Good. Baseball isn't a serious spectator sport. It's only interesting to statisticians. Now there will be more work for them to do, adjusting for bat type in addition to stadium dimensions, rule changes, etc. to compare players across eras. And more HRs might make it a little more interesting to spectators as long as the OBP doesn't increase to prolong an already too long game.
> Good. Baseball isn't a serious spectator sport. It's only interesting to statisticians
What makes a spectator sport "serious"?
The average MLB game had almost 30,000 spectators in the 2024 season[1]. That's a lot of statisticians.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2024/10/01/mlb-atten...
You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before. People only watch baseball out of tradition. MLB didn't even have a play clock until 2023, letting batters step out of the box at whim and create even longer periods with no action.