Most Revolutionary Moments in Sports

With revolution in the air over in North Africa and the Middle East, it’s time to take a look at the most revolutionary moments in sports history that changed what we watched and how we watched sports. 1. Baseball rebounds from the Black Sox scandal by implementing rules that led to more home runs: After the Black Sox gambling scandal threatened the legitimacy of the preeminent professional sports league; baseball needed something to bring back the public to the fledgling national pastime. Baseball was on the brink of losing its legitimacy in the public eye and professional team sports as we know it wouldn’t be what it is today without baseball’s rebound from the scandal in the 1920’s. Babe Ruth led the way by revolutionizing the on-field product with his prodigious home runs, both in number and distance. The Yankees broke through with their first world championship and the team would become the biggest and most popular in American sports. The recovery, comb...