
Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats
David George Surdam
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The Economics of Baseball During the Roaring Twenties
by David George Surdam, Michael J. Haupert
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As the 1919 World Series scandal simmered throughout the 1920 season, tight pennant races drove attendance to new peaks and presaged a decade of general prosperity for baseball. Babe Ruth shattered his own home-run record and, buoyed by a booming economy, professional sports enjoyed what sportswriters termed a "Golden Age of Sports." Throughout the tumultuous 1920s, Major League Baseball remained a mixture of competition and cooperation.
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