Major League Baseball has taken a big swing at improving the entertainment value of its product this season.
The league implemented a number of rule changes—including a pitch clock to speed up game time and the banning of defensive shifts to stimulate more action on batted balls—which have largely been positively received. America’s pastime will presumably continue to make tweaks to appeal to a wider, and younger, audience in the coming years, but the next major milestone might not come until 2027 in Las Vegas.
That’s when the Oakland A’s are slated to move into a proposed $1.5 billion stadium on the Strip at what’s currently the site of the Tropicana hotel.
