One of the most dramatic events in all of sports is the home run.

In a single instant, leads can change hands and games can be won or lost.

Yet the home run hasn't always been what it is today.

The rules surrounding home runs have changed and in some cases dramatically.

Perhaps the biggest change has been in the strategy surrounding home runs.

Advanced statistical analysis has changed the strategy surrounding home runs. Advanced statistical analysis

has changed the approach to home runs so much that the game almost wouldn't be recognizable

to someone from the late 19th century. Learn more about home runs, how they've changed,

and how they've influenced the game of baseball on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Music to the game of baseball on this episode of Everything Everywhere daily.

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