Trade number 2
- Donn Beach
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Re: Trade number 2
And also with the need for 30 DHs now it's the sort of solution teams would be looking at
- Donn Beach
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Re: Trade number 2
Huh, 40 guests, seems like a lot
- Donn Beach
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Re: Trade number 2
I had no idea... the idea of the dh goes back to the roots of baseball
.Temple favored the substitution of another man to take the pitcher’s place at the bat when it came his turn to go there. Mr. Spalding advocated a change in the present system and suggested that the pitcher be eliminated entirely from the batting order and that only the other eight men of the opposing clubs be allowed to go to bat. …
Every patron of the game is conversant with the utter worthlessness of the average pitcher when he goes up to try and [sic] hit the ball.