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Sports Today: Once Again, Fans Are Treated to Something New

Sports Today: Once Again, Fans Are Treated to Something New
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (R) is greeted by Wayne Gretzky during a ceremony after Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y., on April 6, 2025. AP Photo/Adam Hunger
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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In the last week, there have been intriguing, exciting, and glorious developments in baseball, basketball, and hockey.

Baseball

A new baseball season has opened, and the big news is a possibly revolutionary change to one of the three basic tools of the game—the baseball bat (the other two “tools” being baseballs and fielders’ gloves).
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
contributor
Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.