What impact if steroids clamped down on, ball juiced up to '30s level?

[DTF955]

Suppose the powers that be in the late 1980s decided to take a hard line against steroids, and that isntead, they chose to juice the ball, winding it tightly the way it was in the late '20s-early '30s to increase offense.

What would the impact have been? Would it have helped baseball? Would we have seen the same crazy numbers, or at least similar? Presumably, batting averages might have gone up, too; does this mean maybe fewer hoemrs than OTL? Do we see a .400 hitter?

or, does the impact actually hurt, as scores might get too high? After all, there was no DH in the 1930 season.

A few poll questions in the same poll but also makes fro good discussion, too.

[brett]

Suppose the powers that be in the late 1980s decided to take a hard line against steroids, and that isntead, they chose to juice the ball, winding it tightly the way it was in the late '20s-early '30s to increase offense.

What would the impact have been? Would it have helped baseball? Would we have seen the same crazy numbers, or at least similar? Presumably, batting averages might have gone up, too; does this mean maybe fewer hoemrs than OTL? Do we see a .400 hitter?

or, does the impact actually hurt, as scores might get too high? After all, there was no DH in the 1930 season.

A few poll questions in the same poll but also makes fro good discussion, too.

I firmly believe that there were 4 factors that boosted offense starting around 1993: Expansion, smaller/lower strike zone, smaller ballparks and steroids. I think that stats suggest that as much as half was due to expansion. And also don't forget that weight training has had an effect regardless of steroids.

[DTF955]

I firmly believe that there were 4 factors that boosted offense starting around 1993: Expansion, smaller/lower strike zone, smaller ballparks and steroids. I think that stats suggest that as much as half was due to expansion. And also don't forget that weight training has had an effect regardless of steroids.

I used to believe the same thing. However, I have heard so many people decrying to explosion and saing it's all related that it's almost scary to talk about anything but steroids as being the culprit, for fear people will start attacking.

I hope you are right though and that we can look back on this era and not see only steroids to blame.