[Magdalen] World Serious

[Jay Weigel]

It should have never been adopted in the first place.

The traditional holdout

On Thursday, October 29, 2015, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> 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.)
> >
> >
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> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
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> Christopher Hart
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