But now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it.Read more from our <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2023/07/">July/August 2023 issue</a>.Give the gift of The Atlantic <a href="https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products/gift/">today</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

But now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it. Read more from our July/August 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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