Tag: designated hitter
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What about a Designated Fielder?
Carrying on with our discussion of the designated hitter (DH) from our previous post, we thought a bit further about the rationale of replacing the pitcher with another hitter. It appears prior to the American League adopting the DH rule in 1973 that the first real consideration to adopt a DH occurred in the late…
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The DH and the Disappearance of Strategy
On April 6, 1973, Ron Blomberg came to bat for the New York Yankees as the first designated hitter in MLB history. Prior to that year, pitchers in both leagues came to bat. It was not until 2022 that the National League also permanently adopted the designated hitter rule that almost now completely wipes out…
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