[Magdalen] World Serious

[Christopher Hart]

The DH rule SHOULD be adopted by BOTH leagues. The NL is an anachronistic
holdout.

The curmudgeonly convert,

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I really hate the DH, though.
>
> <Warning: Non-fan of sports about to speak>
>
> I always thought the Designated Hitter rule was intended either to be
> adopted, eventually, by both major leagues or dropped. Seems odd that
> each league has had this significant difference in rules and then
> purports to have a "world" championship between the leagues' leaders
> on an equal basis.
>
> (While a non-fan, I do know that the rule, in the American League
> only, allows teams to name a Designated Hitter to take a turn at bat
> in place of the pitcher, throughout the game, and this is the standard
> AL practice. So pitchers only pitch, never bat. In the National
> League, pitchers have to take their turn in the batting order unless
> replaced temporarily by a pinch hitter under normal both-leagues
> rules.)
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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