfect be perfect. Just because we have the technology, doesn’t necessarily mean we have to use it.