[Magdalen] Designated Hitter

[James Oppenheimer]

Yep. I didn't know they did that, but I guess they determined that they had
to do something to avoid games where absolutely nothing is happening.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: James Oppenheimer
>
>  I think the designated hitter was an attempt to respond to low scores. We
>> had games where nobody scored, and the game might be one to nothing at the
>> end.  If it kept up like that, people wouldn't come.
>>
>
> So baseball has reduced the number of hits further by making the strike
> zone larger . . .
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/upshot/the-strike-zone-revolution.html
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>