The Rise of Home Runs in Baseball

In the year 2000 baseball seem to be flying off of hitters bats in April alone a then record 931 homers were belted for an average of 2.56 per game by mid May many began to take notice Jim Sharewood a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell decided to get to the bottom of this phenomenon through scientific experimentation. Study completed and released in June 2000 found that while balls were lively they remained within the legal limits established by Major League Baseball another explanation would have to be found for the rise in home runs David writes though I think the ball had a lot to do with the offensive environment and the number of home runs hit during the PD era we could call it the steroid era