The regular midsummer meeting of the National League has settled, once and for all, accurately and scientifically, the cause of the excessive heavy batting of the past few years, and the exact status of the so-called "lively" ball. This has proven not at all a "lively" ball, and therefore not the cause of the excessive batting or of the prevalent home run craze.
Reach Official
American League Guide, 1926
A quarter-century later, the lively ball argument is as lively as ever, and its proponents are multiplying. "Don't tell me it isn't a rabbit ball," says Cincinnati Pitcher Jim Brosnan. "I can hear it...
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